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:

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.

Jonathan Chiu is President of Schneider Electric Hong Kong. He currently heads the company’s Management Committee responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, operational delivery and business development for Schneider Electric in Hong Kong and Macau.
Since joining Schneider Electric two decades ago, Jonathan has held leadership roles in various business divisions within the organization. An experienced leader in energy management and automation, Jonathan is passionate about leveraging the power of digitization and innovation in delivering a holistic ecosystem approach to sustainable transformation. His years of experience in process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services have been instrumental in elevating Schneider Electric’s reach and impact for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries in Hong Kong.
Jonathan currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Business Environment Council, and was named Sustainability Leader of the Year at the HKMA Hong Kong Sustainability Award 2023.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the City University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program.

ALEXANDRE LEITÃO (Coimbra, 08.12.1965) is a career diplomat since 1999, currently holding the position of Consul General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong.
Alexandre Leitão has university degrees in Geography (University of Coimbra), Political Science and International Relations (Portuguese Catholic University) and Public Policies (ISCTE–Lisbon University Institute).

Since the beginning of his professional activity, in 1983, he has held several positions in numerous fields of activities, among which:

• 1994-98. Executive city councilor for Environment and Tourism, and CEO, Water and Sanitation Municipal Company, Coimbra.
• 1994–96. Member of the Board, ERSUC S.A. (intermunicipal company for management of waste in the Centre Region of Portugal).
• 1997–99. Member of the Board, Tourism of the Centre of Portugal Regional Committee, Coimbra.
• 2002. Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Portugal in Dakar, Senegal.
• 2005. Head, European Parliament Affairs, and national representative at the General Affairs Group of the Council of the EU (GAG), Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union (Brussels); GAG’s Chair and Council’s representative to the European Parliament in the 2nd semester of 2007.
• 2008. Consul General in Benguela, Angola.
• 2012. Director, Consular Emergency Office, MFA, Lisbon.
• 2014. Director, Service for Cypher and IT, and MFA’s CIO, Lisbon.
• 2015. Deputy diplomatic advisor of the Prime Minister, Lisbon.
• 2016. Ambassador of the European Union in Timor-Leste.
• 2019-22. Executive Vice-President, Organizing Committee of the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference (Lisbon, 2022)
• 2020-23. Special Envoy for Climate affairs of Portugal, member of the EU Climate Ambassadors Network.
• 2023. Consul General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong.

Dr. Carmen Or, the editor of “The State of Hong Kong Biodiversity 2025,” has been with WWF-Hong Kong since 2017 and is based at the Mai Po Nature Reserve. She leads and manages the research and monitoring program in Mai Po, providing critical insights that inform habitat management for the Reserve. In addition to experience on wetland research, Dr. Or earned her PhD in Biological Science from the University of Hong Kong, focusing on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin. She is also a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Otter Specialist Group, contributing her expertise to the conservation of various species.

Mr Simon Ng is Chief Executive Officer of Business Environment Council (BEC). He works closely with BEC Board of Directors in setting and implementing organisation goals and strategies conducive to supporting BEC members and the wider business community in the transition towards net-zero economy and a sustainable Hong Kong.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

Mobilise corporates in Hong Kong for accelerated climate action.

Dr. Dindo Campilan has worked in senior leadership roles for over 20 years with the world’s leading international development and research organizations in agriculture, food and environment. He is currently Regional Director for Asia and Hub Director for Oceania of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest and oldest environment organization. He directs IUCN’s program serving 48 countries in Asia and Oceania to support government, non-government and private business sectors towards a nature-positive future for healthy planet and people.

Earlier he held similar leadership roles with: i) CGIAR international agricultural research centers, the world’s largest agri-food research and development network, and ii) International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN agency mandated to set global standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work. He holds a PhD in Agriculture and Environment Sciences from Wageningen University in The Netherlands.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025 

– catalyzing public-private investments for nature-positive sustainability goals and metrics
– mainstreaming the climate-biodiversity nexus in cross-sectoral sustainability agendas

ALEXANDRE LEITÃO (Coimbra, 08.12.1965) is a career diplomat since 1999, currently holding the position of Consul General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong.
Alexandre Leitão has university degrees in Geography (University of Coimbra), Political Science and International Relations (Portuguese Catholic University) and Public Policies (ISCTE–Lisbon University Institute).

