YIH, Dieter Lai Tak, JP

Non-Executive Directors

From 15 Nov 2021

Current appointment expires on 14 Nov 2027

Mr Yih is a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). He is currently a partner of Kwok Yih & Chan, Solicitors.

Mr Yih was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1988 and subsequently in Hong Kong in 1989. He is also admitted to practise law in Australia and Singapore.

Mr Yih’s public roles include serving as Chairman of the Quality Education Fund Steering Committee. Also, he is a Non-Executive Director of the eMPF Platform Company Limited and Chairman of its Risk Committee, as well as a member of the University Grants Committee and Chairman of the Quality Assurance Council.

Previously, Mr Yih was President of The Law Society of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre and Convenor of Investigation Panel A of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was also a member of the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. He had also served as Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Education University of Hong Kong, and a member of each of the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service, the Banking Review Tribunal and the Standing Committee on Legal Education and Training.

Mr Yih attained his LL.B. degree from King’s College London. He is a Fellow of King’s College London and Honorary Fellow of The Education University of Hong Kong.

Mr Yih is Deputy Chairman of the SFC’s Remuneration Committee. He also sits on the Audit Committee, the Budget Committee, the SFC (HKEC Listing) Appeals Committee, the Panel of Takeovers and Mergers, and the Takeovers Appeal Committee.

Last update: 26 Jun 2026