Chief Executive Officer
LEUNG Fung Yee, Julia, SBS, JP
From 1 Jan 2023
Current appointment expires on 31 Dec 2025
Ms Julia Leung has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) since 1 January 2023.
Ms Leung joined the SFC in March 2015 as Executive Director of the Investment Products Division. She became Executive Director of the Intermediaries Division in June 2016 and took on the additional capacity of Deputy CEO in March 2018.
In more than 25 years of public service, Ms Leung has extensive experience in financial regulation, market development and international cooperation. Prior to joining the SFC, Ms Leung was the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury from August 2008 to December 2013. Before that, she served at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for 14 years, spending the last eight years as the Executive Director responsible for financial cooperation with Mainland and other international regulators. Currently, she is the Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and a council member of the Treasury Markets Association.
Ms Leung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and earned a master's degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. In 2014, she authored a book on how Asia has surmounted various financial crises.
Ms Leung chairs the SFC’s Executive Committee, and sits on the Advisory Committee, Investment Committee, Budget Committee and SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee.
Last update: 7 Nov 2024