URA Board
Non-Executive Directors (non-official)
The Honourable Chan Kin-por, GBS, JP
Hon Chan Kin-por is currently a Member of the Executive Council of the HKSAR Government, a Legislative Council (“LegCo”) Member (Insurance Functional Constituency), and the Deputy Chairman of the LegCo House Committee. He served as the Chairman of the LegCo Financial Committee for almost seven years and was formerly the Chairman of the LegCo Panel on Financial Affairs.
Hon Chan has been appointed by the Government to many public roles. He currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption, ICAC; a member of Honour and Non-official Justices of the Peace Selection Committee; a member of the Committee of the Presidium of the HKSAR of the 14th National People's Congress. He also serves as a Director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Centre.
Hon Chan was the first Chinese CEO of Munich Reinsurance Company’s Hong Kong Branch between 2005 and 2009. Before joining Munich Reinsurance Company, he had served Hang Seng Bank for 31 years in the businesses of retail banking, planning & development and Insurance business, and his last position was the Assistant General Manager and Head of Insurance Group of Hang Seng Bank, responsible for the Bank’s General Insurance, Life Insurance and MPF businesses. Hon Chan was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bank of East Asia and the Chief Executive of Well Link Insurance Group Holdings Limited.
Hon Chan has been serving the insurance industry for long years. He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers, the Chairman of the Employees Compensation Insurer Insolvency Bureau, the Chairman of the General Insurance Council, and the Chairman of the Chinese Insurance Association of Hong Kong. Hon Chan is actively involved in public service. He was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council, a member of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, a non-official member to the Commission on Strategic Development, the Director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, and a member of the Insurance Advisory Committee.
In 2005, Hon Chan was appointed as a Justice of the Peace and was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2017 by the HKSAR Government.
Hon Chan is a Chartered Insurance Practitioner and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK.
Term of Office: 1/5/2025 - 30/4/2028
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