Mr. Yang has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since April 2016. He previously served as Chairman and Principal Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong, Executive Chairman and Principal Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, member of five-people leading group of global leadership committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Asia-Pacific region, Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of Hang Seng Management College, Vice Chairman of the Council of the Open University of Hong Kong and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Mr. Yang currently serves as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and an Independent Non-executive Director of Tencent Holdings Limited, Man Wah Holdings Limited and Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited. Mr. Yang graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was awarded the degree of Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by The Open University of Hong Kong. He is a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. Mr. Yang holds the qualification of Chartered Accountants, and is a senior member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.