Executive Director & Company Secretary
CK Hutchison Holdings Limited

Edith Shih is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a Fortune 500 conglomerate based in Hong Kong operating in over 50 countries with annual revenues and market capitalization of about US$50 billion. The CK Hutchison group comprises 11 listed companies listed on 6 exchanges with total market capitalization of about US$100 billion. She has been with the Group for almost 30 years, overseeing legal, regulatory, corporate finance, corporate governance and compliance matters of the Group. From 1993 to 2017, she was the Head Group General Counsel of CK Hutchison at which she headed a team of over 230 lawyers and 60 company secretarial executives, stationed in 20 countries. She also acts as director and company secretary for a number of CK Hutchison companies, including listed companies in Hong Kong, London, Australia, Singapore and New York.

The CK Hutchison legal and corporate secretariat team has won numerous awards over the years. Shih herself is the first recipient of the Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year Award of Asian Legal Business in 2006, an award which she won for a second time in 2016. She is also the first recipient of the Asian Woman in Business Law Award of the Legal Media Group in 2011 and recipient of General Counsel of the Year (Asia-Pacific Counsel Awards) of International Law Offices in 2014. In 2017, she was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Transformative Leadership Awards.

A stern proponent of good corporate governance, she spends considerable time and effort on inculcating and promoting high standards of corporate governance and ethics in the corporate world and the community. She is the current International President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. She regularly participates in conferences and seminars organized by universities and institutes as speaker, panelist and presenter locally and internationally.

Shih holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education (Music) and Master of Arts degree (Education) from the University of the Philippines and a Master of Arts degree in Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages and Master of Education degree in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University, New York. She is a graduate of the University of Law in London and is qualified to practice law in Hong Kong, England and Wales and Victoria, Australia. She is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. She was awarded the Alumni Award for Distinguished Services by Columbia University in 1993. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Open University of Hong Kong (2015) and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association (2016). In addition, she is an honorary professor of Shantou University.

Selected Current professional and public service appointments include:
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
– International President
– Chairman of Thought Leadership Committee
– Member of Executive Committee
– Council Member
Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS)
– Chairman of Nomination committee
– Chairman of Company Secretaries Panel
– Chairman of Institute Naming Group
– Mentor of students, graduates and members
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
– Chairman of Governance Committee
– Chairman of Remuneration Committee
– Member of Audit Professional Reform Advisory Group
Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
– Member
Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme Vetting Committee
– Member
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
– Member of Hong Kong Europe Business Council
Hong Kong Financial Reporting Council
– Member of Process Review Panel
Hong Kong Management Association
– Member of Executive Council
– Chairman of the General Management Committee
– Member Systems and Internal Audit Sub-Committee
Hong Kong University
– Member of MBA Advisory Board
Columbia University
– Mentor of Columbia Experience Overseas Programme
Columbia University Alumni Association Hong Kong
– Advisor Emeritus
Columbia University, Teachers College
– Member of the Board of Trustees
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
– Member of the Council
– Member of Human Resources Committee
Hong Kong Baptist University
– Member of the Master of Arts in Global Society Advisory Committee

Selected Past public services
Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries
– President: 2011-2014, Vice-President: 2009-2011, Chairman of Education Committee: 2008-2011, Member of Audit Committee: 2012-2015, Member of Membership Committee: 2006-2008
Standing Committee on Companies Law Reform
– Member: 2007-2012
Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited
– Member: 2009-2012, Member Corporate Governance Committee: 2010-2012
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
– Member: 2007-2013 (lay member appointment by HK Government)
– Member: Audit Committee: 2009-2011
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
– Member of Constitutional Affairs Committee: 2014-2017
Columbia University
– Member of the President’s International Advisory Council: 2005-2007
Columbia University Teachers College
– Member of the President’s Advisory Council: 2009-2011
Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services
– Director: 2015-2017
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
– Member of Organising Committee of Asia finance Forum: 2015, 2106, 2017
– Member of Professional Services Advisory Committee: 2014-2018
Hong Kong Art Centre
– Member of Finance Committee: 2005-2015

Publications
– “A Day in the Life of a General Counsel” in Leadership and Management Challenges of In-house Legal Counsel published by LexisNexis
– HKICS Anti-Money Laundering and Counter – Terrorist Financing Guidelines
– Guidance note on Connected Transactions – A Practical Guide to Good Governance
– Research Project on “Risk Management – Looking at the New Normal in Hong Kong” conducted by HKICS and KPMG.
– Guide on Directors’ Induction
– Guidance Note on Competition Law
– The Essential Company Secretary

Non-exhaustive list of lectures delivered locally and abroad
2008
– A Practitioner’s Notes to Directors’ and Shareholders’ Meeting
– China’s Anti-trust Regime
– Internal Control and Risk Management – What for and How? A Conglomerate’s Perspective
2009
– Not the smartest nor the most well-planned – will I ever be successful?
– 內部控制與風險管控體系
– Looking for a Title
– International Tax Planning: The New Decade
2010
– Corporate Governance Briefings
– Backdrop: The New Decade
– 內部控制與風險管理 – 環球綜合企業之體系及實踐
– Someone Ought to Know and Explain What’s Going On – The Role of the Company-Secretary in Disclosure and Transparency
– Life on the Frontline: Dos and Don’ts in Stakeholder Communication
– Digital Business – The Changing Nature Of The Business Environment
2011
– Corporate Governance: Can One Size Fit All?
2012
– I Really Want This Job – CV and Interview Preparation
– Are You Ready? The Corporate Governance Code is Here!
– 和記黃埔集團法律報告:良好法律報告的「3E」及企業管治合規檢討
2013
– Requirements for a Hong Kong listing
– The Tripartite Partnership Going Forward: Formulating a New Paradigm for Long Term Vibrancy – Invigorating Trilateral Investment Flows: a Case Study of a Hong Kong Investor
– 董事成員多樣化
2014
– Over the Rainbow
– ESG Reporting For a Hong Kong Conglomerate
2015
– Risk Management Reform for Hong Kong Listed Companies: Trendsetting for Asia?
– 跨越彩虹
– The Magic Pencil
– Chartered Secretary
– Top hats, berets, cowboy hats and helmets – How Many Hats Are There?
– 公司秘書/董事會秘書之專業資格核心治理職責與行業發展
2016
– 香港企業管治實務及運作
– Management and Corporate Governance – Hands on or Handcuffed? The Gatekeeper to Uncuff the Chains?
– 公司治理解除束縛的把關者?
– The M & M & M of Company Secretaries Director’s Meeting
– The M & M & M of Company Secretaries Shareholder’s Meeting
– The M & M & M of Company Secretaries Minutes and Resolutions
2017
– ICSA: The New Initiatives
– Asian Companies: Targetting the Right Overseas Acquisition and Getting the Deal Done
2018
– ICSA Malaysia: Company Secretary – the Gatekeeper
– ICSA Southern Africa – Uncuffing the Chains
– ICSA Zimbabwe – the International Institute Impetus

Community Service:
– Since 1984: Church deacon, pianist, organist, choir member
– Since 1984: Po Leung Kuk children sponsor
– Since 1989: Helping Hand, Executive Committee and Honorary Legal Advisor
– Since 1994: Hong Kong Oratorio Society, first soprano and soloist