Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today announced the appointment of Ms. Lilian Cheng as Group Chief Compliance Officer.
Ms. Cheng joins the Group on 1 May 2024 and succeeds Adam Singer, who will be leaving HKEX in May 2024 to explore opportunities outside the Group. In her new role, Ms. Cheng will have responsibility for the Compliance function at HKEX Group in Hong Kong, Mainland China and internationally, as well as continuing to advance the Group’s compliance practices.
He will report to HKEX CEO Bonnie Y Chan.
Ms Cheng joins HKEX from HSBC, where for the past decade she held senior roles in the bank’s Global Compliance and Risk Management teams in Hong Kong and the UK, most recently as Global Head of Capital and Behaviours, Enterprise Risk Management. He previously held various compliance, advisory and audit roles at Goldman Sachs, EY and PwC.
Ms. Cheng is currently based in the UK, will be moving to Hong Kong at the end of April.
Ms. Cheng holds a degree in Economics from Zhong Shan (Sun Yat-sen) University in China and is a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner.