Mr. Andrew Len Tao Sheng, Chartered Accountant. Educated at
Sabah College, Kota Kinabalu and the University of Bristol, where
he received a First in Economics (1969). Articled in London (FCA,
1972).
1976-89 - various positions with Bank Negara Malaysia, including
Chief Economist and Assistant Governor in charge of Bank and
Insurance Regulations.
1989-93, seconded to the World Bank, Washington, DC, Senior
Manager, Financial Markets and Payments Systems, Financial Sector
Development Department.
Oct 1993 - Sept 1998, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary
Authority, responsible for the Reserves Management and External
Departments.
From 1 October 1998 – 30 September 2005, Chairman of the Hong
Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Mr. Sheng has published widely in monetary and financial issues. In
1998, he co-chaired the Working Party on Transparency and
Accountability, one of the three Working Parties formed under the
Group of Twenty-two Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors. In 1999, he chaired the Financial Stability Forum’s Task
Force on Implementation of Standards.
From Oct 2003 – Sept 2005, he was Chairman of the Technical
Committee of IOSCO, the International Organization of Securities
Commissions.
In May 2003, he was also appointed Convenor of the International
Council of Advisers to the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
Chairman, OECD-ADBI Roundtable on Capital Markets, October 2005
Sabbatical, Bank for International Settlements, Basle, Switzerland,
November-December 2005
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Economic Management,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, September 2005
Currently The Holder of Tun Ismail Ali Chair in Monetary and
Financial Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration,
University of Malaya, Feb 2006 – May 2006
In March 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Governing
Council for the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance
(INCEIF) and a member of the Board of the Qatar Financial Centre
Regulatory Authority.
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Honours:
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JSM, Malaysia, 1985
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SBS – Silver Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong, 1997
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LLD (Hon) University of Bristol, 1999
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JP, Justice of Peace, Hong Kong, 1999
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SPDK, Datuk Seri Panglima, Sabah, September 2005
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