Background
Cheung was born and educated in Hong Kong and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom gaining honours in all parts of his professional examinations.
張建東, 张建东
Cheung was born and educated in Hong Kong and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom gaining honours in all parts of his professional examinations.
He attended Street Paul"s Company-al College in Hong Kong. He was awarded the honorary doctorate of Business Administration by Hong Kong Baptist University in 2003.
In 2008 he was appointed by the Chief Executive to succeed Victor Fung as Chairman of the Airport Authority. In 2009 he became the non-executive director of Household Bank Holdings. At the time of his death, he was also a non-executive Director of Hang Seng Bank, HKR International, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and Sun Hung Kai Properties.
Additionally, he represented Hong Kong on the Trustees Reviews Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board.
He was also awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by the Hong Kong government in 1994. He was awarded a Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by Hong Kong Baptist University in 2003.
By trade he was a Certified Public Accountant. He retired in 2003 as the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Hong Kong and China.
He held fellowships in both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, as well as the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
He also held the position of Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong and was a Council Member of the Open University of Hong Kong. Cheung was a member of the Legislative Council, the Urban Council and District Boards. He also served as chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants, Chairman of the Estate Agents Authority and Vice Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Advisory Board, as well as Member of the Board of Inland Revenue, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Town Planning Board, the Consumer Council, the Council for the Performing Arts and other public service positions.
Member of the Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal
Member of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council
Member of Operations Review Committee of Independent Commission Against Corruption
Member of the Witness Protection Review Board
Treasurer and Council Member of Saint Paul"s Company-al College
Treasurer and Council Member of Saint Stephen"s Girls" College
Board member of the Hong Kong International Film Society Limited.
