Mr Daryl Ng, SBS, JP, is Deputy Chairman of Sino Group. He is a steadfast advocate of sustainable development of the community. He has been driving and actively participating in youth development, volunteering, green initiatives, innovation, heritage conservation, as well as arts and cultural projects to build a better community. 

Mr Ng is founding chairman of the Hong Kong-ASEAN Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation promoting and deepening ties between Hong Kong and the ASEAN to build a community of shared future to reinforce Hong Kong’s international position and support future growth.

The Foundation facilitates exchanges between ASEAN and China through Hong Kong on areas encompassing arts and culture, ESG, innovation, education and trades.  Leveraging on Hong Kong’s rich expertise and role as a nexus, the Foundation seeks to bring people together and co-create solutions.

He has founded other foundations to better support the community and worthy causes, including the Hong Kong Community Foundation to promoting positivity, the Hong Kong Innovation Foundation (HKIF) to provide a holistic innovation ecosystem.  The HKIF collaborates with industry players, innovators, the academia and like-minded partners.  It serves diverse sectors from pupils to entrepreneurs to innovate for future generations and to support Hong Kong’s growth into an international innovation and technology hub. 

In 2008, the Ng Family set up the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation to revitalise historic buildings and promote appreciation of cultural heritage. Tai O Heritage Hotel, converted from the Old Tai O Police Station, a Grade II historic building, opened doors in March 2012.  The hotel is a devoted member of the Tai O community; since opening, it has been providing complimentary docent tours daily, welcomed more than 2 million visitors from Hong Kong and around the world, participated in over 100 community services.  It has received over 30 international and local accolades, including the 2013 Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation organised by the UNESCO, becoming Hong Kong’s first UNESCO-awarded hotel.

In 2010, the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation was set up in memory of the late founder of Sino Group, Mr Ng Teng Fong. The Foundation places heavy emphases on education, youth development and community services, areas that are crucial to long-term development of society.  It has donated to over 300 local non-governmental organisations, universities and social enterprises. It established the Ng Teng Fong Scholarships in 2015 to provide financial aid for outstanding secondary and university students in Hong Kong and Mainland; more than 3,000 secondary school and university students have received scholarships so far.

Other major offices

• Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (SGX: Y03), Chairman
• The Bank of East Asia, Limited, Non-Executive Director
• Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation, Chairman
• Hong Kong-ASEAN Foundation, Chairman
• Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, Director
• Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation, Director
• Hong Kong Innovation Foundation, Chairman
• Hong Kong Community Foundation, Chairman

Public services

• Special Adviser to UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
• Global Leadership Council of Columbia University in the City of New York, Member
• The 12th and 13th Beijing Municipal Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member
• The 14th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Standing Committee
• Hong Kong United Youth Association, President
• Financial Services Development Council ASEAN Advisory Group, Convenor
• Financial Services Development Council Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy, Member of the Board of Directors
• Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, Member
• Advisory Council on the Environment, Member
• Expert Group on Conservation for Sha Lo Tung of the Environment and Ecology Bureau, Member
• Culture Commission, Member
• Hong Kong Palace Museum, Member of the Board of Directors
• Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Member of the Board
• Our Hong Kong Foundation, Governor
• Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, Council Member
• Estate Agents Authority of HKSAR, Member
• Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong, Council Member
• The Community Chest of Hong Kong, Vice Patron
• Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF, Member of the Council
• Hong Kong Management Association, Council Member
• The University of Hong Kong, Member of the Council
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Member of the Court
• Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, Director
• NUS Medicine International Council of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore, Member
• Singapore Management University International Advisory Council, Member

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development (Columbia University)
• Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (Columbia University)
• Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters (Savannah College of Art and Design)
• Honorary Fellowship (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
• Honorary Fellowship (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)

Educated in the U.S., Thomas WU is an established businessman who has successfully re-engineered his family’s businesses in Hong Kong.  He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with high honors from Princeton University.

