AMTD Digital Inc. announced the following new appointments for existing and/or new members of the boards of AMTD Digital and AMTD World Media and Entertainment Group ("AMTD WME"), a joint venture among AMTD Group. Ms. Joanne Shoveller has been designated as the Co-Chair of the Board of AMTD Digital, as well as the Chair of the Board of AMTD WME. Under the leadership of Group Chairman Dr. Calvin Choi, AMTD has always been a great supporter of women's leadership.

By inclusion of women leaders into the Boards and management teams, the company embrace a diverse workforce and support a diversity of global leadership. In addition, Dr. Timothy Tong the Chairman of AMTD Digital, has been appointed by the Hong Kong SAR Government through the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, as the Chairman of the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a term of three years with effect from March 1, 2024. According to the announcement, the RGC advises the Hong Kong SAR Government, through the University Grants Committee, on the needs of Hong Kong's higher education institutions in terms of academic research and on the distribution of funding for academic research projects undertaken by academic staff of higher education institutions.

The RGC manages a variety of research funding programmes, including the General Research Fund, the Early Career Scheme, the Collaborative Research Fund, the Research Impact Fund, the Theme-based Research Scheme, the Areas of Excellence Scheme, the Strategic Topics Grant and various joint research schemes. The RGC has set up committees and subject panels to assess research bids in various disciplines. It also manages a number of fellowship schemes, such as the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme and the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme.