Sustainable Communities Theatre

Mr. Francis Ngai is the Founder of Social Ventures Hong Kong. As an Impact Designer for cities of the future, he has founded and incubated hundreds of social innovation projects since 2007, with an innovation portfolio that spans Hong Kong’s first venture philanthropy fund, notable social start-ups (Green Monday, Light Be social housing, Hatch co-working factory, COMM,ON community clubhouse, Playtao Education), and next generation impact talent programmes (Creative Beings youth apprenticeship, House of Social Innovators impact holidays and the Social Leaders Programme).

In order to empower the ecosystem of NewUrban movements like “Purpose Business & Start-up”, “Exponential Philanthropy”, “Impact Storytelling” and more, Francis founded SONOVA and COSMOS together with co-partners within SVhk. They provide professional services on impact and communications advisory, capacity building and collaboration support to corporates, foundations, SPOs and the public sector.

​​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).

Mr Leo Chan is the Service Development Manager of Woopie Social Enterprises / Woopie Foundation, and is responsible for identifying local community service needs as well as exploring potential service models in line with Woopie’s vision including but not limited to high-quality community care and diversified support services for the elderly ageing in place.

My Sustainable Development Goals for 2022:

A sustainable innovation-based service model is fundamental to the development of the elderly care service sector in facing the opportunities and challenges of a super-aged society.

Virginie Goethals is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of RUN Hong Hong. The organization focuses on on trauma rehabilitation through sport and education for the most vulnerable refugees and aims at creating an inclusive and diverse society in Hong Kong and beyond.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I hope to support pathways that lead to cross sector partnerships that promote diversity and inclusion in Hong Kong leading to sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

A seasoned communication professional from the luxury and fashion industries. Before Rosewood, Vickie co-created engaging experiences and digital content with creatives and brands in Lane Crawford; and rolled out its Sustainability programme globally. In 2020, she joined Rosewood Hong Kong and launched the Business-meets-purpose BluHouse restaurant and local empowerment initiatives.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I believe in buying less fast fashion and wearing clothes more before throwing away. Bring their own mug for coffee and reduce single use paper cups.

Dr Carmen Ng is a senior social work executive with broad experience in strategic planning, stakeholder management, service development and operations. Carmen is responsible for formulating strategies and overseeing the operations of elderly housing and related services of the organisation. Prior to that, Carmen had held leadership roles in various social services organisations to steer the development of new service models to respond to the changing needs of the society.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

To promote social sustainability through fostering intergenerational solidarity, the younger and older generation shall be brought together to maximise social capital, in order to improve quality of life of all ages.

​​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).

Rachel is an Assistant Manager in the Purpose Capital team at Social Ventures Hong Kong which designs new platforms for capital, ranging from grants to investments and extra-financial resources, to have a social impact. A key area she focuses on is in purpose leadership and talent programmes such as the Asia Social Innovation Award and House of Social Innovators to empower the next generation of young impact leaders. She is also a Manager on AVPN’s Hong Kong team. Prior to SVHK, she worked in financial services and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Global Business and Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

BAKAR Fariha Salma Deiya is a Hong Kong-born Bangladeshi. She is currently an Executive Officer at the Institute of Youth Sustainability Leadership, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

She is pursuing her Master of Laws in Human Rights [LLM(HR)] at the University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Law).

A member of the Commission on Children, she helps to drive work for the benefit of children concerning policy development regarding research and public engagement, children with specific needs, children protection, rights and development. She is also the Coordinating Committee member of the Project for Adaptation, Inclusion and Social Integration for Ethnic Minorities.

She is also a DreamBacker, who assists student-initiated projects to become a reality through awareness-building, mentorship, crowdfunding, and crowdsourcing support. All projects seek to make a genuine difference in the community through creative solutions that align with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Jeff leads the People Advisory Services practice for Financial Services clients in the Greater China and ASEAN regions at EY. Based in Hong Kong, he focuses on helping clients deliver their organizations’ vision by putting people at the center. He brings an understanding of strategic and functional HR knowledge along with commercial and business acumen to help organizations successfully realize strategic potential and drive tangible results.

As a leader, he is also one of EY’s thought leaders in the areas of Executive Remuneration, Performance Management, Talent Management, Workforce Strategy and Transformation.

Jeff currently co-chairs EY’s diversity & inclusivity network UNITY, and serves on EY’s global team in driving cultural activation for the organization.

