Directors
Mr. John William CRAWFORD, J.P.
Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. Crawford has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since September 2019. He is also the chairman of both the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. He is also currently an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit and risk committee and a member of certain board committees of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, a listed subsidiary of the Company having its American depositary shares listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States. He previously served as an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit and risk committee of Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation (a subsidiary of the Company) until his resignation on 29 October 2020. Mr. Crawford is also an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Regal Portfolio Management Limited/Regal REIT, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and has been an independent non-executive director of E-Kong Group Limited and other companies publicly listed in Hong Kong over the years.
Mr. Crawford was one of the founders of Ernst & Young, Hong Kong office and vice-chairman of the firm when he retired at the end of 1997. During his 25 years in public practice, he was also the chairman of the audit division of Ernst & Young and was active in a number of large private and public company takeover and/or restructuring exercises. Since retirement, he has continued to undertake consultancy/advisory work in a private capacity, is active in the education sector through International Quality Education Limited and contributed to the development of kindergartens to Grade 12 schools in Asia. He also has been active in various community service areas such as having been a founding member of UNICEF Hong Kong Committee and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. In 1997, he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong.
Mr. Crawford is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member and honorary president of the Macau Society of Certified Public Accountants and a life member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants...