Chief Marketing Officer
Alibaba Group
Partner & Head of Consumer Sector
Andreessen Horowitz
Co-Founder & CEO
Prenetics
China Partner
500 Startups
Founder & CEO
MinorMynas
Executive Vice Chairman
Alibaba Group
Founder
Hong Kong Institute of Rope Skipping
Founder & Chairman, Funderful Creations
Chairman, Forward Winsome Industries
Rapper, Songwriter & Actor
A Cappella Group
Founder & CEO
Glo Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO
GoGoVan
Founder
Founder & Chief Designer
VIVIENNE TAM
32 startup showcases covering Hong Kong’s hottest startup sectors
Finalist: 24 startups
Audience’s Favorite: 8 startups
Founded on May 2016 in Hong Kong, Glo Inc. is composed of veteran artists, designers, and programmers. Glo Inc. built a free-roaming social virtual reality (VR) entertainment venue, Glo Station. Glo Station integrates virtual reality with physical stimuli to create a highly immersive "Hyper Reality" experience. Come try out hyper reality experience with your friends.
Origami Labs is a maker of connected devices that uses creatively applied technology to improve daily life. Taking inspiration from accessibility design, they build voice-enabled hardware to transform the way we talk to our devices and to each other. Their current product is ORII, the Voice Powered Smart Ring with body conduction technology that puts a voice assistant on your fingertip.
CWB Tech is the pioneer in sensor-based wearable and motion analysis technology. They dedicate to wearable tech that helps people live better, play better, and smarter. CWB Tech provides compact, light weighed wearable solutions and cloud service for sports and health applications. Today, millions of data have been analyzed by their algorithm and service.
Two startup founders will discuss how every good pitch starts with hope, delivers a positive message and leaves the audience feeling good and, most importantly – believing in their idea.
True success requires not only a bright vision of the future, but the drive to push past challenges and obstacles and stay focused on your dream. Karl Cheung, the man behind the energetic Hong Kong Institute of Rope Skipping, tells us how drive and passion are equally important to making your dreams come true.
These two inspired entrepreneurs lie at both ends of the age spectrum – one is 11, the other is 93. What do they have in common? A limitless imagination, a clear vision of success and the ability to be flexible and cooperative.
In China, the seamless connection of online, offline, logistics and data along a single value chain is already a reality. Two key variables will power this vision as it goes global: harnessing the incredible power of data and understanding and responding to customers’ emotions. “Uni marketing” is the next evolutionary stage of marketing, allowing companies to use both data and emotions.
Performance & Sharing
What happens to a start-up after the rush of initial success has passed? How do you leverage what you have learned to prepare for further growth? The CEO of a Hong Kong superstar start-up and Vivienne Tam will discuss how their learning journey has helped them develop the strategies and ability to execute that unlock opportunities both at home and in new markets.
People often say that China will soon overtake Silicon Valley, and by one measure they are right – the sheer size of investment and quantity of talent in cities like Shenzhen skew the numbers towards China. But in our globalized highly-connected world, looking at the relationship as a binary “China versus Silicon Valley” equation is too simplistic and backwards-looking. Instead, let’s look at how China and Silicon Valley are both crucial stakeholders in the future success of humanity itself.
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Jack Ma is a lead founder of Alibaba Group and, since May 2013, has served as our Executive Chairman. From the Group’s founding in 1999 until May 2013, Jack served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He is also the founder of the Zhejiang-based Jack Ma Foundation.
Jack currently serves on the board of SoftBank Corp., a Japanese corporation listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, a member of the board of the Breakthrough Energy Ventures, chairman of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, as well as chairman of the China Entrepreneur Club. In January 2016, he was named a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocate by the United Nations. In September 2016, he was named special adviser of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for Youth Entrepreneurship and Small Business, which holds the rank of assistant secretary-general of the United Nations.
Jack graduated from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute with a major in English language education.
The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBM, GBS joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in August 1980 and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006. She became a Principal Official on July 1, 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. She was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration on July 1, 2012.
Mrs Lam has served the public for more than 36 years in 20 public service positions including Director of Social Welfare, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Secretary for Development and Chief Secretary for Administration.
Mrs Lam was elected as the Fifth-Term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on March 26, 2017, and was officially appointed to this position by the Central People’s Government on March 31, 2017 to assume office on July 1, 2017.
Mrs Lam is married and has two sons.
Chris Tung joined Alibaba Group as Chief Marketing Officer in January 2016.
Prior to his current position, Chris was the chief executive officer of VML China, a marketing agency, from October 2010 to January 2016. Before joining VML, he was at PepsiCo China from October 2004 to October 2010 where he served as vice president of marketing. Prior to that, Chris worked at Proctor & Gamble from 1995 to 1998, Gigamedia from 1998 to 2001 and L’Oréal from 2001 to 2003 in various senior management positions.
Chris received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Hillary Yip is the founder and CEO of MinorMynas, a startup she started at the age of 10 which aims to build a global kids' community without language barrier. After winning the 1st Prize and Best Business Award at the AIA Emerging Entrepreneur Challenge in 2016, Hillary took the idea to reality and MinorMynas has seen users all over the world since its launch in May 2017. Her creative idea has been widely accepted by the Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem and Hillary has been invited to speak in many avenues including UXHK, Singularity University Master Class, StartmeupHK Festival, RISE and EdTech Asia Summit in Vietnam. In Nov 2017, Hillary is delivering her first speech on education as a TEDx speaker. Due to the originality and potential impact of her business, Hillary and MinorMynas have been featured by South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Economic Times, Sing Tao Daily and Jumpstart Magazine, to name a few.
Sammy Hsieh possesses more than 15 years of experience in online marketing, with a focus on sales and business strategy formulation and a proven track record of scaling Internet start-ups.
Sammy co-founded iClick Interactive in 2009 with a vision to redefine the digital marketplace with data, insights and innovation. Setting sights on the China market, the company set up offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou subsequently, and built a first-of-its-kind R&D centre in China to engage in advanced data mining and algorithmic technology development to empower iClick Interactive’s marketing technology capabilities. Currently, iClick Interactive has eight strategic locations across Asia and London, serving close to 2,500 clients.
Prior to founding iClick Interactive, Sammy had held senior positions in a number of prominent technology companies. He was Director of Search Marketing at Yahoo Hong Kong during 2000-2008, during which he oversaw the business’ operations including sales, marketing, business development and product management. He then joined Efficient Frontier (acquired by Adobe), a leading digital performance marketing company as General Manager for APAC, introducing world-leading advertising optimization technology to Asia.
Sammy had also held senior positions at the LVMH Group and British American Tobacco earlier in his career, in which he focused on the companies’ sales and marketing initiatives for the Hong Kong and China markets.
Sammy holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Steven Lam is the Co-Founder and CEO of GOGOVAN, which was founded in 2013. Steven is responsible for the development of the overall business strategy and driving the growth and profitability of the business across the region. This also includes establishing business partnerships and securing funding.
GOGOVAN is committed to making daily lives easier, through decreasing idling time of drivers by efficiently connecting drivers and customers using its mobile app platform. GOGOVAN has expanded rapidly from Hong Kong to Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Mainland China and India. In August 2017, GOGOVAN merged with 58 Suyun, the leader in China’s intra-city logistics market, and with operations in over 110 cities and over 1.2 million registered drivers, the new company became the largest intra-city logistics platform in Asia. Steven is the CEO and is responsible for the development of the overall business strategy.
Steven brings with him a wealth of entrepreneurial skills. Prior to founding GOGOVAN, Steven started BoxAd in 2010, an advertising company which advertises on lunch boxes in Hong Kong.
Steven earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on global management from the University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business.
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林亮（添）香港老一輩工業家，1924年生於香港，祖籍廣東省南海，上過三年學，當過農夫。
1946年帶著全家拼費的100元錢，隻身來香港闖天下，1947年開始從事塑膠廠，1948年首次創出第一隻用塑膠為原料制作的玩具小黃鴨，為業界樹立了一座里程碑，被人稱之為｢中國小黃鴨之父｣。
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2015年，林亮先生榮獲｢香港傑出工業家獎｣。
從一無所有､ 赤手空拳到憑藉知識､ 勤奮､ 信譽和機會拼搏至今，已成為集團主席的他，在2014年90歲那年，毅然捨棄安逸和舒適，第二次創業，開辦了｢得意創作有限公司｣，並再設計和推廣早於1948年面世的經典小黃鴨－LT Duck，希望借此載體向社會傳送正能量。
這個並不按常理出牌的老人家，在與時間賽跑，在用生命搏擊，他在用自己的實際行動告訴後代，創業之路並不平坦之行，但是只要你有夢想，有熱情，有能力，就應該去嘗試。他窮過､ 苦過､ 笑過､ 哭過，他的創業史是繪有色彩的一頁，他的人生是一股激情燃燒的歲月，這一切不僅是他個人的經歷，也是獅子山下精神的寫照，他今天仍健步走在創業者的路上，令無數人感動。
人，總是有一點精神的！
Edith Yeung is 500 Startups China Partner investing in education, healthcare, entertainment, and artificial intelligence startups. Prior, Edith was the VP of marketing & business development for Dolphin Browser. Dolphin Browser is a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. She also founded RightVentures - seed stage investment firm focusing on mobile and consumer internet companies. Edith is also an enterprise veteran working with companies like Siebel, Oracle, Autodesk, AT&T, etc. Some of her investments include Penrose (Pixar of VR) and Cryworks (by Pixar & Disney Veteran), SIlk Labs, Piper, Apptopia, Mobile Action, Andy OS, Quickly, Powercore, Pack, Fleksy, Ingrain, Hooked, Switch, Bento, DayDayCook, Palantir, etc. She is also the host of the 'Fast Forward with Edith' in partnership with Nasdaq Entrepreneurship Center focuses on interviewing frontier technology startups.
Known as MC Jin, Jin Au-Yeung is a rapper, songwriter, and actor. Born in Miami, he is passionate about performing freestyle rap and later became the first Asian American rapper to be signed to a major record label in the United States. Since 2008, MC Jin is active in Asia and seen as an important part of recent Asian hip hop trends. In 2017, his performance in a rap reality show based in mainland China went viral.
Joe Tsai joined Alibaba Group in 1999 as a member of the Alibaba founding team and has served as our executive vice chairman since May 2013. He previously served as our chief financial officer and has been a member of our board of directors since our formation
From 1995 to 1999, Joe worked in Hong Kong with Investor AB, the main investment vehicle of Sweden's Wallenberg family, where he was responsible for Asian private equity investments. Prior to that, he was vice president and general counsel of Rosecliff, Inc., a management buyout firm based in New York. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Tsai was an associate attorney in the tax group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a New York-based international law firm. Mr. Tsai serves on the boards of directors of several of our investee companies.
Joe is qualified to practice law in the State of New York. He received his bachelor's degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from Yale College and a juris doctor degree from Yale Law School.
Cheung Pak Hung, Karl is the founder of Hong Kong Institute of Rope Skipping. He studied Risk Management in the University of Hong Kong, but dropped out in the 4th year to pursue his dream. Since then, he has been dedicating all his effort to develop his career. Currently, he is playing multiple role as an athlete, a coach and an entrepreneur as well.
Hong Kong Institute of Rope Skipping is incubated by the Youth Business Hong Kong, Sow Asia Foundation i2i Programme, Jockey Club Incubation Programme for Social Innovation, aiming to bring inspirations through the sports of rope skipping by providing coaching, performance, equipment retailing services.
