Eddie Yue
3nd Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Assumed office
1 October 2019
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Preceded byNorman Chan
Personal details
Born (1964-09-21) September 21, 1964
NationalityHong Kong Chinese
Political partynone
EducationDiocesan Boys' School
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong (BBA)
University of London (LLB, MS)
Harvard Business School (MBA)[1]
OccupationTreasury official, Civil servant
ProfessionBank director, civil servant
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Eddie Yue Wai-man (Chinese: 余偉文; born 21 September 1964), JP, is the 3rd and current Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, having held the position since 1 October 2019.[2][3]

He graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of London, and Harvard Business School.[1]

In September 2022, Yue said that when inviting executives to Hong Kong for the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit in November 2022, "Nobody asked about quarantine restrictions [then], or any arrangements needed to come to Hong Kong."[4] In contrast, earlier reports said that executives told the Hong Kong government they would be reluctant to travel if hotel quarantine was required,[5] or if any other restrictions remained in place.[6] Yue said that their attendance to the Summit was a vote of confidence for the city.[7] On 27 October 2022, Yue said that he hoped the public would understand letting the guests to the Summit be exempt from normal COVID-19 restrictions, where other arrivals to Hong Kong cannot eat at restaurants in the first 3 days after landing in the city.[8] Despite the COVID-19 exemptions for the guests, Yue said "Hong Kong is back."[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Appointment of Chief Executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority". Government of Hong Kong. 25 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hong Kong Names Eddie Yue as Next Monetary Authority Chief". Bloomberg. 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong's new monetary chief Eddie Yue vows to defend currency peg, says there's no need to change it". South China Morning Post. 2 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive: Hong Kong is back, and the financial world welcomes it, HKMA says". South China Morning Post. 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. ↑ Yu, Elaine (2022-06-26). "Hong Kong's Struggle to Lure Bankers Dims Its Role as a Global Finance Hub". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. ↑ Standard, The. "Wall Street titans to join Nov banking summit in Hong Kong as Covid rules relaxed". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  7. ↑ "Week of large-scale events shows Hong Kong is 'open for business': treasury chief". South China Morning Post. 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  8. 1 2 "'Appropriate' plans for Hong Kong banker summit if needed after Chan Covid case". South China Morning Post. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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