After obtaining my first degree, in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Hong Kong, I started work as a maintenance engineer. A year later, I became a sales engineer for a passive component trading firm. At that time, the finance, accounting and banking sectors were developing at a much faster pace than other industries. As I was strong at maths, I thought that finance and accounting might offer a brighter career.
Cleantech Solutions International is a Nasdaq-listed company. I have been engaged in investor relations in Hong Kong for more than eight years. My job includes meeting with investors to provide financial updates, preparing certain sections of annual/interim reports, drafting press releases, performing market and company analysis, and assisting in corporate actions.
Lifelong study is very important. Just because you’ve placed yourself in the vanguard today, doesn’t mean you’ll be there tomorrow
My accounting knowledge certainly helps me fulfill my role. I need to understand and explain financial reporting standards to investors, as well as calculate comparative financial ratios so that management will take prompt actions to respond to market changes.
The banking sector, the equity market and real-estate development have been the major pillars of economic development in Hong Kong for the last 10 years. In the last few years, Hong Kong has been playing catch-up with technology. Government, institutions and academics are rushing to establish research institutes and provide funding for big data and blockchain technology so as not to fall behind neighbouring nations. This can not only create more job opportunities but help to achieve a more balanced economy.
The privatisation of New World China Land by its blue-chip parent company, New World Development, was one of the most impressive actions in which I’ve been engaged. In the three-and-a-half years from me joining New World China Land to its last trading day, its share price rose by 117%.
Lifelong study is very important to all of us. Economic and business development is changing so fast that just because you’ve placed yourself in the vanguard today, doesn’t mean you’ll be there tomorrow. After my first degree, I acquired three master’s degrees – in finance, business administration and corporate and financial law.