Prof. Richard Y.C. Wong
Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
The University of Hong Kong

Professor Y.C. Richard Wong, SBS JP, is Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Economics and Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professor in Political Economy at the University of Hong Kong; and was Founding Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

His research includes housing, household economics, labor markets, and regional economic development in China. He has led pioneering efforts in studying regional economic development in the Pearl River Delta and Yangzi River Delta regions.

He founded in 1987 and 1999, respectively, the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research and the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, University of Hong Kong.

He had served on a number of public bodies in Hong Kong, including the Economic Advisory Committee, Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 1999 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in recognition of his contributions to education, housing, and industry and technology development and appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2000.

Mr. Benjamin Mok
Deputy Commissioner
for the Development of the
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong SAR Government

Mr. Benjamin Mok joined the Administrative Service in 1997. He has served in various bureaux and departments including the Civil Service Bureau; the former Transport Bureau; the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office in Brussels; the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department; the Home Affairs Bureau; and the Home Affairs Department.

He was the Principal Assistant Secretary (Pay & Leave) of the Civil Service Bureau before taking up his present post in September 2020.

Mr Mok holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Science Degree in Management from Stanford University.

Prof. Anthony G.O. Yeh
Chair Professor
Department of Urban Planning and Design,
The University of Hong Kong

Prof. Anthony Yeh is Chair Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. He is a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of TWAS (World Academy of Sciences) and Academy of Social Sciences in the UK. His main areas of specialization are in urban development and planning in Hong Kong and China, especially the Pearl River Delta, and the applications of geographic information systems (GIS) as planning support system for smart cities. He has been doing research on the development of the Pearl River Delta since the early 1980s. He has many publications on the development of the Pearl River Delta, including Building a Competitive Pearl River Delta Region: Cooperation, Coordination and Planning (2002), International Competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta (in Chinese) (2003), Developing a Competitive Pearl River Delta in South China Under One Country-Two Systems (2006), and China's Pan-Pearl River Delta: Regional Cooperation and Development (2011). He has organized the Seminar on Building a Competitive Pearl River Delta: Collaboration, Cooperation and Planning, jointly by the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management and Hong Kong Institute of Planners on 8 July 2000. Recently, he is carrying out a Strategic Public Policy Research of PICO on “In Search of New Economic Cooperation Models Between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area” and participated as a researcher in the study on “Creating Hong Kong’s New Advantages in the Greater Bay Area” of the 2022 Foundation.

Prof. George C S Lin
Chair Professor
Department of Geography
The University of Hong Kong

Prof. George C.S. Lin is Chair Professor of the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. He is a Member of the Academy of Social Sciences in the UK. His research interests include China's urban development and urbanization, land use and land management, the growth of urbanism, rural industrialization and regional development in the Pearl River Delta, transnationalism, cross-border population mobility, and the geography of Chinese diaspora. He is the author of Red Capitalism in South China: Growth and Development of the Pearl River Delta (University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, Canada, 1997), Developing China: Land, Politics(Routledge, London, 2009), co-author of China's Urban Space: Development under Market Socialism (Routledge, London, 2007), and over 90 articles published in internationally refereed journals and books.

Prof. Zhigang Tao
HSBC Professor
in Global Economy and Business Strategy
Director
Institute for China and Global Development
The University of Hong Kong

Prof. Zhigang Tao is HSBC Professor in Global Economy and Business Strategy and the Director of the Institute for China and Global Development at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Tao is Senior Fellow at Tsinghua University’s National Centre of Economic Research, Senior Fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for China in the World Economy, and member of the Academic Committee of Tsinghua’s Institute for State-Owned Enterprises. He is also Co-Director of the Asia Competitiveness Program of Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy. Professor Tao’s research interests are China business and economics, and economics of organizations and strategy. He has published in various top-level economics and management journals. He has also written books about the competitiveness of China’s manufacturing industries, and China’s Yangtze River Delta.

Dr. Xingjian Liu
Associate Professor
Department of Urban Planning and Design
The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Xingjian Liu is Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in urban and regional development, globalization and world cities as well as spatial/network analytics. His research has appeared in key peer-reviewed journals such as Environment and Planning A/B, Urban Studies, Urban Geography, and Regional Studies.

Dr. Fiona F. Yang
Associate Professor
School of Geography and Planning
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou

Dr. Fiona F. Yang is Associate Professor of the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou. Prior to her current appointment, she was Research Associate (2015-2016), Research Assistant Professor (2012-2015), Teaching Instructor (2011-2012) and Post-Doctoral Fellow (2008-2011) of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Yang’s research interests focus on economic transition and producer service development, urban and regional development in China, and Hong Kong-Guangdong economic integration. Her research endeavor leads to the publication of two edited books and a number of articles appearing in SSCI-listed journals such as Environment and Planning A, Urban Studies, Progress in Planning, Applied Geography, Habitat International, as well as Chinese journals. Dr. Yang has received 2012 Outstanding Research Output Prize of the University of Hong Kong, Finalist of the 2016 RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute) Awards for Research Excellence. She is also the key member of various research projects awarded by Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

Mr. C.M. Chan
Vice-President
The Law Society of Hong Kong

Mr. C. M. Chan is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong (1997) and England and Wales (2002). He is also a Civil Celebrant, Registered Financial Planner, and Chartered Tax Advisor. Mr. Chan holds an LLM degree from London School of Economics, an MBA degree from the University of Oxford and an MPA degree from Harvard University.

