Ms Joyce Chau joined amfori as the Country Representative of the organization in China in June 2011. She leads the Greater China team based in Hong Kong. Her role is to promote open trade and sustainable supply chain through supporting sustainability activities related to business social compliance (amfori BSCI), environmental performance (amfori BEPI) and trade policy (amfori advocacy). Started from Jan 2019, Ms Chau has taken up the position of Director Asia Pacific and leads the regional team covering Australian/New Zealand, Bangladesh, Greater China, India, Turkey, and including Vietnam to drive open and sustainable trade in the region.

In nearly 30 years, Ms Chau has been working as a corporate communications practitioner for various organizations with focus on sustainability, CSR, and supply chain management. Her major expertise is in public affairs, stakeholder and media relations crisis and issues management, etc.

Prior to joining amfori, she was the Senior Vice President of the HSBC Corporate Sustainability Asia Pacific Region Office, Dell China’s Corporate Communications Director and she also worked for HKSAR Government’ Innovation and Technology Commission, HK Airport Authority and GS1, a global supply chain standard organisation. She possesses a BSoSc in Communications and a Master of Arts in Translation.

Founder of The Mills

Harvard Graduate School of Design – Dean’s Leadership Council

Urban Land Institute (APAC) – Executive Committee Member

Our Hong Kong Foundation – Advisor

Antiquities Advisory Boards & Committee – Member

Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee – Member

Hong Kong Tourism Board – Member, Audit Committee & P & E Committee

Hong Kong Life Sciences Society – Advisor

Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab) – Advisory Board

Vanessa is the Group Managing Director of Nan Fung Development Ltd., managing the Group’s real estate development portfolio.

She is also the Founder of The Mills – a revitalization project of transforming the Nan Fung Textile Mills into a global innovation techstyle destination comprising of art, start-up incubator and experiential retail. The Mills project piloted many of the Group’s current social innovation and environmental sustainability works. Along with her experience in working for AECOM as a Landscape Designer as well as a part-time lecturer at HKU on City Branding, she hopes to inspire the younger generation and push Hong Kong’s leadership potential beyond the status quo.

She is a convener of NarrativeHK, an initiative promoting positive attitude among her generation in envisioning the future of HK. She co-founded Quo Kefir Believers, a natural probiotic health food company, and the co- owner of HK’s first CrossFit gym, CrossFit Asphodel.

Vanessa obtained her Master in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and Bachelors in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prof. George G. Q. Huang is Chair Professor and Head of Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. He gained his BEng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University (China) and Cardiff University (UK) respectively. He has conducted research projects in areas of Smart Manufacturing, Logistics, Construction and Systems Analytics through Cyber-Physical Internet with substantial government and industrial grants exceeding HK$60M. One of his on-going R&D projects is to use blockchain and IoT technology to facilitate ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) reporting for listed companies. He collaborated extensively with industries through joint projects and start-up companies. He has published extensively including over three hundred refereed articles in journals and conferences in addition to ten monographs, edited reference books and conference proceedings. He is among “Top 1% Most Cited Scholar” and highly ranked internationally in his research areas. He serves as associate editors and editorial members for several international journals. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), fellow of ASME, HKIE, IET and CILT, and member of IIE and HKLA.

Fiona Tang, Business Development Executive, for Hawke Media, and is currently in charge of APAC operation. Hawke Media is the fastest growing marketing consultancy in the United States. Launched in 2014, and has been valued at over $75 million and has grown from seven to around 200 employees. The company has serviced over 2000 brands of all sizes, ranging from startups like Tamara Mellon, Sio Beauty and Bottlekeeper to household names like Red Bull, Verizon Wireless, and Alibaba. Fiona’s role has been multifold, since joining the company at 2017, she has first hand seeing the differences between western and eastern modes of marketing, being the bridge to educate both ends on cross-cultural difference when comes to marketing has certainly grant her a breadth of experience from strategy to hands on execution.

As a cross-cultural marketing expert, Fiona manages multiple teams for different APAC projects, to not only educate her clients on cross-cultural consumer behaviors, but also to set the right expectation to ensure the future success of her clients’ international expansion. With the goal to connect the world together, she is a trusted partner and a leader who enjoys building brands and developing marketing solutions for companies. She got her MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management in Global Business, and has been known for finding creative solutions to drive results for her clients.