Dr Artie Ng

Director of Global Centre for ESG Education and Research, Hong Kong Management Association

Dr Artie Ng is currently director with the Global Centre for ESG Education and Research at the Hong Kong Management Association. He is a fellow member with both HKICPA and CIMA (UK). He obtained his PhD degree from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. Dr Ng serves in the editorial boards of Accounting Forum, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, as well as Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. With a research interest in sustainability, he has published over 100 publications, including referred journals, edited books, conference papers and consultancy reports. Dr Ng is an International Associate of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) at the University of St Andrews (UK).

Dr Carlye Tsui SBS MBE JP

Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors

Dr Carlye Tsui is Chief Executive Officer of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Hong Kong’s premier body representing directors in the promotion of director professionalism and corporate governance. She is well experienced as an independent non-executive director of listed and regulated companies.

Dr Tsui graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BA degree in Economics and Middlesex University, UK, with a Doctorate in Professional Studies (Corporate Governance), the latter as awardee of the most outstanding professional doctorate of the year. She is a Fellow of professional bodies including The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Hong Kong Management Association, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and British Computer Society.

Dr Tsui’s public-service roles include, inter alia, Justice of the Peace, Executive Committee Member of the Global Network of Director Institutes, Steering Committee Member of the Asian Financial Forum, Past Urban Councillor, Past Wan Chai District Councillor, Former Member of Communications Authority, Founding Chairman of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and Founding Chairman of the British Computer Society Hong Kong Section.

For her public service, Dr Tsui has been awarded Silver Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong SAR, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong and IT Achiever of the Year.

Ernest Wong

President and Group Chief Financial Officer, KVB Holdings Limited
Past Chairman, ACCA HK & Global Council Member, ACCA

Mr Ernest Wong is the president and group chief financial officer of KVB Holdings Limited, past chairman of ACCA HK and global council member of ACCA. He has over 30 years of experience in private equity, corporate finance, IPO and general management. He has been the executive director, CFO, company secretary, non-executive director, independent non-executive director and audit committee chairman of several listed companies in Hong Kong and London stock exchange.

Currently, Mr Wong is the global council member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Court member of the University of Hong Kong, the SME Committee Member of the Trade and Industry Department of HKSAR, the advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation the Vice president of Federation of HK Shandong Community Organisations, the President of The Scout Association of Hong Kong 229th Hong Kong Group, and the banking and finance task force committee member of United Nations ESCAP. He was formerly the Deputy Chairman of the HKU Convocation, the Chairman of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Hong Kong, the President of the Hong Kong University Graduates Association, the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and the President of MSc Investment Management alumni association of HKUST.

Mr Wong obtained a master’s degree in management from Saïd Business School of Oxford, a master’s degree in investment from HKUST, a master’s degree bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from CUHK and a BBA from HKU. Mr Wong is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He is also a chartered financial analyst of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.

Karen Ho

Head of Corporate and Community Sustainability, WWF-Hong Kong

Karen is the Head of Corporate and Community Sustainability for WWF-Hong Kong. She works with stakeholders across public and private sectors as well as civil society to make Hong Kong a sustainable city; explores collaboration opportunities to support community-based environmental protection projects and sustainable development goals (SDGs); promotes best practices of science-based target initiative (SBTi), measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, low-carbon transformation, nature-based solutions (NbS) and net-zero circular economy. Under her leadership, the Low Carbon Manufacturing Programme (LCMP) and LOOP PLUS have helped hundreds of companies establish their baseline, take actions and improve climate /ESG performance. An accomplished senior executive, Karen held senior management positions in several Fortune 500 companies prior to joining WWF.

Leung Wing Mo

Former Assistant Director of Hong Kong Observatory
Host of popular science TV programme

Mr Leung currently is the host of the popular science TV programme ‘MObservatory’, and spokeperson of ‘350HK’ and Hong Kong Meteorological Society. He teaches climate change in various tertiary educational institutes in Hong Kong.

Mr Leung is actively involved in environmental issues in Hong Kong. In particular, he is appointed to various advisory bodies of the government, including the Council for Sustainable Development, and helps formulate the long-term decarbonization strategy in Hong Kong.

While working in the Hong Kong Observatory, he was the first professional meteorologist to host in TV weather programmes. He was a member of the Commission for Climatology, amongst others, of the UN World Meteorological Organization. He was an Assistant Director there when he retired.

Mary Leung

Senior advisor, Research and Advocacy, Asia Pacific, CFA Institute

Mary is a distinguished advocate and speaker for a range of capital markets-related topics, including fund raising, shareholder rights, corporate governance, diversity, sustainability, and ESG. She has over 20 years of experience in the global financial industry, with expertise in corporate finance, wealth management advisory and institutional fund management, having worked at institutions such as UBS and Coutts.