Karl has been participating in various rope skipping competitions and has achieved remarkable results over the years. He won the Overall Champion in the 8th Asian Rope Skipping Championships Male 15+ Master and Team in 2015, Overall Second Runner-up in the 2014 FISAC World Youth and International Open Rope Skipping Tournament Male Master Event, and ranked 5th in 2014 FISAC World Rope Skipping Championships Male Team, 2nd in 2012 FISAC World Rope Skipping Championships Male Team, and 6th in 2012 FISAC World Rope Skipping Championships Male Open Master Event. He was also the World Record Holder of Male Event Double Dutch Speed Relay 2015 and Male Event Single Rope Speed Relay 2014.
With more than 7 years of Elite Coaching experience, Karl had coached in the "Skip with friend International Rope Skipping Camp" held in Germany in 2013 and 2014 and is currently the coach of the Team Macau. He is now serving as the Convenor of the Public Relation Organizing Committee of Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association, China.
Connie Chan is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she focuses on finding great entrepreneurs with big ideas in consumer tech. Previously, Connie led business development and marketing efforts for HP Palm in China. At Palm, she also launched the App Catalog, developer portal and the Facebook application for webOS. Prior to HP Palm, she worked as a founding Senior Associate at Elevation Partners, a $1.8 billion media and entertainment private equity firm, where she fell in love with the consumer Internet and mobile space.Connie graduated from Stanford University with a MS in Management Science & Engineering, and a BA in Economics.
Vivienne Tam, honored by Forbes magazine as one of the “25 Top Chinese-Americans in Business”, is an international designer known for her culture-bridging, east-meets-west approach to design as well as pioneering global collaborations marrying fashion with technology and renowned brands. Vivienne effortlessly blends her cultural roots with a modern design vocabulary recognized for its artistry. She is also the author of the award winning book “China Chic” and pieces from her collections are housed in the permanent archives of the world’s most prestigious museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
In 2015, Vivienne’s three iconic gowns including Buddha collection were highlighted in the Metropolitan Museum Exhibition: “China: Through the Looking Glass” and received rave reviews. The entire process of staging the exhibit was made into a documentary “The First Monday in May” which premiered around the globe. In 2016, Tam received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Beijing InStyle Expo for her contribution to promoting Chinese art and culture.
Vivienne’s evening gowns are sought after by celebrities from around the world. From Gong Li, Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton to Dr. Jill Biden (wife of former US Vice President, Joe Biden), First Daughters Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump, whom Vivienne dressed at her FW2017 runway show in New York.
Steve Zhao is passionate about building great experience through technology. Wanting to create truly immersive VR experience, Steve founded Glo Inc early 2016 and in June 2017 launched GloStation, a hyper-reality location-based venue, with strong traction.
Steve's goal is to further foster a talented local team, deploy GloStations all over the world, and provide a great experience for users.
Prior to founding Glo Inc, Steve founded Blue Tea Games Hong Kong in 2009 and built dozens of pc and mobile games, including Dark Parables, one of the top hidden object game brands
He earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in University of California, San Diego.
Danny Yeung, one of Hong Kong’s most famous serial entrepreneurs, serves as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder for Prenetics, the leading genetics-enabled digital health company in Southeast Asia. In just a little more than 2 years, Prenetics has grown to a team of 100+ and has raised more than US$50M in funding from the likes of Ping An & Alibaba, making it the most well-funded health technology startup in the region.
Prior to Prenetics, Danny was Founding Partner at SXE Ventures having led multiple investments in genetic testing companies. Danny had also founded uBuyiBuy in 2010 which was acquired by Groupon. Prior to Danny leaving Groupon in early 2014, Danny served as CEO of Groupon East Asia leading a team of over 300 with annual revenues in excess of USD $130M. Danny’s entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 25 when he ventured into franchising Hong Kong dessert chain Hui Lau Shan into USA. After exiting Hui Lau Shan, Danny successfully ventured into hospitality furniture and executed multi-million dollar projects with MGM City Center. Danny received his BS in MIS from the University of San Francisco. Danny’s life motto is “Play Hard, Work Harder”.
SENZA, an Italian word that means “without”, aligns with the meaning “singing without music instrument accompaniments. The team regularly upload rehearsal videos The Backstairs Series with over 4 millions click rates, which makes them the A Cappella Channel with highest ratings in Hong Kong.
Possessed performing experiences in large-scale events including first YouTube Fan Fest 2017@Hong Kong, The Players – Jason Chan 10th Anniversary Concert 2016, Hong Kong Asian Pop Music Festival, etc. Collaborated with renowned artists such as Jan LAM, Kay TSE, James NG (Kwangor), G.E.M., C AllStar, FAMA, JW, Sherman Chung, Hubert WU, J.arie, etc.
Have been interviewed by TVB, Shenzhen TV, RTHK, CRHK and magazines including 100Most, Ming Pao Weekly, Face, etc.
The Founder of SenseTime -- Prof. Xiao’ou Tang is considered one of the most influential scientists of artificial intelligence in China. He is currently a professor of the Department of Information Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also Associate Director of Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of Chinese Academy of Science. He served as the Director of Visual Computing at Microsoft Research Asia from 2005 to 2008. Prof Tang founded the famous AI startup SenseTime in 2014, which has grown into Hong Kong’s first technology unicorn company, and the largest AI technology provider in China.
Prof. Tang received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2009. His work on facial recognition became the first face recognition algorithm that surpassed human performance. The work was awarded Outstanding Student Paper Award at one of the most prestigious AI conferences - AAAI 2015. Prof. Tang is an IEEE fellow, a program chair of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2009, and a general chair of ICCV 2019. He currently serves as the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), one of the two best known journals on computer vision.
Prof. Tang received a Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996. He holds an M.S. degree from the University of Rochester and a B.S. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China.
