Chris has 20 years of experience working on large-scale business events. Originally from the UK, Chris has lived and worked in Hong Kong since 2015. Chris moved to Hong Kong to establish a North Asia office for a London-based trade expo organiser and launch a series of digital transformation events. The challenges of living sustainably and a developing concern around the exponential threats of the global climate emergency compelled Chris to “rethink” his own personal contribution to Hong Kong and how he could best make a positive impact on a city he now proudly calls home.

Chris conceived, designed and launched the ReThink HK event during the first part of 2019 – undeterred by the challenges faced by live events at that time, due to civil unrest, the new event concept for uniting the full business and sustainability ecosystem, championing positive action and shared responsibility received excellent support. The inaugural 2020 event was, unsurprisingly, delayed due to COVID but finally ran, in-person, at the K11 Quarry Bay with 450 attendees and all delegate fees were donated to local charities.

Chris’ experience in hosting content-led expo-style healthcare events in the UK, where partnerships and collaboration were crucial to scale and success, provided the foundation for Chris to widen the supporting-network of organisations and sponsors for ReThink HK. The event was moved to the HKCEC for the 2021 edition and resulted in Hong Kong’s best attended event dedicated to the business of sustainability, with over 2,200 attendees. Chris is proud to have maintained the event’s impact pledge; with all delegate fees contributing to impact projects with local Hong Kong charities.

Working alongside the Business Environment Council, Consulates and trade promotion offices, Chambers of Commerce, specialist industry associations, NGOs and action groups the collective ambition for ReThink HK is to accelerate change in Hong Kong – the event returns for its fourth edition this September at the HKCEC, will host over 6,000 attendees and aims to be at least carbon neutral.

All proceeds from delegate fees will be redirected to the newly incorporated Rethink Foundation, a not-for-profit focussed on helping registered NGOs build capacity and operate more sustainably.

Chris received a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Italian from the University of Plymouth (UK). Chris is a member of the British Chamber of Commerce’s Social Sustainability Committee, sits on the Executive Committee and the Sustainability sub-committee of the Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

• Greater action from businesses to contribute towards a more sustainable HK
• Encourage other event organisers to commit to sustainable solutions
• Demonstrate that businesses can be operated profitably and with purpose

Kevin O’Brien is the Chief Executive of Gammon Construction. He has over 30 years’ extensive management experience in the construction and engineering industry covering both the private and public sectors.  He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. He is the Chairman of the Business Environment Council.

My Sustainability Goals for 2023:

Personal: Taking the best examples and decisions and applying them to my own behaviors and habits.

Business: Start the race on our SBTI journey.

Society: Leading BEC to help Hong Kong accelerate towards net zero.

Mr Tse joined the former Environmental Protection Agency in 1985 which was subsequently reorganised in 1986 to become the current Environmental Protection Department (EPD). Throughout the service with EPD, Mr Tse had taken up a wide range of duties at professional and senior managerial levels. He was appointed as a Deputy Director of Environmental Protection in 2013 and subsequently as the Under Secretary for the Environment in August 2017.

Mr Tse possesses a broad spectrum of experience in various areas of environmental protection, including law enforcement, computer modelling, environmental impact assessment and cross-boundary cooperation with the Mainland.  During his tenure as the Under Secretary for the Environment, he helped spearhead the formulation of policies on air quality, waste management, climate actions and conservation.

Currently the Programme Director for the Master of Social Science in Sustainability Leadership and Governance, in the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong. Margaret has developed this Master programme to enhance learning, grow deeper understanding, and enable professionals to implement sustainability initiatives across all roles. Empowering both students and clients to integrate sustainability into personal and core organizational decision-making processes as this is time critical and, the focus the programme. She is often a guest speaker, and partners with organizations to provide support to their in-house sustainability strategies, currently through the lens of climate change related factors, and mechanisms for greater stakeholder engagement.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

For leaders, at all levels, to put into action significant changes to their operating environment given the tools at their disposal, and a greater level of authentic collaboration that truly seeks human-centric solutions. Let’s be on the right side of the climate change battle!

