​​Florence Cheng is the Head of Impact Strategy at Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk) and Co-Founder of COSMOS, its corporate impact consultancy arm. She is an experienced social leader dedicated to driving business and community partnerships, including the Community Resilience Fund (award-winning bridging loan facility for social enterprises) and Business with Purpose (an impact movement to advance businesses as a force for good).

Ms. Harmony Li is the Head of Impact Community at Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk), she is also the Chief Empowerment Officer of HATCH (合廠) and COMM,ON (安所), two impact ventures dedicated to unleashing talent potentials in becoming change agents at workplace and in community. She possesses 15+ years of experience working in for-purpose sector, devoted to driving bottom-up participations and cross-sectoral collaborations in addressing social issues.

李端儀女士為香港社會創投基金(SVhk)社區創效主管，她同時是 HATCH (合廠) 及 COMM,ON (安所) 創效平台的Chief Empowerment Officer，兩者致力培育潛在人才在職場及社區成為創變者。李女士擁有15+年慈善機構工作經驗，銳意推動民間參與及跨界別協作，為社會議題塑造多元方案。

Francis Ngai is the Founder and CEO of Social Ventures Hong Kong. Since 2007, he’s been dedicated to impact design for the future urban city. His social innovation portfolio includes Hong Kong’s first venture philanthropy fund, Community Resilience Fund, Green Monday, Bottless, RunOurCity, LightBe affordable housing, Playtao Education, HATCH women empowerment initiative, COMM-ON co-caring space, Institute of Community Making, and COMSMOS impact consultancy, among others. Through impact strategy consulting and building collective platforms for corporates, family foundations, and government departments—including Airport Authority HK, Urban Renewal Authority HK, Swire Trust, Rosewood Hotel, Cathay Pacific, Standard Chartered, HK Management Association and Energizing Kowloon East Office—SVhk is committed to creating integrated impact solutions across all sectors in the city.

Yulia leads Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change services across Asia. She has 18 years’ experience in consulting and managing projects on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development, including over 15 years in Asia-Pacific (APAC). She has worked with various development organisations (World Bank/IFC, EBRD, ADB, United Nations agencies), impact investors and financial institutions, national and city governments, as well as companies in the Oil & Gas, energy, cement, steel, textile and apparel, automotive, chemical and pharmaceutical, consumer goods, and other sectors.

Yulia is one of the leads ERM experts in APAC for the design of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate strategies for various sectors and clients. She is also an author and reviewer of a number of studies and publications.

Mr Mark Harper has worked for around 20 years in the field of corporate sustainability. As Group Head of Sustainability at Swire, Mr Harper is responsible for managing the Group Sustainable Development Office, and leading on the design, execution and performance monitoring of the global corporate sustainability strategy for the Swire Group. As well as, acting as the lead change agent in driving improved sustainability performance and best practices, with a view to further embedding sustainability into overall business strategy for Swire.

Prior to taking up the Group Head of Sustainability role, Mr Harper had worked at John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd. for over seven years, where he was responsible for managing the Group’s ESG disclosures as well as advising operating companies on their own ESG submissions. In addition to his work on ESG ratings, Mr Harper was also responsible for advising the Group on policy and strategy development, particularly in the areas of climate resilience, biodiversity and sustainable waste management. He also sits on the Board of Business Environment Council, the Executive Committee of the Drink Without Waste working group and is Chair of the ESG Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Mr Harper has extensive experience of ESG disclosure standards such as GRI and the Hong Kong Exchange ESG Reporting Guide, as well as conducting sector focused benchmarking studies, corporate environmental management, as well as organising hands-on corporate citizenship and CSR training programmes.

Before joining John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd., Mr Harper worked in a number of senior management roles at high profile NGOs including the Earthwatch Institute, Fauna & Flora International, China Water Risk, and Business Environment Council, where he was responsible for managing the organisations advisory services on ESG reporting and corporate sustainability strategy development.

My Sustainability Goal for 2025:

Prepare the company for IFRS alignment in our sustainability reporting; continue to work on integrating sustainability into core functions; continue to drive performance towards achieving our 2030 SwireTHRIVE goals.

Joe is Executive Director, Asia Pacific for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the global, CEO-led community of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working together to realize a net-zero, nature-positive, more equitable future.

Joe is responsible for the engagement of ambitious companies from across Asia and Australasia in the World Business Council. He has supported collective action projects by business with demonstrable outcomes in areas such as climate change, energy transition, water risk, mobility and more resilient agriculture.

Prior to joining WBCSD, Joe held senior roles with the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum. Highlights included a series of special reports with the Financial Times on business and sustainable development, the development of the World Business & Development awards with the United Nations and International Chambers of Commerce, and delivery of programs in skills, inclusive business, and anti-corruption.

Born and educated in the UK, Joe has worked in Asia since 2009. He plays cricket and lives in Singapore with his wife, a writer, and their daughter.

Richard leads the decarbonisation and disclosure services at ERM Hong Kong office. He has over 10 years of in corporate strategy and sustainability, climate change risk disclosure, GHG emissions inventory, target setting (scope 1-3), supply chain management and sustainable buildings. Prior to joining ERM, Richard served two blue-chip listed real estate companies in Hong Kong. Richard was the Co Head of the ULI HK Decarbonisation and Resilience Committee (2023 – 2025) and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing

Jenny is the Director of Sustainability for Urban Land Institute APAC. She is the regional lead for ULI’s Greenprint community, a global alliance of leading property developers and investors striving to achieve net zero. Her previous experience includes climate-tech entrepreneur building carbon management software, and financial advisory on cross-border M&A transactions. Jenny graduated from UC Berkeley, is a licensed CPA, and a trainer in social impact assessment and design thinking.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025: 

1. Connect the property development value chain (from building material all the way to tenants) to collaborate on accelerating the sector’s decarbonizing process.
2. Connect property investment value chain (from LPs, benchmark/standards, to asset managers) to price-in climate resilience as core value protection metric.

Shuyi Li is a Principal of RMI China Program, and head of Industry Decarbonization Initiative, where RMI works to accelerate decarbonizing China’s heavy industries, covering steel, cement, petrochemicals & chemicals, and aluminum. She led the development of the China heavy industry sectoral transition roadmap series, as RMI China’s flagship reports and one of the earliest in the field, in close partnership with leading industry associations/institutes and recognized by many. She also heads the work on industrial use case optimization for solutions like green hydrogen, massive recycling, CCUS, etc., and the initiative to establish near-zero industrial hubs where upstream energy/feedstock supply, midstream infrastructure, industrial offtakers, and their downstream users are brought together to help achieve tipping points, while leveraging finance and policy to enable the change. Before joining RMI, Shuyi has years of experience advising governments in industrial energy efficiency and low-carbon development. She also served as an expert fellow and mentor for EDF Climate Corps China Program, and was winner of the William K. Bowes, Jr. Award for Leadership. Currently, Shuyi is a mentor for Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), and external strategy expert for a global leading company in energy management and automation.

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.

Dr. Fred Ku, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) at CUHK Business School, is an accomplished scholar and award-winning educator in fields of business economics, social values and ESG. He is also the founder and director of CUHK BESGO Programme, which aims to cultivate social mindset of budding business leaders and proactively drive cross-sector collaboration to co-create greater social good. Besides, Dr. Ku provides training and consultancy services to businesses and government agencies.

My sustainability goals for 2025:

I aspire to see Hong Kong nurturing socially conscious leaders, and businesses prioritizing social value alongside economic profit, ultimately fostering a sustainable and inclusive society.

Dr. Anson Au Yeung is the Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies) at CUHK Business School and Programme Director of Asian Business Studies (ABS) and International Business & Chinese Enterprise (IBCE). He develops experiential learning opportunities for students from Hong Kong, Mainland China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam — connecting them with social startups, MNCs, fintech innovators, and sustainability-driven enterprises. At CUHK, he has promoted internationalization by establishing the Asian Business Education Network (ABEN), a partnership with leading universities focused on exchange and collaborative teaching. He is committed to shaping next-generation leaders through case-based learning, consultancy, and industry collaboration.

