Head of Department of Government and Public Administration and Director of the Centre for Business Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Lo is currently the Head of Department of Government and Public Administration and the Director of the Centre for Business Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is dedicated to promoting CSR as a progressive business model that permits corporations and SMEs to achieve business sustainability through the launch and compilation of the Business Sustainability Indices covering SMEs in HK and the listed companies in Hong Kong, Greater Bay Area and Greater China.

Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors
Dr Carlye Tsui is Chief Executive Officer of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Hong Kong’s premier body representing directors in the promotion of director professionalism and corporate governance. She is well experienced as an independent non-executive director of listed and regulated companies.

Dr Tsui graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BA degree in Economics and Middlesex University, UK, with a Doctorate in Professional Studies (Corporate Governance), the latter as awardee of the most outstanding professional doctorate of the year. She is a Fellow of professional bodies including The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Hong Kong Management Association, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and British Computer Society.

Dr Tsui’s public-service roles include, inter alia, Justice of the Peace, Executive Committee Member of the Global Network of Director Institutes, Steering Committee Member of the Asian Financial Forum, Past Urban Councillor, Past Wan Chai District Councillor, Former Member of Communications Authority, Founding Chairman of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and Founding Chairman of the British Computer Society Hong Kong Section.

For her public service, Dr Tsui has been awarded Silver Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong SAR, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong and IT Achiever of the Year.

President and Group Chief Financial Officer, KVB Holdings Limited
Past Chairman, ACCA HK & Global Council Member, ACCA
Mr Ernest Wong is the president and group chief financial officer of KVB Holdings Limited, past chairman of ACCA HK and global council member of ACCA. He has over 30 years of experience in private equity, corporate finance, IPO and general management. He has been the executive director, CFO, company secretary, non-executive director, independent non-executive director and audit committee chairman of several listed companies in Hong Kong and London stock exchange.

Currently, Mr Wong is the global council member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Court member of the University of Hong Kong, the SME Committee Member of the Trade and Industry Department of HKSAR, the advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation the Vice president of Federation of HK Shandong Community Organisations, the President of The Scout Association of Hong Kong 229th Hong Kong Group, and the banking and finance task force committee member of United Nations ESCAP. He was formerly the Deputy Chairman of the HKU Convocation, the Chairman of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Hong Kong, the President of the Hong Kong University Graduates Association, the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and the President of MSc Investment Management alumni association of HKUST.

Mr Wong obtained a master’s degree in management from Saïd Business School of Oxford, a master’s degree in investment from HKUST, a master’s degree bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from CUHK and a BBA from HKU. Mr Wong is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He is also a chartered financial analyst of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.

Executive Director, ESG Consortium
Mr Hugh Chow has over 30 years of global executive experience in innovation and technology, investment, sustainability, R&D and executive management.

Currently an Adjunct Professor at The Innovation Academy of City University, Mr Chow is also the Chief Executive Officer at ventureLAB of Canada, the Executive Director at The ESG Consortium, an Advisor at the Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a Venture Partner at Radiant Tech Ventures, a Special Advisor of Kumshing Group, Chairman of MICAS Group, Chairman of The Apple Tree Preschool and Learning Centres, Chairman of Hong Kong Technologies Advancement Group and a Director at the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs. He also serves on the Management Committee of the Smart Traffic Fund, the Traffic Advisory Committee, the Road Safety Research Council, and the Enterprise Support Scheme Assessment Panel for the Hong Kong Government, and on the Our Hong Kong Foundation as Advisor as well as the Jarvis Consulting Group as Advisory Board Chair.

In 2018, Mr Chow was recruited globally by the Hong Kong Government and appointed CEO of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI).

Guest of Honour at the 88th Congregation for the Faculty of Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020. Mr Chow also serves on multiple Advisory Committees at University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr Chow has 12 international patents as an inventor and engineering executive at ATI Technologies Inc from 1993 to 2000. He subsequently co-founded ViXS Systems Inc. in 2001 and took it public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2013, having culminated over 500 international patents, and 8 R&D centres worldwide. Mr Chow also won 8 consecutive Deloitte Fast 50, ACCE International Business Award 2007, and Hong Kong Canada Business Achievement 2014. In 2016, Mr Chow co-founded Pool Global Partners and launched 2 cross-border venture funds on deep-tech, sustainability and ESG.

Holder of a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado summa cum laude, and a Type 9 (Asset Management) License by the Hong Kong Securities and Future Commission, Mr Chow is also a Transport Canada licensed pilot, a marathoner and an Ironman triathlete.

