Victor Fung
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Dr Victor Kwok-king Fung (Chinese:馮國經)(born 1945) is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies, also the current Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong - the agency responsible for running Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok International Airport, the Hong Kong University Council and the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council.
Dr Fung is the Chairman of the Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee and Co-Chair of the France-based Evian Group. He is also the Vice-Chairman of The International Chamber of Commerce (2007-2008). He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (1991-2000)
Memberships in civil and public service:
- Member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Peoples Republic of China
- Commission on Strategic Development of the HKSAR Government
- Informal Business Advisory Body to the World Trade Organization
- Hong Kong Representative on the APEC Business Advisory Council (1996), (2001)
- Hong Kong Government Judicial Officers Recommendation Committee (?-2006)
Dr Fung's grandfather was the founding partner of Li & Fung Group in 1906. At present, Victor is the Group Chairman, his brother William is the Group Managing Director.
Dr Fung was a Professor of Finance at the Harvard Business School.
Honours granted to Dr Fung:
- Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT
- PhD in Business Economics from Harvard Business School
- Hong Kong's Businessman of the Year 1995
- Top 25 Managers in BusinessWeek magazine 1995
- Awarded Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2003 for distinguished service to the Hong Kong community.
- Businessman of the Year 2005 Forbes Asia magazine
- One of "60 Years of Asian Heroes" Time Asia magazine
