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Dr Humphrey Leung Kwong Wai, JP

 

Dr Humphrey Leung Kwong Wai, JP

 

 

Dr Humphrey Leung is Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Systech Limited (Solomon Systech). He established Solomon Systech, which specialises in the design, development and sales of high-tech integrated circuit (IC) products, in 1999. Under his able leadership, Solomon Systech has swiftly established itself as a leading company in the technology sector. It was listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in 2004, being the first semiconductor company focusing on product design and development to be listed.

Dr Leung has committed himself to advancing the development of the semiconductor industry and serves on various committees of the HKSAR Government and professional bodies. He is Honorary Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association (HKEIA) and Vice Chairman of the HKEIA Education Foundation, Vice President of the Hong Kong Semiconductor Industry Council, Director of the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited and Member of the Steering Committee on Innovation and Technology of the HKSAR Government. He also serves as Vice President of the Executive Council of China Semiconductor Industry Association IC Design Branch (CSIA-ICCAD) and Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the National ASIC Engineering Research Centre (Hong Kong Branch). Dr Leung has also taken every opportunity to serve the community and shows great commitment to corporate social responsibility by leading his colleagues to participate in charity events and environment-related activities.

An industrious learner for life, Dr Leung graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic, the predecessor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 1979 with a Higher Diploma in Electronic Engineering and later received an Associateship in Electronic Engineering in 1981. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 1990 and a Doctor of Business Administration degree from PolyU in 2010.

A fervent supporter of local universities since the 1980s, Dr Leung has been actively involved in PolyU’s activities including training programmes for students, programme planning and project development. He is CEO Fellow Member of the CEO Club of the PolyU Institute for Entrepreneurship. He has served as an Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Leadership & Innovation of the Department of Management and Marketing since 2010 and Advisory Committee Chairman of the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering since 2011. In addition, Dr Leung has been former Court Member of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Advisory Committee Member of its School of Engineering.

Dr Leung received the Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong from the Federation of Hong Kong Industries in 2001, and was presented the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award in 2003. He was conferred the Outstanding Achievement Award by CSIA in 2004 and an Honorary Fellowship by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. In recognition of his contributions to society and the industry, Dr Leung was appointed Justice of the Peace by the HKSAR Government in 2013.

 

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Dr Chung King Fai, SBS

Dr Samuel Lam Pak Nin

Dr Humphrey Leung Kwong Wai, JP

Dr Dennis Ng Wang Pun, BBS, MH

Ms Josephine Siao Fong Fong, MBE

Professor Wang Jianhua

Mr Alexander Woo Chung Ho

Dr Royce Yuen Man Chun, JP

(in alphabetical order of last name)

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