Francis Ngai

Francis Ngai is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Social Ventures Hong Kong. Since 2007, he has dedicated himself to social innovation for urban futures, and has been involved in various social innovation ventures including Hong Kong’s first venture philanthropy fund, Green Monday, Bottless, RunOurCity, Light Be (Empowerment Housing), Playtao Education, HATCH, COMM, ON co-caring space, Institute of Community Making etc.

Francis serves an advisory role to different organizations such as AVPN, Project Melo, Social Enterprise Summit, Advisory Committee on Built Heritage Conservation, and Social Welfare Advisory Committee. He received Honorary Fellowships from the City University of Hong Kong and the Education University of Hong Kong, and was elected a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2012 as well as one of Hong Kong’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2011. As an ultra-running veteran, Francis completed The North Pole Marathon and the 250-km Gobi March of the 4 Deserts race series.