Thomas WU has served in the Hopewell Holdings group in senior positions including group Deputy Chairman and Managing Director from 1999 to 2019 for 20 years. Hopewell group is a Hong Kong-based group which has diverse business interests spreading across commercial and residential property investment and development, highway infrastructure, power, hotel and hospitality businesses in both Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Thomas WU is active in public service in Hong Kong and Mainland China as well as in United States.  In Hong Kong, his major public service appointments include being a member of the Major Sports Events Committee of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the HKSAR Government, a Vice Patron of the Community Chest of Hong Kong, the Convenor of HK-ASEAN Foundation Advisory Council.  He is also a member of the Business School Advisory Council of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  In addition, he is an Independent Non-executive Director of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, a company listed on NASDAQ Global Select Market in USA.  Previously, he also served as a council member in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Baptist University. He was also a member of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, a member of the Energy Advisory Committee of the Environment Bureau, a member of the Hong Kong Government’s Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service, a member of the Hong Kong Government’s Steering Committee on the Promotion of Electric Vehicles, a member of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, a member of the Committee on Real Estate Investment Trusts of Securities and Futures Commission and a member of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Sports Institute.  In Mainland China, he is a member of the 13th & 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the “CPPCC”) (Sports) and a member of the 10th to 13th Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the CPPCC (Heilongjiang Province being the “cradle” of Mainland China’s elite players of ice and snow sports), was a member of the Executive Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce among other public service capacities.  In United States, he is a member of the Nassau Hall Society, a member of the President’s Circle and was a member of the President’s Advisory Council of the Princeton University, and he was an Advisory Committee member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

In addition to his professional and public service engagements, Thomas Wu is mostly well-known for his passion for ice hockey and the sport’s development.  He is the Co-founder and Chairman of the Hong Kong Amateur Hockey Club, Founder and Chairman of Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey, Chairman of LOHAS Rink (the biggest ice rink in Hong Kong), and Chairman of the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Officials Association.  He is also the Honorary President of the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Ice Hockey Association and Honorary Professor of the China Ice Hockey College of Beijing Sport University.  In addition, he is the Honorary President of the Macau Ice Sports Federation and Honorary Chairman of the Ice Hockey Association of Taipei Municipal Athletics Federation.  He served as the vice president (Asia/Oceania) of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 2012 to 2021.

The World Economic Forum has selected Thomas WU as a “Young Global Leader” in 2006.  He was also awarded the “Director of the Year Award” by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2010, the “Asian Corporate Director Recognition Award” by Corporate Governance Asia for several times, and named one of Asia’s “Best CEO (Investor Relations)” three times.  In 2015, he was conferred an honorary fellowship by Lingnan University.

Mr Wu is fluent in English, Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and Japanese.

A graduate of Pomona College in California, Bernard Charnwut Chan is the Chairman and President of the publicly-listed Asia Financial Holdings and Chairman of 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 financial services and is a director of Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company in Thailand.

Bernard has a long record of public service.  He is Chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club.  A patron of the arts, he is Chairman of M Plus Museum Ltd. and Tai Kwun Culture & Arts Co. Ltd.  He is also Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Chronicles Institute and Chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation.  

He was a Hong Kong Deputy to the National People’s Congress of The People’s Republic of China (2008-2023) and the previous Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council (2017-2022).  He is a former non-official member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council (2004-09 and 2012-2022) and former member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (1998-2008) representing the insurance industry.

Other past positions including Council Chair of Lingnan University, Chairman of the Hong Kong Palace Museum Ltd., Chairman of the Council for Sustainable Development, Chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings and Chairman of the two Standing Committees on Disciplined Services and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service.  

He has been conferred honorary degrees from Lingnan University, City University of Hong Kong, Open University of Hong Kong and Savannah College of Art and Design.  He is also a Trustee Emeritus of Pomona College.

Bernard was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2002, and Commander (3rd Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand in 2004.  In 2006, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government, and in 2020 he received Hong Kong’s highest honor, the Grand Bauhinia Medal. 

Dato’ Seri CHEAH Cheng Hye is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Value Partners Group. He is in charge of Value Partners’ fund management and investment research, business operations, product development and corporate management. He sets the Group’s overall business and portfolio strategy.