Since the beginning of his professional activity, in 1983, he has held several positions in numerous fields of activities, among which:

• 1994-98. Executive city councilor for Environment and Tourism, and CEO, Water and Sanitation Municipal Company, Coimbra.
• 1994–96. Member of the Board, ERSUC S.A. (intermunicipal company for management of waste in the Centre Region of Portugal).
• 1997–99. Member of the Board, Tourism of the Centre of Portugal Regional Committee, Coimbra.
• 2002. Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Portugal in Dakar, Senegal.
• 2005. Head, European Parliament Affairs, and national representative at the General Affairs Group of the Council of the EU (GAG), Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union (Brussels); GAG’s Chair and Council’s representative to the European Parliament in the 2nd semester of 2007.
• 2008. Consul General in Benguela, Angola.
• 2012. Director, Consular Emergency Office, MFA, Lisbon.
• 2014. Director, Service for Cypher and IT, and MFA’s CIO, Lisbon.
• 2015. Deputy diplomatic advisor of the Prime Minister, Lisbon.
• 2016. Ambassador of the European Union in Timor-Leste.
• 2019-22. Executive Vice-President, Organizing Committee of the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference (Lisbon, 2022)
• 2020-23. Special Envoy for Climate affairs of Portugal, member of the EU Climate Ambassadors Network.
• 2023. Consul General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong.

Dr. Carmen Or, the editor of “The State of Hong Kong Biodiversity 2025,” has been with WWF-Hong Kong since 2017 and is based at the Mai Po Nature Reserve. She leads and manages the research and monitoring program in Mai Po, providing critical insights that inform habitat management for the Reserve. In addition to experience on wetland research, Dr. Or earned her PhD in Biological Science from the University of Hong Kong, focusing on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin. She is also a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Otter Specialist Group, contributing her expertise to the conservation of various species.

Mr. CHAN Kin Fung, Simon is an Assistant Director of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, overseeing nature conservation work in Hong Kong. He has been working in the Department for over 28 years and was involved in a wide range of nature conservation work, including wildlife management and protection, habitat management, biodiversity conservation, ecological surveys and environmental impact assessment etc. He led the formulation and implementation of Hong Kong’s first city-level Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to step up biodiversity conservation and support sustainable development. He is now leading the work on updating the action plan and establishing a system of Wetland Conservation Parks under the Northern Metropolis Development Strategy.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

• Enlisting broad-based support from the society to take forward key initiatives including establishment of Sham Po Shue Wetland Conservation Park and the next phase of Hong Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

Dr David Gallacher is an environmental specialist with AECOM, based primarily in Hong Kong, with experience across Shanghai, Delhi and Singapore. With an academic background in ecology and environmental management, he has contributed to hundreds of projects in 14 countries across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, partnering with government departments, private developers and multilateral banks. His expertise spans environmental planning, impact assessment and monitoring, nature-based solution design, sustainable urban planning, water-sensitive urban design and ESG reporting. David is currently the chairperson of the Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals.

He has a particular interest in biodiversity design for urban environments and has contributed to award-winning projects such as the DaShaHe Urban River Restoration in Shenzhen and the Tung Chung Eco-shoreline in Hong Kong. David also gives lectures, seminars and training courses across Asia Pacific and contributes to AECOM publications on climate and restoration.

Michael Long joined Hongkong Land as Director and Head of Sustainability in April 2025. He brings over 28 years of experience in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy and implementation across the real estate sectors in Asia, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Mr Long combines technical knowledge with a commercial, results-driven approach to help organisations address complex sustainability challenges. His philosophy centers on simplifying complexity, focusing on what truly matters, and always starting with the ‘Why’—creating impactful, meaningful outcomes for businesses and stakeholders alike.

I have joined the Hong Kong Government for nearly 30 years since my first engagement as a Civil Engineering Gradate. I have been working on some major government projects in the past like Route 9 project, widening of Tuen Mun Road, Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel, Tung Chung New Town Extension projects. I joined North Development Office of CEDD in 2023 mainly to take forward various Northern Metropolis projects, such as Kwu Tung North / Fanling North New Development Area, San Tin Technopole, New Territories North New Town Development projects.

Suki has 10 years of experience in sustainability consulting, stakeholder engagement, and policy research. Currently at BEC, Suki leads research initiatives related to climate change and energy transition, including BEC’s Climate Change Business Forum, Net-zero Carbon Charter and sectoral energy transition research projects.

Previously, Suki worked with a range of clients across different sectors on sustainability issues in the US and Hong Kong. Her responsibilities included researching international renewable energy policies and developing ESG strategies. She also worked in private equity and venture capital. She has actively participated in international climate change negotiations and policy development, such as COP21.

Suki holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University, and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Celina Chan heads up Sustainability and Sustainable Finance for OCBC Bank in Hong Kong. OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank and is one of the world’s most highly-rated banks.

OCBC, as an early mover in mobilising capital to support corporates’ sustainable transition, has surpassed its target of S$50 billion (~HK$300 billion) in sustainable financing. OCBC has been named Best Bank for Sustainable Finance in Hong Kong, and Best Bank for Sustainable Finance in Singapore, by Global Finance.

Celina, as a pioneer in ESG solutions, has contributed to innovative transactions including the world’s first Sustainability-Linked Bond for a real estate developer (2021), Hong Kong’s first sustainable finance in the logistics industry (2022), as well as Hong Kong’s first Green And Transition Loan in the real estate industry (2024).

Prior to joining OCBC, Celina was at HSBC as an International Manager where she was a corporate banker in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and the UK; and where she managed regional and global strategies for the bank. She specialised in impact finance when she was awarded a scholarship to complete an MBA at the University of Oxford. Celina has lived in Asia, Europe, US, and Africa and is an advocate of finance for good.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

For greater collaboration in Hong Kong to allow much needed capital to help sectors most in need with their transition to a sustainable low-carbon world.

David von Eiff joined CFA Institute in 2021 as a sustainability specialist. David brings has a combined 13 years of experience in environmental compliance, research, and sustainability. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy at the City University of Hong Kong and his Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Public Policy at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. His main research areas address the economic, sustainability and climate change issues associated with water supply management decisions. He previously spent 8 years regulatory specialist in Environmental, Health & Safety Management Systems, having clients across a wide range of industries to improve their environmental programs and identified methods by which they could make their operations more sustainable, including process redesign, water and energy conservation, and developing environmental management systems.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025
I would like to see Hong Kong accelerates the adoption of a diversified water supply mix to reduce reliance on imported water from the Dongjiang River, which currently accounts for about 70-80% of the city’s freshwater. Incorporating water reclamation and desalination in a “fit-for-purpose” approach could lower carbon emissions compared to heavy reliance on desalination alone. In 2025, I’d like to see policy commitments to expand water reclamation significantly and integrate advanced technologies like smart water grids to enhance resilience against climate-driven water scarcity in the Pearl River Delta.

Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050 sets a goal of carbon neutrality before 2050, with interim targets for 2035. In 2025, I hope to see accelerated investment in green infrastructure, such as a focus on retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency to cut emissions from electricity generation, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of the city’s carbon footprint.

Piers is the head of ESG advisory services in Greater China and has over 25 years of ESG advisory experience. He has advised multinational investors on ESG risk management in relation to their investments in China, and Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies on ESG services of capital market transactions. He has served virtually all industry sectors, the major project experience includes climate risk assessments (TCFD) for various assets, ESG disclosure for listed companies etc.

Piers has advised multinational investors on managing ESG risks associated with inbound investments into Asia and listed corporates on the ESG aspects of capital market transactions, outbound M&A and investor relations. He has worked with the safeguard policies of major financial institutions including the World Bank/IFC, AIIB, ADB, EBRD, ECAs and Equator Principles Financial Institutions. He has acted as Lenders’ IESC on close to 100transactions across various industry sectors.

Natalie Chan
CESGA, SCR

Natalie has extensive experience in sustainability advisory, enterprise risk management, and internal controls assessment. She holds several professional qualifications, including the Certified ESG Analyst designation from The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies and the Sustainability and Climate Risk Certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Natalie gained her professional experience from the risk advisory function in one of the big 4 firms and a listed advisory firm. She has led sustainability-related advisory projects, including but not limited to:
• Participating in the technical feasibility study meetings for HKFRS S1 and S2, hosted by HKCPA and attended by various market participants, including MPFA and HKEX.
• Providing advisory services for enhancing ESG disclosures and ratings (including MSCI ESG Rating, Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Rating, S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation, and Bloomberg ESG Disclosure Score) for multinational companies, a PRC-based property developer, and a PRC-based pharmaceutical manufacturer.
• Offering sustainability advisory services to SGX-listed companies across various sectors, including utilities, logistics, hotel operations, financial technology, and beauty industries, focusing on GRI Standards and TCFD disclosures.
• Developing sustainability strategies for a private shipping company and social enterprise in material regeneration.
• Delivering IPO ESG advisory services for new listing companies in Hong Kong.
• Hosting ESG and governance-related seminars and workshops for over 80 listed companies.

