Mr Cheung, Chairman of Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, has been Chairman of the URA since 2007 and a board member since 2001.  He is currently Chairman of the Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service, an Alternate Chairman of the Pay Trend Survey Committee, a member of the Commission on Strategic Development  and a member of the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service.  He is also an independent non-executive director of United Company RUSAL.

Mr Cheung was a former Chairman of the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the ICAC.  He was a full-time member of the Central Policy Unit on secondment from McKinsey & Company. He was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in the United States and Asia.

Mr Cheung received a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Sussex and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Date of Appointment       : 1 May 2007
Renewal of Appointment : 1 May 2010