Keynote Address from Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

Mr Hui has been Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury since 2020. He serves on the boards of Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Airport Authority and also as the Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.

He was an Administrative Officer in the Government from 1999 to 2003 and served in the Economic Development Branch, the Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing and the Home Affairs Department. After leaving the Government, Mr Hui spent 13 years at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, having been the Managing Director for Market Development and Head of Project Management and also in various senior roles in Listing and Market Development. He worked for a number of multi-national companies in the private sector as well. He was appointed the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council from 2019 to 2020.

Mr Hui previously held a number of public roles including Councillor of the City University of Hong Kong, Member of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority Process Review Panel, Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Review Committee and also Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Disciplinary Panel.

Mr Hui holds Bachelor and Master (Hon) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and Master of Business Administration Degree from INSEAD. He also attended the Stanford Executive Programme (SEP).

許正宇自2020年起出任財經事務及庫務局局長。他擔任香港鐵路有限公司董事及香港機場管理局董事會成員，並為九廣鐵路公司主席。

他於1999年至2003年期間任職特區政府政務主任，曾被調派到經濟發展科，香港特區政府駐北京辦事處和民政事務總署服務。許正宇在2003年離開政府後曾在香港交易所工作達13年，出任市場發展科董事總經理兼項目管理主管，亦擔任過上市和市場發展部門不同的高級崗位；也曾在私人市場一些跨國企業就職。他於2019年至2020年出任香港金融發展局行政總監。

許正宇曾經出任不同公職，包括香港城市大學校董會、強制性公積金計劃管理局程序覆檢委員會、香港交易所上市覆核委員會，以及香港會計師公會紀律小組的成員。

許正宇持有英國牛津大學哲學、政治及經濟系榮譽學士與碩士學位，以及INSEAD工商管理碩士學位。他亦曾參與史丹福大學行政人員培訓課程