Morris CHEUNG

Morris Cheung Siu-wa has been the President of MTR Academy since 1 July 2016 and a Member of the Executive Directorate since July 2012.  He is responsible for spearheading and overseeing the development of the MTR Academy, with an objective to develop competent railway professionals and raise the quality of local and regional rail services through offering programmes related to railway management, operations, engineering and customer service, and undertaking rail-related research. Mr Cheung joined the Company in 1983 as a Graduate Engineer, and has progressed over the years to senior management positions in Operations and Projects Divisions.  He was seconded to Ngong Ping 360 Limited as its Managing Director from 2007 to 2009. In July 2009, Mr Cheung was appointed Chief of Operating and in January 2011, he took up the position of Chief of Operations Engineering. Mr Cheung was the Human Resources Director between July 2012 and June 2015 and the European Business Director between June 2015 and June 2016. He has a wide range of management experience and deep knowledge of the Company.  

Mr. Cheung was first nominated as the Chairman for UITP Asia-Pacific Division in May 2013. During the four years of his chairmanship, he carried the mission and tasks to lead the association within the region, and to advance in the consolidation of insights, pursuing UITP’s strategy  “Grow with Public Transport”. Since May 2017, Mr. Cheung continues his dedication to UITP by being UITP Special Adviser Asia and actively involved in UITP Policy Board.