Albert Wong joined Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) on February 1, 2016 as the Chief Corporate Development Officer. He was appointed the CEO on August 1, 2016.
Albert holds an Engineering Degree from the University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Albert has over thirty years of commercial experience with various multinationals, including Schlumberger, Caterpillar, Emerson Electric and General Electric. Before joining the HKSTP, Albert was the CEO of ATAL Engineering in Hong Kong. Prior to that, Albert spent fifteen years with GE in the US headquarters, Asia-Pacific and China, in which he was responsible for M&A, Business Development, Product Management, and Business Operations. Albert’s last positions at GE were China CEO of GE Oil & Gas; Asia CEO of GE Industrial Solutions.
Albert is committed to build an ecosystem in Hong Kong to drive development in Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He firmly believes that the future of Hong Kong rides on the success of this ecosystem.
George Tee joined Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation as Chief Technology Officer on 1 February 2017. He is responsible for shaping the development strategy of technology clusters and application platforms, as well as overseeing the laboratory services and HKSTP’s IT team. Working closely with the executive team, George plays a critical role in strengthening the I&T ecosystem in Hong Kong Science Park. He and his team will be responsible in bringing in reputable companies and technology to the Park.
George has over 20 years of experience in business technology and operations with proven leadership in driving transformation and enhancing corporate agility and efficiency. Prior to joining HKSTP, he was previously Operating Executive of Silver Lake Partners, a leading global technology focused private equity firm, advising and steering multiple portfolio companies to pursue strategic goals. George had also held senior executive positions of various companies, including Vice President of management system and operations with Allyes Holding - a leading digital marketing technology company in China; Executive Chief Information Officer of GE Corporate Asia; Chief Operating Officer of GE Capital Greater China and IT Director of GE Money Japan. George also worked for McKinsey& Company in Singapore.
George graduated with honors from The University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering.
Peter Mok is the Head of Incubation Programmes, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation. He has extensive experience in sales and marketing of technology products, corporate merger and acquisition, venture capital investment and C-Level executive recruitment. Peter is also responsible for the secretarial office of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network. Peter holds a BA(Hons) degree from HKU, an LL.B (Hons) from the University of London and an MBA from CUHK.
Raymond Wong, Head of Investment, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, manages the HKSTP Corporate Venture Fund and investment & business support teams. He has over 20 years of extensive financial services experience in capital investment, portfolio management, mergers and acquisition as well as strategic investment across different sectors in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to HKSTP, Raymond was the Principal in HPEF Capital Partners which is an ex-HSBC private equity firm. Prior to HSBC, Raymond worked in the capital investment and investment banking divisions of ABN AMRO Bank. Previously, he had software development experience at IBM Laboratory in Toronto, Canada.
Raymond obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science (Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing) from University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Columbia Business School, New York.
Savio Kwan was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Alibaba Group from 2001 to 2003 and served as Chief People Officer for the year 2004 before stepping down from full-time executive duties and was formerly the Independent Non Executive Director at Alibaba.com since 2008, the listed B2B unit of Alibaba Group, until the company has been privatized in June 2012. During his time at Alibaba, Savio saw the company transformed from an internet start-up with just over 150 staffs burning close to US$2M per month into one of the world’s biggest B2B Company with over 2,500 staffs generating over US$5M surplus cash per month.
Savio has 30 years of global management experience, including seventeen years at General Electric and four years as the Managing Director of the China operations of BTR plc, a UK-based Fortune 500 company. Mr. Kwan also served as a board member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board of York International, a leading global air conditioning system provider and a unit of Johnson Control listed in the New York Stock Exchange.
Savio’s career includes 17 years of high-level management at General Electric Medical Systems where he had responsibilities for sales, marketing, operations, business development, and establishment of joint venture companies in Asia. Among his accomplishments at GE, Mr. Kwan grew the China Medical business from zero revenues to US$70 million revenues in less than 4 years.
At BTR, Savio was Managing Director for the China operations of 8 manufacturing subsidiaries with some US$150M sales which he built through merger and acquisitions in the space of under three years.
In 2005 Savio co-founded A & K Consulting with Malcolm Au and serves in the capacity of Partner and CEO. He is also a Visiting Executive Professor of Henley Business School, a unit of Reading University in the UK. He also won the Alumni Achievement Award of the London Business School in 2011.
In January 2014, Savio joined the main board of British American Tobacco Group as Non Executive Director.
Savio was born in Hong Kong and is a UK national. He pursued an undergraduate diploma at Cambridgeshire College of Technology and received Master of Science degrees from both the London Business School and Loughborough University in the UK.
Joe Tsai joined Alibaba Group in 1999 as a member of the Alibaba founding team and has served as our executive vice chairman since May 2013. He previously served as our chief financial officer and has been a member of our board of directors since our formation
From 1995 to 1999, Joe worked in Hong Kong with Investor AB, the main investment vehicle of Sweden's Wallenberg family, where he was responsible for Asian private equity investments. Prior to that, he was vice president and general counsel of Rosecliff, Inc., a management buyout firm based in New York. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Tsai was an associate attorney in the tax group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a New York-based international law firm. Mr. Tsai serves on the boards of directors of several of our investee companies.
Joe is qualified to practice law in the State of New York. He received his bachelor's degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from Yale College and a juris doctor degree from Yale Law School.
Dr. the Hon. Allan Zeman, GBM, GBS, JP, is the Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, a major property owner and developer in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong Area, one of Hong Kong’s popular tourist attractions and entertainment districts. Lan Kwai Fong Group in recent years, has expanded to various cities in China which include Chengdu, Haikou, Wuxi and Shanghai. Dr. Zeman is also the owner of Paradise Properties Group, a property developer in Thailand which includes Andara Resort in Phuket.