Head of Corporate and Community Sustainability, WWF-Hong Kong
Karen is the Head of Corporate and Community Sustainability for WWF-Hong Kong. She works with stakeholders across public and private sectors as well as civil society to make Hong Kong a sustainable city; explores collaboration opportunities to support community-based environmental protection projects and sustainable development goals (SDGs); promotes best practices of science-based target initiative (SBTi), measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, low-carbon transformation, nature-based solutions (NbS) and net-zero circular economy. Under her leadership, the Low Carbon Manufacturing Programme (LCMP) and LOOP PLUS have helped hundreds of companies establish their baseline, take actions and improve climate /ESG performance. An accomplished senior executive, Karen held senior management positions in several Fortune 500 companies prior to joining WWF.

Senior advisor, Research and Advocacy, Asia Pacific, CFA Institute
Mary is a distinguished advocate and speaker for a range of capital markets-related topics, including fund raising, shareholder rights, corporate governance, diversity, sustainability, and ESG. She has over 20 years of experience in the global financial industry, with expertise in corporate finance, wealth management advisory and institutional fund management, having worked at institutions such as UBS and Coutts.

Prior to her current role as a Senior Advisor at CFA Institute, Mary served as Head of Policy, Registration and Oversight at the Accounting and Financial Council, the independent audit and accounting regulator in Hong Kong. In that role, she was responsible for policy development and the delivery of statutory functions relating to the registration of audit practitioners, and the oversight of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. From 2016 to 2022, she was Head, Advocacy, Asia Pacific at CFA Institute, leading research and advocacy efforts that drive market integrity, investor protection, and industry professionalism.

Mary is a CFA Charterholder and a recognised thought leader in market integrity and investor protection.

CEO, The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies
Mike Wong has over 30 years of experience in the financial services field. In his current position at the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies (the “Chamber”), Mike is responsible for the operation of this listed company-focused organisation, including dealing with regulators and the stock exchange on listing rules- and regulations-related matters, providing seminars and professional trainings to directors and executives of listed companies and promoting corporate governance and ESG.

Previously, Mike worked at the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong where he held various positions at corporate communications and market development and gained in-depth knowledge about the stock market and financial products. Mike left the Exchange to join an investor relations specialist firm. In the years that followed, Mike worked with a number of international public relations firms, continuing to counsel Hong Kong and mainland listed issuers on cross-border investor communications. Immediately prior to joining the Chamber in 2006, Mike was the Hong Kong managing director of a US-based public relations company.

Mike has an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and a BA degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Deputy Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Mr Mohan Datwani FCG HKFCG(PE), Solicitor, is a Deputy Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Mr Datwani was an owner of a renowned US international law firm, where he was responsible for initiating a book, carrying out management duties, and engaging in transactional, advisory, and litigation work in Hong Kong and the US with his team. His work included investigating into, unraveling, and obtaining a multibillion-dollar judgment in an international fraud case among other market transactions involving non-performing loan portfolio sales and major infrastructure and real estate development projects.

Mr Datwani joined a client as general counsel and senior management of a publicly traded firm. He managed multi-national operations, including governance and cultural challenges. He then made the decision to promote good governance based on his practical experiences, business acumen, and legal knowledge. He is currently the Deputy Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) to represent Chartered Secretaries and Chartered Governance Professionals in Hong Kong and China.

In addition to his day-to-day managerial duties at HKCGI, Mr Datwani, a thought leader, develops practical advice and conducts research to advance good governance. Additionally, as a member of the global governance profession, he collaborates with CGI, where HKCGI originates, on research projects and makes contributions to global thought leadership initiatives. In order to offer viewpoints on law, governance, and management in the public sector, Mr Datwani also served on a number of government boards. He was honoured as a Director of the Year (2018) by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors for his efforts with the Equal Opportunities Commission.

Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Dr Patrick Lau has been Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) since April 2019. In this role, he creates opportunities and facilitates deals for Hong Kong enterprises. Dr Lau oversees specifically the HKTDC’s 50 offices worldwide, external relations, corporate communications and marketing, and is responsible for the overall management of HKTDC’s anchor conferences and selected fairs as well as international and Mainland missions and promotional campaigns.

Moreover, Dr Lau has forged numerous strategic partnerships for the HKTDC and spearheads the T-box (Transformation Sandbox) programme, GoGBA one-stop platform and Belt and Road deal-making. He is a thought leader in ESG, Web3.0 and digital economy, proactively helping SMEs to get ahead in these areas.

