Marianna Lemus Boskovitch is a senior impact measurement specialist with over 10 years of experience developed across the UK not-for-profit and private sector. Her expertise spans across the planning, design, commissioning and reporting of policies, programmes and strategies in different domains, in the UK, EU and US.

Committed to contributing to evidence-based planning, Marianna’s expertise stems from assessing data availability and constraints in order to develop proportionate impact measurement approaches helping clients making informed decision-making.

Before joining Purpose Impact Action, Marianna was Senior Consultant at BOP Consulting – a UK-based leading consulting practice for culture and the creative economy. In that role, she helped various UK government departments and museums evaluate the effectiveness of their work, focusing on social impact, and bringing about systems-level change.

Marianna also worked at RSM UK and Ipsos MORI Policy and Evaluation Unit where she led the Economic Consulting team on the development of theory-based evaluation frameworks, responsible for overseeing the robustness of the research work underpinning impact studies.

Prior to working in the private sector, Marianna was the Research and Evaluation Manager at Young Enterprise – the UK leading financial and enterprise education provider – where she set up the evaluation practice, and oversaw the charity’s expanding impact measurement expertise.

Marianna graduated with an MSc in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, and a BSc (hons) in Economics with Economic History from Queen Mary University of London. She is also a Senior Associate at BOP Consulting, a member of the European Evaluation Society and a Social Return on Investment Practitioner Training (Social Value UK).

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

I hope to see NGOs and businesses prioritising evidence and impact measurement in all social policies, interventions and/or programmes.

I believe that focused monitoring and evaluation is a critical step that can change lives. To secure better outcomes for society, it is critical that the full power of impact measurement is realised by NGOs and businesses.

Implementing social impact strategies for evaluation can lead to continuous improvement in decision-making, greater impact, and will reinforce public trust and foster a culture of continuous learning.

Katherine brings over 25 years of professional experience, with a multi-sector career spanning private banking, offshore wealth management, UK Government and international nonprofit. Katherine is passionate about real estate, sustainable development and poverty alleviation. She has been involved with the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong since 2019, is a member of the Real Estate Committee and Vice Chair of the ESG Committee.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

I would like to see the private sector and the Government of the HKSAR working together to advance the city’s progress towards sustainability and achieving the UN SDGs

Pia Wong, a social impact leader with 25+ years of experience, specializes in stakeholder engagement and measuring, improving, and communicating organizational impact. Pia’s passion in impact measurement stems from her 12-year tenure as Executive Director at Bring Me A Book Hong Kong, and her corporate communications experience at Weber Shandwick and Synovate.

As the Founder of Purpose Impact Action Ltd., Pia helps businesses, NGOs and social enterprises evaluate the effectiveness of their work, strengthen governance and operations, using globally recognized impact standards. Pia also advises on social impact strategies, and helps companies mitigate greenwashing through improvement tools such as the B Impact Assessment.

To address systemic challenges in the NGO sector in HK during the height of the pandemic, Pia co-founded Voice for Social Good, ensuring partnerships between nonprofits and funders are based on trust and deliver on impact.

In 2020, as part of her work for Voice for Social Good, Pia was recognized as 2020 AmCham Women of Influence nominee for “Global Issues, Local Heroes, Women Taking the Lead.”
More recently, Voice for Social Good was a 2024 finalist for the Shared Value Initiative Award for Bravery.

Pia has a BA (Hons) from University College London and received a scholarship to attend Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education program on Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. Pia has also successfully obtained the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL)’s Business Sustainability Management Certificate and Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs certificate from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme SDG Impact.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

I hope to see more businesses in Hong Kong partner with NGOs strategically to address many of the social issues in Hong Kong.

NGOs, with the support and guidance from their board members, invest more time and resources into impact measurement for better due diligence. I truly believe this will elevate trust between funders and NGOs, which in turn will increase operational funding (eg. staff salaries, capacity building) for the NGO’s long-term sustainability and impact.

