EDITH SHIH IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY for Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

Shih studied at the University of the Philippines and then at Columbia University. She received her legal education at the University of Law, Lancaster Gate, London. Later, she worked at Cameron McKenna, London, as a trainee solicitor, and at Johnson Stokes & Master, Hong Kong (now Mayer Brown JSM) for five years where she was an assistant solicitor, focusing on commercial and company law. Shih was the head group’s general counsel from October 1993 to April 2017. She was named executive director of the group in 2017. Shih was the first member of the legal department. Her company is a conglomerate engaged in five core businesses. These include container terminals, retail, infrastructure, energy and telecommunications. It has a yearly revenue of about $50 billion. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The group operates in 52 countries with about 290,000 employees. The legal department is managed from the head office. Each of its core business units has its own legal team with subgroup legal teams reporting into the core business units. Her focus is legal, corporate finance, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and corporate secretarial of most subgroup companies. She also heads the IP department.

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