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Carlson Tong

Independent Non-Executive Director | Joined February 2019

Appointed

Carlson was appointed an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC in February 2019.

Experience

Carlson has a deep understanding and knowledge of operating in mainland China and Hong Kong and has significant experience of the financial services sector in those markets.

Career

Carlson joined KPMG UK in 1979, becoming an Audit partner of the Hong Kong firm in 1989. He was elected chairman of KPMG China and Hong Kong in 2007, before becoming Asia Pacific chairman and a member of the global board and global executive team in 2009. He spent over 30 years at KPMG and was actively involved in the work of the securities and futures markets, serving as a member of the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2008 (chair from 2006 to 2008).

After retiring from KPMG in 2011, he was appointed a non-executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission, becoming its chair in 2012 until he stepped down in October 2018. He oversaw a number of major policy initiatives during his term as the chair including the introduction of the Hong Kong and Shanghai/Shenzhen Stock connect schemes and the mutual recognition of funds between the mainland and Hong Kong. From 2017 until July 2020, Carlson was appointed as a non-executive director of the Hong Kong International Airport Authority.

He was a member of the Hong Kong Human Resource Planning Commission from April 2020 until December 2022 and Chair of the Hong Kong University Grants Committee from January 2016 until he stepped down in December 2022.

External appointments

Carlson is an independent non-executive director of MTR Corporation Limited, Chairman of its Audit & Risk Committee and a member of its Finance and Investment Committee. He is on the Board of Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited, the Board of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited and sits on various Hong Kong SAR government bodies. He is also an observer on behalf of the Hong Kong Government for Cathay Pacific Airways Limited.