Andrew Brandler sees no conflict in anti-emissions job
CLP Holdings chief executive Andrew Brandler admits his company is Hong Kong's biggest polluter. But, in a strange twist of circumstances, he has just landed the role of encouraging fellow executives to clean up the city's disgusting air.
As the new chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, he is busy promoting the Clean Air Charter for Hong Kong and Guangdong companies, despite allegations from green groups that his own firm is not doing enough to make the city smog-free.
His new role is as surprising as it was unexpected. He succeeds former chamber of commerce chairwoman Lily Chiang Lai-lei, who stepped down after being charged in January in connection with a HK$7.5 million share-option fraud allegation.
If Mr Brandler, 51, was not juggling responsibilities and roles before, it appears he soon will be. Aside from the clean air project, he will put forward his serious concerns about the government's planned controversial anti-monopoly legislation.
Mr Brandler headed Schroders' corporate finance unit in Asia-Pacific before joining CLP as chief executive in 2000. He has a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He is married and has five children.