Ms. Tientip Subhanij is Chief of Investment and Enterprise Development of United Nations ESCAP. She has more than 20 years of experience in macroeconomics, financial sector, international trade and investment issues. Throughout her career, she has served in several key managerial and professional positions in academia, government and private sector, including the Bank of Thailand, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Bank for International Settlements and South East Asian Central Banks. At United Nations ESCAP, she has managed a large portfolio of work on climate finance, SME financing and infrastructure investment for a wide range of countries in Asia Pacific region and beyond. She provided advisory services on sustainable capital market development and successfully helped the Royal Government of Bhutan issue its first-ever sovereign bond in 2020. She is a founder of the Infrastructure Financing and Public- Private Partnership Network of Asia and the Pacific and is instrumental in mobilizing private finance for sustainable development. She has published widely in the areas of macroeconomics, financial market, international finance, business and investment. Ms. Subhanij holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Mr. Christopher serves on the boards of Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Airport Authority and also as the Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.

Mr Hui was the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council. He spent 13 years at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, having been the Managing Director for Market Development and Head of Project Management and also in various senior roles in Listing and Market Development.

Mr Hui holds Bachelor and Master (Hon) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and Master of Business Administration Degree from INSEAD. He also attended the Stanford Executive Programme (SEP).

Mr Chan was appointed the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury on 16 August 2017.

Mr Chan has many years of senior executive experience in the banking industry. He was a Managing Director in the Global Markets Division of Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, and was a Managing Director in Financial Markets of Standard Chartered Bank.

Prior to joining the Government, Mr Chan held multiple roles in a number of public and professional bodies, including Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts, Director of Hong Kong Securities & Investment Institute, Advisor of the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society, as well as a General Committee member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

Mr Chan was also a member of the Central & Western District Council. Mr Chan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Hon) and Psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr Lui is a Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He was elected President of HKICPA in 1997.

He was a Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) in Hong Kong, Lead Director of the Board of Partners and a member of the Global Board of PwC International Limited.

Mr Lui has been active in public and community service. Currently, he is Chairman of the Education Commission and a member of the University Grants Committee and the Public Service Commission.

Currently, Mr Lui is a Director of the Academy of Finance. He is also a member of the Financial Leaders Forum and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Exchange Fund Advisory Committee and Banking Advisory Committee.

Ir Raymond KY POON is the Deputy Director of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department. He is overseeing the enforcement of legislations in ensuring public safety on using electricity, gas, railway and other electrical and mechanical installations, and promoting energy efficiency and conservation as well as application of renewable energy in Hong Kong.

Ir POON has been working in the government for over 25 years and taken up professional and managerial roles in the areas of engineering services, project management, business development as well as regulatory enforcement. Ir POON received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Master of Science degree in Environmental Management from the University of Hong Kong. He has also obtained his EMBA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019.

Ir POON is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and he was the Chairman of the HKIE Biomedical Division in Session 2017/18, Member of HKIE Council in Sessions 2018-2020. He is now serving as a Member of the HKIE Fellowship Committee.

Dr. William Yu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation (WGO). Dr. Yu is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He also earned an Executive MBA degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University in the U.S. Additionally, Dr. Yu had gained valuable regional management experience by working at US multinationals and a financial institution. Dr. Yu is currently the Adjunct Professor of several local and overseas universities.
Currently, Dr. Yu is the ESBN Task Force Member of The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) of United Nations. Dr. Yu sits in the Steering Committee of FOOD-CO of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund. He also serves in the working group of Sustainability Charter, Hong Kong and Malmo, Sweden, and is a Faculty of The Hong Kong Green Building Council. Dr. Yu belongs to the Air Quality Objectives Review Working Group of HK Environmental Protection Department, and is a Member of the Appeal Board Panel, Town Planning as well as Sustainable Development Council, HK SAR Government.
Dr. Yu has served as Deputy Chairman of Final Judging Panel of Smart Living Award and Head Assessor in Smart Healthcare Stream, The Hong Kong ICT Awards. He is the Chairman of the Judging Panel of BDO ESG Awards. He advises investment banks and public accounting firms on Sustainable Investing and ESG reporting, respectively. Dr. Yu is also appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of a publicly listed company.

