Mr Yih is a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). He is currently a partner of Kwok Yih & Chan, Solicitors.
Mr Yih was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1988 and subsequently in Hong Kong in 1989. He is also admitted to practise law in Australia and Singapore.
Mr Yih’s public roles include serving as Chairman of the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre and Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Education University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Education Commission, the Standing Committee on Legal Education and Training, the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service and the Banking Review Tribunal. He is also a member of the Quality Education Fund Steering Committee and Chairman of its Dissemination and Promotion Sub-committee. He is a Non-Executive Director of the eMPF Platform Company Limited.
Previously, Mr Yih was President of The Law Society of Hong Kong and Convenor of Investigation Panel A of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was also a member of the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
Mr Yih attained his LL.B. degree from King’s College London. He is a Fellow of King’s College London.
Mr Yih is a member of the SFC’s Remuneration Committee and the SFC (HKEC Listing) Appeals Committee.
Last update: 15 Nov 2021