Mr. Erdal Elver currently serves as President & CEO of Siemens Limited, leading the overall strategy in the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization and delivering sustainable solutions for infrastructure and industry in Hong Kong and Macao.

Mr. Elver first joined Siemens in 1984. Besides his current position in Hong Kong and Macao, he has also served as the President and CEO of Siemens Taiwan and Siemens Vietnam, in addition to holding various senior management roles in Germany and China. With over 35 years of experience in the engineering and manufacturing industry, he has been at the forefront of leading the company as a trusted technological partner, driving sustainable solutions in the field of smart infrastructure and industry. He received his Master’s Degree on Computer Science from Technical University of Munich, Germany.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

– CO2 Emission Reduction: With our DEGREE sustainability framework, Siemens is on track to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, aiming for a 55% reduction by 2025 and 90% by 2030. Since 2019, Siemens has already achieved a notable 50% reduction, highlighting its commitment to a sustainable future.
– Scope 3 Emissions: By offering solutions like SiGREEN software and Siemens EcoTech while leveraging technologies such as digital twins and AI, Siemens empowers their customers in adopting sustainable practices. In fiscal year 2023, these efforts led to a reduction of 190 million tons of CO2, demonstrating a substantial positive impact.
– Resource Efficiency: Committed to minimizing environmental impact, Siemens plans to reduce landfill waste by 50% by 2025 and achieve zero landfill waste by 2030. This reflects its dedication to resource efficiency and sustainable practices.

Wilson Kwong joined the Jardine Matheson Group in 1998, and has since held a variety of senior management positions in its aviation, real estate development, property management and engineering businesses. He eventually took up his Hactl post in 2018.

Since joining Hactl – Hong Kong’s largest independent air cargo handler – Wilson has strengthened its service portfolio and renewed its focuses on digitisation, innovation, compliance and sustainability. The company’s Sustainability Strategy Framework embraces all aspects of its business, and informs every of its decision and action. Hactl now publishes an annual Sustainability Report, which catalogues the company’s considerable achievements and encourages others to follow suit.

For Hactl, sustainability goes well beyond climate change mitigation measures alone, it also means caring for its workforce and community through measures such as refurbishment to offices; expansion of leisure facilities; provision of free massages employing visually-impaired masseurs and masseuses; advocating for menstrual equity and gender equality; enhancement of training and development programmes and facilities; educating staff on the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals; and introduction of additional policies to foster workplace equality and inclusivity.

Wilson is Chairman of the Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Shipping and Transport Committee and a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. He is a Member of the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council, the Land and Development Advisory Committee, the Tripartite Taskforce on Manpower Training (Aviation) and the HKTDC Logistics Services Advisory Committee respectively; a Council Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, a Board Member of GS1 Hong Kong and an Advisory Committee Member of the Asian Institute of Supply Chains and Logistics. Wilson is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, as well as a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Ee Sin has more than 15 years of experience and currently leads both the Climate Change and Sustainability Services and Financial Accounting Advisory Services teams in Hong Kong.

He assists clients with navigating the risks and opportunities arising from sustainability issues. He supports clients with formulation of sustainability strategies and data management processes to meet regulatory requirements and address expectations of different stakeholders and help companies to align business models to sustainability development goals. He also provides advisory services to clients on building an efficient and effective finance function that addresses needs of stakeholders and evolving financial and compliance requirements including integrated reporting.

Ee Sin is a practising CPA of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA) and member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He also serves as a member of HKICPA’s Sustainability Committee.

Bing Leng was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in June 2022, effective 1 July 2022.

He joins the ISSB from the Chinese Ministry of Finance where he was responsible for sustainability reporting initiatives. He initiated and led the implementation of several reporting-related programmes, including the development of digital taxonomies to enable electronic reporting, the revised financial instrument accounting standards and plans focused on digitising electronic payment vouchers and invoices.