Dato’ Seri CHEAH has been in charge of Value Partners since he co-founded the firm in February 1993 with his partner, Mr. V-Nee YEH. Throughout the 1990s, he held the position of Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Value Partners, responsible for managing both the firm’s funds and business operation. He led Value Partners to a successful listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007. The firm became the first asset management company listed in Hong Kong. Dato’ Seri CHEAH has more than 30 years of investment experience, and is considered one of the leading practitioners of value-investing in Asia and beyond. Value Partners and he personally have received numerous awards – a total of more than 200 professional awards and prizes since the firm’s inception in 1993.

Dato’ Seri CHEAH currently serves as an Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of Investment Committee and Cash Market Consultative Panel of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”), a member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) Business School Advisory Council, Convenor of Advisory Council for the Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong and Macau), a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (“HKTDC”) Belt and Road & Greater Bay Area Committee, a member of the HKTDC Mainland Business Advisory Committee, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association, and a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance (“MAoF”). 

In August 2016, Dato’ Seri CHEAH was conferred Darjah Gemilang Pangkuan Negeri (“DGPN”), one of the highest civil honours granted by the state of Penang in Malaysia to recognize exceptional individuals. The DGPN award comes with the title of “Dato’ Seri”. In 2013, he was conferred Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (“DSPN”) with the title of “Dato’ ”. In the same year, he was named an Honorary Fellow of the HKUST for outstanding achievements.

In 2023, Dato’ Seri CHEAH won Asia Asset Management’s “2023 Best of the Best Award – Lifetime Achievement Award.” This award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the industry for over 35 years. He was also named by Asia Asset Management as one of the top 25 leaders over the past 25 years in Asia’s asset management industry in 2021. He was named “Outstanding Manager of the Year – Greater China equity category” in the Fund of the Year Awards 2017 by Benchmark, and co-winner of “CIO of the Year in Asia” along with Mr. Louis SO in the 2011 Best of the Best Awards by Asia Asset Management. In 2010, he was named by AsianInvestor as one of the Top-25 Most Influential People in Asian Hedge Funds. In 2009, he was named by AsianInvestor as one of the 25 Most Influential People in Asian Asset Management. He was also named “Capital Markets Person of the Year” by FinanceAsia in 2007, and in 2003, he was voted the “Most Astute Investor” in the Asset Benchmark Survey.

Prior to starting Value Partners, Dato’ Seri CHEAH worked at Morgan Grenfell Group in Hong Kong, where, in 1989, he founded the Company’s Hong Kong/China equities research department as the Head of Research and proprietary trader for the firm. Prior to this, he was a financial journalist with the Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review, where he reported on business and financial news across East and Southeast Asia markets. Dato’ Seri CHEAH served for 9 years (from 1993 to 2002) as an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong-listed JCG Holdings, a leading microfinance company (a subsidiary of Public Bank Malaysia renamed from 2006 as Public Financial Holdings).

Ms Judy Chen Qing serves as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Committee for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF HK), the convenor of Bridge Institute, the chairman of the Ocean Park Conservation Fund, the permanent honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Huajing Society, a Hong Kong Justice of the Peace, a member of the Chief Executive Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and a member of the European and American colleagues she is the president-elect of the Society of Entrepreneurs, a director of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, and a visiting professor of the Chinese Academy of Management Sciences.

She was appointed as an advisor to the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (the first Chinese to hold this position), a consultant of the Central Policy Group of the Hong Kong SAR Government, a member of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Ballet, a member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Supervisory Committee, and a member of the Hong Kong Civic Education Committee. Served as a member of the 13th Shanghai CPPCC and Xiamen CPPCC.

Jonathan Cheng comes from a property investment and finance background, currently investing on behalf of the Cheng family’s privately held third generation group of companies which started business in 1906. Under his management, investments included activities in Vietnam in the late 1990s, later transitioning to California, Hong Kong, and Japan. As head of property investments for Meyer Corporation, he has been actively involved in the senior care sector in California since 2015, as well as adjacent sectors that focus on well-being and healthy-aging, including the emerging sector of active adults housing. 