Dr. Zeman serves as an independent non-executive director of Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited, Sino Land Company Limited, Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited, Global Brands Group and Television Broadcasts Limited (“TVB”), all of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Dr. Zeman is also the Board of Director and Vice Chairman of Wynn Macau Limited, a prominent gaming operator in the US and Macau. Dr. Zeman is a director of the “Star” Ferry Company, Limited.
Having lived in Hong Kong for over 40 years, Dr. Zeman has been very involved in government services as well as community activities. Besides being the Chairman of Hong Kong Ocean Park from July 2003 to June 2014, he is now the Honorary Advisor to the Park. Dr. Zeman serves as a member of the Board of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, and is the Chairman of its Performing Arts Committee. He is also the appointed member of the Economic Development Commission of Hong Kong, a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. In June 2015, Dr. Zeman was appointed as a Board Member of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong. In September 2014, Dr. Zeman was invited by former HKSAR Chief Executive Mr. CH Tung, as a Special Advisor to his Our Hong Kong Foundation, which dedicated to promoting the long-term and overall interests of HK. In 2015 January, Dr. Zeman was appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government to be a Representative of Hong Kong China to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
Dr. Zeman is also a member of the Board of Governors of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, a member of the Asian Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario and is the Vice Patrons of the Hong Kong Community Chest.
In 2001, Dr. Zeman was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2004 and the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2011. He was named Businessman of the Year at the Hong Kong Business Award in 2008. Dr. Zeman is a holder of Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. In 2012, he was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees of Business Administration from City University of Hong Kong and University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong.
Bernard Chan is a deputy to the National People’s Congress of China, a non-official member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council (2004-09 and from 2012) and (from 2017) the Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council. He is also a former member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (1998-2008).
A graduate of Pomona College in California, Bernard is the President of Asia Financial Holdings and Asia Insurance. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong – Thailand Business Council and an advisor to Bangkok Bank (China) Co. Ltd. He sits on the boards of several local and overseas companies in the financial services and manufacturing sectors.
Among his public service activities, Bernard is Chairman of the Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food, Chairman of the Steering Committee on Restored Landfill Revitalisation Funding Scheme, Chairman of The Jockey Club CPS Ltd. Advisory Committee, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and a Board Member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Past positions include Chairman of the Council for Sustainable Development, Chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Condition of Service as well as Council Chair of Lingnan University.
Thomas Tsao is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Gobi Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Shanghai and with offices in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Established in 2002, Gobi is a leading investor in digital media, IT and TMT companies in China and ASEAN. To date, Gobi has funded more than 170 companies and is currently investing its eighth fund.
Thomas has participated in the development of several leading companies such as Brite Semiconductor (strategic investment from SMIC:0981.HK), Camera360, CiB (acquired by AsiaSoft), CSDN, Line0, Madhouse (acquired by BlueFocus:300058.SZ), MainSpring, Opzoon (acquired by Harbin Gong Da:600701.SH), Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR), World Traveller and Yoyi Digital—often times serving on the company’s board of directors. Previously, Thomas was also the former CEO and a Director of DMG (acquired by NASDAQ:VISN), the largest operator of passenger information systems and digital media networks inside China’s subways. At DMG, Thomas was the executive producer for the company’s award winning A Sunny Day, Dancing Without You, and A Starry Night programs, the world’s first series of subway soap operas sponsored respectively by Starbucks, Nine West and the MDA of Singapore. He also helped create Gobi’s Oasis Program, one of China’s earliest incubation initiatives, whose list of successfully nurtured startups include GoKuai, NetQin (NYSE:NQ), Teambition, and Zhiyoula.com.
Over the years, Thomas has been a featured speaker at several influential business and industry events, including those hosted by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Harvard Business School, IBM, London School of Economics, Shanghai’s Municipal Government, Stanford Business School, the World Bank and the World Islamic Economic Forum. He was named to the Forbes List of “China’s Top Venture Capitalists” in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Prior to Gobi, Thomas was a founder of the Beijing Technology Development Fund, sponsored by Beijing Enterprises and Tsinghua University Enterprise Group, where he facilitated investments into CommerceOne, MyRice and SiRF. In 2001, Thomas led the US$72 million merger of Hong Kong-based Asia2B (backed by Beijing Enterprises, Jardine Matheson, New World, Sun Hung Kai, Swire Pacific, and Wharf) and Singapore-based SESAMi (backed by Singapore Telecom), the largest Asian new economy merger at the time. He subsequently worked as Vice Chairman of the combined entity.
Prior to that, Thomas was a director at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (China) covering the TMT sectors. In 1999, Thomas served as the Independent Advisor to First Pacific on its US$285 million acquisition of Indofood. From 1996 to 1998, Thomas worked for Seapower Financial Services in Hong Kong where he was the head of Corporate Strategy and set up the firm’s Asset Management department. He also helped run the top rated Asian Smaller Companies Fund as ranked by Lipper. Thomas started his career as an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group with Merrill Lynch in New York and Hong Kong. He worked on numerous M&A transactions and developed relationships with banks in Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Thomas is a graduate of Harvard College where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
In addition to his work at Gobi Partners, Thomas is the founder of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) China, a non-profit organization aimed at providing internship opportunities for underserved college students which is modeled after SEO in the US. He also serves as a board member of the Presidential Scholars Foundation which cultivates, connects and celebrates U.S. Presidential Scholars (161 of the nation’s top high school graduates who are selected annually and honored by the White House). He was elected as a Vice Chairman of the Pudong Venture Capital Association in March 2010 and served as a member of the Development Committee for Zhangjiang High-Tech Park. Of note, Thomas was the inspiration behind Seinfeld’s popular “Movie Phone” TV episode.