Mr Chan is a qualified LEED AP, BEAM Pro and building specialist consultant with over 30 years of experience in leading and project managing numerous sustainability assignments related to the built environment. These include : undertaking energy audits and leading Retro-commissioning (RCx) assignments and formulating energy saving opportunities for over 50 government premises; formulating sustainable building design options for over 60 developments to achieve the superior BEAM/LEED Platinum rating; and providing “green” building design and management advice for over 100 BEAM assessed properties.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

Promote/implement energy efficiency and decarbonisation in existing premises to reduce global warming.

Tim is a practicing town planner, surveyor and project director with extensive experience in planning, engineering and managing smart city and digital infrastructures to drive social and environmental goals. As the Head of Business & System Development at BEAM Society Limited, a green building assessment authority based in Hong Kong, Tim spearheaded the development of iBEAM Assessment Automation System and the iBEAM Unison plugin, aiming to harmonize the environmental and social sustainability data in building information modeling and providing a one-stop digital solution for green building professionals to analyze the green performances of their properties in a digital environment. Additionally, Tim has directed the development of BEAM Plus portfolio assessment scheme. The scheme enables asset managers to better evaluate the green management and energy usage of their existing building portfolios. By understanding the management merits and energy usage, asset managers could introduce green measures to improve the environmental and social performances of their existing buildings.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

To drive up the implementation of digital twins in green building assessments and ESG compliance.

Rohan has been involved in the Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) industry for more than 20 years. Initially specializing in the use of digital twins for avoiding failure, extending life/warranty, and optimizing cost in the mechanical and automotive industries, Rohan transitioned from the mechanical industry to the built environment when he joined IES in 2010. Rohan now manages multiple divisions for IES across the Middle East, India and Asia. Based in Singapore, he is currently focused on developing the company’s regional HQ in Asia, drawing on his experience in facing new markets, supporting the development and sale of new products, developing global and local partnerships and fostering multi-disciplinary global teams to drive results.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

• Increase impact by deploying more technology in HK to new customers which will then reduce more CO2 emissions from buildings
• Work on at least 4 projects in HK with partners or directly that are linked to CO2 emission reduction
• Increase awareness on usage of such technology for CO2 emissions reduction in HK universities

A safety and reliability consultant, technical and management process assessor, and Chartered engineer with over 20-year experience in a number of complex rail and non-rail projects.
Provides railway consultancy services in Systems Assurance (SA), fire engineering, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) modelling and performance assessment, risk management, safety engineering, Independent Safety Assessment (ISA), human factors, cybersecurity, asset management and systems engineering and integration.

Mr. Ike Xu is the technical manager of TÜV Rheinland with over 12 years’ professional experiences in environmental consulting and audit industry, focusing on recycled materials verification, waste management, water governance, EHS audits, carbon audits, corporate carbon strategies development, and supply chain environmental management. Before entering TÜV Rheinland, he spent five years working in world’s leading third-party company as environmental product line manager, mainly serving for fortune 500 companies and MNCs. Mr. Xu holds a master degree in environmental management of Illinois Institute of Technology and a bachelor degree in ecology of Sun Yat-sen University.

Outi is a sustainability strategist focused on driving action towards impact and has spent over 14 years in (Southeast) Asia facilitating socially, economically and environmentally transformative business solutions.

She has an extensive background spearheading purpose-driven programmes for multinational corporations, government agencies and social investors in areas of strategic multi-stakeholder partnerships, ESG strategies and project development, global event coordination and in sustainability communications.

Originally from Finland, Outi identifies as a global native who is currently settled in Singapore.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Leverage the cultural and historical heritage of what makes Hong Kong unique to drive more action for impact across communities
2. Businesses harnessing the power of their past and respecting the context in which they operate; discovering and articulating what they stand for to drive their growth strategy
3. Business leaders realising and activating their influence to evolve business as a force for good