Christopher Dale Pratt

Christopher Dale Pratt
Occupation	Chairman and Executive Director
Employer	Cathay Pacific Swire Pacific
Awards	CBE

Christopher Dale Pratt (Chinese: 白紀圖), CBE, is the Chairman and Executive Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Swire Pacific Limited.

Background

Christopher Dale Pratt joined the John Swire & Sons Limited in 1978 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, as well as Australia and Papua New Guinea. He is the Chairman and Executive Director of Cathay Pacific and Swire Pacific, and has held the position since 1 February 2006; following the sudden resignation of David Turnbull, less than a year after he succeeded James W. J. Hughes-Hallett. Pratt is also the Chairman of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO), John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Beverages Limited and Swire Properties Limited, and a Director of Air China Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.^[1][2][3]

Pratt served as the Executive Director of the Swire Pacific's Trading and Industrial Division between 2000 and 2005. In addition, he served as a Director of Steamships Trading Company Limited from 1995 and became the Chairman in 2000, and continued to serve until his retirement from the company on 27 February 2006.^[4][5]

Education

Pratt has an honours degree in modern history from the University of Oxford.^[4]

Awards and honours

Pratt is awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (Civil Division) in the 2000 New Years Honours List for his services to the community in Papua New Guinea.^[6]

See also

	Hong Kong portal
	Biography portal

• Cathay Pacific
• Swire Group

References

1. ^ "Directors and Officers". Swire Pacific Limited. http://www.swirepacific.com/eng/governance/directors.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Ionides, Nicholas (20 December 2005). "Executive Appointments - Turnbull bows out". Flightglobal.com (Reed Business Information). http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2005/12/20/203763/executive-appointments-turnbull-bows-out.html. Retrieved 20 August 2009. 
3. ^ "Swire Pacific picks new chairman". The New York Times. 25 November 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/25/business/worldbusiness/25iht-swire.html?_r=1. Retrieved 20 August 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Executive Profile Christopher Dale Pratt CBE". BusinessWeek. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8399539&ric=0044.HK. Retrieved 20 August 2009. 
5. ^ "Chairman's Statement". Securities filing. Steamships Trading Co. Ltd. 29 May 2006. http://www.bourseinvestor.com/bi4/pdfnews/default.asp?d=00618009&f=20060529. Retrieved 21 August 2009. 
6. ^ "The London Gazette of Thursday 30 December 1999 Supplement No. 7" (PDF). TSO on behalf of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 31 December 1999. p. 1. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/55716/supplements/53. Retrieved 20 August 2009. 

External links

• Cathay Pacific Airways
• Swire Group
• Swire Pacific
• Bloomberg via Youtube: Swire & China - An Interview with Christopher Pratt Aug 6 2009 23:10ET

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