Hong Kong has reappointed its securities watchdog’s chief Julia Leung Fung-yee for a term of two years to the end of 2027, the government said.
Leung joined the Securities and Futures Commission in March 2015 as executive directors of investment products division and then intermediaries division. She was appointed as the deputy chief executive in addition to the executive director position from March 2018 to December 2022, and has served as the CEO of the SFC since January 2023.
Prior to joining the SFC, Leung worked in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from 1994 to 2008. She was the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury from August 2008 to December 2013.
Financial Secretary, Paul Chan Mo-po said during Leung's tenure, she has demonstrated remarkable performance in leading the SFC to fulfil its dual mandates of prudent regulation and fostering market development in a fair, effective and robust manner.
Under her leadership, the SFC has maintained effective communication with the markets, the government, as well as domestic and overseas regulators and stakeholders, actively pursued reforms of Hong Kong's securities markets, continuously deepened mutual access between the capital markets of the mainland and the SAR, and constantly expanded connections with overseas markets, Chan said.