Ringo is the 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.

Lit Ping Low is the Group Sustainability Director of DFI Retail Group, working across the organisation to develop and integrate sustainable practices into our day-to-day operations, and fostering a culture of environmental and social responsibility. She is responsible for the Group Sustainability strategy and to drive progress towards our sustainability focus areas on People, Products and Planet.

With over 20 years of experience working with both governments and businesses on sustainability issues, Lit Ping brings a wealth of expertise in areas such as climate change and decarbonisation strategy and risk management, implementation of decarbonisation programme, and sustainability data management and disclosure. She was previously at PwC as Asia Pacific Climate Lead Partner, providing advisory services to companies on sustainability strategies and targets.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Consumers to adopt sustainable practices in our everyday moments
2. Businesses to drive progress across sustainability focus areas
3. Governments to create enabling environments

Ms. Wong Shui Ki, Suki is the Senior Director of Anta Sports Products Limited (2020.HK) and is in charge of the investor relations and ESG function of the Company. Ms. Wong has over 15 years of experience in the industry. Ms. Wong has been working in ANTA Sports since it got listed in 2007. Prior to joining the Company, she had worked in investor relations agency for several years and specialized in serving H-shares listed companies. Ms. Wong holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of 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 2025

I hope to see the 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.

Dr. Dindo Campilan has worked in senior leadership roles for over 20 years with the world’s leading international development and research organizations in agriculture, food and environment. He is currently Regional Director for Asia and Hub Director for Oceania of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest and oldest environment organization. He directs IUCN’s program serving 48 countries in Asia and Oceania to support government, non-government and private business sectors towards a nature-positive future for healthy planet and people.

Earlier he held similar leadership roles with: i) CGIAR international agricultural research centers, the world’s largest agri-food research and development network, and ii) International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN agency mandated to set global standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work. He holds a PhD in Agriculture and Environment Sciences from Wageningen University in The Netherlands.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025 

– catalyzing public-private investments for nature-positive sustainability goals and metrics
– mainstreaming the climate-biodiversity nexus in cross-sectoral sustainability agendas

Sandy is a Registered Landscape Architect, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects and the Managing Director of URBIS Limited, a Hong Kong based multi-award-winning design consultancy established in 1977, and providing services in masterplanning, urban design, town planning, landscape design, golf course design and environmental impact analysis. He has lived in Hong Kong and worked for URBIS since 1985, during which time he has contributed to several major territorial and strategic planning studies for the Hong Kong Government, and designed a very large range of private and public sector projects from small private gardens to large scale public infrastructure works. Designed projects include public parks, open spaces and streetscapes, schools, hospitals, hotels, residential, commercial and mixed-use developments and golf courses. Since 1977 URBIS has undertaken over 2,500 projects throughout the Asia Pacific region, South Asia and the Middle East and has won well over 300 awards and competition designs both locally and internationally. Many of these award-winning projects Sandy has worked on, designed and / or directed personally. Sandy is particularly concerned with designing the public realm to meet the needs of modern society, including the promotion of sustainable design and increased biodiversity in urban development. He is also the 2nd Vice Chairman of the BEAM Society Limited, a Director of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, a Member of the HKGBC Green Building Faculty, and a member of the Business Environment Council.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Movement towards a circular economy and adoption of ‘Doughnut Economics’ whereby the social, economic and spiritual needs of all HK people are met, whilst keeping our ecological footprint within planetary boundaries.
2. Preservation of the existing fantastic biodiversity in our countrysides and drastically improving biodiversity within our urban areas.
3. Increasing HK Residents reconnection with nature for the benefit their physical and mental health and wellbeing.