Mr Leng was a member of the International Accounting Standards Board’s IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group from 2019 to 2022 and a member of the Board of Directors of XBRL International from 2014 to 2020.

He is a Doctor of Management and has a Master of Accounting from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics in China.

Ee Sin has more than 15 years of experience and currently leads both the Climate Change and Sustainability Services and Financial Accounting Advisory Services teams in Hong Kong.

He assists clients with navigating the risks and opportunities arising from sustainability issues. He supports clients with formulation of sustainability strategies and data management processes to meet regulatory requirements and address expectations of different stakeholders and help companies to align business models to sustainability development goals. He also provides advisory services to clients on building an efficient and effective finance function that addresses needs of stakeholders and evolving financial and compliance requirements including integrated reporting.

Ee Sin is a practising CPA of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA) and member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He also serves as a member of HKICPA’s Sustainability Committee.

Cecilia is the Head of the Sustainability Disclosures and the Accounting Standard Setters in Hong Kong. She is responsible for overseeing the development of HKFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and HKFRS Accounting Standards for use in Hong Kong.

Prior to her current role, she was a director in Deloitte China specialising in technical IFRS accounting. She also served as a senior lecturer of financial accounting at the University of the Witwatersrand and an auditor at PwC South Africa.

Cecilia has a Master of Commerce degree specialising in taxation and a Bachelor of Accountancy degree, both from Wits University.

Ms Kelly Lee joined HKEX in 2013. She works within the Policy and Secretariat Services Unit of the Listing Division, and has been involved in HKEX’s major listing policy and ESG initiatives in recent years. Ms. Lee is currently a member of the Sustainability Committee and the Sustainability Advisory Panel of the Financial Reporting Standards Committee of the HKICPA. Prior to joining HKEX, Ms Lee was a senior associate practicing corporate and securities law in Hong Kong.

Bing Leng was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in June 2022, effective 1 July 2022.

He joins the ISSB from the Chinese Ministry of Finance where he was responsible for sustainability reporting initiatives. He initiated and led the implementation of several reporting-related programmes, including the development of digital taxonomies to enable electronic reporting, the revised financial instrument accounting standards and plans focused on digitising electronic payment vouchers and invoices.

Mr Leng was a member of the International Accounting Standards Board’s IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group from 2019 to 2022 and a member of the Board of Directors of XBRL International from 2014 to 2020.

He is a Doctor of Management and has a Master of Accounting from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics in China.

Hendrik is responsible for the Group’s sustainability-related strategy, reporting and communications. He supports the senior management in sustainability and climate change-related risk management and advises on sustainability matters of the Group’s power business in the Asia-Pacific region.

With more than 20 years of experience in sustainability and environmental management across the public, private and NGO sectors, Hendrik previously led research and consulting projects in Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Hendrik currently sits on a number of committees on sustainability-related matters, including as Director of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Steering Committee member of the Climate Governance Institute Hong Kong Chapter, and an advisory panel member for the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), amongst others.

Aneesa Walji is an independent Sustainability Advisor and former United Nations staff member, with a track record of helping actors across sectors navigate the growing complexities of business for people, planet and profit. She is a lawyer with 15 years of experience working in partnership with business, government and civil society across Asia, Africa and North America, as well as at the international policy level.

In the course of her career, she has covered issues ranging from labour conditions in Sri Lankan tea plantations to air pollution in Bahrain and modern slavery regulation from an investment perspective. Recently, she led the United Nations Development Programme’s work on responsible business conduct in the Arab States region.

Her diverse work experiences across sectors, regions and substantive areas of focus have given Aneesa a systems-level perspective of the interconnected elements of sustainability, as well as a deep understanding of the evolving global regulatory landscape. She brings expertise in strategy development, multi-stakeholder engagement, training and awareness raising, responsible sourcing and impact assessments, among other areas.

Aneesa holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies, a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and a Master of Laws from New York University. She also holds several certifications, including from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Conversations for new ideas and approaches – e.g. Re-Think!

2. Encourage recognition of the interconnections between environmental and social dimensions.

3. Promote win-win approaches through public-private partnerships.

Yoonmee Jeong heads the Sustainability Office for the Global Wholesale Banking division of OCBC. The Office plays a key role in driving OCBC’s sustainability and decarbonisation strategy through leading the Net-Zero Project to assess the Bank’s financed emissions, offering practical and credible sustainable banking solutions to the Bank’s corporate and institutional clients, and developing strategies for transition financing and ESG risk management.
Since joining OCBC in 2019, Yoonmee has spearheaded the Bank’s sustainable finance activities, leading her team in innovative transactions across diverse sectors and markets. In 2023 alone, the Bank advised over 100 corporates on sustainable financing.
Prior to joining OCBC, Yoonmee worked in the Sustainable Finance team of BNP Paribas Global Markets in Hong Kong, coordinating the launch of a sustainable finance programme for Corporate and Institutional clients, and advising on several inaugural sustainability bond issuances in the region.
With nearly two decades of experience in financial institutions, Yoonmee has gained valuable expertise in sustainable finance and business development across diverse markets, including Seoul, Hong Kong, Paris, and Singapore. She holds a CFA charter and has earned an MBA from HEC Paris, along with a master’s degree in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge.

Ringo is the Associate Principal of Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Business. He is responsible for managing Hong Kong Sustainability Business organization and driving client engagement activities in various sustainability services aspects for strategy consulting, managed services, cleantech and energy efficiency. Ringo has another role to lead the managed services in East Asia Japan region which provide enterprise-level cloud platform for collecting and analyzing sustainability and ESG data to support for organizational carbon emission reporting. He specialized in leveraging digitalized and technological solutions to help enterprises for climate mitigation actions and reduce carbon emissions.

In his prior role in Schneider Electric Hong Kong eco-building team, he had demonstrated his expertise included energy and carbon audits, developing energy implementation projects, and managing energy conservation measures and develop business cases with Schneider’s Smart Meters and Building Management Systems (BMS).

Prior to joining Schneider Electric’s Sustainability team, Ringo worked in SGS where he performed and reviewed over 100 carbon/ energy audits for Hong Kong, Macau and China enterprises.

Fei Li is the Global Co-Director of Disclosures with CDP. Currently, He is responsible for the development of CDP’s global disclosure strategy and CDP’s disclosure business in Asia Pacific.

Since he joined CDP in 2017, Fei Li has been working to raise the awareness and management capacity of companies in China, especially from the FMCG sector, towards environmental risks and their ESG performance. Also, he has explored how to use green finance mechanism to incentivize Chinese companies to introduce environmentally friendly supply chain policies and promote sustainable procurement practices.

Prior to joining CDP, Fei Li served various organizations of United Nations. He contributed to the implementation of Green Jobs Project in ILO’s Asia Pacific Region. Later, he was responsible for grants approval and management for the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program in UNDP China Office.

Fei Li graduated from Michigan Tech University with dual master’s degrees in Environmental and Energy Policy and Applied Nature Resource Economics. He published articles in Energy Strategy Reviews and other International and Chinese journals on renewable energy and carbon emissions trading.

Eddie has more than 26 years experience in construction and environmental field and specializes in sediment and land contamination assessment and remediation, carbon/energy management, renewable energy projects and waste/asbestos management.

He is the vice chairman of Environment Committee, Hong Kong Construction Association and member of Climate Change Business Forum of the Business Environment Council. He was appointed as a construction advisor in development of Construction Industry Council Carbon Assessment Tool and Sustainable Finance Certification scheme.  He is also appointed by Hong Kong Green Building Council to be a co-opted member of the Sustainable Development Committee, Climate Change Framework for Built Environment Embodied Carbon Expert Group member and Green Product Market Taskforce member.  Eddie is a member of UK CARES Assured Steel Certification Sustainability Technical Committee.