Prior to the HKTDC, Dr Lau specialised in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investments, and closed many significant deals in the region. Recognised as a seasoned banker and dealmaker, he started working in Hong Kong in 2001 firstly as a corporate lawyer at international law firms Baker McKenzie and Skadden Arps, then as an investment banker at UBS and China Construction Bank (CCB) International, where he held progressively senior posts until Managing Director, Head of M&A and Assistant Head of Investment Bank. From 2015 to 2018, Dr Lau was Director of Investments at sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, and Board Director and Investment Committee Member at biotech and life science private equity fund Xeraya.

Dr Lau graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and Bachelor of Laws with first class honours from Monash University in Melbourne, where he attended medical school and law school concurrently. He has been admitted as an advocate or solicitor in Hong Kong, Australia, England, Wales and Malaysia. He was Honorary Senior Lecturer in Business Law at Monash University and part-time Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Hong Kong.

Corporate Decarbonisation Strategist, EnergyUse Strategy Advisors
Mr Robert Allender FHKAEE is the Managing Director of EnergyUse Strategy Advisors (ESA). For the past 30 years he has studied what corporate senior executives and board members do when they realise their company's energy affairs are not delivering all the value they could be, and has helped many who decided to do better.

Clients have come from finance, manufacturing, mining, real estate, leisure and travel, and telecommunications. Over the decades Mr Allender has served on government committees, taught for a top-ranking business school, and authored entries in a specialist management encyclopaedia. More recently, he has written numerous articles about, and been interviewed and spoken extensively about, the ESG, energy transition, and climate emergency aspects of corporate energy affairs in general, and energyuse strategy in particular.

A graduate of Cornell University, and past president of his school's local chapter, Mr Allender is also a Life Member of the US-based Association of Energy Engineers, and the only non-engineer Fellow of the Hong Kong Association of Energy Engineers.

Adjunct Professor, HKU Business School
Dr. Stan Ho is a seasoned investment banking and credit rating expert, having held senior management positions at global and China credit rating agencies with solid experience in China credit rating and capital market transactions, green finance and ESG rating. He has ECM, DCM and M&A experience in CS First Boston, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. He was with Fitch Ratings from 2003 to 2013, with his last position as the Head of Non-Japan Asia structured finance group. His oversight included securitisation, covered bonds and REIT corporate rating for Non-Japan Asian issuers. He was the founding CEO, Executive Director and Responsible Officer of Lianhe Ratings Global Limited (the Hong Kong based subsidiary of one of the two largest domestic credit rating agencies in Mainland China) between 2017 and 2023.

Stan has solid and direct green finance and certification experience. Stan is the Chief Representative of Syntao Green Finance International Ltd. with direct experience in external review of sustainable finance framework and green and sustainability-linked financing of Chinese and Hong Kong companies. Stan is the Green Finance Certification Scheme Technical Committee Member of Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA), where he is one of the approval members of the HKQAA green certification of the bonds issued, and loans borrowed, by Chinese and Hong Kong corporates and financial institutions.

Stan is the Academic Dean of the Institute of Sustainability and Technology (IST), the Senior Advisor of the Capacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI), the Green Finance and Sustainability Subject Advisory Panel Member of Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB), the ECF-GSF Core Level Programme Advisory Panel and Subject Advisory Panel Member of HKIB, the Faculty Lecturer of the Executive Certificate in ESG Analysis & Green Finance Valuation of Friends of the Earth Hong Kong (FoE HK), the Faculty Member of Green and Sustainable Finance Certificate of Deloitte HK, the Guest Lecturer of the Certificate in Green and Sustainable Finance of Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA), and the Senior Professional Advisory Committee Member of GBA Carbon Neutrality Association (GBA CNA). Stan is the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA®) Examiner of European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS) and the Senior Academic Advisor for Sustainable Finance Research Hub (SFRH) set up by EFFAS to promote EFFAS qualifications in the Asia Pacific Region.

Stan is the Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the Adjunct Professor (EMBA) of the College of Business at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), the Adjunct Professor of the School of Business at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), and the Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Business and the Professor of Practice (MIBF) of the Department of Economics at Lingnan University (LU). Stan is the Teaching Affiliate of HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute (HKUJCESGRI). Stan is the Faculty Associate of HKUST Institute of Emerging Market Studies. Stan is the EF Department Advisory Committee Member at CityU and the School of Business Advisory Committee Member at HKBU. Stan is the University Fixed Income Investment Working Group Member, the University Career Development Committee Advisor and the Business Studies Advisory Board Member at LU. Stan is the Advisory Council Member of Harvard Business Review (HBR) and the Global Insights Panel Member of MIT Technology Review.