Stephanie is a counsellor with professional training at HKU and qualified as a national certificated play therapist. Since 2020, she has completed over 300 counselling hours and 2 years of training in several humanistic approaches. In her career in branding and public relations field, she has curated over 1000 media coverages and over 50 programmes and events, including community events.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Stephanie hopes we can co-create a healthy community in which everyone can involve and strengthen communities by empowering others who feel vulnerable, and also allowing ourselves to accept help.

Ms Woo joined the HKMA in 1995 and is now the Executive Director overseeing departments of Council and Committee, Finance and Accounting, HR, Administration, Membership and Management Services. Under her insightful leadership, the HKMA launched the Hong Kong Sustainability Award in 2016 and the “Business with Purpose” platform in 2021.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

With sustainability being one of the HKMA’s core values, Ms Woo aspires to accelerate the purpose movement in Hong Kong and “The Decade of Purpose Business”.

Graham Barkus works with leaders and organisations to integrate health & wellbeing into personal and professional development strategies and practice. His approach brings together an extensive background spanning cognitive-behavioural and integrative health coaching, lifestyle medicine and conflict/dispute resolution, to help clients individually or collectively make better change, faster.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I would love to see health and wellbeing integrated into our understanding of sustainability, and sustainability integrated into business strategy, rather than treated and resourced as a separate set of actions and outcomes.

Yuman has over 26 years of experience working in Asia, Europe and the US in roles related to technology, change, risk management, operations and strategy. As the General Manager for Bupa in Hong Kong’s insurance business, Yuman works with leaders across Hong Kong to offer smart and sustainable healthcare solutions to customers, as well creating an employee culture where people at Bupa are supported to feel at their best.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Making a better world is a focus for Bupa – we recently planted 1,000 local species seedlings on 10,000 square feet of woodland across Hong Kong’s trails. This initiative inspired me to do more away from the office too. Whenever I can, I get involved with beach cleans or litter picking when out hiking. Hong Kong’s beautiful landscape gave so much to us during the pandemic, so I believe it’s important to raise awareness with each other and for generations to come.

Gigi has been in the food industry for over 10 years, from working in high street restaurant group to now corporate catering services. As the Head of Marketing and Sustainability at Compass Group in Hong Kong, she takes great ownership in building better communication channels to actively promote Compass’s Social Purpose strategy which builds around People, Safety, and Sustainability to all the stakeholders.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Food is our Passion. This has always been the motto at Compass. Being part of this family and also loving food everyday, I hope to see how we can spread the words out to wider channels to promote and educate on stopping food waste and also the benefits and ways of pursuing a healthier diet to across different generations.

Start up RunOurCity in 2013. Since then, 13,000 students have trained for running 10km with significantly improved their physical and mental health. Out of which over 50% are underprivileged groups. Organized large scaled races such as HONG KONG STREETATHON with average 10,000 runners in single event.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

More healthy lifestyle in terms of both physically and mentally including youth, families and SEN students.

Ms Woo joined the HKMA in 1995 and is now the Executive Director overseeing departments of Council and Committee, Finance and Accounting, HR, Administration, Membership and Management Services. Under her insightful leadership, the HKMA launched the Hong Kong Sustainability Award in 2016 and the “Business with Purpose” platform in 2021.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

With sustainability being one of the HKMA’s core values, Ms Woo aspires to accelerate the purpose movement in Hong Kong and “The Decade of Purpose Business”.

Andrew is an impact entrepreneur. After working 15 years in both the public and private sectors, he co-founded Rooftop Republic. His team developed an award winning Urban Farming As A Service model which transforms buildings into circular food hubs that makes growing food simple and close to everyone.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

1. Pick more food from regenerative farming that is better for our health and planet.
2. Make local produce more accessible to city dwellers to reduce food miles.
3. Support enterprises that are making real and lasting impacts.

Chiao brings a diversified background and experience, having been trained in civil and environmental engineering before pursuing a career in learning and development at Cathay Pacific. Passionate about nature and sustainability, he believes education and awareness are key drivers towards positive impact. Now, as Project Director at Rooftop Republic, he leads the team to deliver successful urban farm projects that align with our clients’ environmental and social objectives, with the aim of driving greater engagement and awareness around how we as citydwellers engage with our food, our environment and our communities.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Whether it’s for consumption, creation or simple enjoyment, when being tempted by convenience, my goal is to ask myself and see everyone to be more conscious with the daily decisions being made.