Dr Au is Executive Director of Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). Prior to joining the FSDC, he was President of Value Partners Group Limited. Dr Au also served as CEO of Eastspring Investments (Hong Kong) Limited and CEO of BOCHK Asset Management Limited. He also held various senior management positions at other financial institutions including Baring, GMO and HSBC Global Asset Management.

Dr Au was named CEO of the Year in Hong Kong by Asia Asset Management in 2012 and 2014. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by the HKSAR Government in 2008 for his valuable contributions to the securities and asset management industry. He was also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI) from 2006 to 2008 and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association in 2004/2005.

Dr Au is currently serving as a Council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Public Accountants, an Index Advisory Committee member of China Securities Index Co., Limited and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong among other public services.

Dr Au is a CFA Charterholder and a Senior Fellow of HKSI. He received his BA in Physics from the University of Oxford and PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics from the University of Durham.

Grace Hui is the Head of Green and Sustainable Finance at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) with responsibility for the development of HKEX’s green and sustainable finance programme. From 2013 to April 2020, Ms. Hui was the Chief Operating Officer of HKEX’s Listing Division responsible for structured products & fixed income, primary market information, listing policies, listing enforcement and accounting affairs. Prior to joining HKEX, Ms. Hui was with UBS in various roles including Chief of Staff and Global Chief Operating Officer of UBS Legal & Compliance Department. Ms. Hui co-chairs the Market Development Work Stream and the Carbon Market Work Stream of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group established by Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Securities and Futures Commission. Ms. Hui is an Honorary Adviser and a member of the Inspection Committee of the Financial Reporting Council; a member of both the Regulatory Oversight Board and the Sustainability Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Dr. George Lam is Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport, a member of the Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-Industrialization, the Governance Committee of the Hong Kong Growth Portfolio, and the Development Bureau Common Spatial Data Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Convenor of the Panel of Advisors on Building Management Disputes of the Hong Kong Government Home Affairs Department, a member of the Court of the City University of Hong Kong, the Metropolitan University of Hong Kong Lee Shau-Kee School of Business and Administration International Advisory Board and the Tencent Finance Academy (Hong Kong) Advisory Board, Chairman of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Sustainable Business Network (ESBN), Vice Chairman of Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), and a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area Committee and the Sir Murray MacLehose Trust Fund Investment Advisory Committee.

Dr. Lam is a Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, an Accredited Mediator of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), a Fellow of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) Australia, the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), and an Honorary Fellow of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Australia, the Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management and the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education.

David Morris is Vice Chair of the UN ESCAP Sustainable Business Network, the UN’s business advisory group for Asia Pacific, advocating business leadership in sustainable development. His consultancy, David Morris Projects, draws on a global network of experts to advise organisations on international and government relations, sustainable development, political risks and opportunities. He is a former Australian and multilateral diplomat, senior political adviser and trade official, with three decades of experience in Asia Pacific and Europe. He is currently completing doctoral research on new political risks of global interdependence at Corvinus University of Budapest, where he is Research Fellow conducting an Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Research Network on Europe – Asian relations. He is Senior Research Fellow, Research Center for Pacific Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University and a member of the International Advisory Board of the World Green Organisation. He has an MBA from Henley Business School and BA (Honours) from the University of Sydney. Twitter @dm_aus

Dr. Li Yao has over 24 years of financial experience. Currently he is the regional Chief Investment Officer covering East Asia and Pacific area for International Finance Corporation (IFC) of World Bank Group, based in Hong Kong. Before this position, he spent over 4 years as the CEO of China-ASEAN Capital Advisory Company Limited, and the Chairman of Investment Committee of China-ASEAN Fund Management Company from mid of 2011 to early 2015.

In late 1990’s, Dr. Li was the co-head of Investment Banking Business for Bank of China (BOC) Group, where he was responsible for setting up the domestic securities business for BOC, and for providing advising services for AIG Asia Infrastructure Fund. He was also with Development Research Centre of State Council covering China opening policy research, and over one year as the Vice General Manager of China PingAn Trust Company, where he was responsible for PingAn Group’s Private Equity investment.

Dr. LI holds PhD of Economics from China Renmin University, Master degree and Bachelor degree in economics with China Nankai University and Nanjing University. He also joined the several advanced executive financial programs.

He was most recently Head of Islamic Finance, overseeing the Bank’s global activities in this area. Previously, he worked in various capacities including as Practice Manager (Financial Systems Practice), Lead Financial Sector Specialist (East Asia and Pacific Region) and as Program Leader/Senior Financial Specialist (World Bank Institute).