Prior to her current role as a Senior Advisor at CFA Institute, Mary served as Head of Policy, Registration and Oversight at the Accounting and Financial Council, the independent audit and accounting regulator in Hong Kong. In that role, she was responsible for policy development and the delivery of statutory functions relating to the registration of audit practitioners, and the oversight of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. From 2016 to 2022, she was Head, Advocacy, Asia Pacific at CFA Institute, leading research and advocacy efforts that drive market integrity, investor protection, and industry professionalism.

Mary is a CFA Charterholder and a recognised thought leader in market integrity and investor protection.

Mike Wong

CEO, The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies

Mike Wong has over 30 years of experience in the financial services field. In his current position at the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies (the “Chamber”), Mike is responsible for the operation of this listed company-focused organisation, including dealing with regulators and the stock exchange on listing rules- and regulations-related matters, providing seminars and professional trainings to directors and executives of listed companies and promoting corporate governance and ESG.

Previously, Mike worked at the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong where he held various positions at corporate communications and market development and gained in-depth knowledge about the stock market and financial products. Mike left the Exchange to join an investor relations specialist firm. In the years that followed, Mike worked with a number of international public relations firms, continuing to counsel Hong Kong and mainland listed issuers on cross-border investor communications. Immediately prior to joining the Chamber in 2006, Mike was the Hong Kong managing director of a US-based public relations company.

Mike has an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and a BA degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Mohan Datwani FCG HKFCG(PE)

Deputy Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Mr Mohan Datwani FCG HKFCG(PE) solicitor, is a Deputy Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute.

Mr Datwani was an owner of a renowned US international law firm, where he was responsible for initiating a book, carrying out management duties, and engaging in transactional, advisory, and litigation work in Hong Kong and the US with his team. His work included investigating into, unraveling, and obtaining a multibillion-dollar judgment in an international fraud case among other market transactions involving non-performing loan portfolio sales and major infrastructure and real estate development projects.

Mr Datwani joined a client as general counsel and senior management of a publicly traded firm. He managed multi-national operations, including governance and cultural challenges. He then made the decision to promote good governance based on his practical experiences, business acumen, and legal knowledge. He is currently the Deputy Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) to represent Chartered Secretaries and Chartered Governance Professionals in Hong Kong and China.

In addition to his day-to-day managerial duties at HKCGI, Mr Datwani, a thought leader, develops practical advice and conducts research to advance good governance. Additionally, as a member of the global governance profession, he collaborates with CGI, where HKCGI originates, on research projects and makes contributions to global thought leadership initiatives.

In order to offer viewpoints on law, governance, and management in the public sector, Mr Datwani also served on a number of government boards. He was honoured as a Director of the Year (2018) by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors for his efforts with the Equal Opportunities Commission.

Wendy Wen Yee YUNG

Corporate Governance Advocate and Founder of Practising Governance

Wendy Wen Yee YUNG is an advocate for good corporate governance in Hong Kong. Prior to founding ‘Practising Governance’ for this cause, Wendy was Executive Director and Company Secretary of Hysan Development and played a key role in developing and implementing its well-recognized corporate governance practices. Over the years, her responsibilities have spanned commercial operations, as well as human resources and corporate communications.

First trained as a solicitor, Wendy also qualified as a certified public accountant and a governance practitioner in Hong Kong. She sits on various committees of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, having served as co-opted council member and council member of the institutes respectively. She graduated with First Class Honours in Law from Oxford University, United Kingdom.

Over the years, she had served as a member of the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Professional Accountants in Business Committee of the International Federation of Accountants, and the Audit and Risk Committee of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

Dr William Yu

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, World Green Organisation

Dr. William Yu is the Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation. He is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He earned an Executive MBA from the Thunderbird Global Management School, AZU, U.S.. and completed a Sustainable Finance Programme at Cambridge. Additionally, Dr. Yu is the scholarship recipient of the Executive Education in non-profit strategic management at the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Yu is ESBN Task Force Member, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He is also a member in Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), Environment and Ecology Bureau and member in Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, HKSAR Government.

Dr. Yu is accredited by UNDP as an official trainer on United Nations SDG Impact Standards. He is also Advisor on Certified ESG Planner (CEP) qualification, and Certified China Carbon Trader of Shanghai Environment Energy Exchange, advising investment banks and several public accounting firms on Forestry Carbon Credit Projects, Valuation of Carbon Assets and Carbon Trading.