Norman Chan | |
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2nd Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 1st October 2009 |
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Preceded by | Joseph Yam |
Personal details | |
Born | Norman Chan Tak-Lam 1954 Hong Kong |
Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
Political party | none |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Queen's College Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Occupation | Treasury official, Civil servant |
Profession | Sociologist, bank director, civil servant |
Norman Chan (simplified Chinese: 陈德霖; traditional Chinese: 陳德霖; pinyin: Chén Délín), CHAN Tak-Lam Norman, SBS, JP (born 1954), is a Chinese banker, treasury official, and civil servant. Chan currently serves as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, a position he has held since on 1 October 2009, following the retirement of his predecessor, Joseph Yam.[1][2] Chan previously served as Director of the Office of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Regional Vice-Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank.[3]
Norman Chan graduated from Queen's College, Hong Kong, after earning a degree in the sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1976 Chan entered the Hong Kong Civil Service as an Administrative Officer. By 1991 he was appointed a Deputy Director of Monetary Management at the Exchange Fund of Hong Kong. In 1993 he became the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority at the authority's creation. Chan was promoted to vice president of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. In December 2005, he became the Vice-Chairman of the Asian region of Standard Chartered Bank.[3] In July 2007, he was appointed as Director of the Office of the Hong Kong Chief Executive. On July 17, 2009, Financial Secretary John Tsang, announced that Norman Chan was to replace Mr. Joseph Yam as the Chief Executive of the HKMA following Joseph Yam's retirement. Chan is compensated with an annual salary of six million Hong Kong dollars.
Government offices | ||
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Preceded by John Tsang |
Director of the Chief Executive's Office 2007 – 2009 |
Succeeded by Raymond Tam |
Preceded by Joseph Yam |
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority 2009 – present |
Incumbent |
Order of precedence | ||
Preceded by Suresh Hemandas Punjabi Honorary Consul from Senegal |
Hong Kong order of precedence Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
Succeeded by Gabriel Leung Director of the Chief Executive's Office |