Towngas Managing Director Alfred Chan becomes the first Chinese business leader to receive "Leadership Award" in "Gas Industry Award 2015"

(15 May 2015) Alfred Chan, Managing Director of the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) was honoured with "Leadership Award" in "Gas Industry Award 2015" jointly presented by the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) and the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) in London, United Kingdom (UK). He is the first Chinese business leader to receive this prestigious award.
"Gas Industry Award" aims to recognise the companies and individuals that have made tremendous contribution to the development of gas industry. In recognition of the two Companies' remarkable performance in management and operation, Towngas won "Company of the Year Award" in "Gas Industry Award" in 1999, 2006 and its subsidiary Towngas China also received this Award in 2014.
Alfred Chan joined Towngas in 1992 and was appointed as Managing Director in 1997. Under his leadership, Towngas has transformed from a locally-based company in Hong Kong centred on a single business into a sizable, nation-wide, multi-business group with a focus on environmentally friendly energy ventures and utility sectors. Today, the Company operates over 200 projects in 25 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in mainland China, covering upstream, midstream and downstream gas projects, water supply and wastewater treatment, natural gas refilling stations, new environmentally friendly energy businesses etc. As the top management of a leading gas group, Alfred Chan has ample experiences in the gas industry. Currently, he is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Fellow of the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Fellow of the Energy of Institute of the United Kingdom. He
has also served as the Vice Chairman of China Gas Association for many years.
Corporate Communications Department, 15th Floor, No. 363 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong Tel: 29633499 Fax: 25167368 E-mail: ccd@towngas.com

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IGEM, one of the organisers of the Award, was established in 1863. It is a chartered professional body and academic institution licensed by the Engineering Council, and the organization to formulate European Union gas industry standards. Founded in 1905, EUA is a non-profit organisation which helps shaping future development direction for the energy and utilities sector in UK.

Towngas Managing Director Alfred Chan (centre) was honoured with "Leadership Award" in
"Gas Industry Award 2015".

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