Mr. Chan was elected Vice-President of The Law Society of Hong Kong in 2018 and re-elected in 2019 and 2020. Mr. Chan is at present the LAWASIA Executive Committee Member and Alternate Country Councillor. He was also an officer of the International Bar Association Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (2007 - 2012). He serves on a number of Hong Kong statutory bodies, including the Board of Review (Inland Revenue) (2013 - 2018), the Committee on Provision of Space in the Legal Hub, and the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Accountant Disciplinary Panel. He is also an external examiner of the Department of Professional Legal Education, the University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Chan is a Hong Kong private client lawyer and he also practices general commercial law. Mr. Chan has extensive experience in advising high net-worth clients and multi-national corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, in relation to their asset/wealth management, tax & trust, succession, and compliance matters. He spent more than 10 years as an in-house legal adviser of different Family Offices for Hong Kong's prominent families. At present, Mr. Chan is the General Counsel of an investment company and a consultant of a Hong Kong law firm.

Mr. Chan was elected to the LAWASIA Executive Committee in 2020.

Mr. Ka-Mun Chang
Managing Director
Li & Fung Development (China) Ltd
Secretary General,
2022 Foundation

Mr. Ka-mun Changis the Managing Director of Li & Fung Development (China) Limited and Senior Advisor of Fung Business Intelligence under the Fung Group (formerly known as the Li & Fung Group), a Hong Kong- based multinational which comprises major subsidiaries in trading, logistics, distribution and retailing.

Mr Chang’s main areas of research focus include supply chain management, national and regional development strategies, and market and economic analysis on China’s trading and distribution sector. Mr Chang also advises on Fung Group’s business strategy and development in China.

Mr Chang is currently a Council Member of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies, a Member of the HKTDC Belt and Road & Greater Bay Area Committee, a Council Member of Chinese Society of Macroeconomics of National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China, the Secretary-General of the China Economic Research Foundation and an Advisory Council Member of Brookings Institution (Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, CNAPS) USA.

Mr Chang was a National Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2003 to 2018 and he held a number of posts in Hong Kong SAR Government. He was an Associate Member of the Central Policy Unit, a Staff Officer of Hong Kong Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, a Member of the Basic Law Consultative Committee of the National People’s Congress of the PRC, Hong Kong Affairs Advisor of the PRC, as well as the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He was also a Member of Transport Advisory Committee and Commission on Strategic Development of Hong Kong.

Mr. David Graham
Executive Director
The British Chamber of Commerce

Mr. David Graham has over 37 years of experience in legal and financial services. Mr. Graham started his career with Freshfields in the United Kingdom, became a partner in 1991 and moved to Hong Kong at the beginning of 1999. He joined Morgan Stanley as General Counsel (Asia ex Japan) in 2001 and has worked in financial services ever since. He held senior roles at UBS, both in Asia and in the United Kingdom, including Global General Counsel of UBS Investment Bank, and at Nomura where he was Global Head of Legal and General Counsel of the Wholesale Division.

Mr. Graham joined the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) in January 2013 in the newly-created role of Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Listing. He was a member of the HKEX Management Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the London Metal Exchange (LME). He retired from HKEX at the end of December 2019 and joined the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong as Executive Director in June 2020.

Mr. Nicholas Kwan
Director of Research
Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Mr. Nicholas Kwan Research Director, heads a team of economists and research professionals to provide macro-economic and business research support to the HK Trade Development Council and its various stakeholders.

Mr. Kwan was formerly the Asia Chief Economist and Head of Research of Standard Chartered Bank. Mr. Kwan also worked at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), specializing in macro-economic and policy research, after spending 11 years with Merrill Lynch as its Regional Chief Economist, Asia Pacific. Mr. Kwan is an economics graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with an MBA from Warwick University in the UK and was a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr. Thomas Lee
President
Hong Kong Institute of Planners

Mr. Thomas Lee is the President of Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) and the Chairman of the Planners Registration Board (PRB). Also, he is recently appointed by HKSAR Government as the member of Land and Development Advisory Committee (LDAC). As the President of HKIP and Chairman of PRB, Mr. Lee is focusing on promoting mutual professional recognition between Mainland China and Hong Kong which is leading to the recent granting of Hong Kong planning professions can be registered and practiced in the cities of Greater Bay Area.

