Kitty Mok

Director of Risk, Group Company Secretary

After several years in an accounting role at Pacific Basin, I became closely involved in the formalisation of our Corporate Governance and Risk Management functions in 2005. This was a significant development for me, as I would now become concerned with questions about what, why and how we monitor and manage our business activities and the associated risks, and how we communicate these both internally and to our external stakeholders. This would have been a much more daunting project were it not for the culture of openness and team spirit at Pacific Basin, and the support of an experienced and understanding Board of directors.

My role requires that I work closely with the Board to safeguard the Company’s assets, business and people. This involves building and maintaining an appropriate risk culture within the Group, and working closely with our departments to ensure that they have established meaningful policies and controls. Our risk management team offers itself as a mirror to help our various functional units monitor compliance and reflect on their performance against relevant policies and controls.

I find my role extremely rewarding due to the need for regular interaction with colleagues from all departments and functions. I enjoy being involved in wide-ranging business issues and procedures, and I gain much fulfilment from my contribution to the constant and successful evolution of our processes and strengthening of our risk management culture to better meet the needs of our business.

I am proud of what Pacific Basin has achieved in this respect – and our efforts have been recognised in the shipping and governance communities both locally and internationally – but we must never become complacent. I look forward to the challenge of meeting or exceeding ever-evolving corporate governance standards, with a promise to our investors and other stakeholders to remain diligent in everything we do.