Jessica is the Head of Sustainability of MTR Corporation responsible for developing sustainability-related policies and strategies and driving sustainability initiatives for the Corporation. She is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in environmental and corporate sustainability. Jessica is a member of several international and local sustainability-related committees including UITP’s Sustainable Development Committee and HKGCC’s Environment & Sustainability Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Examiners of HKMA’s Hong Kong Sustainability Award.

Mr Wallace Lam is DBS Bank’s Managing Director and Deputy Head of Institutional Banking Group, Hong Kong. He joined the bank in Sep 2021.

Mr Lam is responsible for managing and growing the bank’s franchise in the large corporate and mid-cap businesses in Hong Kong, as well as overseeing the strategic advisory and syndicated finance business.

Before joining DBS Hong Kong, Wallace was the Head of Corporate, Commercial Banking, Hong Kong at HSBC. With over 26 years of experience with HSBC, Wallace has held various senior management positions, including Head of High Yield Capital Markets for Asia-Pacific, Head of Client Coverage for Commercial Banking in China and Co-Head of Global Banking in Hong Kong.

Wallace graduated from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, USA, with a double emphases in Finance and Marketing.

Serena’s mission at Veolia is to make Purpose & Sustainability a business as usual in every aspect and everywhere in Asia. With an environmental management background, she focused on waste, urban agriculture, SDGs and in-house sustainability topics along her career journey in a wide spectrum of sectors, including government, social enterprise start-up, academia and MNC.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

To nurture a community of active and passionate changemakers at work to amplify their local impact

Wendy Tsai is a Registered Architect with international experience and multidisciplinary expertise in retail and hospitality, residential, master planning, interior and FF&E design. Highly perceptive to the macro swings in trends and tuned into the social impacts these have on community building and demographic shifts, Wendy approaches design with a strategic planning vision, that ventures beyond the physical built environment. Leveraging wide interests and understanding diverse perspectives, she works with client teams to curate bespoke narratives and develop holistic product positioning that continually evolve and adapt with time.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

In current and upcoming projects, I aspire to have client buy-in on actively implementing sustainable practice, thinking, and materiality for a more resilient future.

Sandy is a Registered Landscape Architect, a Fellow of the HKILA and, for the past 27 years, the Managing Director of URBIS Limited, a multi-award winning design consultancy focusing on town planning, urban design and landscape design. He is particularly concerned with the sustainable design of the public realm.

Tiffany Lau is the Head of Urban Ecosystems for JLL Asia Pacific, with a base in Hong Kong. She has 18 years of experience within the real estate industry, primarily focused on repositioning and redeveloping commercial real estate in New York City and Hong Kong. Tiffany was also the Executive Director for Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hong Kong, overseeing the Hong Kong Chapter with a mission to demonstrate leadership in the responsible use of land.

With an extensive global network, she has worked on a number of high-profile projects including the repositioning and redevelopment of Penn Plaza, Industry City, and various public-private partnerships and creative asset management strategies for a diverse citywide portfolio of commercial properties and land holdings during her time in the Bloomberg Administration.

Tiffany holds and M.S. in Real Estate Development from Columbia University, New York, and a B.A. in Urban Design & Architecture from New York University, and has been on various boards for ULI, Columbia University, and is currently a Steering Committee member of WalkDVRC, an NGO focused on walkability in Hong Kong.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Prioritise people, specifically in the areas of liveability, walkability, and social equity. I hope to see the inclusion of Universal Design standards to truly ensure HK is a great city for all – that enables our elderly to “age in place”, and future generations to participate in its continuous evolution.

Wing has more than 30 years of experience in workplace project management. He has a loyal client base including many well-known businesses within the multinational corporate sector. As a Director at M Moser Associates, he brings experience in project integration, revitalisation and design excellence to deliver innovative projects across the globe.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

We actively support our clients’ net zero aspirations by developing advanced tools to implement low carbon strategies and deliver measurable high performance. We further support their ESG objectives through our integrated project delivery and multi-disciplinary expertise.

