Michael Ling is the deputy company secretary for CLP Holdings Limited and oversees the day to day functions of CLP Group Corporate Secretarial and works closely with the board of directors of CLP Holdings and the board committees. Prior to taking up this position in 2016, he was the legal counsel on the international team of CLP Group Legal Affairs for over four years. He also has extensive experience in corporate transactions and advisory work including public and private M&A and capital markets work in Hong Kong, London and Beijing. He holds a bachelor of laws and bachelor of commerce from the Australian National University and has completed the IMD's Applied Leadership Program and the FT Non-Executive Director Programme. He is a fellow member and holds the dual designations of Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional under The Chartered Governance Institute and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. He is currently a member of Technical Consultation Panel and Mainland China Focus Group of Institute. He also sits on the board of AFS Hong Kong, a not-for-profit organization that promotes inter-cultural learning for secondary school students. He is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.