Dr. Rosette Leung is a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. She teaches various courses, including Marketing Management, Global Marketing Management, Buyer Behaviour, Digital Marketing, and Integrated Marketing Communication. Her research interests span multiple areas, from social media marketing to internet-based relationships.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

My sustainability goals are to inspire and equip the next generation with the knowledge, skills, and determination to make sustainable choices and become leaders on fostering a more sustainable future. In addition to my commitment in business case writing about sustainability, innovation and climate change, I hope I can engage in more collaborative efforts with organizations and academics for sharing knowledge and best practices in sustainability.

Dennis is a seasoned professional with a unique blend of technical expertise and financial acumen. With close to 20 years of experience, he has navigated the realms of consultancy, start-up entrepreneurship, and banking. With his diverse background, Dennis bridges the worlds of technical expertise and financial innovation driving sustainability and climate transition initiatives. Currently serving as a Senior Vice President at DBS Bank, Dennis is part of the Sustainability team covering the North Asia region (including Hong Kong & China) within the Institutional Banking Group (IBG).In his role, Dennis leads three key areas including sustainable finance, ESG advisory and ESG and climate risk management.

Prior to joining DBS, Dennis co-founded IRESC, a technical service and risk consulting firm, where he led sustainability, EHS and risk analysis studies for energy and petrochemical projects globally.

Jerwine Bonafe Que is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur, Managing Director and the co-founder of The Blomstre, a sustainable lifestyle brand dedicated to eco-conscious home fragrances. The Blomstre practices sustainable approach by offering candle refills to extend product life, using natural soy wax, and sourcing recyclable and biodegradable materials for packaging. Every product is small batches, crafted with ethically sourced, non-toxic ingredients, ensuring minimal environmental impact without compromising on quality.

Beyond her work at The Blomstre, Jerwine is a committed for social impact. She mentors emerging entrepreneurs through the Foundation for Shared Impact and empowers young minds as an Entrepreneurship Instructor at Empower Thru. Her humble efforts focus on supporting children’s charities and NGOs, particularly in the Philippines, aligning her business’s sustainability mission with community-driven change.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Scale the “REFILL CULTURE”, advocate for city-wide refill programs.
2. Sustainability Credits Program, to encourage and reward people for being eco-conscious.
3. Subsidised sustainable SMEs, hope the Government offer grants to eco-businesses and their approved plans.

Pia is a seasoned social impact strategist with 25+ years of experience in cross-sector partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and impact measurement. Her career began in leadership roles at Weber Shandwick Shanghai and Synovate (Ipsos) APAC before shifting her focus to scaling social impact in Hong Kong in 2006.

Driven by a commitment to systemic change, Pia has spearheaded initiatives in literacy and education during her 12-year tenure as Executive Director of Bring Me A Book Hong Kong. As Co-Founder of Voice for Social Good, Pia is also a huge advocate of operational funding for nonprofits to strengthen sector resilience and deliver on impact – as their viral “Bake a Difference” campaign demonstrates.

Earlier this year, through Purpose Impact Action, Pia led Hong Kong’s first ever impact measurement research. This groundbreaking initiative addressed critical gaps in nonprofit effectiveness while responding to the growing imperative for SMEs to demonstrate their social impact and sustainability commitments to remain competitive.

By transforming complex data into actionable insights, Pia empowers organizations to demonstrate and scale their social value with clarity and confidence.

Pia holds a BA (Hons) from University College London and a Business Sustainability Management Certificate from the University of Cambridge (2022).