He also served as Adviser, Financial Stability at the Central Bank of Bahrain from 2006 to 2010. Before joining the World Bank, Abayomi was a Lecturer in Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1990-1994) and an Instructor in Development Economics at the University of Cambridge.

He holds a B.Sc and M.Sc (both in Economics) from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and an M.Phil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, England. He is the author of several academic papers on monetary and financial sector issues.

Ricky Cheng is the firm’s Director and Head of Risk Advisory, with major responsibility in the area of risk advisory services. He specialises in assisting clients in managing their internal audit function and meeting corporate governance requirements in both China and Hong Kong.
Ricky has 20 years of risk and assurance experience. He worked for large international accounting firms and had commercial internal audit experience. His expertise covers various services such as Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, risk management assessment, compliance assistance, corporate governance compliance review, internal audit assistance, business process review, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) readiness and reporting support services review, stored value facilities (SVF) licence independent assessment review, etc.
The portfolio of clients managed by Ricky comes from various industries including transportation, property development and construction, gaming and entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, gold and minerals mining, fast moving consumer goods, retailing and department chain stores, financial institutions such as brokerage houses and derivative products companies.
Ricky is a frequent event speaker of related topics for professional body organisations and training for listed and non-listed companies.
Qualifications and professional affiliations
‐ Committee Member of ACCA Hong Kong (2011-2013)
‐ Training committee member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (since 2013)
‐ Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
‐ Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
‐ Certified Internal Auditor

Dr. Cheng is a Professor of Finance and Director of Center for Economic Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Finance at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Hospital Authority Provident Fund Scheme in which he leads the effort in promoting ESG integration for an investment portfolio of about USD 7bil (as of 2018). Dr. Cheng actively engages in ESG and green finance research. In addition to publishing an article and a chapter on Green Bond, he received a grant from CEDB, HKSAR Government with a project cost of over HKD 1mil to conduct ESG training for accountants. His Center also received various donations to conduct research, focus groups and symposiums on ESG integration.

Dr. Cheng graduated with a DBA in Finance from Louisiana Tech University in 1989. He has been a CFPCM certificant since 2001. He has more than 90 articles published in research journals including the Journal of Finance. Dr. Cheng is an author of Fundamentals of Financial Planning, and the lead author of Financial Planning and Wealth Management: An International Perspective, both by McGrawHill. Dr. Cheng served as a project consultant for various organizations including Bank of China (HK) Private Banking, Investor Education Centre (IEC), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme Authority (MPFA), Value Partners, Agricultural Bank of China (HK) Private Banking, Bank Consortium Trust Hong Kong, Fubon Bank, Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEx), Charles Schwab (US), Tai Fook Securities, and Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI).

David Abonyi is an international development professional who has focused much of his career on the potential of the private sector to drive development outcomes and improve lives and standards of living.

Mr. Abonyi’s experience comprises research, analysis, and writing on issues such as sustainable development, private sector development, capital market development, trade, and allocation of development funding. He has worked for a variety of international and Thai organisations, as well as Global Affairs Canada, which has given him the opportunity to examine these issues from different perspectives within the development space. He has published monographs and articles on private sector development, trade, infrastructure financing, public-private partnerships, and the market life cycle.

In his current role as senior technical advisor with the Infrastructure Financing and Public-Private Partnerships Network of Asia and the Pacific, his focus is on developing knowledge products and providing technical advice that support the network’s goals of helping member countries put together bankable, climate resilient infrastructure and PPP projects that are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Mr. Kwok is the Senior Manager (International Business) of Power Assets Holdings Limited. He joined the Company in 1981. Since then, he has been the key member of project teams developed over 4GW of power and renewable projects in and outside Hong Kong. He is currently responsible for managing the Company’s global investments and is a member of the Sustainability Management Committee addressing sustainability issues and policies and driving strategic initiatives across the Group to address Climate Change. He holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom, a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Energy Institute. He also represent the Company at the Hydrogen Council working with industry peers to promote clean hydrogen as a major role in decarbonisation and ultimately achieving climate goals.

Alper Aras is a freelance consultant providing services on risk models to international banks. He also worked as a Regional advisor and consultant to UNECAP and IMF, respectively. He specializes in risk models, banking regulations and capital market development. He graduated from Purdue University in 2013 with an MBA degree and Missouri University in 2020 with a MA degree in Economics.

Since July 1st, 2019 Dr. Christian Hübner is the Director of the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS) based in Hong Kong SAR/PR China. Before, he has been the Head of the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Latin America of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS) based in Lima, Peru. Prior to this position he has worked as Coordinator for environmental, climate and energy policy within the KAS department of European and International Cooperation in Berlin. His thematic priorities are energy transition policy, geopolitics of energy security, economic evaluation of climate policy instruments and Blockchain-Technology. The three years before joining the foundation Christian Hübner has been research associate at a research institute of the Leibniz Association. There, as a trained economist, his focus has been on environmental economic analysis of ecosystems.

Mr. Jacquetin is currently the Managing Partner of Cavendish Investment Corp., a private equity firm.
Mr. Jean-Sébastien Jacquetin has over 20 years of corporate and investment banking experience. Mr. Jacquetin began his career as a Project Officer for UNESCO in Paris and then as an Investment Manager for Natixis Banque both in Paris and New York, where he coordinated fund sponsors and capital markets contacts. Since leaving Natixis Banque, Mr. Jacquetin was with both Meredith Financial Group and Du Pasquier in New York, Citic Hyperion in Hong Kong where he was involved in corporate finance and institutional brokerage. Mr. Jacquetin is currently the Managing Partner of Cavendish Investment Corp., a private equity firm. Mr. Jacquetin has a BSc in Political Science and a MSc in Political Science from the University of Montreal and an MBA from IEP-MBA Sciences Po Paris.

Professor Johnny Chan has been an Emeritus Professor at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), where he was Chair Professor of Applied Physics/Atmospheric Science from 2000 to his retirement in June 2021. He had also served as the Founding Dean of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) of CityU, Director of the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre of SEE, CityU and the Director of the Shanghai Typhoon Institute of the China Meteorological Administration.

Professor Chan is internationally renowned in the research areas of typhoons, monsoons and climate change. He has published over 250 international journal articles and given close to 300 invited talks and conference papers. Professor Chan was a member of the Tropical Meteorology Research Working Group of the World Meteorological Organization of United Nations and the Chair of its Tropical Cyclone Panel between 2012 and 2018. He also serves in the editorial board of several international journals and book series.

Professor Chan’s honours include Honorary Fellow of the UK Energy Institute, Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, recipient of the International Journal of Climatology Award of the Royal Meteorological Society, Distinguished Meteorologist awarded by the Hong Kong Observatory, and a Senior Research Fellowship awarded by the Croucher Foundation.

Ka Shi Lau is the Managing Director & CEO of BCT Group – comprising BCT Financial Limited (“BCTF”) and Bank Consortium Trust Company Limited (“BCTC”), a key provider of MPF/ORSO products and best-in-class asset servicing for investment funds and pensions with BCTC being one of the largest trust companies in Hong Kong.

Graduated from Cornell University in the US with an MBA, Ka Shi possesses extensive banking and finance experience in the pension and funds industry, and she is a strong advocate of corporate governance (including ESG), retirement protection, social inclusion and diversity, and health care through active participation in government consultations and industry dialogues.

Apart from her current role as Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Trustees’ Association, she serves on various statutory and professional bodies including the Asian Corporate Governance Association, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute as well as Investor and Financial Education Council. Her public service roles include the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and Our Hong Kong Foundation’s “Business for Social Good” Platform, while her previous public services include the Minimum Wage Commission, Hospital Authority, Women’s Commission, Financial Services Development Council and Trade Development Council.

Dr. Cheung was appointed as a Chief Operating Officer of Tong Kee (Holding) Limited and fully responsible for oversee business operation, licensing, regulatory, sustainable development and corporate governance in compliance with the Group’s policies and objectives. Dr. Cheung has over 35 years of experience in construction, engineering, surveying and project management in Hong Kong, Macau and PRC. He is a registered professional engineer and registered professional surveyor in Hong Kong. Dr. Cheung is a registered Chartered Environmentalist and Accredited Environmental Expert in U.K. He is also a registered Chartered Professional Engineer of Engineers Australia in Environmental, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services, Leadership and Management, Information, Telecommunication and Electronic disciplines.

Dr. Cheung is a Management Representative and responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the Integrated Management Systems of the Group including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14064.

Mr. Alex Cheung is DBS Bank’s Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking Group, Hong Kong. He joined the bank in July 2009.

Mr. Cheung is responsible for growing the bank’s franchise in the corporate and commercial banking businesses in
Hong Kong.

Mr. Cheung is a seasoned banker with over 30 years of corporate and commercial banking experience with diversified industry, product and institutional exposure. Prior to joining DBS, he was the General Manager of North East Asia for OCBC Bank. Before that, he held senior positions in corporate commercial banking and risk management with major international banks including
Citibank, ABN-AMRO and Rabobank. Mr. Cheung started his banking career as a management trainee with Bank of America in Hong Kong in 1981.

Mr. Cheung graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences (Economics).

Albert Ip was an International banking executive, with over 30 years of experience in the U.S. and Hong Kong. Previously Managing Director at Citigroup and Managing Director (Investments) at Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific), Mr. Ip was Chief Executive Officer of Langham Hospitality Investments from 2014 to 2019.

Mr. Ip is an Independent Non-executive Director of New World Development, Power Assets, Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong and Lifestyle International Holdings. He is also a non-executive Director of Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited. Mr. Ip was previously Independent Non-executive Director of Hopewell Holdings, Hopewell Highway Infrastructure, New World China Land, TOM Group and Aeon Credit Service (Asia) Co.

Mr. Ip is a Council Member of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a trustee of the Board of Trustees at Washington University in St. Louis and an alumni Hall of Fame at the Electrical and Systems Engineering. He was previously a Council Member of Lingnan University and a Board of Governor of Technological & Higher Education Institute.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Chinese University, City University, Hang Seng University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also an Adjunct Distinguished Professor in Practice at University of Macau.

Mr. Ip is Chairman of the World Green Organisation and an Honorary Fellow of the Vocational Training Council. He was previously Council Member of the Better Hong Kong Foundation and a Member of the Legal Aid Services Council of the HKSAR.

Mr. Ip earned a BS degree from Washington University in St. Louis, summa cum laude and MS degrees from Cornell University and Carnegie-Mellon University.

Mr Wallace Lam is DBS Bank’s Managing Director and Deputy Head of Institutional Banking Group, Hong Kong. He joined the bank in Sep 2021.
Mr Lam is responsible for managing and growing the bank’s franchise in the large corporate and mid-cap businesses in Hong Kong, as well as overseeing the strategic advisory and syndicated finance business.

Before joining DBS Hong Kong, Wallace was the Head of Corporate, Commercial Banking, Hong Kong at HSBC. With over 26 years of experience with HSBC, Wallace has held various senior management positions, including Head of High Yield Capital Markets for Asia-Pacific, Head of Client Coverage for Commercial Banking in China and Co-Head of Global Banking in Hong Kong.

Wallace graduated from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, USA, with a double emphases in Finance and Marketing.

Cyrus specialises in sustainability advisory, corporate governance, risk management, internal controls and assurance. In particular, he has extensive experience in advising listed companies to develop and improve their ESG performance. Cyrus has delivered 50+ professional training and advice on sustainability to the companies from various sectors, including real estate, infrastructure, construction, conglomerates, ports operations, logistics and others.

Cyrus is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Accountants (HKICPA) and serves on the Sustainability Committee of the HKICPA.

Dr Bruce Chong is the City Advisory, Climate Service, Cliamte Change & Urban Sustainability Leader for Arup in the East Asia region. He works with clients to formulate strategies and implementation plans for smart cities, climate resilience, resource efficiencies and green infrastructure for city government and corporates.

Over the past 10 years, Bruce was leading many strategic consultancy on smart city, climate resilience, city informatics and circular economy for city governments, private developers and organizations such as World Bank, ADB, ACCCRN, APEC, Rockefeller, Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF). Over the past two years, Bruce has focused on statistical based approach for conducting TCFD, ESG and related climate risk consultancy for top-tier listed companies.

Bruce is a Cambridge Overseas Scholar and a Research Fellow at Sydney University. He was awarded as the Young Green Leader by HKIE in 2013,and has been playing an active role in creating value and generating momentum for industry-wide change, such as developing a Smart Green Resilient Framework, which has now been adopted by the government in Hong Kong. Recently, his team co-founded the Asia Corporate Coalition for Climate Change Resilience (A4CR) platform with WGO to drive a more climate resilience business community.