Charles Ho is Marketing Manager at The Wall Street Journal, overseeing global subscribers benefits and the loyalty proposition WSJ+ for The Wall Street Journal. Immersing himself in an international team, Charles spearheads WSJ+’s global strategy and members retention – from students through to professional memberships and networks. The Wall Street Journal now has the largest membership in its history. Alongside this he is responsible for the Asian@DJ, Pride@DJ, and DJ Wellness initiatives across the region.

With twenty years of experience in the media industry, Charles joined Dow Jones from the Financial Times where he served as Campaign and Marketing Manager for FT Live. He is currently based in Hong Kong.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

A paperless office, less number of meetings but more sharing.

Andy is a serial entrepreneur, author and impact investor. He is an expert in digital transformation and a venture builder that founded NDN Group in 2002. He built over 30 ventures from pure ideas to multimillion dollar exits.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Supporting humanity to making dreams to reality possible.

Jessica has co-found IDCC, a non-profit organization supported by SIE Fund, to develop impact measurement capacity building and digital transformation for social innovation ecosystem in Hong Kong. She worked with 9 key impact intermediaries and over 100 no. of Social Purpose Organizations in the past 2 years, to develop their impact models with progressive use of Web3 technologies powered by ixo.

Jessica also regularly teaches Urban Design studio and Smart Cities course in CUHK, Jessica’s goal is to integrate people-centered design in sustainable living with her impact practice.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Always understand people’s needs on the ground while bringing new technologies to empower communities.

Kenneth Wong is a strategic account director on Google’s cloud team, which supports customers on cloud journey. He has a passion for sustainability and helps customers achieve their sustainability goal. Before Google, he also worked for Amazon, Microsoft and MySpace.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

My goals is to protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

Andrew is an impact entrepreneur. After working 15 years in both the public and private sectors, he co-founded Rooftop Republic. His team developed an award winning Urban Farming As A Service model which transforms buildings into circular food hubs that makes growing food simple and close to everyone.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

1. Pick more food from regenerative farming that is better for our health and planet.
2. Make local produce more accessible to city dwellers to reduce food miles.
3. Support enterprises that are making real and lasting impacts.

Kate is an executive coach and strategic design specialist. She has helped clients to embed Design Thinking into their organisations and apply it to solve complex business, human and societal challenges. She integrates leadership development, co-creation techniques and agile practices to facilitate transformation, cultural and organisational change.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

A celebration of the ability, knowledge and craft of repairing, reusing and repurposing to reduce our patterns of over consumption.

Andrew Merrilees is Managing Director of Bupa in Hong Kong, which includes Bupa’s health services business, Quality Healthcare. Prior to his appointment to Managing Director in early 2022, Andrew was General Manager for Bupa in Hong Kong’s insurance business from 2018-2022, following 30 years of experience in the healthcare, insurance and broker industry in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.

Andrew holds an executive sponsorship position on the Bupa Asia Pacific board, advocating for a diverse working culture. Underpinned by Bupa’s ‘Be You at Bupa’ pledge, Andrew believes in empowering employees to feel confident to bring their whole selves to work, so they can feel at their best and perform at their best too.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I really resonate with our One Health mission, which is about creating a healthy planet and healthy people. The power of small changes every day amount to big things. My family and I take public transport when we can and I allocate time on weekends to buy eco-friendly supplies and local produce to set up for a great week ahead.

Chinali Patel commenced International Illicit Finance Policy lead role at the British Consulate General in Hong Kong in April 2019 and prior to that was in UK Law Enforcement for 13 years.

The role has a specific focus on policy and strategy – enhancing diplomatic engagement, capability and capacity building in close coordination with HMG, local and international partners to tackle illicit finance.

Chinali also leads on Diversity and Inclusion at the British Consulate including community outreach, collaboration with partners on key initiatives to promote greater diversity and inclusiveness and sharing best practice and learning on various platforms. Chinali has also been a mentor to amazing cross sector mentees over the last 8 years.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Greater cross sector collaboration and initiatives in achieving sustainability goals and in doing so embedding and nurturing diverse talent.

Peter Picton-Phillipps is a senior partner of EY Greater China, responsible for managing EY’s business serving the financial services sector in Hong Kong. Peter joined EY in London in 1993 and moved to Hong Kong in 1999 to join a fledgling team of financial services specialists. He’s enjoyed being part of building a business that has 1300 professionals today.

