LCH (Asia-Pacific) Surveyors Limited

Chairman, General Practice Division Council, the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (“HKIS”) (2013-2015)

Member, HKIS General Council (2013-2015)

Member of the General Practice Division Council, The HKIS

Vice Chairman (Professional Standards), the General Practice Division Council, The HKIS (2011-2013)

Member of the RICS/HKIS Liaison Committee, The HKIS

Member of the Project Management Committee, The HKIS

Member of Planning and Development Professional Group Committee, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (“RICS”) (2011-2013)

Convenor of the HKIS Land Premium Arbitration Pilot Scheme Task Force

Assessor of the GPD APC Panel of Assessors, HKIS

APC Assessor, the RICS, Hong Kong

Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Business Valuation Forum

Joseph obtained professional qualification with the Society of Surveying Technicians and later with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He has broad experience in the field of asset (tangible and intangible) valuations and advisory through his work as an experienced business consultant in Arthur Andersen and as director/manager of the real estate division for some reputable companies in the field, including Sallmanns and American Appraisal. He also has experience in conducting technical review of mineral resources/reserves and mining activities, and agricultural property assets.

Joseph has been conducting asset valuations and/or advisory work in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, mainland China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Mongolia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh, Japan, Australia, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Scotland, Finland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, Brazil, Argentina, Guyana, Venezuela, Canada and the United States of America for various purposes since 1988. He has extensive experience in the valuation of various types of assets and power plants, toll road, health products and foodstuffs, coking coal plant, agricultural property assets, financial services, luxurious consumer goods, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, electronic consumer products manufactory, semiconductors, mineral resources, telecommunication, media and information technology related businesses for the listed companies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Prior to joining LCH (Asia-Pacific) Surveyors Limited, Joseph was the Director of Sallmanns and also a Deputy Representative of Sallmanns’ Beijing Office from 1990 to 1995. In 1995, he joined Arthur Andersen as the Director of Practice Development of the Greater China Valuation and Real Estate Advisory Services Group. Joseph has also been substantially involved in the PRC as an asset valuer for various purposes such as initial public offerings in Hong Kong (including “H” share and red-chip share issues) and “B” share issues in China, merge and acquisition, and accounting. He was involved in various State-owned enterprise asset valuation engagements in China including the first “H” shares listing engagement in Hong Kong (the Tsingtao Brewery). His working experience spans various industries such as power and utilities, natural resources, wining, breweries, shipyards and chemical. He has frequently been appointed by foreign investors to represent them in negotiations with the PRC parties on asset valuations before entering into joint venture agreements in 1990s’. His comprehensive knowledge of the Chinese valuation system and the operational procedures laid down by the previous National Administrative Bureau of State-owned Property of China provides him with a clear competitive advantage in this field of work.

From 1990 onwards, Joseph actively participated in promoting the Hong Kong valuation system to China and maintained good relationships with the then relevant China appraisal bodies. He has been invited by various PRC government departments such as the previous Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau and the National Administrative Bureau of State-owned Property of China to participate in various asset valuation seminars in China. In recent years, Joseph has been actively participated in the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors in promoting the surveying profession. He has tight communications with other professional institutes including Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as listing regulatory bodies such as Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges. He has been responsible for drafting the various HKIS Valuation Standards adopted by the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, and the Business Valuation Standards adopted by the Hong Kong Business Valuation Forum since 2004. Because of his professionalism and thorough knowledge in various valuation principles and standards, he has been invited by the regulatory bodies as mentioned above to participate in valuation seminars in relation to valuation issues in Hong Kong.