Limited (formerly Hongkong Bank of Australia Limited), a director of the MTR Corporation, a director of Swire Pacific Limited, deputy chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority. He was a member of the Presidential Committee for National Competitiveness of President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak and a senior adviser to PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong and China from September 2005 until 2014. Eldon is non-executive chairman of Octopus Cards Limited in Hong Kong and sits on a number of other boards, advisory boards and Hong Kong Government entities. Blog Eldon maintains a blog, where he gives (sometimes controversial) opinions on political topics. In 2014, Eldon attracted attention after posting comments about Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, and saying that pro-democracy protesters should "move on from the current impasse" during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. This had led to HSBC feeling the need to comment that the views expressed were his own, and not a company view on the matters. Personal life Born in Inverness, Scotland, Eldon was educated at the Duke of York's Royal Military School. Eldon married in 1975 and has three children. Two of his children are living and working in Hong Kong, while the other lives and works in Canberra, Australia. Eldon continues to live in Hong Kong, where he has spent more than half his working life, and he intends to remain in Hong Kong. Honours Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Justice of the Peace (2000) Honorary Doctor of Business Administration of the City University of Hong Kong (November 2003) DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Person of the Year for 2003 Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) (2004) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (2005) Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Award (2005) Honorary Citizenship of Seoul Honorary Doctor of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2011) Source: References External links Eldon-Online Blog 1945 births Living people Hong Kong people of British descent Hong Kong bankers Hong Kong chief executives HSBC people MTR Corporation Swire Group Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Hong Kong financial businesspeople