Skills and Expertise
- Board / board committees leadership / other listed roles
- CLP market experience
- Related industry / global experience
- Professional and risk & compliance
- Sustainability
- Technology
Titles, Qualifications and Education
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics / Social Studies, the University of Manchester
Other Major Offices
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.# (Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of Audit Committee, member of Nomination and Governance Committee, Remuneration Committee and Risk Committee)
- The London Metal Exchange (Non-executive Director, Chairman of Audit Committee and member of Remuneration Committee)
- LME Clear Limited (Non-executive Director, Chairman of Audit Committee, and member of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Past Experience
Mr Allen joined Coopers & Lybrand (C&L) in London in 1977 and was transferred to C&L Hong Kong in 1983. He was admitted to partnership in C&L Hong Kong in 1988, which was subsequently merged with Price Waterhouse into PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 1998. Mr Allen retired from PwC in 2007.
Mr Allen was an Independent Non-executive Director of Lenovo Group Ltd.# (until July 2021) and an Independent Non-executive Director of Link Asset Management Ltd.# (as manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust) (until 1 August 2024).
+Under the Company’s Articles of Association on retirement and rotation for the re-election of Directors, Directors would typically serve a period of three years since the year of last election or re-election; however at times, depending on the number of Directors on the Board, the term may be for a period of two years.
#The securities of these companies are currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Latest update: 9 May 2025