Dr. Shauhrat S. Chopra received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, in 2015. His doctoral dissertation was focused on resilience of complex systems including economic systems, industrial symbiosis, and critical infrastructure systems at urban and national levels. Before joining the School of Energy and Environment, Shauhrat worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, on the U.S. EPA funded LCnano project focused on sustainable design of future transformative emerging technologies, such as nano-enabled products. His data-driven research is focused on designing indicators for sustainability and resilience of the built environment in support of environmental decision-making.

Mr. XIE Fei, the Director of Information Management Department, China PPP Center (CPPPC), Ministry of Finance, China. He was one of the key persons establishing China PPP Center in 2014, and one of the key writers of China PPP Operation Guideline; was in charge of developing and operating China National Integrated PPP Information Platform since 2014; has delivered PPP training and consulting nationwide to governments at various levels, private sectors and finance institutions; was engaged in infrastructure and PPP issues of G20, BRICS, and APEC. He was involved in establishing and operating China Clean Development Mechanism Fund, Ministry of Finance, supporting developing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. He worked in Ministry of Environmental Protection, China from 1996 to 2007, and was engaged in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and sustainable development.

KC Fung joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise as the Chief Technology Advisor for Hong Kong & Macau in Jan, 2019. In 2020, he assumed additional responsibility as the Head of presales as well as the newly established local Innovation Lab. His role is to provide technology leadership and vision to help define go-to-market strategies and offer advice on the right solutions for customers’ digital transformation goals.

KC Fung is a seasoned IT veteran with more than 30 years of industry experience.

Prior to working for HPE HK, he was the Head of IT Planning & Strategy for the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) where he led the team responsible for IT planning, innovation and technology strategy to make Hong Kong International Airport a Smart Airport.

Professor Hung is currently the Hong Kong Deputy to 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) and Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai Authority. A seasoned ICT professional and angel investor, he has worked in the industry for more than 30 years. He is the Executive Chairman of Chinese Big Data Society and Chairman of Hong Kong Road Safety Association. Professor Hung was appointed as one of the Global Council Members of the World Summit Awards, an initiative within the framework of UN WSIS. He is also an Independent Non-executive Director of three companies listed in the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Professor Hung is a Chartered Information Technology Professional and a fellow of the British Computer Society, the Hong Kong Computer Society and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Mr. Cyril Kwan, Chief Operating Officer, Innovest Asset Management Limited and Fund Manager, United Sustainable Fund

Dr. Anthony Kwok-yung Law graduated from the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department and later received his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Building Services Engineering Department. He has been utilizing his knowledge of particle measurement and instrumentations from his early study to develop the Indoor Air Quality assessment scheme for commercial buildings in Hong Kong, which has been adopted by the HKEPD.
His experiences lead him to further develop compact air treatment devices and earn a few patents on special air purification system, which are now being applied worldwide. He has been continually serving the manufacturing industry for the past 12 years, developing products for Philips, Panasonics, Honeywell and others. Dr Law is the author of over 12 journal articles and inventor of over 15 patents. He is currently a Visiting Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Visiting Lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, mainly teaching indoor air quality technology in modern buildings. He is also the inventor of NCCO & EVQSENSE.

Ms. Beini Liu, is an Economic Affairs Specialist in the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Since 2019, she facilitates the implementation of the Infrastructure Financing and Public-Private Partnership Network of Asia and the Pacific with over 50 member States from Asia, the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and North America with the support of the Ministry of Finance of China. She holds master degree in Economics and International Finance from the University of Warwick, UK.

Simon Murray started his business career in Hong Kong over fifty years ago with Jardine Matheson, with whom he spent fourteen years finally becoming Managing Director of their Engineering operations.
He then founded Davenham Investments ltd. which he ultimately sold to K.S.Li and became Chief executive of Hutchison Whampoa for a decade, during which they acquired H.K. Electric, Husky Oil of Canada, expanded their container terminal business in the UK. and China and started their mobile telephone business including Orange.

