The Hon. C. Y. Leung, GBS, JP
Convenor, Non-official Members, Executive Council, HKSAR

Mr Leung is Chairman, Asia Pacific, of DTZ, a leading property services company. The Company has 200 offices in 40 countries, employing an office staff of over 10,000 people worldwide. He is a past Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and past President of the Institute of Surveyors in Hong Kong. He is also a trustee, Executive Committee member and Chairman of Asia of the Urban Land Institute of the United States.

In 1997, he was awarded the degree of Hon Doctor of Business Administration by University of the West of England. In 1998, he was awarded a similar degree by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Mr Leung actively contributed to the development of a framework for land-use policies and real estate development in the mainland of China since 1978. In 1980, he was officially appointed as an adviser to the land and housing reform committees of the governments in Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenzhen. In 1988, shortly after the amendment of the Chinese Constitution, he assisted the Shanghai Government in selling the first land use right since 1949.

Mr Leung was extensively involved in the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region. He was Secretary General of the Basic Law Consultative Committee (1988-90), Leader of the Political Sub-Group of the Preliminary Working Committee (1993-95), Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for HKSAR (1996-97) and Member of the Provisional Legislative Council (1997-98).

Since 1997, Mr Leung has been a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is currently the Convenor. In 2003, he was elected a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is a founder and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services and Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute.