๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐๐„๐ƒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐Š ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐‚๐จ

Under the latest requirements for Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs), ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. While INEDs have traditionally focused on Audit, Remuneration, and Nomination Committees, the landscape is shifting with the rise of ESG Committees. This change makes sense, but it’s not enough for the challenges brought by the Digital Era.

Now, more than ever, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐ˆ. Digital experts as INEDs are crucial to helping Boards navigate these complexities, manage AI ethics, and upskill employees and directors on the latest advancements in AI and data.

๐“๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ˆโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐๐„๐ƒ. Iโ€™ve joined HKiNED Association, where I currently serve as Vice Chairman of the Innovation and Technology Committee, while gaining hands-on experience through roles at TransUnion and the Hong Kong Consumer Council. Additionally, Iโ€™m participating in the INED Essentials program led by Dr. Lawrence WONG and other experts like Davy Wu, ensuring that I stay ahead of the curve.

I was pleased to reconnect quite a few good old friends in our I&T ecosystem and met new friends in other industries in the 10๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐Š๐ข๐๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. I learnt a lot from Chairman Terence Chiu and Sam Wu, and many HKiNED Association members and guests there like Duncan Chiu, Simon Chan, Gilly Wong, Peter Yan, Jennifer Tan, Wilson Wong, Mingles T., Edward Lau, Jo L., Dr. Kenny Siu, ้พๅฏถๆž—, Joyce Yim, CFA, ACA, CPA, CESGA, Emil Chan, Amy Yeung & more. Look forward to collaborating for crossover opportunities.

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ˆ & ๐๐š๐ญ๐š, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Š๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.ย Together, we can help Boards remain relevant, tackle emerging risks, and foster innovation while maintaining strong data governance and AI ethical practices in the AI Era.

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