Stan is the Executive Committee Member and ESG Committee Chairman of Asia-Pacific Structured Finance Association (APSA), the Market Practices Committee Member of Treasury Markets Association (TMA), the International and Professional Examinations Business Development Advisory Committee Member of Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), the Examination Moderating Sub-Committee Member of HKIB, Greater Bay Area Education Resources Center (GBAERC) Advisor, and Think Tank for HKDSE Development in GBA Committee Member.

Stan was the only arts student scoring 9As in Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) in 1989. Stan graduated with BBA in Information Systems from HKUST, MBA from University of Cambridge, and DBA from CityU. Stan is awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by CityU College of Business in 2022. Stan is EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA®) and SGS ESG Reporting Analyst. Stan completed Oxford Mindfulness for Life course in 2023.

Chairman of Arts & Cultural, Creative Industries & IP Committee of Chinese Manufacturers Association (CMA)
Founding President of Institute of International Sustainable Development
Senior Expert Advisor of GBA Carbon Neutrality Association
Professor Wong is a businessman who is dedicated to promoting Sustainable Development practices and the commercialisation of Culture & Creative Industries. He focuses on elements such as cultural heritage, industrialisation, internationalisation, financialisation, and digitisation. In recent years, Professor Wong co-founded the HK Research Institute of Cultural & Creative Industries Development, actively fostering the development of Cultural and Creative Industries through forums, exhibitions, and promotional events.

Prof. Wong’s goal is to achieve the objectives outlined in the country's 14th Five-Year Plan and transform Hong Kong into a hub for cultural and artistic exchange and centre for regional intellectual property trading. He is committed to promoting the development of HK's cultural industries and achieving win-win outcomes through collaboration with multiple stakeholders.

• Chairman of Arts & Cultural, Creative Industries & IP Committee of Chinese Manufacturers Association (CMA)
• President & Co-founder of HK Research Institute of Cultural & Creative Industries Development
• Deputy Chairman of Sustainable Development and New Industrialization Committee of CMA
• Founding President of Institute of International Sustainable Development
• Associate Dean, Publicity of SDG Industry-education-research, HiESD
• Founding Chairman of “Belt & Road Youth Foundation” (HK Charity # 91/15440)
• Senior Expert Advisor of GBA Carbon Neutrality Association
• Advisor to Board of Directors of Association of Family Offices in Asia
• Director of HK Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA)
• Director of HK Brand Development Council
• External Advisor of HK Polytechnic Univ. CPCE CPD Steering Committee
• Advisor of The Education Univ. Of HK Edu-plus Internship program

Corporate Governance Advocate and Founder of Practising Governance
Wendy Wen Yee YUNG is an advocate for good corporate governance in Hong Kong. Prior to founding ‘Practising Governance’ for this cause, Wendy was Executive Director and Company Secretary of Hysan Development and played a key role in developing and implementing its well-recognized corporate governance practices. Over the years, her responsibilities have spanned commercial operations, as well as human resources and corporate communications.

First trained as a solicitor, Wendy also qualified as a certified public accountant and a governance practitioner in Hong Kong. She sits on various committees of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, having served as co-opted council member and council member of the institutes respectively. She graduated with First Class Honours in Law from Oxford University, United Kingdom.

Over the years, she had served as a member of the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Professional Accountants in Business Committee of the International Federation of Accountants, and the Audit and Risk Committee of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, World Green Organisation
Dr. William Yu is the Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation. He is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He earned an Executive MBA from the Thunderbird Global Management School, AZU, U.S.. and completed a Sustainable Finance Programme at Cambridge. Additionally, Dr. Yu is the scholarship recipient of the Executive Education in non-profit strategic management at the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Yu is ESBN Task Force Member, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He is also a member in Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), Environment and Ecology Bureau and member in Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, HKSAR Government.

Dr. Yu is accredited by UNDP as an official trainer on United Nations SDG Impact Standards. He is also Advisor on Certified ESG Planner (CEP) qualification, and Certified China Carbon Trader of Shanghai Environment Energy Exchange, advising investment banks and several public accounting firms on Forestry Carbon Credit Projects, Valuation of Carbon Assets and Carbon Trading.