Canning Fok Kin-ning (Chinese: 霍建寧; born 1951 in Hong Kong)[2] is a Hong Kong business executive. He is a director or chair of numerous management board in companies of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa. He is hailed as the "King of Employees" since he has been one of the Hong Kong's top-five taxpayers in the past few years.[3][4]
Canning Fok | |
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| Nationality | British[1] |
| Education | Chartered accountant, with a bachelor's degree from Saint John's University in the US[2] Diploma in Financial Administration from the University of New England in Australia.[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Group managing director, Hutchison Whampoa[2] Chairs numerous Hutchison businesses, including Hutchison Telecom International and HongKong Electric Holdings |
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| Traditional Chinese | 霍建寧 | ||||||||||
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Education
editFok holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's University in Minnesota, United States,[5] and a Diploma in Financial Management from the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.[6]
Career
editFok is considered Li Ka-shing's right-hand man, and has worked alongside the business magnate for over 40 years as his trusted lieutenant and dealmaker.[7][8]
Positions
editFok worked as the following positions of the following companies.[9]
- Group Co-managing Director of CK Hutchison Holdings
- Deputy Chairman of Cheung Kong Infrastructure
- Chairman of Hongkong Electric Holdings[10]
- Chairman of Hutchison Harbour Ring
- Chairman of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited
- Chairman of Orange plc[11]
- Chairman of TPG Telecom Limited
- Chairman of Hongkong International Terminals Limited
- Chairman of Partner Communications
- Co-chairman of Husky Energy
- Deputy Chief Commissioner of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison[12]
Philanthropy
editFok endowed the Canning and Eliza Fok House, a graduate residence at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.[13][14] He also endowed the Eliza and Canning Fok Endowed Fund for International Student Financial Aid at Columbia College, the undergraduate liberal arts college of Columbia University.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Kin Ning Canning FOK - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Company House. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d The Independent "A day in the life of Canning Fok: Hutchison chief makes $25bn bet on a bright future for its 3 mobile group", The Independent, 18 November 2006
- ^ "Hong Kong's former best-paid executive puts two houses up for sale". South China Morning Post. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Asia, Tatler. "Canning Fok". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Canning Fok '74". College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Pay hikes wielded as performance carrot". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Canning Fok, CK Hutchison: Li Ka-shing's right-hand man". Financial Times. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Canning Fok, at the 'Hong Kong Heart' of Li Ka-shing's deal machine". Reuters. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Canning Fok Kin-ning". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ "HK Electric chairman renews call to maintain fixed-asset earnings level". South China Morning Post. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Orange plc Annual Report 1996
- ^ "Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Leaders". Retrieved 2022-01-05.
- ^ "Canning and Eliza Fok House". Murray Edwards College MCR. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Postgraduate accommodation". Murray Edwards College - University of Cambridge. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "2021-2022 Named Scholarship Recipients". Columbia College. Retrieved 2022-05-12.