Julia Leung

Julia Leung Fung-yee, SBS (Chinese: 梁鳳儀) is the executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong.[1] She was formerly one of the undersecretaries appointed by the Government of Hong Kong in 2008.[2]

Julia Leung
Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 August 2008
Secretary	Professor Ka-Keung Chan
Political Assistant	Katherine Ng
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 59–60) Hong Kong
Alma mater	BSocSc, CUHK MSc in Journalism, Columbia University

Education

Leung holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Master of Science degree in journalism from the Columbia University.

Career

Leung joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in 1994 and was promoted to her present post as Executive Director (External) in 2000. She is a member of the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Before joining HKMA, she served on the Asian Wall Street Journal for 10 years.[3][3] She has recently written a book called "The Tides of Capital". This book was published by OMFIF Press in January 2015. In this book Julia Leung distils two decades of financial diplomacy into an incisive account of the lessons Asia and the world have learned from successive bouts of crisis management. She entreats the west to take seriously the full implications of Asia's growing clout on the world economic stage. Leung calls on the US to share its dominant monetary position with others, especially China - a move towards a new monetary system and an overhaul of the governance of world finance.

Leung currently serves as Executive Director, Investment Products at the SFC in Hong Kong, and will succeed Mr James Shipton as Executive Director, Intermediaries Division with effect from 19 June 2016.[4]

Undersecretary

In 2008 she was offered the opportunity to become an undersecretary for the Financial services and the treasury under the Political Appointments System.[3] She possesses British citizenship.[5]

References

1. http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1704897/julia-leung-fung-yee-named-executive-director-hong-kongs-sfc
2. Recipients of HKSAR Honours and Awards
3. Info.gov.hk. "Info.gov.hk." CE appoints Under Secretaries (with photos). Retrieved on 2008-06-21.
4. http://www.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=16PR15
5. Asia Times. "Asia Times." Hong Kong deputies disappoint . Retrieved on 2008-06-21.

Political offices
New office	Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury 2008–2013	Succeeded by James Lau
Order of precedence
Preceded by Susie Ho Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)	Hong Kong order of precedence Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	Succeeded by Florence Hui Under Secretary for Home Affairs