Eddie graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Canada, and has a Master of Science (Major in Environmental Engineering) degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Eddie is a Fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals, Certified Carbon Auditor (Cement/Steel/Concrete) under the CIC Green Product Certification Scheme, Certified Energy Manager/Carbon Audit Professional of US Association of Energy Engineer and a Qualified Project Assessor of BREEAM Infrastructure.  He is also a qualified assessor of CIC Sustainable Finance Certification Scheme and a Certified ESG Analyst CESGA® of The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

Caring nature and society while pursuing net zero goal

Ms Louise Bergholm is the Consul General of Sweden to Hong Kong and Macau since 2023. Having served in various capacities in multiple geographical regions, she accumulated more than three decades of diplomatic experience. Her previous positions include Ambassador of Sweden to Bulgaria, while she was also formerly assigned to Washington DC, USA, and Jakarta, Indonesia. She has been effectively handling a wide scope of topics ranging from politics to economics, with a specific focus on trade policy and promotion.

Ms Bergholm obtained a Master of Science in International Economics degree from the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden, and studied history, political science and Spanish at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Recycling stations near people’s homes at more places around the city – this could significantly lessen the volume of waste that goes to landfills.
2. A few degrees warmer in offices, shopping malls and other public spaces. In many places, the aircon is working at lower temperatures than what’s really needed. This would save a lot of precious energy.

Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee took office as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China on 16 January 2021 and is the designated representative of – and reports to – the UN Secretary- General. He presented his letter of credence to the President of China on 14 April 2021.

Mr. Chatterjee has more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination and peace and security in the United Nations and the Red Cross movement. He has served in many fragile and war-torn countries all over the world.

A 3 times TEDx speaker, he is a regular opinion contributor on humanitarian and development issues for a range journals which includes Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Huffington Post, Forbes, CNN, Al Jazeera, the Guardian as well as of late he has also published in mainstream Chinese journals.

Mr. Chatterjee holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University in the United States of America.

Consul General Gregory May arrived in Hong Kong in September 2022. Prior to Hong Kong he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang, China. Mr. May had two prior assignments in China at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou and at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. He also worked at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy. In Washington, Mr. May worked as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs and held various positions focused on China, Vietnam, and the State Department’s Executive Secretariat.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Mr. May served as the Assistant Director and Research Associate in Chinese Studies at the Nixon Center, a foreign policy think tank in Washington, D.C. From 1993 to 1996, he worked as a journalist for International Community Radio Taipei, an English language radio station; and worked as a correspondent for Newsweek.

Originally from Texas, Mr. May is a graduate of the University of Texas. He holds a master’s degree in China Studies from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. He is married and has three children.

Daisy Guo heads DETERMINANT’s global business development and partnerships. A passionate advocate for sustainability, Daisy is heavily involved in shaping the company’s sustainability roadmap. In 2023, she launched the world’s first cotton waterless dyeing program, a groundbreaking collaboration between DETERMINANT and ECOHUES. This initiative underscores her commitment to pioneering sustainable practices and innovation in the retail industry.

Before joining DETERMINANT, Daisy led Lululemon’s first social impact project in Hong Kong, and contributed to building the Services Marketplace at Lazada, fostering collaboration between Lazada Crossborder and Alibaba teams.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Promoting water stewardship in the textile & apparel industry through the adoption of new technologies like waterless dyeing.

