Directly Elected Parent Governor
Term of Service: from 17 March 2025 to 16 March 2028
Mr Phil Smith is a chartered accountant from the UK who first came to Hong Kong in 2005. He has worked through the region since then including extended postings to Beijing, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur before settling back in Hong Kong in 2019.
During this time, he has worked for major international financial services companies across a wide variety of roles, such as country and regional CFO, M and A Head, Business Development and Strategy Head and Country CEO.
He stepped down from full-time corporate life to better support his twin children in 2018. They are enrolled respectively at Kennedy School and Jockey Club Sarah Roe School (JCSRS), where he is also currently Chair of the Parent Teacher Association.