John Lo is the Founder of the Asia Carbon Institute (ACI), a non-profit voluntary carbon credit standards body and registry focus to support the development and implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation initiatives. ACI’s mission is to provide a reliable platform for assessing, validating and generating premium carbon credits. John began his career in the energy sector and have decades of experience in commodities trading, de-carbonisation, energy transition and sustainability investments. John is also responsible for the development of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Standard working in collaboration with ICAO/IATA/JIG. John holds a degree of Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA with University of Durham.

Eddie has more than 28 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 has been involved in a number of infrastructure and building projects such as road and drainage, site formation and land decontamination, railway, power plant emission control facility, tunnel and rock cavern and Central Government Complex.

Eddie 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. Eddie is 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 of the Hong Kong Green Building Council. He was also appointed by BEAM Society to be member of Materials Aspects and Construction Environmental Management Expert Panels. He is a member of Environmental Protection Department Asbestos Administration Committee and 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 degree in Environmental Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Eddie is a Fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals, Certified Carbon Auditor 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 UK BREEAM Infrastructure. He is a Certified ESG Analyst CESGA® of The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.

Crystal joined BNPPAM’s Sustainability Centre in the beginning of 2023 focusing on ESG integration across all asset classes in Asia. As the dedicated research lead for the Asian region, she drives the research, development and implementation of ESG research which supports ESG integration in the region – including with our Asian joint venture business partners – aligned with BNPP AM’s Global Sustainability Strategy. Crystal is also responsible for supporting sustainability engagement activities with companies in the region.
She has 10 years of diverse sustainability experience. She was the Principle ESG expert and Head of ESG Strategy at Ping An Insurance Group (2018-2022). Crystal was also previously ESG consultant at Ernst & Young and the Head of China ESG solutions at S&P Global. She has participated in the establishment of several ESG regulations in China and overseas.
Crystal holds MBA in Finance from Cornell University and Tsinghua University, Msc in Building Performance and Sustainability from the National University of Singapore, and is an accredited professional with LEED and WELL.

Patrick is responsible for formulating and executing the Sustainable Development 2030 Strategy for Swire Properties’ global operations across Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland and U.S.A. portfolios. Through engaging stakeholders, setting science-based targets and developing action plans, he leads a team to manage the full spectrum of the Company’s environmental, social and economic impact and to integrate ESG considerations into every facet of the Company’s business.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025: 

• Guided by the Sustainable Development 2030 Strategy, continue to pioneer sustainable business practices, adopt innovative technologies, and actively share best practices with the business community.
• Engage actively with stakeholders in HK and the broader region to foster partnerships and develop collective solutions for the net-zero and nature-positive transitions.

Dr Robin Kennish is the Managing Partner for ERM’s East Asia business. He has over 20 years of experience in managing and directing environment and sustainability studies. These studies have ranged from securing permits through to strategic advice on climate change, biodiversity and health and safety. He is working with power companies, conglomerates and asset management firms on aligning their climate change disclosure with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure requirements. Robin has recently worked with HKEX listed companies on their Nature strategy which has included looking as risks and opportunities, value chain impacts as well as preparation of TNFD aligned disclosure for ESG reports. Robin has a PhD in Marine Sciences and has conducted numerous Aquatic and Terrestrial Biodiversity assessments while at ERM throughout the Asia Pacific region. His Biodiversity and Nature experience has ranged from developing corporate level policies through to site level assessments and habitat creation plans.

Megan Pillsbury is an engineer, entrepreneur, and innovation leader on a mission to reinvent the private sector. As the Founder and CEO of Dunya Analytics, the leading digital platform for science-based risk analytics for biodiversity and nature, she is dedicated to charting a course towards a sustainable and equitable economy. With a rich background in tech, startups, sustainability, and financial services, Megan has led innovation and fintech teams at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She also orchestrated the business development strategy for The Climate Service, paving the way for its acquisition by S&P Global. Beyond her corporate roles, Megan sits on the board of Enrich, a non-profit offering financial literacy education to migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. Megan’s academic credentials include an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025 

Inspire more companies to embed nature into business decision-making

Audrey is Business for Nature Specialist at ADM Capital Foundation in Hong Kong. Her work focuses on the intersection of nature and finance, specifically elevating nature considerations within the finance community and providing tools and resources to help the finance sector to integrate nature and biodiversity into their operations. She works closely with the sector to understand the current status and challenges of nature integration and implementing solutions such as the TNFD. On the conservation and education side, Audrey oversees grants to scientific research organizations advancing knowledge of the natural world, with a focus on biodiversity hotspots in Southeast Asia. Before joining ADMCF, Audrey led the impact assessment function at venture capital fund Loyal VC, which funds start-ups with positive environmental and social impacts. Audrey holds an MBA from INSEAD and dual BA degrees from American University and is a certified anti money laundering specialist (CAMS).

