Welcome

Mr. Chan Sai Ming, Simon, is the Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited. He is also a member of the Strategy and Development Committee, the Risk Management Committee, as well as the Connected Transaction Committee of the Bank. Mr. Chan has been in the banking industry for more than 30 years, with solid experience in the financial industry, the information technology industry and bank-wide operations. Before assuming his current role, Mr. Chan was a senior executive of Group Audit of Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Nanyang Commercial Bank in different functions, responsible for information technology audit and various management areas of the bank for years.

Mr. Chan is currently also a director of Cinda Financial Holdings Company Limited, Nanyang Commercial Bank (China) Limited, Nova Credit Limited, Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), HKICL Services Limited and Hong Kong Trade Finance Platform Company Limited.

Mr. Chan actively participates in community service, including serving as the Chairman of Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited, the Chairman of the Banking & Finance Training Board of the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong and a Member of the Banking Industry Training Advisory Committee of the Education Bureau. He is also the past President of ISACA China Hong Kong Chapter and is at present the Vice-chairman of Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council Limited. He also serves as a director in the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association and a committee member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, as well as a member for the Financial & Treasury Services Committee of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation.

Mr. Chan graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science and obtained a Master’s degrees in Science and a Master’s degree in Commerce in Accounting from the University of Ulster and the University of New South Wales respectively. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Internal Auditor.

Mr Alfred Sit joined the Government as Assistant Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 1984 and was promoted to Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2001, to Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2007, to Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in 2011. He was Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services and Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading Fund General Manager since October 2017. On 22 April 2020, Mr Sit was appointed Secretary for Innovation and Technology.

Mr Sit is an electrical engineer by profession and has over 30 years’ experience in public administration. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was the President of the Hong Kong Institution of Facility Management and Chairman of the Biomedical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Mr Sit holds the Associateship in Electrical Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and a master degree in Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also attended the Harvard Business School.

The Honourable Bernard Charnwut CHAN is the Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council of HKSAR, Chairman & President of Asia Financial Holdings Ltd., Chairman of Asia Insurance Co. Ltd., Chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and Chairman of Hong Kong Palace Museum Ltd. He is also a Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. He previously served as a Legislative Council Member, Chairman of the Council of Lingnan University, the Council for Sustainable Development and the Antiquities Advisory Board. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2006 and the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2020.

Ricky Choi is the Senior Manager to oversee the Smart Living Cluster & leading the youth development programmes at Cyberport and is responsible for promoting and driving Smart Living Cluster in particular EdTech, ArtTech, HealthTech, GeronTech, FoodTech, GreenTech, Building Tech, RetailTech development across Hong Kong and the region, as well as building a future abundant with opportunities for the younger generations to innovate by partnering with industry partners, associations, and ecosystem stakeholders.

Mr. Choi has over 20 years’ experience in the Smart Living and Retail Technology industries, from facilitating start-ups launch and conquering the automation frontier for retail and foodservices businesses, to helping brands connect and engage with customers through technologies. Prior to joining Cyberport, Choi had held various senior positions in business development and operations management in Tech Start-ups, Smart Retail, FMCG, Food & Beverages, Wholesale & Distribution sectors. Mr. Choi has been active in public services related to education, industrial training and youth development.

Mr. Choi holds a BA (Hons) degree in Industrial Design from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a Master of Arts degree in Architecture from Kingston University, London, an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and completed the Executive Education of Technology & Innovation Management Programme from Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Helen So leads the Arts Innovation team in policy research and advocacy at Our Hong Kong Foundation, the largest public policy thinktank in Hong Kong. Her team’s policy recommendation proposal on the topic of Arts Tech was Hong Kong’s first-of-the-kind to actively call to action the arts and technology sectors to work together.

Helen’s public service includes various advisory roles appointed by the Hong Kong Government: she currently serves as Member of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development, and Member of the Museum Advisory Committee. She is also Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum Board under the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Ms So holds a Master of Studies (MSt) in Musicology & Ethnomusicology at St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford. She is a cellist and continues to perform today.

George Chen’s career spans international media, academia, and now public policy at Meta (previously known as Facebook), whose mission is to bring the world closer together.

As the Managing Director, Public Policy, for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia, George serves as Meta’s “ambassador” to engage with the people and governments across the vast and diverse regions on a wide range of policy issues from online safety to data privacy, and free expression to digital economy. George joined Meta in January 2016 as the company’s first-ever policy representative based in Hong Kong, home for Meta in the Greater China region.

Prior to Meta, George has worked in the media sector for about 15 years including for the South China Morning Post, Reuters, and Dow Jones. George has been a five-times judge (2014-2018) for journalism awards of the Society of Publishers in Asia. In 2014 George was named by Yale University a Yale World Fellow. He was also a 2015 fellow of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). George earned his Master’s degree (distinction) for international and public affairs at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), with a concentration on the triangular US-China-Taiwan relations. He’s a doctoral candidate for public administration at the HKU.

George has authored and edited four books in English and Chinese languages: “Defending Election Integrity in Taiwan” (2020), “The Next Big Thing – How China Challenges Silicon Valley And Changes Global Landscape” (2015), “This is Hong Kong I Know” (2014), and “Foreign Banks in China” (2011).

George sits on the Board of Governors of The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. George is also co-director of the Tech for Good Initiative at the HKU where he helps to launch the Meta-HKU Scholarship in Public Policy and Sustainability Leadership.

As a Senior Charities Manager at The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Bruce develops and vets charitable grants in the area of children and youth development, and works with partners to amplify the Trust’s positive impact on the community.

Bruce holds a Master’s degree of Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mary is a seasoned HR professional with strong industry knowledge in Management & Technology consulting, FSI and Start-up. Prior joining Cyberport, Mary was the HR Strategic Business Partner covering North Asia that worked closely with executive leadership team to develop and lead the HR agenda to support organizational goals. She worked in MNC such as Accenture, Bloomberg, Blackberry (RIM), Cathy Pacific as well as Hong Kong start-up.

Mary holds a Master of Laws, International and Commercial Law from the University of Greenwich, UK and a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Quantitative Finance from the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is a member of the Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR), the Society for Human Resource Management Member (SHRM), and Professional Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (HKIHRM).

Robert Lui is the Hong Kong Digital Asset Leader, Government Affairs Unit leader and Audit & Assurance partner of Deloitte China Southern Region.

Robert has over twenty years working experience in Deloitte China. Over the years, Robert has provided audit & assurance, digitalization, merger & acquisition services to listed companies, growth enterprises and overseas companies.

In the past, being the Capital Market Group Leader of Deloitte China Southern Region, Robert assisted more than fifty entities in their initial public offerings in The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Robert is also responsible for the affairs and relationship with the Government Units and the development of the Greater Bay Area.

Robert also participates in community services through serving Hong Kong professional bodies, university, hospital and government.

Kenny is a Managing Director based in Hong Kong under Accenture Song, Greater China Region. He has over 18+ years experience in digital innovation and experience transformation across APAC. He is an expert on digital marketing and acquisition strategy, design thinking, customer experience, service and product implementation cross multiple industries.

Prior to joining Accenture, Kenny lead digital innovation and technology at a global digital advertising agency across the Greater China Region with projects and a client base that expanded across APAC. Currently he is focused on leading and delivering digital marketing and human centric design initiatives for our strategic clients.

Bringing with him deep industry experience in both tech and logistics, Bill Lee joined JobsDB Hong Kong as Managing Director in 2021. He leads the company’s sales, operations and strategic development.

Previously he was the Director of New Verticals at Foodpanda, developing the “quick commerce” model in Hong Kong from the ground up.

20 years of experience in private equity investment, M&A and corporate finance.

Previously Managing Director and Investment Committee member of YunFeng Capital and Director of the Blackstone Group.

Strong believer in blockchain technology and crypto currency since 2017, have been developing Advokate’s own protocol, Infinium and other blockchain applications for various industries.

M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Gary Ho is the Manager to oversee the youth development programmes including Cyberport Career Fair, Intership Funding at Cyberport.

He has more than 13 years of experience sales and marketing, project, programme and event management, customer service, business development, client servicing, human resource management, policy and procedure development, professional in education and training field.

Mr. Ho holds a Master of Science in Management (Operations Management) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English for Business and Professional Communication from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Ms. Clara Tam is currently the Assessment and Action Plan Advisor of CLAP@JC and Project Manager of Research and Development Office at The Education University of Hong Kong. Clara is responsible for facilitating participating schools to adopt a systematic and holistic framework, called the “Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development”, to build quality career and life development provisions with global standards and to prioritize the development.

Before joining CLAP, Clara served as the Professional Development Officer at the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education and the Curriculum Development Officer (Gifted Education) of the Curriculum Development Institute (CDI), Education Bureau in the HKSAR Government to build the capacity of educators and school professionals on nurturing different talents of our young generation through advocating their learning to learn and future-ready competencies and dispositions.