Michael Zhu joined Gobi in 2003, and is based in Shanghai, where he focuses on smart hardware, e-learning, innovative finance as well as enterprise cloud service sectors. Michael has over 12 years of experience in venture capital and has led numerous investments incl. PICOOC, iKair, Cloudwise, Gokuai, Teambition, iGrow and Quark Finance. He is a partner on the Gobi Yingzhi Fund of RMB 410 million, for which he led the fundraising effort in 2011. Michael graduated from Donghua University in Shanghai with a B.A. in Computer Automation.
Chibo Tang joined Gobi in 2009. He is based in Hong Kong, and currently focuses on the consumer, sports, and media sectors in China. He also helps to manage the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, and travels frequently to meet with various startups related to the Alibaba ecosystem.
Chibo has accumulated extensive experience in professional services, local startups, and Fortune 500 companies. He started his career as a strategy consultant with Monitor Group, where he worked across ASEAN and MENA. He also gained valuable operations experience at DMG (a Gobi portfolio company), where he was VP-Corporate Development, and at Robert Bosch, where he was Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy in Asia Pacific.
Chibo received his B.A. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard University. He currently serves on the Board of the Harvard Club of Shanghai.
Dr. Toa Charm, DBA MA, BSc, MHKCS, CBIP, joined Cyberport Hong Kong as the Chief Public Mission Officer in June 2016. As the CPMO of Cyberport, Dr. Charm reports to the CEO of Cyberport and serves as a strategic partner in developing strategies and related initiatives to deliver Cyberport’s public mission.
With more than 25 years of leadership and extensive experience in FinTech, big data, business intelligence, and enterprise solutions, Dr. Charm brings with him a wealth of experience from private consultancy, public administration, and academic sectors. He has built strong connections with the tech industry and served on a number of advisory boards of universities, start-up communities, NGOs, and other trade organisations including Hong Kong Computer Society, Tung Wah Hospital Group, City University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Trade Development Council. He is the EXCO member and Vice President (Innovation and Technology Application) of Hong Kong Computer Society, Founder and Chairperson of Business Intelligence and Big Data, and Founder and Chairperson of FinTech SIG of Hong Kong Computer Society. Dr. Charm also served at widely-recognised tech industry players, such as being the associate partner of IBM Global Business Services Greater China, general manager of Oracle, general manager of Kingdee, and regional head of BI Competence Centre for HSBC Asia Pacific.
Dr. Charm holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the City University of Hong Kong, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Minnesota State University.
Herman Lam joined the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited as the Chief Executive Officer in March 2010. As the CEO of Cyberport, Herman is responsible for leading, representing and administering the company as well as playing a prominent role in promoting and implementing Cyberport’s public mission strategies.
Within the public mission arena, Herman sets the initiatives for comprehensive programmes which assist the development of Hong Kong as a hub for innovation and trade in ICT, and encourage the development and upgrading of ICT skills and resources in the wider community of Hong Kong.
Herman is also active in community affairs and industry development, serving a number of statutory bodies such as the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee (2008-2016); Industry Facilitation Task Force (2010-2016); the Hong Kong Trade Development Council ICT Services Advisory Committee; the Hong Kong ICT Awards Steering Committee; Honorary Advisor Council of the Hong Kong Computer Society; the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association; the Digital Solidarity Fund Committee; the Departmental Advisory Committee for the Department of Computer Science of City University of Hong Kong; the Innovation and Technology Scholarship Award Scheme Administration Committee; the Information Technology Management Committee of the Hong Kong Management Association and the Advisory Board for the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of Chinese University of Hong Kong; the Advisory Board for the Innovation and Information Management of the University of Hong Kong and the Airport Technology Advisory Council.
As a pioneer in the technology industry, Herman has been contributing his efforts serving on various competition judging panels throughout the years to promote and comment on ICT excellence in the industry, including the Hong Kong ICT Awards, Facebook Mobile Hack-Hong Kong, Computerworld Hong Kong Awards, the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards and the Asia Smartphone Application Contest.
Prior to his tenure with Cyberport, Herman was the General Manager of Microsoft Hong Kong Limited. Herman holds an MBA in Business Computer Information Systems and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas in the United States.
Antony Chan joined Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (HKCMCL) in 2016 as Senior Manager, Partners Team in charge of the development of global partnership networks, focused ICT clusters, collaboration platforms, APAC & China strategies and Investors network of the HKCMCL. Prior to HKCMCL, Antony was Manager in charge of Incubatee Development programmes of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) for over 12 years, and was successfully launched new programmes such as Incu-Bio and Incu-App Incubation Programmes, Incubation Revamp Projects and “Technologies from Science Park” go-to-market Programme, etc. for technology startups and Science Park companies.
Antony was a well-trained engineer and has almost 20 years of solid experience in Telecommunication industry and public body organizations ranging from technical and engineering management, project initialization and service optimization through project/service roll-out and processes re-engineering, startups business coaching and matching services, cluster development and venture capital connection.
Antony graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering and Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering, and an Executive Master Degree in Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was the member of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE) since 2009.
Alice So has been dedicated to provide supports to Hong Kong start-ups more than 9 years. She joined Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited in 2011. Currently she is the lead of Cyberport Entrepreneurs Team offering the Cyberport Creative Micro Fund and the Cyberport Incubation Programme with funding support and professional services, to nurture talents and assist start-ups at different life stages to accelerate in the digital tech industry.
Alice is a Project Management Professional of Project Management Institute and a Senior Member of Hong Kong Institute of Marketing.
Alison Chan is the Managing Director of New Frontier. New Frontier is a Hong Kong and Shanghai-based investment group founded in 2016. It currently organizes its companies under different major verticals: Health, Innovation, Education and Financial Investments. Prior to joining New Frontier, Alison was the Chief Representative in China and Head of New Market Development in Asia for Gerson Lehman Group. Previously, Alison founded a financial advisory practice focused on enhancing SME value via strategic planning and restructuring. Alison also worked at JP Morgan Chase in Corporate Finance in New York and at GE Capital in consulting in Connecticut.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alison graduated from The University of Hong Kong and subsequently obtained a MBA at Harvard Business School. Alison is the President for the Harvard Business School Association in Hong Kong and a board member of Bring Me A Book and various New Frontier portfolio companies.