Bryan Ha leads the public policy work of AWS in Hong Kong, with overall responsibility for policy, regulatory matters and government affairs in Hong Kong. Before joining AWS in late 2022, Bryan was a directorate officer in the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. During his 18-year government career, Bryan formulated and implemented policies relating to external affairs, innovation and technology, public finance, elderly care, vocational education, and district administration, including postings in Berlin and Washington D.C.

Bryan studied and worked in the U.K. and Germany from 1995 to 2004. He holds a Master of Engineering in Computing (first class) from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, and worked as a software designer/engineer at Deutsche Börse and Nortel Networks. Since 2025, Bryan serves on the Board of AmCham Hong Kong. He is also a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and a Full Member of the Hong Kong Computer Society.

My sustainability goals for 2025:

To create synergy between Amazon and HKSAR government’s sustainability goals.

Dr. Frederick Lee holds a PhD in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and serves as the Executive Director of the Centre for Water Technology and Policy at The University of Hong Kong. His current research focuses on two critical water sustainability nexus issues: the water-energy-climate linkage and water-ecology interactions. He is completing a government-funded applied research project that explores how the integration of smart technologies and behavioral ‘nudging’ strategies can enhance water conservation outcomes in both domestic and non-domestic contexts. Dr. Lee also serves as Project Director for the Water-smart Taskforce Programme, a city-wide, government-sponsored water conservation initiative. He is a Fellow at Civic Exchange.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

Goal #1: A significant reduction in the overall level of freshwater consumption in both the domestic and the non-domestic sectors

Goal #2: An enhanced level of community understanding of the importance of prioritizing water loss control in managing the city’s water system

Ir Roger WONG joined the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 1995 as an Assistant Engineer. Before joining the Water Supplies Department, he worked in the Highways Department, Civil Engineering and Development Department and Development Bureau, overseeing the strategic planning and implementation of various infrastructure development projects and relevant public works policies.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

• Despite being surrounded by the sea on three sides, Hong Kong has always been shortage of potable and natural fresh water resources (no natural lakes, large rivers or underground water), with a densely populated centre of trade and industry together with its rapid development needs. Ir Roger Wong’s sustainable goal is to lead the Water Supplies Department (“WSD”) of HKSAR government to improve the sustainability, eco-friendliness, reliability and quality of water supply services by applying state-of-the-art innovative technologies, data-driven management, AI-powered operation and maintenance as well as citizen-oriented customer services for overcoming the constraints imposed by physical conditions.

Lead author of the recently published ‘Blue Finance for a Blue Economy – pathways to marine conservation in Hong Kong, Kate is a seasoned sustainable finance specialist with 30 years in financial markets, now focused on expanding blue economy financing and structuring conservation finance. Based in Hong Kong since 1992, she built and led a team structuring hedging solutions across APAC at SMBC Capital Markets (Asia) and spearheaded derivatives coverage for financial institutions, successfully launching profitable business segments for the bank.
Subsequently, at Pacific Risk Advisors, she assessed material ESG risks in supply chains across China and Southeast Asia.
Beyond finance, Kate is an adventurer at heart, passionate about the outdoors and inspiring others to explore.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025

• Recognition of the blue economy by the issuance of the first blue bond in Hong Kong
• Innovative blended finance structures being used to finance conservation projects such as reforestation and coastal protection

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

My Sustainability Goals for 2025

1. To raise awareness of the interconnectedness of climate action, nature conservation, and sustainable development, and
2. To support and contribute to a whole-of-society approach that systemically integrates climate and biodiversity considerations into all relevant policies, strategies, and practices.

Reshmi is the Global Energy Transition Lead at WWF, based out of WWF Hong Kong where she coordinates the global alliance on CLEANaction (the Coalition Linking Energy And Nature for action) and Alliance for Just Energy Transformation (AJET) as well as working with WWF global offices to implement energy transition solutions and models. As part of these alliance she works with global members to promote renewable energy solutions ensuring it causes minimum impact to nature, biodiversity and at the same time the whole process is just and equitable. She is a climate and energy professional with experience of leading multilateral clean energy projects on solar, electric mobility and energy efficiency adoption in Asia. She led delivery of energy transition projects in Asia on corporate and community decarbonisation. These include decarbonising the textiles and industrial sectors in Viet Nam, decarbonising Indian dairy cold chain, decarbonising water transport in Sundarbans, building capacities of banks and organisations on climate transition plans and biodiversity safeguards in Indonesia. Before the 2.5 years with WWF, she was in India and advised the British and German Embassies in her role as energy advisor on bilateral clean energy projects.

My Sustainability Goal for 2025
To promote clean energy transition that is just, equitable and causes minimum impact on biodiversity and nature

Sam is a Chartered Environmentalist (MIEMA, CEnv) with over 10 years’ experience in business & sustainability. At Swire Pacific, one of Sam’s responsibilities is managing a Group Sustainable Development Fund, supporting trials and roll-out of cleantech innovation within the business. In addition to advising senior management of key developments and policies related to sustainable development, he is responsible for supporting the implementation of the Group’s sustainability strategy, SwireTHRIVE, with a focus on waste & circularity, and nature-related risks and opportunities.

Sam has extensive experience on strategy development and ESG disclosures. He is currently an expert member of the IUCN’s Climate Crisis Commission. Prior to his role at Swire Pacific, he worked for Swire Coca-Cola and Finlays (B2B coffee & tea supplier) in commercial, logistics and sustainability roles. He also worked for the UN on climate and multilateral diplomacy topics. Sam holds a MBA from IE Business School in Madrid alongside two Master’s degrees including an MA in International Affairs from the Graduate Institute Geneva, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

Managing the Swire Pacific Sustainable Development Fund always provides me a boost of optimism as we get to see amazing new technologies – some of which are homegrown in Hong Kong – to help us achieve our sustainability goals. We have added a new metering & AI channel this year, and so one of my goals is to have applications come in for this channel. Outside of my role, I’m particularly keen on seeing the development of global biodiversity financing, and through my membership of IUCN, I intend to highlight mechanisms and actions to support nature in cities.

Serge Stinckwich is a computer scientist and the Head of Research at the United Nations University Institute in Macau. Before joining UNU, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Caen Normandie (France) and a researcher in the UMMISCO international joint research unit of IRD (French Research Institute on Sustainable Development) Sorbonne University.

Over the years, Serge developed an innovative research program about modelling and simulation of complex systems at the intersection of several scientific disciplines applied to developing countries’ issues. His research interests are domain-specific languages and tools that ease the tasks of non-computer experts to model, simulate and analyse complex systems. He has applied his work to Epidemiology, Environmental Monitoring and Disaster Management.

From 2008 to 2012, he worked in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the AROUND (Autonomous Robots for Observation of Urban Networks) programme, which deals with deploying simple mobile autonomous sensors during disasters in the context of southern countries. He has also been an invited Professor at Kyoto University to work with Japanese experts on Rescue Robotics.

In 2017, he was based in Cameroon. With colleagues from the University of Yaoundé, he worked on Complex System modelling and Artificial Intelligence applied to applications like epidemiological surveillance and environmental monitoring in collaboration with IRD and CIRAD research institutes.

From 2018 to 2018, Serge was the Principal Investigator of GDRI Sense-South, an international research network of teams from Senegal, Cameroon, Vietnam and France working on “Innovative Sensors and IoT Telecommunication Networks for Environmental Surveillance in Southern Countries”. Sense-south funds actions like the “Smart Clean Garden” project to control the water purification in soils and the sustainable city project of Douala (Cameroon) with a local climate change observatory.
He organised and co-organized more than 50 workshops and conferences on topics such as Software Engineering, Modelling and Simulation, Rescue Robotics, Disaster Management, and Complex Systems, … and supervised more than 20 PhD/Masters students from various countries (Chile, Vietnam, Cameroon, Senegal, etc.).

My Sustainability Goals for 2025
To pursue research interests in artificial intelligence applied to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agent based modelling, simulation and modelling of complex systems