He is a non-executive director of Greenheart Group Limited (Stock Code: 94), Wing Tai Properties Limited (Stock Code: 369) and Spring Asset Management Limited and China LNG, all of which are companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
He has been a Director and Advisor to a number of companies over the years, which include Vodaphone, G.E., Essar, Usinor Sascilor, Tommy Hilfiger, Hermes, HK Aircraft Co., Vivendi,and other organisations.
Mr. Murray was also the Executive Chairman of Deutsche Bank AG Asia Pacific and a non-executive director of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (Stock Code: CFR), a company listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange , and now serves on their Advisory Board.
Mr. Murray is the Chairman of Decus Capital Group Limited and Decus Banjaran Green Fund, an investment fund focused in social impact investment in green economy and net zero initiatives.

Mr. Murray was appointed a Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) and a Chevalier within the Ordre national du Mérite of the French Republic and is a Chevalier de La Legion d’Honneur.

Mr. Murray holds an Honorary Degree in Law from Bath University and attended the Stanford Executive Program in the United States.

“Passionate and persistent” describe Aldrin Or on his path to becoming a successful innovator. After graduating from HKUST in industrial engineering, Or and his partner invented a nano scaffolding for artificial tissue growth using a 3D printing method.

When the COVID-19 pandemic surged in early 2020, critical shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) arose immediately, Or and his team began developing filtering material with strong positive polarity (named C-Polar for short) and experimented extensively, often with western and independent institutes. Or’s team discovered that C-Polar was able to significantly arrest bacteria, to a much greater degree than meltblown fabric.

The invention of C-Polar bioelectret materials can give PPE the ability to remove bacteria and viruses with a particulate filtering efficiency exceeding 99.9%. Rather than simply passive protection, C-Polar proactively arrests and inhibits both coronavirus and enterovirus with a ratio of over 99.9% in five minutes. In addition, the strong positive polarity is independent of humidity and temperature, which maintains ultrahigh filtration and disinfection efficiency.

Or credits his over 10 years’ experience in manufacturing engineering to enabling him to develop necessary skill sets to transform a concept into an affordable product with consistent quality.

Valizoda Pirumsho, Head of the Unit of relations on sustainable development issues /Department of external economic relations at the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Valizoda Pirumsho is a young expert on Tajikistan PPP and private sector development. He studied international economic relations in a prestigious Tajikistan Institute of entrepreneurship and service and obtained Master of Science in International Cooperation Policy from a top Japan’s Asia-Pacific University of “Ritsumeikan”. His Master thesis topic is on using PPP as an efficient tool for attracting private investment for hydropower infrastructure projects in Tajikistan.
He started his career as a financial auditor at the largest Tajikistan aluminum producing company “TALCO” in 2010. In 2012 he joined the State Committee on investment and state property management of the Republic of Tajikistan. At the Investment Committee he worked in positions of lead and chief specialist of the Entrepreneurship support Department and last position of deputy head of the Department. During the long work period at the Investment Committee he was involved on private sector development promotion, business environment enhancing and PPP development. Recently, he joined the Ministry of foreign affairs. At the Department of external economic relations of the Tajikistan MoFA he conducts economic diplomacy, promotes economic interests of Tajikistan in relations with foreign countries and international organizations.
He has more than 9 years of general working experience in public service, institutional reforms, conducting reforms aimed at enabling business environment, providing state support and protection to entrepreneurs, promoting private sector development, implementing State Program of supporting entrepreneurship in Tajikistan for the period 2012-2020, Public-private partnership projects preparation, organization of Business and Investment Forums, Business Meetings, preparing investment projects, feasibility study reports of PPP projects, etc.
Furthermore, he has over 7 years of experience in researching public-private partnership field, including investigating ways of attracting private investment to hydropower infrastructure projects in Tajikistan using PPP scheme, role and opportunities of PPP for economic development and improving its efficiency in Tajikistan, Feasibility Studies of 3 projects in waste management, water supply and tourism sectors of Tajikistan, Organizing Seminars on international experience in PPP field held by Professor Tsukada Shunso from University of “Ritsumeikan” APU Japan, series of training courses on PPP subject for government officials and private sector across the country.

Mr. James is responsible for managing relationships with the PRI’s Asia signatory base as well as leading outreach to potential new signatories, supporting project and policy activities in the region, and working closely with investors, partner organisations and stakeholders to support the development of responsible investment across local markets.

James also worked with regional body ASrIA, an organisation dedicated to promoting SRI across the region, with responsibilities across operations, projects, communications and membership.