2. Seeing a further reduction in single-use packaging.

Dr. Frederick Lee holds a PhD degree in Urban Planning from MIT. He is Executive Director of the Centre for Water Technology and Policy at The University of Hong Kong. His primary research and advocacy concerns pertain to two major water sustainability nexus issues: water-energy-climate and water-ecology. He is currently conducting a research project that focuses on the application of smart technologies (IoT, AI) to enhancing water conservation behavior in households. Dr. Lee is also a Fellow at Civic Exchange.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

#1. Reduction of per capita water use in the domestic sector
#2. Improvements in water use efficiency in non-domestic sites

Shashank is a sustainability professional with nearly 13 years of diverse experience in manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, and consulting. Holding a mechanical engineering degree, he spent 3.5 years in manufacturing plants, gaining strong technical skills and a good understanding of manufacturing environments. Through a leadership program, he transitioned to marketing, acquiring 1.5 years of core marketing experience that positions him well to bridge the gap between supply chain and commercial discussions. Post his MBA, he entered sustainability consulting to refine his problem-solving skills. As a consultant, Shashank has worked with several government bodies, multilateral organizations, multinationals, and NGOs/non-profits and gained valuable insights into key sustainability topics like decarbonization, waste management, water, audits, regulatory landscapes, and sustainability reporting. He is a firm believer in building relationships and fostering collaboration to achieve shared sustainability goals. Above all, Shashank is a devoted father to a 4-year-old boy and striving to be the best father.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

– Connect with more like minded people
– More collaboration

Rong Yan is a senior associate of the RMI China Program, working with the Industry Decarbonization Initiative, where RMI works to accelerate decarbonizing China’s heavy industries, including steel, cement, petrochemicals & chemicals, and aluminum. She is the content lead for the team’s aluminum and circular economy work,  and the author of RMI China’s flagship report on cement industry sectoral transition roadmap, one of the earliest in the field, developed in close partnership with leading industry associations and institutes and recognized by many. Her other areas of focus include the transition routes and economic analysis of near-zero steel, as well as supporting heavy industry’s transition to near-zero production using procurement as a tool.

Before joining RMI, Rong worked as a consultant, advising international companies from various industries, including finance, manufacturing and consumer goods on their carbon reduction strategies their implementation. Rong also has experience working at BP, WoodMackenzie, and The Nature Conservancy.

Co-founder and Senior Vice President at E-C DIGITAL、Chief Designer of the JimuLCA TooL, Johnson Gui is a member of the Expert Committee for the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Platforms in both the steel and battery industries. He also serves as Deputy Director of the China Industrial Internet Steel Dual-Carbon Innovation Laboratory and is a technical expert for the United Nations Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI).

Previously, he was an LCA expert at ArcelorMittal in France, a researcher at China Baowu Group, and a core team member at the Institute of Resource and Environmental Research. He has also worked with the World Steel Association and the North American Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

With over a decade of experience in carbon data quantification and LCA databases, Johnson Gui has been instrumental in developing numerous industry standards.

Valerie is the director overseeing Climate Action 100+, an investor-led initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change. She co-leads the Asia workstream from within Climate Action 100+, and oversees the team’s co-ordination of corporate engagement activities for Asian focus companies. This includes convening sector roundtables to support corporate transition to net zero. Valerie is part of the strategic projects working group and convenes Asia Advisory Group discussions to build investor capacity on stewardship. Outside of CA100+, she is also involved in capacity building for investors in strengthening corporate engagement outcomes through considering various tools and approaches of engagement.
Prior to joining AIGCC, she worked for two sustainability advisory firms and advised clients’ sustainability and risk management strategies. She also conducted environmental and social due diligence for private equity clients. Her career started in public affairs with a Hong Kong-based consultancy. Valerie holds a MSSc in Business and Community from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

It would be great to see Hong Kong introduce medium term goals in renewable energy development to meet its net zero goals, and better response with stronger resilience and readiness for physical risks.

Li Li, joined BASF Venture Capital as an senior investment manager in 2018. She is responsible for investment and portfolio management in ASIA region and based from Hong Kong. Li started her career with PwC China and provided transaction services to top investment institutes such as Warburg Pincus, TPG, Ping’an, Sequoia and MNC investors. She then started and managed corporate strategy and M&A department for Voith Group in China. Before joining BVC, Li used to work for SABIC Ventures for their Chinese investments. She graduated from Fudan University with an Economics major. Her domain of interest include digitalization, business model, and sustainability investment opportunities that makes a difference for BASF’s future!

