Kuok Hui Kwong

Ms. Kuok is the Chairman and Group CEO of Shangri-La Asia Limited. As a pioneer of Asian hospitality, Shangri-La Group is a developer, owner and operator of hotels, serviced apartments, residences, offices and commercial properties. Its hotel management arm operates over 100 hotels globally.

Ms. Kuok joined Shangri-La Asia’s Board of Directors in 2014 and served as Deputy Chairman in 2016. She also is a director of China World Trade Center Company Limited, Kerry Group Limited and Kerry Holdings Limited. In addition, she is Governor of the Kerry Group Kuok Foundation, a non-profit charitable organisation established in 2007 that sets out to inspire and transform the lives of the underprivileged across Mainland China and Hong Kong in four strategic areas: Health, Education, Enterprise and Environment.

Previously, Ms. Kuok served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of South China Morning Post Group Limited (currently known as Great Wall Pan Asia Holdings Limited). She was also an executive director of the company and a director of The Post Publishing Public Company Limited (the publisher of the Bangkok Post).

Ms. Kuok has been a member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since January 2023 and a member of the Election Committee of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since December 2016. Between 2008 and 2022, she was a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Ms. Kuok holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.