Leading a professional services business, Peter has long been a proponent of the modern talent agenda, and particularly on the topics of diversity, equity and inclusion and wellbeing. He established EY’s Unity network for Asia Pacific, focused on LGBT+ inclusion, in 2015, and speaks on this topic both internally and externally at conferences or for clients. He was awarded Community Business’ LGBT+ Executive Sponsor award in 2019. His support for wellbeing has developed over his career as he learnt how best to support his own wellbeing and that of others. In 2020 he established EYHK’s mental wellbeing initiative to complement the existing wellbeing activities of the firm.

Peter is a director of the City Mental Health Alliance Hong Kong, Treasurer of Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong, and a member of the Hong Kong Committee of the ICAEW. He has an MA(Hons) from the University of St Andrews, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Olivia is responsible for formulating and implementing strategies in delivering on the 3 social and environmental objectives in building an inclusive, innovative and sustainable organisation and communities that MTR serves. Before joining MTR, Olivia was the Group Head of Diversity & Inclusion for the Swire group and has held various management positions in Cathay Pacific Airways and Swire Properties.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I hope that everyone can realise their abilities to support environmental and social changes within their sphere of influence to ensure Hong Kong is recognised as an open and inclusive international city.

Dee has been regarded as a wellness pioneer in Hong Kong having opened Float Co, the first float therapy centre in the city. She is passionate about helping businesses develop their employee benefits and brings years of health & wellness experience.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Corporate support for people working and living balanced lifestyles. I would also like to see more circular economies in Hong Kong.

Steven has worked in HR and Talent roles for over 25 years, in diverse organizations from start-up to large multi-national organizations, mostly in the high-tech industry (e.g. ebay and PayPal). Steven was born in the UK, and his passion for learning different cultures has led him to live in Australia, US, Singapore and now Hong Kong!

Gregory brings a creative, multi-disciplinary approach with over 20 years designing and delivering large-scale mixed-use, commercial, cultural, heritage and masterplan projects. Gregory’s approach marries commercial problem solving with innovative design thinking to create transformative solutions. He believes in integrating architecture, interior design and landscaping strategies to create lasting, successful destinations.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Repositioning and reenergizing existing structures is key to truly sustainable urban development. There should be a focus on reimagining and upgrading current structures before we build anything new whenever possible.

Elaine Mok is the Public Affairs & Communications Manager of Swire Coca-Cola HK, focused on cascading management philosophy and company strategies, fostering effective solutions for digital communications, employee relations and initiatives for business transformation.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

A hybrid engagement model incorporating digital and physical vehicles to enable effective communications with internal and external stakeholders.

Commercial HR Leader, supporting the Woolworths Group international business and team, curious learner and passionate about team experience while creating a better tomorrow

Flo Chan is a UK qualified solicitor and has worked in London, Singapore and Hong Kong with experience in diverse corporate industries as well as the NGO sector. Her focus is on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and ESG. She is on the Board of local charity, HER Fund, a volunteer coach for HKFC Crusaders, a soccer team for youth with Special Education Needs (SENs) and is also a co-founder of the Hong Kong Professionals With Disabilities Network (HKPWDN). As a passionate advocate for LGBT+ and rainbow family rights, Flo has written submission and spoken at LEGCO advocating for the rights of diverse minority communities in Hong Kong.

Flo was featured in Vogue HK in 2020 for her advocacy work for advancing DEI rights and voices of the community and has spoken at local, regional and global conferences on the importance of the Asian perspective in the advancement of DEI.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

With a new baby, I hope to be successful in using reusable nappies and plastic-free feminine care products and to influence those around me to do the same!

Regan has 29 years’ experience in HR, with the last 22 years at Marriott International in various HR Business Partner roles. He has lead Marriott’s Asia Pacific growth from less than a hundred hotels to over 900 hotels in 24 countries and territories.

Ajmal Victor Samuel is a Hong Kong based businessman and a Hong Kong national level athlete. He is the Founding Chairman of OCTO3 Group Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong headquartered financial technology and infrastructure provider that specializes in Payments and Clearing House Systems. Ajmal is also an extreme adventurer and a well-established endurance athlete. He has been actively involved in social and sports activism and advocating for disabled rights.

Kirti is the pioneer behind the Women’s Directorship Programme, a joint-venture with HKU Business School, is an active member of the Women in Business Committee at BritCham and was named one of the Global Top 50 Diversity Professionals in Industry by the Economist Magazine.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I am committed to help drive better gender parity on corporate boards and look forward to helping HK companies appoint more women onto their boards.

