Ms. Cheng Chi-Man, Sonia
(Aged 35)
Mr. Au Tak-Cheong
(Aged 64)
New World Development Company Limited
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Appointed as an Executive Director in March 2012. Ms. Cheng is a
member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company. She currently oversees the hotel division and the project
management division of the Group. She is an executive director of New
World China Land Limited, a listed public company in Hong Kong until its
delisting on 4 August 2016, and a director of certain subsidiaries of the
Group. Before joining the Group in 2008, Ms. Cheng worked in a major
international investment bank and a global US private equity firm
specialising in real estate investments. Ms. Cheng holds a Bachelor of
Arts Degree with a concentration in Applied Mathematics from Harvard
University in the U.S.A.. Ms. Cheng is the chief executive officer of
Rosewood Hotel Group, chairman of the advisory committee of the
School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Chinese University of
Hong Kong and member of the advisory committee of the School of Hotel
& Tourism Management Industry at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
She is a member of the Y. Elites Association, the Young Presidents’
Organization, the Hong Kong United Youth Association and the Eleventh
Guizhou Municipal Committee of The Chinese People’s Political
Consultative Conference. Ms. Cheng is the daughter of Dr. Cheng Kar-
Shun, Henry, the sister of Dr. Cheng Chi-Kong, Adrian, the niece of
Mr. Doo Wai-Hoi, William and Mr. Cheng Kar-Shing, Peter, and the cousin
of Mr. Cheng Chi-Heng.
Appointed as an Executive Director in July 2013. Mr. Au is a member of
the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Mr. Au joined the Company in 1975. He is currently the Head of the
Finance and Accounts and senior management of the Company and is
responsible for overseeing compliance of policy and procedures in
relation to accounting matters of the Group. He possesses over 30 years
of experience in finance and accounting and treasury. He is also a non-
executive director of New World Department Store China Limited, a listed
public company in Hong Kong, and a director of certain subsidiaries of
the Group.
