HKMC appoints new Chief Executive Officer (with photo)

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) announced today (July 11) that the Board of the HKMC has approved the appointment of Mr Colin Pou as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the HKMC with effect from December 26, 2024. Mr Pou will succeed Mr Raymond Li who will be retiring from the HKMC.
      
     "The Board would like to thank Mr Li for his dedication and invaluable contribution to the Corporation in the past 11 years, in particular the successful launch of various new measures during his tenure, benefitting the society and the business community,” said the Chairman of the HKMC, Mr Paul Chan. "I look forward to Mr Pou continuing to lead the healthy development of the Corporation after he takes up office, so as to serve the society and business community of Hong Kong," said Mr Chan.
      
     Mr Pou is the Executive Director of the Financial Infrastructure Department at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).  He will be seconded from the HKMA to take up the CEO position of the HKMC. Mr Pou joined the HKMA in 1994 as an Assistant Manager and has worked in various departments at the HKMA covering areas of banking supervision, policy and development, monetary operations and payment systems. From November 2015 to October 2018, he was seconded to the HKMC as Senior Vice President (Operations) and CEO of the HKMC Insurance Limited, an HKMC's subsidiary. Mr Pou was promoted in October 2018 as Executive Director (Financial Infrastructure) of the HKMA, responsible for developing the financial market infrastructure and for enhancing the fintech ecosystem of Hong Kong.