Appointed to the Board on 07 September 2017. Mr Roderick Chalmers is a chartered accountant by profession, specialising in the financial services sector. Between 1972 and 1983 he practiced in Malta as a partner with the offices of Coopers and Lybrand, before moving to Hong Kong in 1984. He was a partner with Coopers and Lybrand, (later PricewaterhouseCoopers), Hong Kong between 1984 and 2000.
He was appointed to the International Board of Directors of Coopers & Lybrand between 1996 and 1998 and was also a member of the PwC Global Management Board. Upon retirement from the firm, Mr Chalmers pursued a full-time MA degree at Edinburgh University.
He was appointed by the Government of Hong Kong to act as a non-executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission (the regulator of the Stock and Futures exchanges) between 1992 and 1999. He was also a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and was appointed by the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong to sit on the Banking Advisory Committee.
Between 2004 and 2012 he was appointed chairman of Bank of Valletta plc and a director of Middlesea Insurance plc and MSV Life plc. He is currently a non-executive director of Gasan Group Limited, Gasan Zammit Motors Limited and Alfred Gera & Sons Limited.
Mr Chalmers has been a non-executive Director of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc since 2006.
