Geoffrey Yeh

Geoffrey Yeh Meou-Tsen, MBE, SBS, JP, FCIOB, FInstD is a Hong Kong-based businessman who served as Chairman of the Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd.

Education and career

Yeh obtained a BSc degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1953, and subsequently an MSc degree from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences of Harvard University in 1954.^[1]

He served as Chair of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, until its merger into the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. Furthermore, he was Independent Non Executive Director of Hysan Development Co. Ltd. between 1979 and 2001 and as Independent Non-executive Director of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd. from January 2001 to July 15, 2007. Currently Yeh is Chairman of the Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd., founded by Godfrey Yeh, the family patriarch.^[2][3]

Family

Yeh married to Helen; they have two children, a son, V-nee, and a daughter, Yvette. V-nee and his wife, Mira Yeh, a socialite, have a daughter, Nadya.

Legacy

• M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center, Newmark Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• In 2012, Yeh was inducted into the Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame.^[4]

References

1. ↑ "Meou-Tsen Yeh S.B.S., M.B.E., J.P., D.C.S., M.Sc.,F.C.I.O.B., F.". Businessweek. Retrieved 15 April 2013. 
2. ↑ Businessweek profile
3. ↑ Profile at Asia Tatler online
4. ↑ "Yeh Inducted into Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame". Civil and Environmental Engineering. Retrieved 28 March 2013.