EMSc-INS Professional Talk Series #1 (23 October 2021)

The “EMSc-INS Professional Talk” is a talk series organized by the Executive Master of Science Programme of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, aiming to connect industry partitioners with the students as well as our renowned scholars. 

We are very honoured to have Mr. Ivan Chu, former Chairman of John Swire and Sons China Limited and Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific to share his experience. The topic of the talk is about Enterprise Risk Management: A Buy side Story. Details are as follows:

Date:  23 October 2021 (Saturday) 

Time:  10:00am – 1:00pm HKT 

Mode & Venue: D801 Lee Ping Yuen Chamber & Online via MS Team 

Speaker: Mr. Ivan Chu, Former Chairman of John Swire and Sons China Limited and Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific 

Please click HERE for registration (Free admission, and all staff from the School of Decision Sciences are welcome!)

About the speaker: 

Mr. Chu is former Chairman of John Swire & Sons (China) Limited. He is also a former Director of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited and Swire Pacific Limited, and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. Mr Chu was Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific from March 2014 to April 2017 and was Chief Operating Officer of the airline from March 2011 to March 2014. Mr Chu joined the Swire Group in 1984, and has worked with the Group in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia. 

Mr. Chu holds a Master degree in Commerce from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science from the University of Hong Kong. He attended executive programmes at Stanford University in the USA and INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. 

Organiser: Executive Master of Science in Insurance Programme (EMSc-INS) 

Should you have any enquiries, please contact Ms. Christy Wong at emsi@hsu.edu.hk.