He serves on the board of governors of Chinese International School in Hong Kong as well as City to City Asia Pacific.

Mr Cheng has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.

Mr Fung comes from nearly 48 years practice at the bar with experience in both public and private sectors and in academia, was called to the English Bar in 1975 and the HK Bar in 1977, participated in the process of Hong Kong’ s constitutional transition from British Crown Colony to a Special Administrative Region of the People’ s Republic of China as a member of the Basic Law Consultative Committee from 1985 to 1990, was appointed Queen’ s Counsel in 1990, was the first person of Chinese extraction to serve as Solicitor General of Hong Kong (1994-1998) doing so under the last British Governor Chris Patten and the first Chief Executive CH Tung, following which he took up successive appointments as Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School (1998-1999), Senior Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School (1999), Distinguished Fulbright Scholar (2000), Chairman of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority (2002-2008) and Visiting Professor of Law at respectively Sun Yat Sen University (2004-2007) and Peking University (2007-2009).

Mr Fung served for the maximum four terms totalling 20 years as National Delegate to the Chinese People’ s Political Consultative Conference (2003-2023), Mr Fung is concurrently Vice - Chairman of Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council, Chairman Emeritus of the Peace & Development Foundation being an official partner of the United Nations Development Program, President of the International Law Association (HK Chapter), Chairman of International Bridges to Justice, Vice - President of the Academy of Experts, Founding Chair of Cambridge Global Conversations, Vice Chairman of the American Renewable Energy Institute, Senior Fellow and former Vice Chairman of the Salzburg Global Seminar and serves on the boards of respectively the East West Center, the Global Thinkers Forum, the American Bar Association UNDP Legal Resource Unit, the China Law Society and the China - US Exchange Foundation.Mr Fung also serves as Chairman of Social Sciences Advisory Board of Lingnan University, Honorary Lecturer at HK University Department of Professional Legal Education, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK and an accredited expert to the World Economic Forum.

Mr Fung has been honored by the United Nations for his contribution to China’ s attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals and by the HK Government for his contribution to HK’ s constitutional development.

Dee is the President of Brands and Retailing for Tessellation Group, where she also serves as a Director. Tessellation offers one-stop apparel solutions, revolutionized green technologies, digital value chain platforms, and harnesses the power of automation, artificial intelligence, digital reality and more. The group also embody its pursuit of Defining the Status Quo for Tomorrow through the retail brands it operates.

She is a board member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, M Plus Museum Limited, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's Hong Kong –Europe Business Council and is a member of Hong Kong – ASEAN Foundation Advisory Council. Dee is also involved with the Y.L. Yang Foundation, Asia House, Mind HK, The Conference Board's Asia Corporate Leadership Council, Harvard University's Asia Center International Advisory Committee, Oxford Saïd's Ownership Project Family Advisory Council, Bloom KKCA Academy, and the Global Steering Committee of Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health. In 2014, she was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and a Fellow of the Aspen Institute's China Fellowship Program. Dee is actively engaged in the arts, serving on the International Councils of Tate and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). She is also a Council Member of the China Arts Foundation and a board member of Asia Art Archive. Her short film "An Exercise in Futility" was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival. Also, Dee had editorial roles at iLook Magazine and Modern Weekly, focusing on sustainability. Her retail venture DYSEMEVAS in 2008 showcased emerging Chinese design. She holds a BA in philosophy from Harvard University.

Mrs Ip is currently a Legislative Council Member, Chairperson of the New People's Party, the Savantas Policy Institute and the Maritime Silk Road Society as well as Court Member of the University of Hong Kong.  Mrs Ip joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong civil service in September 1975 and worked in a wide range of policy areas, including home affairs, security, trade and industry.  She rose through the ranks to Director of Bureau in May 2000.  She served as Secretary for Security from August 1998 to July 2003.  She has been a Legislative Council Member returned by geographical constituency through direct elections since 2008.  In October 2012 and July 2017, Mrs Ip was appointed Non-Official Member of the Executive Council.  Mrs Ip was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2021.

After graduation from university, Mr Kenneth Lau joined Wing Tung Yick Holdings Limited as Vice-Chairman. The scope of business is well-diversified which includes property, trade, investment, management and catering service etc.

Dedicated to serving the community, Mr Lau was appointed as the Member of Tuen Mun District Council and he has been actively participating in a wide range of local service and charity organizations, such as The Community of Hong Kong and Yan Oi Tong.  In 2015 and 2016 respectively, he was elected uncontested as the Chairman of New Territories Heung Yee Kuk and the Member of Legislative Council representing Heung Yee Kuk Functional Constituency.  Besides, he was appointed as a non-official member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Since July, 2017.  In 2019, Mr Lau was re-elected as the Chairman of Tuen Mun Rural Committee and the Chairman of the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk as well.

As a Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since 2013, as well as other important roles in public service, Mr Lau dedicates himself to facilitate cultural and economic exchange with Hong Kong and Mainland China.  With the Legacy from Heung Yee Kuk “loving the country, loving Hong Kong, loving the villages, “ Mr Lau wishes to cultivate a sense of national recognition and belonging to the Motherland towards, youngsters and Hong Kong people in general, through dialogues and dynamic experience.

• Year 2023 The Hong Kong S.A.R. awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS)
• Year 2017 The Hong Kong S.A.R. awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS)
• Year 2007 The Hong Kong S.A.R. appointed as New Territories Justice of the Peace
• Year 2002 The Hong Kong S.A.R. appointed as Justice of the Peace
• Year 1999 The Hong Kong S.A.R. awarded the Medal of Honor
• Non-official Member of the Executive Council of the HKSAR (1/7/2017 to Present)
• Member of Legislative Council in Heung Yee Kuk Functional Constituency of the HKSAR (2016 to Present)
• Chairman of the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk (2015 to Present)
• Ex-officio Member of Tuen Mun District Council (2016 to Present)
• Chairman of Tuen Mun Rural Committee (2016 to Present)
• Indigenous Inhabitant Representative of Lung Kwu Tan (2016 to Present)
• Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (2013 to Present)

Shailaja Fennell is Professor of Economic Security and Resilience in the Department of Land Economy, the University of Cambridge. She obtained her BA, MA and MPhil in Economics from Delhi University, before coming to the University of Cambridge to obtain another MPhil and then her PhD in Economics at the Faculty of Economics. She is a Fellow of Jesus College, and also Director of the Centre of South Asian and Southeast Asian Studies.

Shailaja was the global lead on an ASEAN-funded project (2019-2021), and with her core Cambridge-based team being responsible for designing the framework, commissioning over 50 global experts and compiling the latest research to deliver the first ASEAN Development Outlook, a publication that focused on policies to ensure inclusion and sustainability in South-East Asia. https://asean.org/book/asean-development-outlook/

Shailaja is also project in-charge on the Ecologies in Place project, Philomathia Programme of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the project in-charge on the British Council Climate Connections Programme. Her role on these projects is to mentor and support and managing Early Career Researchers to digitally record evidence of climate change and to document climate change actions by communities in the Global South.

Wang Xiangwei is an award-winning journalist with a career of 30 years in the media industry. He is recognized as one of Asia’s leading commentators on China and its international relations. His column China Briefing in the South China Morning Post is widely followed. 

He is currently an Associate Professor of Practice at Hong Kong Baptist University. 

From January 2016 to October 2022, he was an Editorial Advisor, South China Morning Post. Prior to that, he was the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, responsible for the editorial direction and newsroom operations and managing a newsroom of more than 200 journalists. During his four years of editorship, he initiated and led the newsroom’s transformation into a digital media organization. 

He started his 30-year career at the China Daily, before moving to the UK, where he gained valuable experience at a number of news organizations, including the BBC Chinese Service. In 1993, he moved to Hong Kong and worked at the Eastern Express before joining the South China Morning Post in 1996 as China Business Reporter. He was subsequently promoted to China Editor in 2000 and Deputy Editor in 2007, a position he held for five years prior to being promoted to his position of Editor-in-Chief in February 2012. 

Mr Wang has a Master’s degree in Journalism, and a Bachelor’s degree in English.