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 2025:

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.

Ms. Ophelia Lin serves as Vice Chairperson of Friends of the Earth (HK), Founding President of the SME Sustainability Society and  Founder and Managing Director of Meiriki Japan, empowering and promoting SMEs to adopt sustainable environmental business models.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

1. Introducing Green Finance into SMEs
2. Blends Tech Innovation in Business Model
3. Circular Economy in Logistics

Sharon Feng is the Chair of the APAC Financial Professionals Empowerment Center and co-creator of FinSmart for All, a systematic financial literacy and empowerment initiative. With over 18 years of experience in the financial sector, she specializes in wealth management, cross-border asset allocation, and sustainable finance. She has guided more than 100 families through identity planning, asset structuring, and life transitions.

Sharon is a key promoter of the United Nations Doha Solutions Platform-recognized initiative “Youth and Women Financial Literacy and Economic Empowerment Initiative”. This global program equips youth, women, and middle-aged individuals with essential financial knowledge and micro-entrepreneurship skills through an AI-driven digital platform, mentorship, simulation programs, and Community Financial Hubs.
She was also a speaker at the 2026 UN-SDGs Impact Developers Conference held at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, where she presented FinSmart — highlighting how financial literacy and practical behavior-based learning can rebuild a critical missing layer of social infrastructure for teenagers, women, and those in career transition.

Sharon is a frequent speaker at international forums, including the upcoming World Futures Intelligence Forum 2026 at UNESCAP, addressing topics on women’s and youth financial literacy, ESG sustainable finance, ethical leadership, and cross-border wealth planning.

Her mission is to empower individuals with practical financial knowledge, risk awareness, and action capabilities through systematic education and professional guidance, enabling them to achieve financial independence and sustainable development.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

1. Financial literacy for youth, women, and mid-career professionals becomes essential social infrastructure in Hong Kong.
I hope to see systematic financial education programs widely implemented, helping young people, women, and those in transition build strong money mindsets, reduce risks, and break intergenerational poverty cycles.
2. Hong Kong establishes itself as a leading Asia-Pacific hub for youth and women’s sustainable finance and talent empowerment.
I hope Hong Kong will leverage its financial strengths and Greater Bay Area resources to create cross-border platforms that empower youth and women in ESG, inclusive economy, and sustainable career development.

Jack Huang is an international policy and sustainability professional with cross-sector experience spanning the United Nations system, impact investment, climate and energy transition, and youth capacity-building. He currently serves as a Project Advisor to the Social Impact Investment Foundation (SIIF), where he supports strategic partnerships, SDG-aligned programme development, and selected international initiatives related to ESG, climate finance, and impact-oriented collaboration. Jack has also worked with the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN OICT), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the UN Multi-Country Office in Micronesia, with a focus on digital transformation, sustainable development, and policy research. In addition to his advisory work, he is an adjunct lecturer, columnist, and frequent speaker at international forums on topics including SDGs, climate governance, youth leadership, and cross-sector innovation.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

In 2026, Jack Huang aims to advance practical sustainability partnerships that connect youth empowerment, impact investment, and cross-sector collaboration. His priority is to help develop more actionable SDG-related programmes, especially those that link international organizations, private-sector stakeholders, academia, and local communities. He is also committed to promoting stronger dialogue on climate finance, ESG implementation, and inclusive development, while supporting initiatives that can generate long-term social and environmental value across Asia and beyond.

Sam, currently Interim Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, specialises in strategic systems design thinking and innovation, shared value creation, public-private partnerships, branding and business development for public and non-profit organisations. Her career spans media, public affairs, investment, marketing, Art Tech, cultural tourism planning, social innovation, and design. She previously served as Business Development and Project Director at Hong Kong Design Centre and as a news reporter at Asia Television.

As an advisor in design thinking for multiple government innovation projects, she is committed to advancing community well‑being, cultural conservation, public space, placemaking, and creative tourism. Her collaborations include Housing Bureau, Sustainable Lantau Office, Architectural Services Department, Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, Tourism Commission and more.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

1. Data-Driven Governance — Embedding Community-Level Evidence into Urban Planning and Policy Decision-Making
2. Nature Base and Culture -Informed Urban-rural Integration — Integrating Cultural and Nature DNA and Community Ownership into the Northern Metropolis Development Framework
3. Regenerative Economy as a Sustainability Pillar

Meeta is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Helicap, a leading private credit investment firm headquartered in Singapore. With nearly 20 years of experience in asset management and private markets, Meeta has worked across both developed and emerging markets and is recognised as a thought leader in sustainable finance.

