Ms Florence Cheng is the Chief Purpose Officer of SVhk and Co-Founder of COSMOS, dedicated to designing impact solutions across business and community. She has advised 10+ companies, startups, social-purpose organisations (SPOs), and public bodies on inclusive employment, family wellbeing, and community empowerment—turning strategy into partnerships and measurable results. She spearheads cross‑sector platforms including the Community Resilience Fund and Business with Purpose, mobilising capital and corporate action. She also develops place‑based social innovations in Sheung Wan, Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tong, and the Northern Metropolis, integrating capital deployment and community-making.

An LSE alumna and a former consultant, she serves as a Member of the SIE Fund Task Force.

Harmony Li is the Chief Community Officer 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.

Prof. Bishop is an Associate Professor at The University of Hong Kong and the International MBA Program at Fudan University, Shanghai. He has won numerous awards for his teaching, including HKU’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Hong Kong’s highest teaching honor: the UGC Teaching Award. Prior to teaching, Prof. Bishop practiced law in both the United States and across Asia.

Prof. Bishop focuses significant time on activities and programs providing direct benefit to the community. He consults companies about their ethics, CSR, pro bono, and philanthropic initiatives, and is founder and director of multiple social impact organizations. He and his students are constantly looking for scalable solutions to complex societal problems.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

1. I would like to see at least one large thoroughfare in Central closed to vehicular traffic and made exclusively into a pedestrian green space.
2. I would like to see the solid waste levy codified into law.

Paras Kalura is the Chief Operating Officer of Migrasia, a Hong Kong-based think-and-do tank dedicated to eradicating forced labor and systemic exploitation within the global migration system. Recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list for his contributions to social impact, Paras has been instrumental in scaling Migrasia’s operational and technological capabilities. Since joining the organization in 2022, he has overseen pioneering tech initiatives like PoBot—an AI-powered chatbot providing migrant workers with real-time, multilingual guidance on their legal rights and critical support services.

Under his strategic oversight, Migrasia has assisted over 42,000 workers, recovered more than $40 million USD in illegal fees, and repatriated over 350 individuals.

Paras holds a degree in engineering alongside a joint MBA from the University of Hong Kong and London Business School.

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.

In 2025, 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 2026: 

Her 2026 sustainability goals are focused on advancing social impact measurement in Hong Kong through two strategic priorities;

1) Shifting mindsets: We advocate 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: We seek to 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

Karen is a partner in Simmons & Simmons’ Financial Markets group in Hong Kong, with more than 20 years of experience advising on a wide range of structured finance and financial markets transactions across Asia. She is particularly recognised for her expertise in securitisations, structured products and derivatives.

Her practice spans asset-based finance, structured products, derivatives, debt securities, margin lending and financial market infrastructure. Karen has played a leading role in some of Asia’s most significant market developments, including the launch of Stock Connect, Bond Connect and Swap Connect, and has been actively involved in the development of carbon markets across the region. She is also a trusted adviser on derivatives and structured products regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons in 2025, Karen was a partner at another leading international law firm. She is ranked by Chambers Greater China for Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products, recognised as a Rising Star in Finance by the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards, and named a Legal 500 Green Ambassador.

Mr. Law is a Sustainability Partner at Deloitte China with 15 years’ experience advising public and private companies on sustainability strategy, sustainability and financial reporting, and assurance. He works with boards and executive teams to build governance and capacity, quantify and account for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, assess climate resilience, develop decarbonisation strategies, and prepare disclosures that reflect both business implications and regulatory expectations.

Before Deloitte, Mr. Law served at a leading global professional services firm and was Sustainability Director at the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), where he led the localisation of sustainability standards — aligned with the ISSB — and built capacity programmes for practitioners and listed companies. He also supported the preparation of the Implementation Guidance for Climate Disclosures under the HKEX ESG Code, and now serves on HKICPA’s Sustainability Committee, advancing sustainability upskilling for the profession.

Mr. Law is a member of the GHG Protocol Technical Working Group, contributing to revisions of global greenhouse gas accounting standards, serves on the advisory committee for a sustainability-related master’s programme at a Hong Kong university, and is a certified public accountant in both Hong Kong and the United States.

Pedro Yip is a Partner and the Head of the Consumer, Telco, and Technology Practice for Asia Pacific at Oliver Wyman. With over 20 years of experience driving large-scale business transformations across Europe and Asia, Pedro is a passionate advocate for the green economy and driving sustainable practices within the real economy.

A pioneer in operationalizing sustainability, Pedro previously served as Head of Supply Chain at the pioneering UK online grocer Ocado. There, he successfully translated environmental goals into operational reality, leveraging AI-driven forecasting to achieve one of the lowest food wastage levels in the grocery industry. Today, he helps leading global organizations translate ambitious environmental targets into actionable, high-impact initiatives through supply chain optimization, systemic change management, and advanced AI integration. He combines analytical precision with a profound commitment to driving long-term commercial and environmental sustainability.

Pedro holds a first-class engineering degree from the University of Cambridge.

