TWF Gala Dinner 2022 – From Here We Lead (SOLD OUT!)

Aveline San

Chief Executive Officer and Banking Head

Citi Hong Kong and Macau

Aveline was qualified as a solicitor and barrister in Australia in 1997 and began her career as a banking and capital markets lawyer. She joined Citi in April 2019 as Regional Chief Compliance Officer for Asia Pacific (APAC). Prior to Citi, she spent 14 years with UBS in various senior management positions, including acting as APAC Group Regional Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control and General Counsel of Wealth Management for North Asia.

Aveline is passionate about promoting industry collaboration on innovation and social impact initiatives. She is also actively involved in policy and regulatory developments impacting the financial industry. She currently serves as a board member of the Hong Kong Fintech Association and the Community Chest Hong Kong; the Vice-Chairman of the Financial and Treasury Services Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; and Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and member of council of Treasury Markets Association and Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Association of Banks.

Aveline San

Chief Executive Officer and Banking Head

Citi Hong Kong and Macau

Aveline was qualified as a solicitor and barrister in Australia in 1997 and began her career as a banking and capital markets lawyer. She joined Citi in April 2019 as Regional Chief Compliance Officer for Asia Pacific (APAC). Prior to Citi, she spent 14 years with UBS in various senior management positions, including acting as APAC Group Regional Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control and General Counsel of Wealth Management for North Asia.

Aveline is passionate about promoting industry collaboration on innovation and social impact initiatives. She is also actively involved in policy and regulatory developments impacting the financial industry. She currently serves as a board member of the Hong Kong Fintech Association and the Community Chest Hong Kong; the Vice-Chairman of the Financial and Treasury Services Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; and Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and member of council of Treasury Markets Association and Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Association of Banks.

Keith Pogson

Honorary Auditor

Samantha Wong

Co-Founder and Director, On Air Collective

Samantha Wong is the Co-Founder and Director of the On Air Collective and Little Bao, Founder of On Air Event Space Management and a publisher at the WOM Guide. In these roles, she has succeeded in developing the outreach of Little Bao and the WOM guide, and of the clients of the On Air Collective. Highlights include an increase in readership by 100% after a rebrand practice and the launch of a new website for the WOM Guide and an increase in media outreach by 50% as Vans’ Asia Pacific Community Strategy Partner. Samantha has extensive experience in public relations in the Asia Pacific region. She was previously a PR Executive at various companies including Concept Link International Marketing, Bally and Dmop.

Ali Tse

Board Treasurer

Transfer Pricing Partner – Financial Services, PwC

Ali Tse is a Partner in PwC Hong Kong and China’s financial services transfer pricing group. Ali focuses on providing planning, compliance and operational transfer pricing advisory services to financial institutions. She has over 18 years of experience working in Big 4 accounting firms in London and Hong Kong, covering the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. Ali has provided technical transfer pricing training to tax authorities from across Hong Kong, China and Korea and has advised industry groups in consultations with the Hong Kong SAR government. Ali is a qualified chartered accountant.

While trained as a tax specialist, in her spare time she has taken on informal roles to drive diversity and inclusion initiatives within her own organisations from establishing internal mentoring programmes, driving D&I training platforms, and performing social impact measurement educational work. Ali supports a number of non-profit organisations and has been closely involved in TWF as co-chair and a steering committee member for the Foundation’s Mentoring Programme. She also collaborated with the Foundation and the Women’s Chief Executive group to research, draft and release a survey on the state of gender diversity in the financial services sector in Hong Kong.

Christine Tsang

Board Vice-Chair

Executive Director, IB Operational Risk Control – APAC Head, UBS

Christine Tsang is APAC Head of Operational Risk Control at UBS. In this role, she is responsible for second line of defence monitoring and advising business partners to ensure appropriate controls are in place to mitigate risks, fitting in with her core personal value of “doing the right thing”. This value has guided her career; previously she has worked for National Australia Bank (‘NAB’) and Standard Bank Asia as the Asia Head of Operational Risk; and audit & risk consulting manager with PwC, in Melbourne and Hong Kong. The value of “doing the right thing” has also informed her interest in social, diversity and environmental causes. Christine was founding Chair/Vice Chair of “Connecting Women Hong Kong/Asia” at NAB; Honorary Treasurer of Street Workout Hong Kong; previously Chair of CA ANZ Hong Kong and continues to volunteer as Hong Kong council member and board director. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand.

Tim Payne

Principal, Kellaways

Tim Payne was with Brunswick for 20 years – based in London, then New York, before moving to Hong Kong in 2004 where he leds the firm’s business in Asia. Tim’s work bridges corporate and financial communications, crisis communications and issues management, with expertise in M&A, IPO and reputation communications. Before joining Brunswick, Tim was a political campaign director for the UK’s Liberal Democrat party, running many of their parliamentary campaigns, including securing a by-election win with the largest majority in British parliamentary history.

Angelina Kwan

Board Chair

Managing Director, Stratford Finance Limited

Angelina is passionate about Technology, Digital Assets and the Blockchain and loves advising start-ups. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company focused on dealing with regulatory and operational issues in the financial services and digital assets space and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers.