With the professional qualification of Fellow of HKIP, RPP and PRC Registered Professional Planner qualification, Mr. Lee has over 25 years of working experience in architecture, planning and real estate industry across Hong Kong, Mainland China and East Asia. He has worked in international architectural and planning consultant company before, then later joined the Nan Fung Development (China) Limited in 2007, one of the major developers in Hong Kong.

Since year 2000, Mr. Lee has involved projects in master planning, hospitality, construction and estate management in various cities of China, including, Guangzhou, Foshan, Sanya, Xaimen, Chongqing, Beijing and Shanghai. He is now the Assistant Executive Director of a privately owned Hong Kong real estate company and mainly focus on residential and commercial projects in Hong Kong.

Mr. George Siu-kay Leung
CEO
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

Before joining The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) as CEO in 2020, Mr. George Siu-kay Leung was Advisor to the Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He was also a member of the bank’s Hong Kong Executive Committee and other senior management committees. Prior to this appointment in 2005, he was Chief Economist, Greater China region, a post he held since 2000. Mr Leung joined HSBC as Senior Economist in 1994 and was appointed as Head of the Economic Research Department in 1996. Before joining HSBC, he was CFO of a large manufacturing company and also a senior policy officer in the Australian public sector for many years. Mr Leung taught in several tertiary institutions as lecturer in economics after graduation.

Mr Leung is a renowned business economist and an influential public policy commentator in the region. He has a long record of public service, including former Chairman of both the Financial and Treasury Services Committee and the Economic Policy Committee of HKGCC; and former Acting Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks. He was also a member of various public bodies, including Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (Hong Kong Committee), Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, Government Statistics Advisory Board, and PCICB. Mr Leung also served as non-executive director at the Board of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Ltd. He is currently a member of TDC Council, TDC B&R / GBA Committee, ICAC Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Advisory Committee, and Business Facilitation Advisory Committee, as well as a board member of GS1 HK.

Mr Leung obtained his Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1984.  He also holds a MBS degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Ir Prof. Paul Hon-yan Tsui
Vice President
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
in Hong Kong

Ir Prof. Paul Hon-yan Tsui is the founder of The Janel Group Asia offering third party logistics services, logistics & supply chain management & engineering consultancy. He has over 38 years of experience in logistics & supply chain management & consultancy. He is the first Asian to be appointed as European Union Aviation Security Validator by European Commission, and currently serves as Vice President of The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport in Hong Kong and Chairman of Logistics & Transportation Division Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He is also a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Marketer, Fellow of The Institution of Engineer & Technology UK & Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport.

Professor Lap-Chee Tsui
President
Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, world-renowned molecular biologist, is currently President of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, President of the Victor and William Fung Foundation, Director of Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies and Master of the Residential College of International Campus of Zhejiang University. He is also the Emeritus University Professor of University of Toronto.

Professor Tsui obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees in Biology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and his PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979.

Professor Tsui received international acclaim in 1989 when he identified the defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis, which is a major breakthrough in human genetics. He has also made significant contributions to the study of the human genome, especially the characterization of chromosome 7, and identification of additional disease genes. His work paved the Human Genome Project and the HapMap Project. Dr Tsui has over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 65 invited book chapters. He has served on the editorial boards of 24 international peer-reviewed scientific journals, numerous scientific review panels, and many national and international advisory committees.

Professor Tsui has also made great contribution to university education. During his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) from 2002 to 2014, he led the University through a series of unprecedented governance and management reforms, human resource reforms, and strategic developments in research, teaching and learning, and knowledge exchange with society. Dr Tsui worked tirelessly to enlist support for HKU from University members and friends, and encourage philanthropy for higher education in the community. He also provided his expertise to the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong for many years.

Prior to his appointment at HKU, Professor Tsui was Geneticist-in-Chief and Head of the Genetics and Genomic Biology Program of the Research Institute at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He was also the holder of the H E Sellers Chair in Cystic Fibrosis and University Professor at the University of Toronto.

Professor Tsui is the recipient of many national and international awards, including the 2018 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of London and Academia Sinica. He is also an International Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), a Foreign Member of The Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate. His other awards include 16 honorary doctoral degrees from prestigious universities around the world, the Orders of Canada and Ontario and Knighthood of the Légion d'Honneur of France. Dr Tsui was appointed Justice of the Peace in 2001, and was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star and the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2011 and 2016 respectively.

Dr. Daniel Yip
Chairman
Federation of Hong Kong Industries

Dr Daniel Yip is the Managing Director of G.E.W. International Corporation Limited (G.E.W.). With over 30 years of experience in home appliance design and manufacturing, he has successfully led the company to transform from an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) to an Original Brand Manufacturer (OBM). He further upgraded G.E.W. from majoring in home appliances to the research and development and manufacturing of commercial appliances, which won the “Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Upgrading and Transformation” in 2018. Over the years, he has been maintaining close ties with local universities to jointly develop new technologies applicable on new products, making remarkable contributions to the promotion of cooperation between the government, industry, academia and research institutes.

In 1999, he received the Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong.