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| Education | Chartered accountant, with a bachelor's degree fromSaint John's University in the US[1] Diploma in Financial Administration from theUniversity of New England in Australia.[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Group managing director,Hutchison Whampoa[1] Chairs numerous Hutchison businesses, including Hutchison Telecom International and HongKong Electric Holdings |
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| Traditional Chinese | 霍建寧 | ||||||||||
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Canning Fok Kin-ning (Chinese:霍建寧; born 1951 inHong Kong)[1] is a Hong Kong business executive. He is a director or chair of numerous management board in companies ofCheung Kong Holdings andHutchison Whampoa. He is hailed as the "King of Employees" since he has been one of the Hong Kong's top-fivetaxpayers in the past few years.[3][4]
Fok holds aBachelor of Arts degree fromSt. John's University inMinnesota, United States,[5] and a Diploma inFinancial Management from theUniversity of New England inNew South Wales, Australia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.[6]
Fok is consideredLi Ka-shing's right-hand man, and has worked alongside the business magnate for over 40 years as his trusted lieutenant and dealmaker.[7][8]
Fok worked as the following positions of the following companies.[9]
Fok endowed the Canning and Eliza Fok House, a graduate residence atMurray Edwards College, Cambridge.[13][14] He also endowed the Eliza and Canning Fok Endowed Fund for International Student Financial Aid atColumbia College, the undergraduate liberal arts college ofColumbia University.[15]