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David Li

Dr the Honourable Sir
David Li Kwok-po
GBM, GBS, Kt, JP
李國寶
David K.P. Li, Chairman, Bank of East Asia - what is China's impact on global growth, at the Horasis Global China Business Meeting 2009 - Flickr - Horasis.jpg
Sir David Li Kwok-po at Horasis Global China Business Meeting, 2009
Chairman of the Bank of East Asia
Assumed office
9 April 1997
Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office
1 November 2005 – 16 February 2008
Appointed by Donald Tsang
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office
30 October 1985 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency Financial/Finance
In office
21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012
Preceded by New parliament
Succeeded by Ng Leung-sing
Constituency Finance
Personal details
Born (1939-03-13) 13 March 1939 (age 77)
London, England, UK
Spouse(s) Penny Poon Kam-chui
Children Adrian David Li Man-kiu
Brian David Li Man-bun Stephan David Li Man-kaw
Alma mater Imperial College London
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Occupation Banker
Religion Church of England
David Li
Traditional Chinese 李國寶

Dr the Honourable Sir David Li Kwok-po GBM GBS JP (Chinese: 李國寶; born 13 March 1939, London, England) is a British-Hong Kong banker and politician. He is the current Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia, and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the Executive Council of Hong Kong.

The Li family, with roots in Heshan, Guangdong, has long had a prominent position in Hong Kong. David Li's great-grandfather, Li Shek-tang, made his fortune bringing rice to Hong Kong from Vietnam. In 1918, Li's grandfather, Li Koon-chun, along with his great-uncle, founded the Bank of East Asia, the first Chinese-owned bank in the territory. His father, F S Li, was a director of the Bank of East Asia, an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council and council member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Li's younger brother is Arthur Li Kwok-cheung, former Secretary for Education and Manpower and Chairman of the Council of the University of Hong Kong. David's cousins include the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal's first Chief Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang. One of his uncles is the late Simon Li Fook-sean, a senior judge who ran in the first election for chief executive in 1996, whose daughter is prominent democrat, barrister Gladys Li, and another the late Ronald Li Fook-siu, the disgraced former chairman of the .


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