Jo Ledarney is a well-accomplished professional with extensive experience in Learning & Development and Talent Acquisition. She has lived and worked in major Asian cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. As the Head of People & Performance, Jo has demonstrated her ability to lead a wide array of initiatives and has vast experience in spearheading projects to drive an inclusive and embracing company culture at Colliers Hong Kong.

An alum of the Resolve Foundation Social Justice Fellowship Programme, Jonathan is committed to advocating neurodiversity. Jonathan previously shared in events including the United Kingdom’s Apolitical forum. Jonathan has served as one of the organizers of the Hong Kong Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Week since 2021 and is also affiliated with Mind HK.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I wish our communities to embrace neurodiversity. The neurodivergent will have opportunities to pursue and excel in whatever they feel called to do.

Raffat heads the HR for the regional office entities in Hong Kong & Singapore and tech delivery centres in Chengdu and Manila. In his role he drives the talent strategy and partners with the regional leaders to build world class teams in technology, finance, actuarial, risk, legal, compliance and audit.

Jane Morgan is the Managing Director of Golin Hong Kong. With almost 20 years of PR experience spanning Europe and Asia, and having held leadership roles in three of the top ten global PR agencies, Jane has been responsible for growing and nurturing teams whilst ensuring client excellence.

Carol is the Vice President and ESG lead of Golin Hong Kong. She has 12 years’ experience building brand reputation and connecting brands with consumers. She was named Women to Watch 2021 by Campaign Asia-Pacific and has obtained Harvard Business School certification on Sustainable Business Strategy.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I wish more brands will look into their brand purpose not only on comms level but how they can create real, meaningful change for the industry and society.

Melanie is the Assistant General Manager (Sustainability) of Sino Group, she oversees a range of sustainability projects related to ESG Stakeholder, Stakeholder Engagement and Heritage Conservation. Being a specialist in the realm of Sustainable Development, Melanie has also gained extensive experiences in Sustainable Tourism and Stakeholder Engagement.

Melanie holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Management from the Imperial College London, a Master Degree of Science in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Postgraduate Degree in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge. She is also a certified Sustainable Tourism Professional by Global Sustainable Tourism Council.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Joining hands with our stakeholders in creating better lifescapes.

Rosann is Founder and Creative Director of Prism Creative, a purpose-driven branding agency working with brave change-makers using their businesses/platforms as a force for good. She also hosts Branding for Impact Podcast, a show of bite-sized branding tips for making an impact. It launched as #1 in Marketing/HK Apple Podcasts.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I hope to see more businesses adopting sustainability, for it to become even more demanded by consumers and for it to become the absolute given for competitive edge.

A global and regional marketing executive with almost 20 years proven B2B marketing experience across EMEA and Asia, including private equity and board expertise. A strong believer in the role marketing plays in positively influencing customer experience and an organisation’s growth agenda.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Representing adm, I hope to hear success stories from other organisations about how they have achieved their sustainability goals to assist me and my team achieve our goals, which focus on communities, ethical supply chains and innovation.

Geneviève Hilton is co-chair of the Energy & ESG committee of AmCham Hong Kong. Currently at Lenovo, and previously at BASF, she has led the communications and corporate citizenship functions for Asia Pacific. Starting from 1994, she held a variety of agency roles in Hong Kong and Vietnam.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

I want to see Hong Kong embrace its obvious role as a business sustainability leader in Asia Pacific by fully incorporating sustainability into companies’ strategic operations.

Steven is the Vice President of Brand, IT & Commercial Operations in P&G Hong Kong/Taiwan. With over 16 years of career in P&G, he has extensive experiences in innovative brand building across Europe and Asia. As an advocate of equality and inclusion, he aspires to make positive impacts within and beyond P&G.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Steven is committed to building socially sustainable and responsible business and brands, which drive growth and create values for people, community and the generations to come.

An inspiring creative leader in Asia-Pacific who had been named “Lotus-Legend” by Adfest 2016. After a long and rewarding 25-years based in Shanghai, where he led China to its very first GrandPrix at Cannes 2011, he returned to HK in 2021 to continue leading the region and the HK office.

