Mr Linus CHEUNG Wing Lam Between March 1994 and August 2000, Mr Cheung was the Chief Executive of Hongkong Telecom, and he was the irst Chinese Executive Director of Cable & Wireless plc in the United Kingdom. Mr Cheung led Hongkong Telecom and successfully transformed it from a monopoly to a highly competitive and customer-driven company. In February 1998, he successfully negotiated an early termination of the company’s exclusivity rights with the HKSAR Government and Hongkong Telecom shareholders received a signi icant compensation package. After Hongkong Telecom's merger with PCCW in August 2000, he became its Deputy Chairman and served until February 2004. He was also Chairman of Asia Television Ltd. from December 2008 to December 2009. Before joining Hongkong Telecom in 1994, Mr Cheung served for 23 years with Cathay Paci ic Airways. He left in 1994 as Deputy Managing Director. Between 1989 and 1990, Mr Cheung was seconded to serve in the Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit. He was appointed an O¨icial Justice of the Peace in 1990 and a Non-o¨icial Justice of the Peace in 1992. In 1999, Mr Cheung was awarded “Executive of the Year for Hong Kong” by DHL/South China Morning Post. He was also twice elected as the “Best Telecom Chief Executive in Asia” by the magazine Telecom Asia for the years 1998 and 1999. For many years, Mr Cheung was a member of the Council of The University of Hong Kong. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education, and was the Chairman of the Council of Centennial College. Mr Cheung has been an independent non-executive director of China Unicom Limited, of Hong Kong Resort International Ltd and of Tai Kang Life Insurance in China. Mr Cheung received a BSocSc degree with Honours and a Diploma in Management Studies with distinction from The University of Hong Kong. He is an Honorary Fellow of The University of Hong Kong and of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. He is very active in public services and hosted a very popular radio programme on Radio & Television Hong Kong from 2003 to 2013. He was an Adjunct Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also a well known art connoisseur. 張永霖先生 張永霖先生在1994年3月至2000年8月期 間擔任香港電訊行政總裁，他亦是英國大東電 報局首位華人行政總裁。 在領導香港電訊期間，張先生成功將其從一家 壟斷企業轉型為具高度競爭力及以客為本的公 司。1998年2 月，他與香港特區政府達成協議， 香港電訊提前交回電訊服務專營權，公司股東 則獲政府支付一筆可觀的補償金。香港電訊於 2000 年 8 月與電訊盈科合併後，張先生出任 副主席，直至2004年2 月。在2008年12 月 至2009年12 月，他擔任亞洲電視有限公司 主席。 在1994年加入香港電訊之前，張先生在國泰航 空公司服務達23年之久，離任前的職務是副行 政總裁。 在1989年至1990年間，張先生被全職借調至 香港政府中央政策組工作，並於1990年獲委 任為官守太平紳士、1992 年獲委任為非官守太 平紳士。 1999年，張先生獲DHL/《南華早報》評選為 該年度「香港最佳行政人員」，並在1998年至 1999年連續兩年獲《亞洲電訊雜誌》選為「亞洲 最佳電訊行政總裁」。 張先生對香港大學貢獻良多，曾長期擔任香港大 學校務委員會委員，亦是香港大學專業進修學 院董事局及明德學院校務委員會的前主席。張先 生曾任中國聯通股份有限公司、香港興業國際集 團有限公司及中國泰康人壽保險股份有限公司的 獨立非執行董事。 張先生畢業於香港大學，獲授社會科學（榮譽） 學士學位，並以優異成績取得工商管理學文憑， 獲香港大學授予名譽大學院士，也是英國特許市 務學會的榮譽會員。張先生活躍於公共事務，曾 於2003年至2013年間在香港電台主持一個極 受歡迎的廣播節目。他曾在香港中文大學擔任客 席教授。他也是知名的藝術鑒賞家。 HKU SPACE ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR院長回顧 HKU SPACE ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR院長回顧 20 21
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