HKEX Extends CEO Bonnie Chan’s Term to 2030

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) filed an announcement that the tenure of Bonnie Chan, the 57-year-old chief executive, will be renewed from March 1 2027 to February 28 2030. Chan, who became the first woman to lead the exchange in March 2024, will therefore serve a three-year extension beyond the standard term.

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Chan succeeded Nicolas Aguzin, who headed HKEX from March 2021 to February 2024, and follows the longest-serving chief, Charles Li Xiaojia, whose 11-year tenure ran from 2010 to 2021. Her appointment came as the bourse seeks to leverage mainland China’s technology boom and preserve Hong Kong’s status as a premier global fundraising hub.

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HKEX chairman Carlson Tong praised Chan’s leadership, noting that under her direction the group has broadened its business footprint, evolved its listing framework, and upgraded technology infrastructure and market microstructure. Tong emphasized that these moves aim to keep HKEX’s markets “competitive and fit for purpose” while strengthening Hong Kong’s role as an international financial centre.

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• “Bonnie has led HKEX Group with vision, purpose and distinction,” — Carlson Tong, HKEX chairman, in an online statement

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• “Under her leadership, HKEX has gone from strength to strength, with the team focused on broadening the group’s business footprint, evolving its listing framework, and delivering many enhancements to its technology infrastructure and market microstructure, making our markets even more competitive and fit for purpose,” — Carlson Tong, HKEX chairman, in an online statement

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