Mr Marcellus Wong Yui-keung, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the AMTD Group, was among the nine recipients of the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award presented on 30 April 2019. Since graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic with a Higher Diploma in Accountancy in 1977, Mr Wong has worked as a tax assessor, business adviser, partner, compliance leader and risk and quality leader of tax practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong, Honorary Adviser (Greater China) to CPA Australia, and member of the Joint Liaison Committee on Taxation offering advice to the HKSAR government.

The Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award, launched in 1996, is presented biennially to distinguished graduates of PolyU and its predecessors – the Government Trade School, Hong Kong Technical College, and Hong Kong Polytechnic – in recognition of their professional achievements and contributions to society and their alma mater.