Dr. Patrick Yeung

Patrick Yeung is the East Asia Program Manager at Plastic Solutions Fund, connecting the power of philanthropy to the grassroots and uniting organizations from small, local groups to international legal experts to end plastic pollution in the region. He is also supporting the Asia Environmental Innovation Forum as an expert advisor on sustainable development topics.

He obtained his PhD in marine biology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2017, with professional field in ecological conservation. He joined the marine conservation team of WWF Hong Kong in 2014, to study on marine litter problems as well as coastal biodiversity through citizen science activities. He also led on identifying marine ecological hotspots as the basis for conservation and research works by facilitating expert groups. In 2019, he started working in Mainland China on marine and wetland habitat conservation, sustainable fisheries and ocean plastic.

Besides, he actively built partnerships with NGOs, government authorities, research institutes, industry associations, and managed funding programs, to provide more innovative and in-depth sustainability solutions. He also supported international cooperation and policy advocacy on nature conservation and sustainable blue economy development.

In his last job at AVPN, he leveraged the social investor network to support climate actions and promote sustainable development.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

• SDG 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17