Eddie Yue

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]

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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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. "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. "'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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