Independent Non-Executive Director — Risk & Technology
Hong Kong SAR·Technology & Digital Platforms·Posted 21 August 2026
HKEX Main Board-listed platform business with mainland operations
Actively sourcing
A demand profile the Exchange is actively sourcing against. The sponsor is not confirmed on this board, and we say so rather than implying a signed mandate. Registering interest puts you in front of the sponsor when the brief converts.
The problem this seat exists to solve
The board's published skills matrix names cyber-security and data governance as gaps, and two long-serving INEDs fall out of independence during the nine-year transition period.
The remit
- Bring board-level oversight of cyber-security, data governance and platform risk
- Sit on the risk committee and contribute to the nomination committee's skills-matrix review
- Test management's technology investment cases against the board's risk appetite
- Support the transition as long-tenured INEDs are replaced
What the sponsor will not compromise on
- Executive experience as a CIO, CTO or CISO of a business at meaningful scale
- Prior listed-company board or board-committee exposure
- Working English; Mandarin an advantage but not a requirement for this seat
- Comfort with cross-border data and regulatory regimes
Terms
- Engagement
- Three-year term, subject to re-election, within the nine-year independence period.
- Compensation
- HKD 400,000 – 600,000 a year including committee fees.
- Cross-border
- Hong Kong applies no residency or nationality test to directors, so this seat is open to a candidate based anywhere.
- Time commitment in this market
- Typically 4–8 board meetings a year plus committee cycles, with more frequent ad-hoc meetings at issuers doing corporate actions.
Before you apply — Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong applies no residency or nationality test to directors. It is, on paper, the most open board market in Asia.
- Residency test
- None.
- Nationality test
- None.
- Work authorisation
- A non-executive director attending board meetings does not require an employment visa. An executive or interim operating role requires a General Employment Policy visa.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- Nine years, introduced from 1 July 2025 with a phased transition for existing long-serving INEDs running to 2028.
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