Most recently Angelina held Senior Advisor and Group Chief Operating Officer roles at the HashKey Group, a regulated digital assets company that recently received the second Approval in Principle from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to operate a virtual asset trading platform. She has previously held Chief Operating Officer and Directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, HKEX, Cantor Fitzgerald, the SFC, and other global financial services companies.

Angelina serves on a number of Hong Kong Government-appointed Boards, and charities including the New Business Committee, Financial Services Development Council, Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, the Ebenezer School for the Blind, and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and a graduate of the University of Southern California in Finance and Accounting. Her MBA is from Pepperdine University, LLB from HKU/Manchester Metropolitan University, and LLM from Harvard Law School.

Joanna Hotung

Director, Hotung Mills Education Foundation

Joanna is Director of Hotung Mills Education Foundation. She is the Founder of the KG Group, which through its different focuses – Kids’ Gallery, Star English, Face Productions, and Mills International Preschool – has seen over 80,000 young people pass through its doors, and alumni are studying at prestigious universities or working in a wide range of fields worldwide. Prior to this she worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Marks and Spencer, Head Office, London.

Joanna has degrees from the Universities of London and Warwick, and is a Licentiate of Trinity College London. She is an Arts Advisor to the University of Warwick, and a Board Member at The Women’s Foundation, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Youth Diabetes Action, Playright Children’s Play Association, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Among many awards, she is winner of South China Morning Post Women of our Time and the American Chamber of Commerce Women of Influence Entrepreneur award.

Brian Henderson

Company Secretary

Founder and Director, Whole Business Wellness Limited

Brian Henderson was Chief Operating Officer for Baker McKenzie. He led local diversity initiatives across nine offices in Asia, as a member of the Management Committee and supported the firm’s gender diversity action plan in championing the “BakerWomen” committee and establishing a “BakerMen” team. His passion about encouraging men to see gender equity as a priority, opportunity and responsibility extends beyond his activities in the firm. Brian is the Co-Chair of TWF’s Male Allies Initiative, and was recognized as the 2017 AmCham Champion for the Advancement of Women.

Claire Goodchild

Former Asia Head of Diversity, Morgan Stanley

Claire Goodchild is the Asia Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Morgan Stanley. She is involved in the design of the firm’s diversity and inclusion strategy, which has resulted in numerous recognitions, including the Gold Standard for LGBT Inclusion in published indices in Hong Kong and Japan as well as being named one of the 100 Best Companies for Women in India. Over the course of more than 15 years at Morgan Stanley, she has held other roles in talent development and has led a team to win a Silver Award for Excellence in Training and Development. Claire is heavily involved with TWF, having been co-chair of the Foundation’s Mentor Programme Steering Committee from 2016 to 2018 and acting as chair of the Human Resources Advisory Council (HRAC) of TWF since 2019.

Cecilia Chan

Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong

Cecilia Chan is a world leader in health and social work. She currently holds numerous professorships and directorships at the University of Hong Kong, including at the Si Yuan Chair Professorship in Health and Social Work. Her academic career has resulted in groundbreaking innovations such as a strength-oriented empowerment approach with traumatised individuals and the creative synergy of Chinese philosophies and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices into holistic behavioral health intervention. Outside of her research, Cecilia is a prominent social entrepreneur and change maker in society. She served as Founding Director to various projects and programs including the Centre of Behavioural Health and the Jockey Club End-of-life Community Care (JCECC) project. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the Sau Po Centre of Aging, Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKJC Centre on Suicide Research and Prevention as well as other taught post-graduate programmes at the University of Hong Kong.

Damien Mooney

Parent Governor and Vice Chair of the Board of Kellett, the British International School of Hong Kong

Damien Mooney is a Hong Kong-based commercial leader in asset management with almost 30 years of experience, including over 18 years in a variety of Asia Pacific regional business leadership roles. Damien currently leads the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) business for Fidelity International.

Prior to this, Damien held senior commercial leadership positions at BlackRock in Hong Kong as well as Fidelity International in Hong Kong and London. He started his career in London in financial services in 1994 before relocating to Hong Kong in mid-2006.

Damien is a Parent Governor and Vice Chair of the Board of Kellett, the British International School of Hong Kong.

何玉蕙

活動策劃及發展經理

Phoebe於2022年4月加入婦女基金會，擔任助理活動策劃及發展經理，主理婦女基金會籌款晚宴及國際婦女節午宴，並負責構思、策劃、執行和評估婦女基金會的籌款活動。

2023年，Phoebe晉升為活動策劃及發展經理，目前全面負責婦女基金會各類籌款活動。在加入婦女基金會之前，她在美國會擔任活動執行人員，與美國會基金會團隊密切合作組織慈善活動，並與許多其他慈善組織合作在美國會舉辦各種籌款活動。這些經驗帶給她極大滿足，幫助有需要的人，並激發她踏上在非牟利機構領域的下一章。

