CLP Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Ling Michael Hin Yau as a Joint Company Secretary to take effect from 1 January 2023. Mr. David John Simmonds will continue to act as the Chief Strategy, Sustainability and Governance Officer as well as the Joint Company Secretary, together with Mr. Michael Ling as the other Joint Company Secretary. Mr. Michael Ling has been the Deputy Company Secretary of the Company since 2016 and oversees the day to day functions of CLP Group corporate secretarial and works closely with the Board of Directors of the Company and the Board Committees.

Prior to taking up this position in 2016, Mr. Ling was the legal counsel on the international team of CLP Group Legal Affairs for over four years. He also has extensive private practice experience in corporate transactions and advisory work including public and private Mergers and Acquisitions and capital markets work in Hong Kong, London and Beijing. Mr. Ling holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University and has completed the IMD's Applied Leadership Program and the FT Non-Executive Director Programme.

He is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar. He is also a Fellow Member of both The Chartered Governance Institute and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) (formerly known as The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries), and awarded with the dual designations of Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional. Mr. Ling is currently a member of Technical Consultation Panel, Mainland China Focus Group and Disciplinary Tribunal of HKCGI.

He also sits on the Board of AFS Hong Kong.