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

My 2025 sustainability goals are focused on advancing social impact measurement in Hong Kong through two strategic priorities:

1. Shifting mindsets: Through advocating a long-term approach to sustainability by encouraging funders and investors to commit to multi-year grants or investments. This enables mission-driven organizations to generate robust, evidence-based outcomes over time. In parallel, nonprofits and social enterprises must confidently champion their impact measurement needs to secure the necessary resources and visibility.
2. Pooling Resources and Expertise: Drive sector-wide collaboration by developing localized, shared impact measurement frameworks. Aligning on common outcomes and key indicators will enhance data comparability, reduce duplication, and streamline impact reporting — ultimately strengthening the ecosystem’s ability to demonstrate collective progress.

Anthony Cheung is Managing Director and Head of ESG at one of Asia’s largest multi-manager investment platforms, where he oversees ESG integration and sustainable investment strategies. With over 20 years of experience in asset management across Europe and Asia, he served at renowned institutions including Gartmore, Pictet, and BNP Paribas.

As the first Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) in Asia, Anthony has served on the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) Supervisory Board, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council, and the CFA Institute ESG Technical Committee. He contributes to climate governance as a board member of Friends of the Earth (HK) and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Recognized by the 2019 Regional ESG Leader Award by Insights and Mandate, Anthony actively advocates for advancing science-based, implementable climate accounting and sustainability reporting frameworks in Asia. Anthony is a Fellow of CPA Australia and based in Hong Kong

Serena is currently working as Executive Director in the Sustainable Finance team within the Institutional Banking Group of DBS Hong Kong.

Prior to DBS, Serena was the Head of ESG Funding Asia for Home Credit, an international consumer finance provider that focuses on responsible lending to people with little or no credit history.

Serena also has over 15 years of experience with Goldman Sachs treasury and market operations in Singapore and Hong Kong, with focus on liquidity management and payment transaction surveillance across the APAC region.

Ms. Mak is also serving as Board Governor & Honorary Secretary at Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong) with a focus on Green and Sustainable Finance development in Asia.

Ms. Serena Mak holds both MSc Investment Management and BBA (Hons) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Dr. Amos P. K. Tai is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Amos obtained his B.Sc. from MIT, Ph.D. from Harvard, and was a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT before joining CUHK in 2013. He specializes in atmospheric chemistry and physics, and ecological climatology. His research addresses pressing issues concerning climate change, air pollution, sustainable forestry, and food system transformation. His work has earned him numerous accolades, including the World Meteorological Organization Research Award for Young Scientists, the Research Grants Council Early Career Award, the Science Faculty Young Researcher Award, and founding membership in the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences.

Amos is also a passionate educator, having received the CUHK Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Awards. He currently serves as the Associate Director of the Office of University General Education. In addition, he actively promotes environmental and sustainability education for the public and regularly provides consultations to government agencies and NGOs. He is currently a board member of Friends of the Earth (HK) and the Cedar Foundation. In recognition of his professional contributions and public service, Amos was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 2024.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Hong Kong’s food systems to be transformed to become more environmental sustainable and socioeconomically equitable
2. Hong Kong’s public and private sectors as well as civil society to fully embrace climate action and sustainable development as their core value and direction

David Ting is the Senior Director, Head of Strategy at Cisco’s Network Platform and Wireless business. He leads teams that specialize in new market launch, corporate development, business transformation and analytics. Outside of work, David is an advisor to the Green Finance team at Friends of the Earth (HK).

With two decades of professional experience in Asia, North America and Europe, David managed international expansion and transformation projects in MNCs, served as CFO in a startup, and in corporate development roles leading M&A, post-merger integration, IPO and capital raising projects in B2B, SaaS, e-commerce and consumer internet industries. David started his career in investment banking and private equity.

David is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese and is knowledgeable in computer networking (CCNA), front-end web development, and cloud computing.
David acquired his BBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and MSc from the London School of Economics. He is an EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst, a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, an ACCA Member, and have completed all levels of the CFA examination and the FRM examination.

Our Sustainability Goals for 2025

1. Government incentives and regulation concerning sustainability.
2. Collaboration between government, business, and civil society.

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

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

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

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.