Kevin Tsui received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is an Associated Professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics at Clemson University. His research interests are International Political Economy, Public Economics, and Natural Resource and Environmental Economics. Tsui’s research on the ‘resource curse’ investigates the economic and political consequences of oil abundance. Tsui’s publications appear in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Economics and Politics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Public Economics, and Scandinavian Journal of Economics. He was invited to give a talk in the Petroleum: Prospects & Politics conference held in the University of Chicago. He was also a visiting fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research. Recently, Tsui has awarded the Lone Mountain Fellowship from the Property and Environmental Research Center for his research on the resource curse, and the Krutilla Fellowship from the Resource for the Future for his research on the economics of climate change, focusing on human adaptation to changes in climate.

Mr. Russell Yau currently is the CEO of 1Source, a preventive healthcare platform

• Director, Sunkids Kindergarten & Preschool
• CEO, SUNGEN solar companies in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong & USA
• Director, Sanctuary Energy, Sydney Australia
• President, Anwell Technology America Inc., San Francisco
• CEO, 1Source Technology, Inc., San Francisco & Hawaii

Mr. Paul Wong is currently the CEO of Federal Group Global Ltd, the patent holder of the award-winning technology at the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 2018. The lighting technology awarded with the Prize of Patent Office of Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf – GCCPO and a special gold medal in Geneva exhibited the features in sustainability, energy saving, and long life expectancy through the unconventional design in power supply.

With more than 25 years of experience in emerging technology manufacturing and market development in different countries and cities, Mr. Wong started the collaboration with Prof. Ron Hui of the University of Hong Kong in the development of Sustainable Lighting Technology in 2011. The technology won the distinguished William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in IEEE Industry.

Mr. Wong has successfully carried out the commercialization for this unique technology and invention. A series of lighting devices and application used in smart city has been developed, namely, S-Light, featured with Passive LED power supply has received the enormous interests from the market. Pilot projects with trial testing have already taken place in Jiangmen in mainland China as well as two other locations in Hong Kong invited by The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD). The product and related technology continues to receive recognition from the market, including The Hong Kong Green Innovation Awards (Merit) in 2018 and Sustainable Business Award in 2019.

Mr. Wong has a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University. He is also a member of Hong Kong City University Foundation and Federation of Hong Kong Industries.

Danny Yeung, serial entrepreneur, is the Chief Executive Officer/ Co-Founder of Prenetics Group, a leading global genomics and diagnostics testing company with a team of over 700 across 10 countries. Prenetics recently made global headlines as the first Hong Kong Unicorn to exit via a merger on the Nasdaq with Adrian Cheng’s Artisan Acquisition Corporation, valuing Prenetics at an equity value of US $1.7B.

Prenetics’ multi-product healthcare ecosystem strategy is driven by prevention-focused genomic testing, rapid diagnostics for COVID-19 and infectious diseases, and colorectal cancer screening. To date, Prenetics has performed more than 5m tests globally.

Prior to Prenetics, Danny was Founding Partner at SXE Ventures, having led multiple investments in genetic testing companies. Danny had also founded uBuyiBuy in 2010, which was subsequently acquired by Groupon. Prior to Danny leaving Groupon in early 2014, he served as CEO of Groupon East Asia, leading it to be the largest e-commerce company in the region.

Danny received his BS in MIS from the University of San Francisco. Danny’s life motto is “Play Hard, Work Harder”.

Alvin Ying is the Chief Investment Officer of BOC Life, where he leads a team managing USD15bn in assets across fixed income, global equities and alternative investments. Over the last eight years, Alvin and his team have expanded the firm’s investment profile from high grade debt and domestic equities only to a well-diversified portfolio spanning a full range of asset classes. In his previous role as Head of Fixed Income and Equity Investments he led the effort in introducing new products like leveraged loans and emerging market bond funds into the life insurer’s portfolio. In order to achieve BOC Life’s investment goals, the firm uses a combination of in-house and external managers, and Alvin’s team is responsible for overseeing both efforts.

Prior to BOC Life, Alvin spent 12 years across various sell side and buy side roles in New York, London and Hong Kong. He was a sovereign credit analyst at UBS in London. Prior to that, he spent 2 years managing a multi-asset portfolio at London-based Seven Pillars Capital Management. He started his career at JPMorgan in New York and worked in various roles throughout the bank, mostly in emerging market debt. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Management Systems from Columbia University.