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Better gabbage separation system (paper is currently not a separate category)
2. More sustainable power supply (how to be more independent?)
3. More sustainable water supply (how to be more independent?)

Li Zi is the Senior Expert in Sustainable Development at Tencent. He also served as a research fellow at Alibaba Group before. Prior to this, he was a guest critic at MIT and a research fellow at National University Of Singapore. Li Zi’s primary focus is on providing scenario analysis and strategic planning in the areas of technological transformation (AIGC), geopolitics, and climate change for digital platforms. As a result of his work, he was awarded “The 10 Years Best Research Fellow (2009-2019) on digitalization” at The New Economy Think Tank Summit 2020.
He holds a doctoral degree from the NUS and a master’s degree from TU Delft. With 15 years of professional experience, he has worked extensively in the field of digitalization in Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and the United States. Li Zi also served as a guest editor for Domus , where he initiated the “Online” series of publications, including topics such as “Smart Nation” and “Online Urbanism”. His book, titled “Online Urbanization: Online Services in China’s Rural Transformation”, has been recognized by SpringerLink as one of the most referenced works related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Currently, he is working on a book about the new covenant between humans and AI.

Sandeep is a seasoned financial services professional specialising in corporate banking and Corporate Treasury advisory in Asia-Pacific and is CEO of Sustainable Solutions (SS) Consulting Limited, a consultancy specialising in sustainable solutions for financial services firms and corporate treasuries. He is a certified expert in Sustainable finance, a winner of sustainable finance leadership award, a frequent speaker at business forums across APAC, and co-chairs the GreenTech and ESG Committee in the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. Sandeep is also International Resources Director and Contributing Editor for The Asian Banker and has written on a vast spectrum of topics including ESG, corporate treasury, fintech, banking and digital assets. In the past, Sandeep has held leadership roles across corporate banking, cash management and transaction banking operations in a top global bank. Sandeep was recognised as the ‘Best Relationship Manager’ by The Asset Magazine in 2020. Sandeep holds degrees in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, India.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

I hope that HK :
– Establishes itself as a leading Global Greentech centre through the continued focus and efforts of the HK authorities as well as the various industry organisations
– HK grown Green fintechs establish themselves on a global scale and become a showcase for HK as a Green fintech centre

Dr Alan Cheung is the Chief Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies division at ASTRI. He leads the division in driving ASTRI’s initiatives, particularly in FinTech and Smart City, through Generative AI, multimedia data analytics, Federated Learning, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and privacy-enhancing applications. The division has won numerous local and overseas innovation awards. His collaboration partners comprise both the public and private sectors. They include government departments and regulators such as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, as well as financial institutions and corporations. He has over 25 years of rich R&D and management experience and is also the owner of multiple US patents.

Tracy Wong Harris is the Head of Sustainable Finance for Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, focusing on the Bank’s sustainable finance strategy, by developing new products and solutions, further incorporating ESG considerations into banking decisions, and identifying sustainable finance opportunities for clients. Tracy is also the Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA), an appointed Policy Research Committee member of Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), Board member of Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation Limited (s88) and Senior Advisor to the Green Building Project of HK2050isNow.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Tracy had been driving the green and sustainable finance development in Hong Kong and had over 20 years of financial markets experiences across various fixed income and complex structured products in JPMorgan, Mizuho International, Barclays Capital and BNP Paribas based in London and Hong Kong.
Tracy received her MSc and BA in International Finance and Capital Markets in the United Kingdom and graduated from the Oxford Said Business School in Social Finance Program.
Former appointed member of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Climate Change Technical Expert Group (TEG), served as Board member of AIDS Concern, Hong Kong LGBT+ Interbank, and founder of the JPM PRIDE HK network.

Julien Martin has 25 years in financial services in sell side and infrastructure organizations of which 18 in Asia.