Christopher Lai is an investor and the director of consumer and retail investments at Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Mr. Li Ka Shing. Based in Hong Kong, he invests across the technology landscape globally and manages the consumer and retail technologies portfolio for Horizons; he is currently also the Chairman of Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ:CELH).
Christopher was previously a mergers and acquisitions investment banker in New York with Mooreland Partners, specialising in TMT cross-border M&A and corporate finance. He was a key team member on numerous transactions, including Magnolia in the sale of its patent portfolio to Google; Newbay’s acquisition by RIM; and Xigo acquisition by Dimension Data.
Christopher is a graduate of Columbia University.
Tak Lo is a Managing Partner at Zeroth, a platform that helps ambitious founders build AI companies that solves tomorrow’s problems. Zeroth’s inaugural cohort consisted of 10 companies solving diverse problems from agriculture to edge computing – a first in Asia.
Tak started his career in the US Army. He graduated from the London Business School and the University of Chicago.
His pontificates at taklo.co and tweets frequently at @tak_lo.
Teresa Ko is the China chairman of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the founding partner of Freshfields’ renowned Asia equity capital markets practice.
Over her 25-year career, she has helped numerous Chinese state owned enterprises with their high-profile and ‘first of a kind’ securities transactions, including IPOs for China Mobile, CNOOC, and all China's big four’ national banks (Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China). She has also advised numerous privately owned and international clients with their Hong Kong listings including Soho China, L'Occitane, Fast Retailing, Global Brands Group, Samsonite International, AIA and IMAX China.
Teresa has an equally impressive record in public and private M&A transactions, takeovers and reverse takeovers, and China outbound transactions in the financial services, insurance and new economy sectors. Her recent experience includes advising Zhongwang USA, a subsidiary of Zhongwang International Group, on its US$2.33bn acquisition of Aleris Corporation from a consortium of shareholders led by Oaktree Capital Management along with Apollo Management and Sankaty Advisors; Alibaba Group on its privatisation of Alibaba.com and its HK$2.82bn strategic investment into Haier; and Hutchison Whampoa on its merger with CK Hutchison Holdings involving a US$24bn share exchange offer by CK Hutchison Holdings for Hutchison Whampoa and also on its acquisition of 6.24 per cent of Husky Energy.
Teresa is seen as a trusted market advisor who speaks regularly on corporate governance, diversity issues, Chinese securities law matters and issues concerning the development of the Hong Kong securities market. She was the chairman (2009-2012) and the deputy chairman (2006-2009) of the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and is now a non-executive director of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and a deputy chairman of the SFC’s Takeovers and Mergers Panel. She has also previously been a member of Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, and the Expert Advisory Committee for M&A at the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Denise Kee is a seasoned general management professional. She is currently General Manager–Corporate Strategy in MTR Corporation, and is accountable for the Group’s strategy and has responsibilities over innovation initiatives. Prior to this role, Denise has worked in other management jobs in the field of audit, finance, communication, engineering and project management. Denise possesses degrees in engineering and business administration, is a Certified Internal Auditor and a Chartered Engineer.
Denise is the vice-chair of the Council of Island School, an international co-educational high school that is part of the English School Foundation.
Andrew Teoh has spent his near entire career working with entrepreneurs in the technology space as an operator, investor and adviser focusing in Greater China. He is the founding Managing Partner of Ameba Capital, and early stage technology fund focusing in China. He also co-founded Ikaria Capital Limited, a company focusing on late-stage technology investments.
Prior to founding both companies, Andrew was Vice President and Head of Corporate Finance at Alibaba Group where he built and led the Corporate Development and Corporate Finance efforts of Alibaba Group. Andrew was responsible for Alibaba’s milestone transactions including the 2005 US$1bn strategic investment by Yahoo Inc. and the acquisition of Yahoo! China; 2007 US$1.7bn IPO of Alibaba.com; 2011 c.US$2bn investment by institutional investors in Alibaba Group and the repurchase of Alibaba’s stake from Yahoo! Inc., amongst others. At Alibaba Group, Andrew also led its treasury efforts including cash planning, investment and risk management.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Alan Chan is the founder and managing partner of Vectr Ventures, a global technology venture firm. After graduation, Alan worked in Goldman Sachs Asia's Investment Banking Division covering financial institutions across the region. After that he joined ITC Properties Group Limited in March 2010 covering alternative and real estate investment as well as serving on boards of several subsidiaries and portfolio companies. Alan also co-founded iPiao (an online platform for entertainment and ticketing in China) between 2010-2014 which was eventually acquired by a Chinese Media Conglomerate. Driven by interest, Alan also leads the sustainability efforts of ITC Properties, is an advisor to the Bisagni Environmental Enterprise and is a member of the board of trustees for The Nature Conservancy (China). He received his B.A. from Duke University.
Austin Bryan joined CLP Holdings in May 2016 as Senior Director – Innovation, leading the company’s innovation strategy in the face of challenges presented by digital disruption. He is also a Director of various subsidiary companies of the CLP Group. Austin has been a pioneer of new services and value creation in the digital media sector for the past 10 years and is a globally recognised leader in transforming business activities in the financial and telecommunications sectors.
His experience spans the creation of the first direct banking activities in Germany in the early 1990s, the introduction of virtual customer service platforms for American Express and creation of the first 3G multi-media mobile network in Australia with “3 Mobile”. Most recently he was Vice President of Strategic Innovation at Singtel Optus, in which he led the acquisition of major digital media projects and created a US$1 billion digital media business developing and implementing new digital products and services.
Bong Chan is a Partner for Clients, Industries and Markets, an Audit Principal and Southern China Leader of Centralized Business Development at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Shenzhen, China.
