The board of directors of Guoco Group Limited announced that Mr. David Michael Norman has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the company as well as a member of the board Audit Committee with effect from July 4, 2013. Mr. Norman was admitted as a solicitor in the United Kingdom in 1981 and in Hong Kong in 1984 respectively. He was a partner of an international law firm until he resigned in 2010.

Mr. Norman has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr. Norman is a non-executive director of South China Holdings Limited.