Mr. LIU Jia, Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. LIU Jia, is an Executive Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the investment committee and a member of the remuneration committee of the Company. Mr. Liu joined the Group in November 1991 and is acting as the Director and Chairman of two Company’s subsidiaries, namely Growing China Limited (“Growing China”) and Metallic Field Limited (“Metallic Field”). He is also the Director of certain subsidiaries of the Company, including Square Field Limited (“Square Field”), First Step Corporation Limited (“First Step”) and Everbright Grand China Assets Management Limited (“EGCAM”). Mr. Liu is currently a Director of China Everbright Holdings Company Limited (“CE Hong Kong”).
Mr. Liu joined Capital Century Company Limited (“Capital Century”) in 1988. He served as the Director and Deputy General Manager of Capital Century in 1991, mainly responsible for the day-to-day operations and property investment and management of investment projects. Since Capital Century is a subsidiary of CE Hong Kong, Mr. Liu acted as its Deputy General Manager in the real estate department during the period from August 1997 to March 2000, mainly responsible for the investment and business operations of real estate. At the end of 1998, Mr. Liu served as the Director and General Manager of China Everbright Financial Assets Management (HK) Limited (“China EB Financial Assets”), responsible for receiving and disposing of overseas investment assets entrusted by domestic financial management departments. China EB Financial Assets is the initial company of Huida Asset Management Ltd. Co.*(滙達資產 托管有限責任公司). In 2000, Mr. Liu was appointed as the assistant president in the head office of China Everbright Bank Company Limited (“CE Bank”) and was responsible for related work matters.
He was promoted as the General Manager of Capital Century in 2004, upon which he became responsible for the overall operational management and strategic development. Since August 2014, Mr. Liu has been appointed and served as an Executive Director and Deputy General Manager of CE Hong Kong, as well as the Chairman of Capital Century (the parent company of the Company). After the successful listing of the Company in 2018, Mr. Liu serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Liu graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Nanjing Jinling Vocational University (金陵職業大學), majoring in the industrial and civil architecture, with a diploma in July 1986, and a postgraduate certificate of architecture, economics and management in Southeast University (東南大學) in August 1992. Since July 2016, he has become a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and was hired as an off-campus master’s Supervisor in the School of International Business of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in September 2020 for a period of one year.