Mr JAT Sew-tong

Mr Jat Sew-tong has been a barrister in private practice in Hong Kong since 1990. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1987 and the University of Oxford in 1989. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1989. In 2002, at the age of 36, he was appointed Senior Counsel. He served as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court from 2006 to 2014.

Mr Jat is currently the Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Sinfonietta Limited, member of the Research Council of the Our Hong Kong Foundation, Board Member of the Hospital Authority , member of Disciplinary Chair Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission and Chairman of Competition Commission. He was the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council from 2008 to 2014, and Chairperson of the Minimum Wage Commission from 2011 to 2017. His other public offices included Chairman of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages (Enforcement Notices) Appeal Board, Chairman of the Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Boards, Chairman of the Review Committee on Trust Fund for SARS, Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Appeals Board, and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance).