Page 10 - Sphere No.25 (Aug 2009)

8 SPHERE
F O C U S
THE VALUES THAT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Cheung Kong’s Victor Li tells students graduating from the
University of Western Ontario about the importance of traditional values in business
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THE 24TH OF MAY was a memorable day for Mr Victor
Li, the Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of Cheung
Kong (Holdings) Limited. First, he received an honorary de-
gree, Doctor of Laws, from the University of Western Ontario
and then he gave the address at the university’s annual Hong
Kong convocation in which he offered students advice about
business values.
Mr Li and his family have strong links with Canada. He became
a Canadian citizen in 1987. While working in Toronto, he over-
saw other family investments in the country. The Cheung Kong
Group is one of the largest foreign investors in Canada and Mr Li
is also co-Chairman of Husky Energy Inc, among the country’s
largest energy companies, in which Hutchison and the Li family
own a majority stake.
“Victor has shown himself to be a prudent and straight-
forward business leader with a strong business sense that he’s
honed from a very young age,” said Carol Stephenson, Dean of
the university’s Richard Ivey School of Business. “He also has a
long-standing commitment of giving back. We are privileged to
be awarding him this honour.”
DrVictor Li (centre) pictured here with Dr Fred Longstaffe, Acting Chancellor of University
of Western Ontario (centre left) and Professor Kathleen Slaughter, Dean of Richard Ivey School of Business
– Asia, University of Western Ontario (centre right).