James Hughes-Hallett

James Hughes-Hallett is Chairman of Swire Pacific Ltd., Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd.

James Hughes-Hallett joined the Swire Group in 1976. He has held various management positions in the Group's operations in Asia and Australia, and was Managing Director of John Swire & Sons Pty. Ltd. in Australia until January 1993, when he was transferred back to Hong Kong as director responsible for the Swire Group's ship-owning and consumer trading interests. He assumed his current responsibilities in 1999.

He is a council member of the University of Hong Kong, the Trade Development Council, and the HK Academy for Performing Arts. He is a member of the Hong Kong/Japan Business Co-operation Committee and Hong Kong/U.S. Business Council of the Trade Development Council, the General Chamber of Commerce General Committee, the Aviation Advisory Board and of the Port and Maritime Board. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Hong Kong. He is Patron of the Community Advice Bureau and a member of the Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Red Cross. He is an advisor to the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong. He is also a director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Born in 1949, James Hughes-Hallett graduated from Oxford University in 1970 with a degree in English Literature. He is a Fellow of the Society of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and an Honorary Fellow of The University of Hong Kong.