Mr. David Gordon Eldon GBS, CBE, JP
aged 64, commenced a career in banking in 1964 and joined the HSBC Group in 1968 assuming a variety of roles in the Middle East and Asia. He became chairman of Hang Seng Bank Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He was also appointed as a director of HSBC Holdings plc in 1999. After 37 years of service, he retired from the HSBC Group in 2005.
He is now a senior adviser of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong. He is also the non-executive chairman of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, honorary steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, special adviser to the Korea National Competitiveness Council – Office of the President, past chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, founding member and past chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council, an international council member of the Bretton Woods Committee and an adviser to Unisys, in addition to holding a number of Government and community appointments in Hong Kong.
Mr. Eldon has served, during the period from April 2007 to September 2009, as an independent non-executive director of China Central Properties Limited (“CCP”). He was also an independent non-executive director of MTR Corporation Limited from June 2000 to May 2008. He is currently an independent non-executive director of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust, a Hong Kong collective investment scheme listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”), and a senior independent non-executive director of Noble Group Limited, a company whose shares are listed on Singapore Exchange Limited. Save as aforesaid, Mr. Eldon has not held any other directorship in listed companies in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years.
Mr. Eldon is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB). He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the City University of Hong Kong in 2003. In 2004, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In 2005, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his contribution to banking, and awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul in recognition of his work for the city. He was awarded the Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Award for 2005. Mr. Eldon is also a Justice of the Peace (JP).