Clara received her BA (Hons) degree from The University of Hong Kong and Master of Education degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. With keen interest in supporting youth’s career aspiration and development, she further attained a Master of Social Science degree in Counselling and has been a certified “Global Career Development Facilitator” by NBCC, U.S.A.

Mr. Wan is a great leader, super connector and down-to-earth executor. He has been successfully leading the company to get the award of Top 100 education companies in Shenzhen in 2 years. At the same time, with thorough understanding and unique personal insights, he has a bird’s eyes view to the future development of the education industry and hence initiated the establishment of the Hong Kong Education Equipment Industry Association (HKEEIA), committed to create a great platform across countries (China, HK, Taiwan, UK with MOU signed) so as to enhance overall industry education technology and of importance to make business matching more effectively.

In Education industry aspect, Mr. Wan is an innovative educational facilitator. In the establishment of Innowises Technology Group, he has developed an in-depth understanding of the business environment and strong network with Educators in the region. To cope with the education policy of the Central Government of the PRC and HK, Mr. Wan vigorously promote different education concepts in the industry including collaborative education; design thinking; computational thinking education and education in metaverse to, help individualized learning and student-oriented teaching model, to make up for deficiencies in the traditional teaching methods. Mr Wan is also awarded for a Best Education Innovator 2018 and such recognize his contribution and achievement in the industry.

Ricky Choi is the Senior Manager to oversee the Smart Living Cluster & leading the youth development programmes at Cyberport and is responsible for promoting and driving Smart Living Cluster in particular EdTech, ArtTech, HealthTech, GeronTech, FoodTech, GreenTech, Building Tech, RetailTech development across Hong Kong and the region, as well as building a future abundant with opportunities for the younger generations to innovate by partnering with industry partners, associations, and ecosystem stakeholders.

Mr. Choi has over 20 years’ experience in the Smart Living and Retail Technology industries, from facilitating start-ups launch and conquering the automation frontier for retail and foodservices businesses, to helping brands connect and engage with customers through technologies. Prior to joining Cyberport, Choi had held various senior positions in business development and operations management in Tech Start-ups, Smart Retail, FMCG, Food & Beverages, Wholesale & Distribution sectors. Mr. Choi has been active in public services related to education, industrial training and youth development.

Mr. Choi holds a BA (Hons) degree in Industrial Design from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a Master of Arts degree in Architecture from Kingston University, London, an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and completed the Executive Education of Technology & Innovation Management Programme from Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Victor has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry and he has held senior positions with different multinational corporations, including TransUnion, Experian, Nice Actimize, SAS Institute and IBM.

Victor holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from University of Hong Kong and he is pursuing his PhD in HKU focus on Regtech application of AI.

Dr. William Yu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation (WGO). Dr. Yu is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He also earned an Executive MBA degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, U.S. and Sustainable Finance at Cambridge. Additionally, Dr. Yu has gained valuable regional management experience by working at US multinationals, as well as a financial institution. Dr. Yu is currently the Adjunct Professor of the City University of Hong Kong, Director of Studies of University of Wales Trinity Saint David, holding a research co-partner position with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Hong Kong. His publications in international academic journals cover Public Policy, Energy Poverty, the Indoor Built Environment, Green Manufacturing, as well as the UN Green Business Guide.  

Currently, Dr. Yu is the ESBN Task Force Member of The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations. In Hong Kong, he sits on the assessment committee of Green Tech Fund. Dr. Yu belongs to the Aviation Development and Three-Runway System Advisory Committee (ADTAC) under the Transport and Housing Bureau. He is also a Steering Committee Member of FOOD-CO of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund as well as a BEAM Pro and Faculty of The Hong Kong Green Building Council. Dr. Yu is a Member of the Appeal Board Panel, Town Planning and Sustainable Development Council (Decarbonization Strategy), HKSAR Government. 

Dr. Yu has served as Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Institute of Social Impact Analyst. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of Final Judging Panel of Smart Living Award and Head Assessor in Smart Healthcare Stream, The Hong Kong ICT Awards, HKSAR Government. Dr. Yu is the Chairman of the Judging Panel of BDO ESG Awards. He advises investment banks and public accounting firms on Sustainable Investing, Carbon Asset Management and ESG reporting, respectively. Dr. Yu is also appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of a publicly listed company. He was a host for environmental programmes on numerous TV and Radio Channels.