A seasoned expert in ESG and impact investments, she has a proven track record in developing and executing successful sustainable finance strategies through product innovation and strategic implementation, including impact funds and social bonds that drive capital towards creating positive measurable impact.

Her experience spans across financial institutions, development finance organisations and fintech, where she has been instrumental in developing proprietary ESG and impact frameworks that enhance transparency and accountability, bringing credibility to the deployment of impact finance.

Meeta holds a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and is a CFA Charterholder.

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 three decades ago, Jonathan has held leadership positions across multiple business divisions. He is passionate about harnessing energy technology to advance digitalization, electrification and automation, driving greater efficiency and sustainability across buildings, data centers, infrastructure and grids in Hong Kong. His extensive experience has been instrumental in broadening Schneider Electric’s impact and strengthening its position as a trusted partner in the region.

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.

Alistair Monument joined ISEAL in August this year to support credible and effective sustainability systems through robust practices, multistakeholder engagement and supply chain solutions at a global scale. Alistair leads the Impacts and Innovations Programme, driving impact on climate, biodiversity, livelihoods and human rights while also helping to shape strategy and build global partnerships.

Before, he was WWF International’s Conservation Impact Director in Asia Pacific, supporting regional and national teams to build impactful strategies, partnerships and programmes. He previously served as Global Forest Practice leader for WWF, as the Asia Pacific Director for FSC and was the founding Director of ASI. Alistair has expertise across fields including conservation, forestry, climate, labour rights, land rights, development, standards and certification.

Ms. Feifei Teng joined the RSPO in August 2019 and successively served as the Country Representative of China and the market transformation manager. She works with multi-stakeholders in China to improve the awareness and leverage acceptance of sustainable palm oil, and transferring the market towards sustainability in the ways of corporations with stakeholders and various supply chain actors.

Before RSPO, Ms. Feifei served in the sustainability relevant functions in private sectors and international non-profit organisations for over 14 years. She is deeply diving in business sustainability and supply chain’s transparency, and wide knowledge on leveraging green financing tools to engage stakeholders and industry participants in the palm oil sector.

Ms. Feifei Teng has obtained a master’s degree from Fudan University and Melbourne University, and a certificate of completion of the course from MIT.

Virginie has dedicated her career to purpose-driven organisations, fostering collaboration between corporations, government, and civil society to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

Originally a journalist, Virginie turned to communications to leverage her professional skills in addressing society’s needs. From e-health to sustainable development, she helped raise awareness and drive change on critical issues as a Communications and Marketing professional. Before joining SVIHK, she played a pivotal role in fostering a shared value cluster that brings together academics, public bodies, and private companies to spearhead sustainability initiatives in transport and energy infrastructure.

Passionate about impact and innovation, Virginie brings her strategic and operational expertise to Shared Value Initiative.

Ryan holds several leadership responsibilities at Temasek Trust focused on climate and sustainability. He is the founding Head of Catalytic Capital for Climate & Health (C3H), where he manages capital deployment into early-stage companies addressing planetary and human health. He also serves as the Head of the Planet Collaborative, an initiative designed to align climate efforts across the Temasek Trust ecosystem, and oversees the organization’s Corporate Sustainability function.

His professional background integrates corporate strategy with operational execution. Ryan’s earlier career included roles in strategy consulting at Bain & Company and leading Mergers & Acquisitions at StarHub. He later transitioned into operations, serving as Chief Operating Officer for several technology startups, including the cryptographic firm D’Crypt. This combination of strategic planning and hands-on management informs his current work in scaling impact-driven initiatives.

Ryan’s leadership experience began in the military, which included a deployment to Afghanistan with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). He remains active in the Singapore Armed Forces (Reserves) as a Senior Lieutenant-Colonel and 2nd-in-Command of an Armoured Brigade. For his service, he was awarded a NATO medal and Singapore’s National Day Commendation Medal (Military).

