Regional Collaboration to Accelerate Green Technology Adoption

David Mundy has over 25 years’ experience in the global Asset and Wealth Management industry and is currently Global Head Sustainability & Regulatory Delivery at Fidelity International. Originally from Australia he has worked in Melbourne, Sydney, London, and for the last 10 years, Hong Kong. After 14 years at J.P. Morgan, most recently as APAC COO for Asset Management Distribution, David has spent the last 6 years with Fidelity International supporting the APAC business and technology strategy as well as global sustainability strategy. David is an experienced board director and holds a LLB from the University of London, CFA certificate in Sustainable Investing, CISL Business Sustainability Management certificate and is currently completing a Masters in Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University. David is Co-Chair of the Sustainability Committee for the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Hong Kong ramping up its green finance credentials and being a hub of knowledge and talent for APAC
2. Increase mandatory disclosures for all listed companies
3. Improve digital retirement tools with climate risk integration

Daniel is Deputy CEO, Trade and Investment, where he is responsible for the global network supporting Australian exporters to expand internationally, and attracting productive international investment.

Daniel joined Austrade in 2014 leading the Government and Partnerships Division. He was later appointed Austrade’s General Manager and Minister (Commercial) for Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Daniel led a team of 100 staff across 12 posts to deliver high quality trade and investment services to Australian and Chinese clients.

Prior to joining Austrade, Daniel worked in a number of Australian Government Agencies. This included the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (now Department of Home Affairs). Based in Beijing as Regional Director East Asia, Daniel was responsible for visa operations across North Asia and the Mekong economies.

Daniel holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania, and is passionate about diversity and inclusion.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Green Finance Integration: Leveraging HK’s status as a leading green finance hub to attract investment into Australian cleantech projects and sustainable infrastructure, while supporting HK’s transition finance needs.
2. Smart & sustainable infrastructure: showcasing Australian expertise in sustainable urban design, green buildings, waste-to-energy, and water management for HK’s dense urban environment and infrastructure upgrades.
3. Net zero pathways through innovation: partnering on research, development, and commercialisation of emerging technologies (e.g. CCUS, advanced biofuels, green materials) to support emission reduction in hard-to-abate sectors relevant to both regions.
4. Developing regional capability: supporting collaboration between Australian and Hong Kong businesses, research institutions to develop and scale solutions for wider regional adoption.

Ms Alpha Lau has been Director-General of Invest Hong Kong, the government department responsible for attracting and facilitating direct investment into Hong Kong, since November 2023.

She serves on the government’s Trade and Industry Advisory Board, International Business Committee, Expert Advisory Group on Legal and Dispute Resolution Services, Air Silk Road Task Force, Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board, Market Development Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, Task Force on Promoting and Branding Hong Kong, Mega Events Coordination Group, Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development, and on the Task Force on External Relations.

Prior to joining the government, Ms Lau held various senior roles in multinational and Chinese financial institutions, with experience in personal wealth and corporate coverage, risk management, fintech, transactional banking and M&A project management.

Ms Lau holds Bachelor and Master (Hon.) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Certificate in further education from Tsinghua University, Beijing.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

InvestHK is the investment promotion agency of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Developments of green industries is a major international trend and key to addressing global climate change. The combination of green finance and green technology will accelerate the build-up of multi-faceted industry clusters, thereby creating huge business opportunities and financial needs and making contributions to green transformation and growth. InvestHK has established a sustainability team to nurture and build up a green economy and sustainable business ecosystem in Hong Kong . We aim to attract more companies related to ESG and sustainability to HK and expands all over the world.

James has been working in asset management industry for over 30 years, with extensive experience in equity investment, portfolio construction and asset allocation.

He was the Managing Director at China Investment Corporation since its inception responsible for global Private Equity investment. In 2012, James joined Queensland based sovereign wealth fund, QIC to build up their Private Equity practice in Asia.

James has held a number of senior management positions in State Street Corp., JP Morgan Asset Management and Credit Suisse Asset Management.

Throughout his professional life, James has developed deep know-how in private and public equity investment in various industries. He is specialized in creation of innovative tech, building up disruptive commercial practices, supply chain consolidation and scaling up business operations.

James holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from RMIT University and a Master’s degree in Applied Finance from Macquarie University in Australia.

Alfred Wong joined Templewater as a Partner in 2023 and leads the firm’s decarbonization investment activities focused on energy transition. He also serves as a director of Wisdom Motor and Hysata. Alfred brings over 20 years of technology industry expertise and executive experience commercializing innovation, developing new markets, scaling up operations, and managing P&L. Prior to joining Templewater, Alfred was the CEO of China and Asia Pacific at Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) where he spearheaded over US$1B in strategic partnerships, foreign investments, and customer programs.

Alfred holds Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Engineering degrees from The University of British Columbia, an MBA from Simon Fraser University, and an executive certificate in corporate governance from Stanford University.