John Willis is Senior Director of Corporate Performance & Accountability at WBCSD, where he helps businesses embed sustainability into financial valuation and capital allocation to drive long-term value and competitiveness. With over 30 years in sustainable finance, including senior roles at the Tracker Group (home of Carbon Tracker and Planet Tracker), Sustainable Insight Capital Management, and Deutsche Asset Management (DWS), as well as Global Head of Equity Research at Deutsche Bank Securities. He brings financial market expertise to the challenge of making sustainability performance a genuine business advantage.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

1. Demonstrate sustainable business strategies can pay, by driving competitiveness, resilience and value.
2. Make sustainability strategies investible by translating them into the language of capital markets.
3. Highlight credible transitions which turn ambition into corporate action.

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.

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.

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.

Summer is an Associate Partner of the Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change (CSCC) Team with ERM based in Hong Kong. She leads the CSCC work across Greater China and currently serves as the APAC Technical Community Lead. Summer’s focus is on advising her Clients on their transition to a low carbon economy and working with their teams to ensure that a robust strategy is in place so they can meet their climate, nature and ESG goals.  Summer has significant experience in climate risk assessment projects in the Asia region and depth knowledge around power & renewables including emerging clean technologies such as hydrogen, EV.

Prior to Hong Kong, Summer has worked for the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office for over 5 years on climate change energy policy through the delivery of projects to support regional energy transition. She has previously lived and worked in Malaysia, Mainland China, Kenya and the UK, frequently collaborating with large multi-disciplinary teams throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and APAC. She is passionate about promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment and was nominated as Champion for Women in Renewables Asia.

Richard Bourne is the Head of APAC and a member of the Senior Leadership team at EcoVadis. Over his 16-year tenure, Richard has played a pivotal role in expanding the company’s sustainability network, significantly contributing to the growth of its global rated network, which now includes over 150,000 companies. His leadership has been instrumental in engaging both requesting and rated companies, promoting sustainable business practices across SMEs and large corporations alike. Richard’s expertise continues to shape the future of sustainability in the APJ region and beyond.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Fostering transparent collaboration between the public and private sectors.
2. Making sustainability practical and accessible for small and medium-sized businesses.
3. Moving from promises to progress.

Agnès Pondaven leads APAC business development for Ulula, an EcoVadis company, whose worker voice technology helps companies engage workers and communities directly and gather social, labor, and community impact data across their supply chains. Based in Taipei, she works with clients across fashion, luxury, agriculture, manufacturing, and logistics, and has led sector programs including Ulula at Sea and Ulula’s work in palm oil.

She brings over 20 years of experience in responsible sourcing and supply chain sustainability, including 12 years at Carrefour, where she led the group’s first RSPO-certified product launch in Indonesia and served on the RSPO Executive Committee as retail representative. She also lectures on ESG and sustainability at universities across Asia.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

• Exchange with peers on how companies in the region are approaching human rights due diligence in their supply chains
• Share practical lessons from worker voice programs in APAC, including maritime and palm oil supply chains
• Hear what’s working and what isn’t for others, from grievance mechanisms to worker engagement on the ground

Valerie Wang is the Senior Sustainability Solution Consultant at EcoVadis, a purpose-driven company partnering with global customer base to drive positive impact in the supply chain through trusted data and robust supplier risk & engagement intelligence.

In her role, Valerie guides businesses to strategize and maximize EcoVadis’ solution suite value for each customer’s specific use cases and objectives. Her passion and main focus areas are modern slavery, living wage, and Scope 3 value chain emissions.

Prior to her current role, Valerie worked as a Senior Sustainability Analyst and Team Lead focusing on labor and human rights Ratings methodology and engagement with the rated companies.

Valerie obtained Master’s Degree in Sustainability and Social Innovation from HEC Paris.

David von Eiff 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 has conducted extensive research projects and authored several works including publications on a range of topics. Most recently, he authored a public-facing report which analysed and recommended potential changes for Hong Kong’s water management framework. His work has focused on the carbon footprint of the water supply, using a life-cycle analysis approach to analysis various public policy decisions and water mixes. He has also studied the importance of governance and the governance capacity of the Water supplies department on achieving long term sustainability.

Richard McGillivray joined CFA Institute to lead its Asia Pacific Institutional Partnerships team in 2013, working with firms, regulators, and universities across the region, and is now a member of the Education and Product Advocacy team. Richard brings a blend of experience in both investment management and adult professional education to CFA Institute. Prior to joining CFA Institute, he set up and ran the Asia Pacific operations for a UK-headquartered asset management business in Hong Kong.

Richard has delivered finance-related professional development programs to a wide range of financial institutions including Asset Managers, Banks, Pension Funds, Regulators, Universities and Professional Associations across the Asia Pacific region. From 2018 Richard has focused extensively on ESG, and sustainability-related practice, in particular on Climate-related risk and valuation.

Prior to his move to Finance in 2007 Richard worked for 16 years in adult and professional education in Asia Pacific and southern Africa across a range of sectors, including financial services, government, universities, NGOs, law and media.