Joseph Yam | |
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| 1st Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority | |
| In office 1 April 1993 – 30 September 2009 | |
| Governor | Chris Patten |
| Succeeded by | Norman Chan |
| 1st Director of the Office of the Exchange Fund | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Non-official Member of the Executive Council | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Carrie Lam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph YAM Chi-kwong 9 September 1948[1] |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Political party | none |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's College University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Profession | Economist Statistician |
| Signature |  |
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| Traditional Chinese | 任志剛 | ||||||||||
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Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP (任志剛; born 1948, Hong Kong)[2][3] is a Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. He was the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's de facto central bank, holding the position for 16 years. In 2011 Yam was elected to a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Bank UBS AG.[4] In 2014, following UBS AG's restructuring, he was appointed to the board of directors of the UBS Group AG and served in the position till May 2017.[1] He has been a member of the Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee and the Risk Committee of the UBS Group AG since 2011 and a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong since 2017.
- ^ a b "UBS BoD Joseph Yam". UBS. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Home return" experiences
- ^ "Joseph Yam CV". asian-affairs.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "People: UBS AG". Reuters. Retrieved 15 March 2013.