{{Short description|Hong Kong barrister, solicitor, and politician (born 1939)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix=[[The Honourable]] |name=Ronald J. Arculli |native_name = {{nobold|夏佳理}} |honorific_suffix=[[Grand Bauhinia Medal|GBM]], [[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]], [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], [[Order of British Empire|OBE]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] |image=Ronald Arculli 20230430.jpg |caption=Arculli attending the trophy presentation ceremony of the [[Champions Mile]] at the [[Sha Tin Racecourse]] on 30 April 2023 |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|1|2}} |birth_place=Hong Kong |office=[[List of Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong|3rd Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the]] [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] |appointer=[[Donald Tsang]] |term_start=3 October 2011 |term_end=30 June 2012 |predecessor=[[Leung Chun-ying]] |successor=[[Lam Woon-kwong]] | office1= Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] |predecessor2= ''New constituency'' | successor2= [[Abraham Razack]] | term_start1= 12 October 1988 | term_end1= 22 August 1991 | appointer1=[[David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn|David Wilson]] | term_start2= 9 October 1991 | term_end2= 30 June 2000 | constituency2= [[Real Estate and Construction (constituency)|Real Estate and Construction]] |alma_mater=[[St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong|St. Joseph's College]]<br />[[Lincoln's Inn]] |occupation=Solicitor |party=[[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] {{small|(1993–2000)}} |spouse = Johanna Klara |children = 4 |blank1=Honorary Degrees |data1=[[Doctor of Social Science|D.SocSc]] ([[City University of Hong Kong|CityU]])<br />[[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] ([[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|HKUST]])}} {{Infobox Chinese |title=Ronald Joseph Arculli |c=夏佳理 |j=Haa6 Gaai1 lei5 |y=Haah Gāai léih |p=Xià Jiālǐ }}
'''Ronald Joseph Arculli''' ({{lang-zh|t=夏佳理}}; born 2 January 1939 in Hong Kong) is former chairman of [[Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing]], Non-official Members Convenor of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong]] (Exco) and a senior partner at [[King & Wood Mallesons]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.kingandwood.com/lawyer.aspx?id=ronald-arculli-cvo-gbs-obe-jp&language=en|title=Ronald Arculli|publisher=King and Wood, PRC Lawyers|accessdate=10 August 2010}}</ref> He is a Hong Kong solicitor and a founding partner of the law firm, Arculli, Fong, & Ng, which later merged with [[King & Wood Mallesons]].<ref>[http://www.kingandwood.com/office.aspx?id=hong-kong King & Wood], official website</ref>
==Early life== Arculli was born to an [[Indian people|Indian]] father and a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] mother. His parents divorced when he was three.<ref name="CityU">{{citation|url=http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/about/honorary/doc/Arculli_eng.pdf|title=Honorary Doctor of Social Science Mr Ronald Joseph ARCULLI|first=Julia Po-wah|last=TAO LAI|publisher=City University of Hong Kong|date=10 November 2005|accessdate=3 August 2010}}</ref> After graduating from [[St Joseph's College, Hong Kong|St Joseph's College]] in 1956,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sjc.edu.hk/oldboys.php?content=business | title=Prominent Old Boys - St. Joseph's College }}</ref> he was sent to study in England and finished his A-levels in 1958.<ref name="St. Joseph's College">{{cite web|title=St. Joseph's College- Old Boy Interview -the Hon. Ronald Arculli, O.B.E., J.P|url=http://archive.sjc.edu.hk/1997-1998/features/arculli-careers.html|website=St Joseph's College|url-status=dead|accessdate=21 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102200613/http://archive.sjc.edu.hk/1997-1998/features/arculli-careers.html|archivedate=2 November 2015|quote=A-Level exam in 1958}}</ref> After this he returned to Hong Kong and eventually became a barrister and solicitor in both the bars of [[Hong Kong Bar Association|Hong Kong]] and [[Barristers in England and Wales|England]].<ref name="CityU"/>
==Career== Arculli was a member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] and the deputy chairman of the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.liberal.org.hk/contents/modules/news/shownews.php?page=104&filtergroupid=15|publisher=Liberal Party|title=Resolution in civil service reform questioned|date=31 March 2000|accessdate=10 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924135504/http://www.liberal.org.hk/contents/modules/news/shownews.php?page=104&filtergroupid=15|archivedate=24 September 2008}}</ref> He is also a member of the board of directors of the [[Asia Art Archive]] and the former chairman of the [[Hong Kong Jockey Club]].<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=1110696 |work=Forbes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080331184545/http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=1110696|archivedate=31 March 2008 |accessdate= 10 August 2010 |title= Ronald Arculli Profile}}</ref> Among his current responsibilities, he is currently a senior partner with [[King & Wood Mallesons]].
Arculli has been a non-official member of Exco since 2005 and was made Non-official Members Convenor in October 2011 following the resignation of [[Leung Chun-ying|CY Leung]] to stand in the [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election]].<ref>[http://www.news.gov.hk/en/categories/admin/html/2011/10/20111003_165343.shtml ExCo convenor resigns], news.gov.hk, 3 October 2011</ref> He has also been inducted as Honorary Fellow of [[Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute]] (HKSI) on 24 October 2013. In 2013, he was also appointed as the chairman of Richard Li Tzar-kai new venture, FWD.<ref>Chan, Ray. [https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1338612/richard-li-taps-former-hkex-chairman-join-insurance-venture "Richard Li appoints Ronald Arculli as chairman of insurer FWD"], 'South China Morning Post', 25 October 2013. Accessed 28 October 2015.</ref>
==Personal life== Arculli speaks [[English language|English]] and [[Cantonese]] (but cannot read or write [[Written Chinese|Chinese]]).<ref>[[Be My Guest (talk show)|Be My Guest]], Episode 51, 13 October 2007</ref>
With his Austrian-born wife Joanne, he has three children. He also has two children from a previous marriage, and three grandchildren. His brother-in-law (married to his sister Rhoda Arculli) is his stockbroker and the brother of [[Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)|Court of Final Appeal]] judge [[Kemal Bokhary]].<ref>{{citation|periodical=Wen Wei Po|url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2010/01/28/HK1001280015.htm|date=28 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2010|title=叔大法官 舅夏佳理}}</ref> From 2002 to 2006, Arculli served as Chairman of the [[Hong Kong Jockey Club]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ceo.gov.hk/exco/eng/ronald_arculli.html Ronald Arculli biodata] *[http://www.kingandwood.com/lawyer.aspx?id=ronald-arculli-cvo-gbs-obe-jp&language=en Ronald Arculli Profile at King & Wood]
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