Bong has more than 20 years of professional experience providing audit services to listed companies, large multinational companies and large mainland enterprises in a wide range of industries such as technology, media and telecommunications, manufacturing and property development. He has also led a number of cross-border IPOs and special audit engagements.
Bong has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is currently a Councillor of CPA Australia – Greater China.
Brian Yen received his BS in Physics from Cornell University in 1986 and his MEng in Electrical Engineering from Cornell in 1989.
A veteran of tech-based startups, Brian’s love of technology has taken him from video games to electronic medical records to scientific instruments. He was the co-founder of Any Channel, the developer of the world’s first consumer video games with full six degrees of freedom in real-time 3D, which was acquired by Micron Technology. In addition, he worked as VP of product development at iMedica, a leading electronic medical record supplier, and was a VP of business development at Rock Internet Corp, the new media arm of Rock Records, the largest Chinese record company at the time. He was also a co-founder of Sculpture Network, a low latency video link developer.
Since moving to Hong Kong in 2005, Brian has been a private consultant to US technology firms looking for strategic investment and partnership in China as well as investors requiring in-depth due diligence work done on Chinese technology firms. From 2010-2014 he consulted for Intellectual Ventures developing and acquiring high- value intellectual property with partner research institutions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Most recently he was the COO of Nano Bio Imaging, a spin out startup of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) commercializing the super resolution microscopy technology developed at HKUST.
Duncan Chiu is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Radiant Venture Capital, graduated from Pepperdine University in the United States with a BA degree in Business Administration. Duncan is enthusiastic in information technology and entertainment businesses as well as social and community related affairs. Over the past 20 years Duncan has focused on various investments as well as merger and acquisition projects across Greater China, North America and Israel. Amongst the many technology-related companies in which he has invested, a selected number of these companies were eventually listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Duncan co-founded Radiant Venture Capital in 2014 to focus in early stage investments into tech startups. In three years, Radiant Venture Capital has already invested more than 30 startup companies in Greater China, North America and Israel. In addition, Duncan regularly participates in and holds various technology and entrepreneurship exchange activities to share experience and provide guidance to startup entrepreneurs. Duncan is currently the President of Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council, Director of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited and Member of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited.
Edward Liu is Partner at WI Harper Group. He has sourced investments in Synthego, Flutter, Mobile QB, Embark, Qualaroo, Cold Genesys, Xola, Bounce.io and currently represents WI Harper on the board of Admaster, PMC and Health2Sync. Edward is also actively involved in WI Harper’s seed initiatives and fundraising activities.
Prior to joining WI Harper, Edward was Head of China Operations at The Piacente Group, a full service investor relations and financial communications consulting firm. Previously, he worked as Director of Investor Relations at Xinhua Finance (TSE:9399), a diversified financial services company based in Shanghai and Beijing. Prior to that, Edward was the Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development at Linktone Ltd (NSDQ:LTON), a leading provider of wireless interactive entertainment products and services in China. He has also worked as a Credit Analyst and Associate at Silicon Valley Bank (NSDQ:SIVB) in Santa Clara, California, where he co-managed a $100m portfolio of venture backed, early stage technology and life science companies and consulted on financing structures, compliance, and banking services.
Edward has many years of experience in deal structure and strategy, risk management, commercial banking, and investor relations. He graduated with a bachelor degree in Finance and Marketing from University of San Diego, and has an MBA with honors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Edward is also a member of Citi Private Bank’s NextGen class of 2011 and donate regularly to his favorite charity, The Nature Conservancy.
Morgan H. McKenney is Managing Director and Asia Pacific Core Cash Management Head for Treasury and Trade Solutions, a business unit of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. Treasury and Trade Solutions provides award-winning integrated cash management and trade finance services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations across the world, including 17 countries in Asia Pacific.
Based in Hong Kong, Morgan is responsible for Payments and Receivables, Channels and Enterprise Services, and Commercial Cards across the region. She also manages the Citi Innovation Lab in Singapore for Treasury and Trade Solutions. Her role includes technology investment prioritization and business ownership for delivering innovative solutions end-to-end to clients.
Previously, Morgan was the global business head for cross-currency payments at Citi based out of London. Prior to assuming that role in 2012, she held numerous leadership positions including Chief Operating Officer of Treasury and Trade Solutions globally; Chief Operating officer of Citi Transaction Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa; Global Chief Financial Officer of Citi Transaction Services; and Chief of Staff for Robert Druskin, Chief Operating Officer of Citigroup. She began her career at Citigroup in the Strategy Group of the Corporate and Investment Banking division based in New York.
Before joining Citi, Morgan worked in the New York office of London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) in a strategic relationship management role. She also traded equities and derivatives for Martin “Buzzy” Schwartz, an independent trader based in Boca Raton, Florida, and was a Management Associate at Capital One Financial in Richmond, Virginia. Morgan received a BA in Computer Science from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She has been a William Pitt member of Chatham House and is a member of Council on Foreign Relations, a US-based non-partisan organization focused on US policy issues.
Dr. Samson Tam is a technology-oriented entrepreneur who has over 20 years experience in business management. After graduated from the university, he founded his startup and soon launched electronic dictionaries with the brand "Instant-Dict". The company was listed in the Main Board in 1993 with its major business in developing electronic educational products.
Dr. Tam is actively participated in angel investment, covering areas in mobile internet, internet of things and internet health-care. He is also keen on creating an eco-system to nurture startups.
Dr. Tam is now Chairman of Group Sense Limited, Hong Kong Business Angel Network and Hong Kong Industry-University-Research Collaboration Association, Partner of Inno Angel Funds, Vice Chairman of the PRD Council, Federation of Hong Kong Industries. Dr. Tam was an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Information Technology). He was awarded the “Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong” in 1992 and he was named one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” in 1997.