His academic credentials include an Executive MBA from UCLA Anderson and the National University of Singapore, where he was Valedictorian and a John Wooden Global Leadership Fellow. He also holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College (summa cum laude with High Honours) and an M.A. from Columbia University.

Ryan is a board member of Equatic, a US-based carbon removal technology company.

In his personal time, he is an avid endurance athlete, having completed several IRONMAN 70.3 races and 2024 IRONMAN Cairns. He is now pursuing a personal best at the marathon distance.

Nimesh leads Imagine H2O Asia and the Water Innovation Pilot Fund. Since 2015, he has mentored portfolio companies, launched Imagine H2O’s Asia-Pacific hub, and built the organization’s catalytic capital facility supported by philanthropic and public sector partners. Before Imagine H2O, he advised governments on economic integration at Nathan Associates and held strategy and operational roles with Danone’s sustainability team and WaterHealth Ghana. He also serves on the advisory board of Burnt Island Ventures and consults for the Asian Development Bank on water technology adoption. Nimesh holds an MBA from Wharton, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.

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.

Sam, currently Interim Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, specialises in strategic systems design thinking and innovation, shared value creation, public-private partnerships, branding and business development for public and non-profit organisations. Her career spans media, public affairs, investment, marketing, Art Tech, cultural tourism planning, social innovation, and design. She previously served as Business Development and Project Director at Hong Kong Design Centre and as a news reporter at Asia Television.

As an advisor in design thinking for multiple government innovation projects, she is committed to advancing community well‑being, cultural conservation, public space, placemaking, and creative tourism. Her collaborations include Housing Bureau, Sustainable Lantau Office, Architectural Services Department, Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, Tourism Commission and more.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

1. Data-Driven Governance — Embedding Community-Level Evidence into Urban Planning and Policy Decision-Making
2. Nature Base and Culture -Informed Urban-rural Integration — Integrating Cultural and Nature DNA and Community Ownership into the Northern Metropolis Development Framework
3. Regenerative Economy as a Sustainability Pillar

Known for providing expert insights, strategic counsel and creative solutions, Kiri is a trusted advisor in marketing communications, reputation management and crisis communications in the Asia Pacific region. Her 25+ years of experience leading brands to success across Asia have made her a highly sought-after commentator and conference speaker internationally.

Kiri is Founder & CEO of Sinclair, which she established in 2009 and has since built into a multi-award-winning, regional marketing communications agency. A strong advocate for the value of integrated communications and the importance of protecting and building reputation, she holds industry Board positions with The Marketing Society, PRCA APAC and PRHK, is a Fellow of the PRCA and is a member of Tatler Asia’s 2025 Gen.T Tribe. In the wider community, Kiri is on the Hong Kong Baptist University School of Communications Advisory Committee, the ReThink HK Foundation Advisory Board, and is a Mentor for the University of Hong Kong Business School’s Master’s students.

As agency leader, Kiri is responsible for Sinclair’s strategic regional growth, team-first culture, and the innovative business and client strategy the agency is renowned for. She mentors the Sinclair team, who are based out of offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore, fostering a forward-thinking, creative and solutions-based approach to marketing and communications. Kiri strategically advises clients across the corporate, consumer, luxury, public and NGO sectors. She leads the development of creative growth strategies on both a regional and local level, and advises on sensitive reputational issues for world-leading clients.

Kiri was listed in Tatler’s Asia’s Most Influential in 2021, named PR Agency Head of the Year by Campaign Asia in 2018 and Agency Leader of the Year by Mumbrella in the same year. These accolades compliment the 100+ awards the agency has been bestowed, which include Greater China B2C Agency of the Year and Greater China B2B Agency of the Year by Campaign Asia 2022, Public Relations Agency of the Year 2020 by Marketing Magazine, Hong Kong SAR PR Agency of the Year 2021 and 2020 by Campaign Asia, and Greater China PR Consultancy of the Year 2018 by Campaign Asia.

Born in Hong Kong, Kiri earned her MBA from the University of Hong Kong. An insatiable curiosity, passion for life, and dedication to working with individuals and organisations that are creating positive change in the world, are the leading forces that drive her forward.

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 2026:

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.