Jessie To is the Marketing Manager, Regional Marketing, APAC in Getty Images, who oversees Getty Images’ marketing strategies and executions in the region. She is as well the lead of the LGBTQ+ ERG and ex-D&I global advisor committee representative of APAC.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Reducing carbon footprint, increasing awareness on environmental topics and more authentic representation of sustainability visuals.

Stuart is Associate Director North Asia at IBIS Consulting working extensively in the sustainability sector for 17 years in Asia and Europe. His background is in the resource efficiency sector and, since 2013, he has worked in the sustainable finance space, helping clients to understand environmental and social risks associated with investments.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Hong Kong to bounce back from the pandemic with one eye on sustainability; finding a more sustainable approach to business, not just a return to business as usual.

Setch Chang leads the commercial development for Morningstar Sustainalytics in Greater China and Korea, working closely with banks and corporates to understand their sustainability ambitions and provide counsel on integrating ESG and sustainable finance into their businesses. Previously, Setch worked in Institutional Capital Advisory, Nomura Asset Management, and HSBC.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Raising awareness of sustainability among business owners.

Serial social entrepreneur & trends forecaster Sonalie Figueiras is the founder & editor-in-chief of Green Queen, an award-winning impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change through inspiring & empowering original content and one of the world’s leading outlets for alternative protein news. She is also the founder & CEO of Ekowarehouse, the global sourcing platform for certified organic products and the co-founder & CEO of SourceGreenPackaging.com, the world’s first global marketplace for sustainable packaging with a mission to fight single-use plastic waste.

With over a decade of experience in publishing, digital marketing, organic trade, sustainability, alternative proteins and green packaging, she is an eco wellness industry veteran with a keen eye for market trends and a sought-after international speaker and moderator, sharing her expertise on stages across Asia and beyond, including Harvard Business School and two times at TEDx. Further, Sonalie is a global advisor at Social Ventures Hong Kong, an Impact Purpose Organisation committed to re-imagining Hong Kong as a purpose-driven city, an advisor at The Remedy Project, which revolutionises access to justice for migrant workers globally, a cause close to her heart, and she is an avid home cook and published cookbook author.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Grow Green Queen Media, Grow SourceGreenpackaging.com.

Coral balances her time between her clients in the private sector and the students of HKUST’s Business School, where she serves as a Marketing Professor, teaching Marketing and its role in the planet and in the society, Brand Activism and Strategy.

Born in Barcelona and raised in Switzerland, the USA and Catalonia, Coral has lived and worked in four continents and across diverse industries, including FMCG, Personal Care, Fashion, Pharma, and Hospitality, for over 22 years.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

Sustainable consumption and production considers the entire life cycle of economic activities, from the extraction of resources, processing these resources into materials and products, the use of these products, and finally their disposal as wastes or emissions.

By doing so, Sustainable consumption and production helps to identify and develop solutions for improving natural resource use that achieve multiple sustainability objectives simultaneously or “win-win” gains that occur when economic, social and environmental aspects are jointly addressed.

Based on a systems approach Sustainable consumption and production manages burden shift and delivers an overall net benefit on sustainability. It also helps to link activities across time and scale to provide a long-term perspective on their impacts.

Vivien Teu is a partner and head of Asset Management & ESG at Dentons Hong Kong. With more than 20 years’ extensive corporate and commercial experience advising financial institutions and financial services sectors, including numerous strategic joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, Vivien has acted for some of the largest global and regional financial institutions and asset managers on legal and regulatory matters for cross-border financial markets access, investments and platform building, as well as extensive experience advising investors and other market participants. Vivien is market-leading in having developed a unique focus in her practice on corporate and regulatory issues around environmental, social and governance (ESG), sustainable finance, responsible investment, impact investing and social finance. Vivien is a key member of the Dentons Global ESG Steering Committee as the co-lead for Sustainable Finance. In this role, Vivien is active galvanising and working alongside colleagues with multi-regional and multi-sectoral knowledge and expertise within Dentons, in advising financial institutions as well as corporate clients on legal, regulatory and compliance matters over a range of ESG issues and in meeting challenges and opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy across key sectors and regions.

My Sustainability Goals for 2022:

On the foundation of Hong Kong’s netzero commitment, to see more businesses across sectors taking account of environment impact of their operations, products, services and supply chain, and embracing transition pathways on the green and sustainable finance infrastructure Hong Kong has established.