He is the CEO and founder of Digital Climate Group, a financial service company working on democratizing access to green finance products for issuers and investors leveraging blockchain, Web3 and AI.

Previously, Senior Managing Director for HKEX and CEO of the Bond Connect Company Limited, a joint venture established by China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and HKEX. Leading the development of Fixed Income products (Cash, derivatives, and post trade), Data & ESG initiatives including regulatory disclosure, data monetization, ESG products development, index, rating and carbon, digital assets build up. Julien is the key architect that led to the launch of Bond Connect in July 2017, delivering policy breakthroughs and market efficiencies in pre-trade admission, trading, and settlement for the China interbank bond market.

A total of 17 years capital market experience in BNP Paribas group, in FICC trading sales, risk management and platform build up. Julien holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from ESSEC Business School, Paris.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

• I wish for the creation of a real group of impact investors in HK
• I wish for a greater fight against poverty in HK
• I wish for our ocean to be clean and healthy with biodiversity

Neil Tan has over 20 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Business Development and Partnerships — across Banking (HSBC, Deutsche Bank), Management Consulting (Boston Consulting Group BCG) and Industry (Philips Electronics, Siemens).

Neil is the Managing Partner at Tsunami Advisors, an advisory and consulting firm dedicated to helping FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Asset, and Web3 firms expand, grow and scale in the Asia Pacific Region.

Prior to this, Neil served as the CEO of Neptune Digital, an award-winning blockchain start-up under the Cyberport Incubation Program (CIP). He was previously the Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific in the Digital Partnerships & Innovation Team at HSBC, where he focused on Banking-As-A-Service (BaaS) and Embedded Finance, including digital payments, lending, wealth and insurance.

Neil is the Former Chairman and current Board Member of the FinTech Association Hong Kong (FTAHK) and a Member of the Hong Kong Government Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development (Web3 Task Force). He is also a Steering Committee Member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and a Conference Ambassador of the Hong Kong Tourism Bureau (HKTB).

LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiltan1/

FTAHK
https://ftahk.org/our-team

WEB3 TASK FORCE
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202306/30/P2023063000579.htm

HKTDC
https://www.asianfinancialforum.com/conference/aff/en/steering-committee

HKTB
https://www.mehongkong.com/hkca/ambassadors.html

Catherine is a nonprofit leader with a communications and events background spanning over 15 years. As Executive Director of the local charity, HandsOn Hong Kong, she has a passion for creating impactful programs, empowering teams to reach their potential and moving people to take action. Since joining HandsOn in 2016, she has empowered thousands of the city’s employees, families and students on the power of volunteering to address our social needs. Catherine led teams and ran flagship events at both OgilvyOne and The Economist Group before joining HandsOn and holds a B.A. (Honours) in Communications from the University of Technology in Sydney.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

I hope to see Hongkongers commit to making sustainable choices–and changes–in their daily lives. There’s no starting point too small!

Louisa began her career in political campaigning for Hillary Clinton in New York and Ohio. She became the first employee at W Series, a female motor racing series aimed at integrating women into Formula 1. Louisa then transitioned to Dun & Bradstreet, serving as Chief of Staff in London and Hong Kong and is part of the founding team at OPUS. Louisa is Chief of Staff and ReThink Foundation Lead at ReThink Hong Kong.

Sophie has worked for 30 years in the field of environmental protection and conservation, principally in the Asia Pacific region. She joined ADMCF a year after its founding in 2007, as director responsible for developing the Foundation’s environmental programme. Today, ADMCF focuses almost solely on environmental issues regionally, while maintaining some legacy children at risk projects. Its four strategic programmes include : Acting for Climate, Living Oceans, Water, Wildife Trade. In late 2021, Sophie stepped into ADMCF’s CEO role .

My Sustainability Goals for 2024

I hope to see the new Administration embracing Hong Kong’s environmental challenges to ensure our well being and a healthy environment . This will require setting aspirational goals as well as policy enhancements and reform across a broad range of environmental issues.