Paul Chow

Group General Counsel, Group Chief Sustainability Officer
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)

Mr Paul Chow is Group General Counsel and Group Chief Sustainability Officer at HKEX
and a member of its Management Committee.
Based in Hong Kong, he heads up the Group’s Legal and Secretariat functions, overseeing
the Legal and Secretarial Services teams globally. He also provides strategic legal counsel
to the HKEX Board and Senior Management team. In addition, Mr Chow oversees the
Sustainability function at HKEX, encompassing the Corporate Responsibility & Foundation
team and the Carbon & ESG Product team. In this role, he is responsible for driving the
Group’s sustainability strategies that align with HKEX’s purpose and long-term goals.
Prior to joining HKEX in 2021, Mr Chow worked at Cathay Pacific Airways where he was
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. Before working in-house, he was a partner
at Davis Polk Wardwell LLP, Linklaters and Slaughter and May, bringing broad experience
from both private practice and as in-house counsel, along with specific expertise in corporate
finance and capital markets. Outside of HKEX, he is a member of the Hong Kong SAR
Government’s Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, Funds Management SubCommittee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, Resolvability Review Tribunal and Standing
Committee on Compliance of the Law Society of Hong Kong.
Mr Chow holds a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political
Science and a Master of Science in Global Business from the Chinese University of Hong
Kong.