Mr. Francis C.Y. Cheng is an engineer with over 45 years of working experience in the power industry. He joined The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited (HK Electric) in 1979. He was the Station Manager of Lamma Power Station before promoting to Operations Director in 2017 overseeing the electricity generation, transmission and distribution, as well as system operation and information technology functions of HK Electric. Mr. Cheng was further promoted to his present position of Managing Director of HK Electric in July 2023, and continues leading the Group to drive innovation and achieve zero-carbon energy while maintaining world-class electricity-supply service with reliability over 99.9999%. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of HK Electric Investments Limited and an executive director of Power Assets Holdings Limited. Mr. Cheng holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom, and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