Phoebe擁有德蒙福特大學工商管理學士學位。

馮曉瑜

高級發展及行政主任

Hillary負責婦女基金會的贊助商和合作夥伴項目，並協助和執行各種籌款項目，包括婦女基金會籌款晚宴和國際婦女節午宴。

在加入婦女基金會之前，Hillary 是社區團隊的項目主任，負責規劃、協調和執行 Girls Go Tech 計劃的活動。

她擁有加拿大滑鐵盧大學法律研究學士學位和社會學副修學位。

Belinda Poole

Development Consultant

Clara Sit

Assistant Operations Manager

Clara joined TWF on April 2, 2024, Clara has a strong corporate background in MNCs working in a wide spectrum of functions from customer service and supply chain to administration, finance, credit management and business acquisition and merger. Clara spent her career in a Switzerland-based chemical company, a German-based Pharmaceutical Company and a German-based Shipping Company, and would like to passionately support the community after her career success in commercial fields. Clara has been designating various capacities in TWF Administration and Finance.

Clara Sit

助理營運經理

Clara 擁有豐富的跨國企業行政管理經驗，曾負責客戶服務、物流供應鏈、行政、財務、企業合併及信貸管理等多個職能。她曾在多家跨國公司工作，當中包括瑞士的化學公司、德國的製藥公司及航運公司。商業領域的成功經歷讓 Clara 決定將熱情投入社區服務及婦女權益的推動工作。Clara目前在婦女基金會負責行政與財務事務。

何仲燊

助理項目經理

Stanley於2024年1月加入婦女基金會，擔任助理項目經理。他主要負責 Girls Go Tech 計劃，為基層女學生提供最新的科技學習和未來職業的見解。在加入婦女基金會之前，他曾在多個機構工作，包括嶺南大學、香港教育工作者聯會和香港青少年發展訓練中心，負責舉辦青少年培訓課程。

Stanley擁有香港理工大學的計算機學士學位。

鄭詠心

項目主任

鄭詠心於2023年7月加入婦女基金會擔任項目主任，負責策劃和協調多個社區項目活動，如青年賢士同行計劃和Girls Go Tech（GGT）計劃。作為GGT的一部分，她亦負責管理獎學金計劃，支持基層女學生接受STEM教育，擴展就業機會。

在加入婦女基金會之前，她曾在香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心擔任研究助理，參與有關公平審訊權利的研究。在學期間，她亦曾在多間非政府組織實習，專注透過傳播和宣傳活動，為不同社會文化背景的弱勢社群倡議。

鄭詠心擁有愛丁堡大學的國際關係文學碩士學位。她致力於推動多元、平等和共融的理念（DEI）並熱衷於創造機會，讓所有人不論背景，都能充分發揮潛力。

高湘喬

高級項目主任

在加入婦女基金會之前，Carla擁有卓越的職業生涯，涵蓋法律、金融及傳統中醫等多個領域，並在香港及上海兩地積累了豐富的工作經驗。此外，Carla在非牟利機構擁有超過十年的義工經驗，她充滿同情心，於工餘時間樂於幫助邊緣社群、對發掘女性潛能及幫助有需要人士的專業工作不遺餘力。

張淑德

副項目總監

Gladys 於 2019 年 10 月加入婦女基金會。此前，她曾於世界自然基金會（WWF）、世界綠色組織和海洋公園保育基金會工作，負責籌款及倡議活動，支持各機構的保育項目。她曾成功邀請企業和機構夥伴參與全球最大型環保行動「地球一小時」（Earth Hour），推廣可持續生活方式。2017 年，Gladys 主理全港首個「無飲管運動」，鼓勵餐飲業及公眾減少一次性飲管的使用。

Gladys 擁有多倫多大學文學士學位及香港中文大學社會科學碩士學位。

鍾麗珊

總監 （特別項目）

方曉晴

高級傳訊及倡議主任

方曉晴負責制定和推行策略性溝通計劃及倡議，充分運用她對性別平等的深刻理解，積極推動婦女基金會的使命，致力於提升女性的社會地位和權益。

她精通英語、法語、西班牙語和中文，擁有南安普頓大學法語和西班牙語文學學士學位，以及布里斯托大學的性別與國際關係理學碩士學位和人權保障國際責任碩士學位。在超過八年的高等教育學術生涯中，方曉晴與各領域專家緊密合作，深入探討關鍵社會問題，制定有效的衝突解決和社會正義策略。她曾被巴克萊英國銀行評選為未來100名女性之一，彰顯了她在該領域的卓越貢獻。

作為新常態慈善的非執行董事，方曉晴為該組織的計劃和服務提供關於公平與包容性的策略建議，並全力支持其在香港的業務拓展。同時，她也是英國 Frontline Feminists 的主編，該平台旨在為性侵犯倖存者提供一個安全的環境，讓他們的故事得以被聽見和尊重。她深信，通過分享這些經歷，可以促進更廣泛的社會對話，並推動積極的變革。

除了在學術和非營利組織的貢獻，方曉晴還積極參加國際會議和研討會，分享她的專業知識，與其他倡導者和學者建立聯繫，推動全球性的性別平等和社會正義。她的使命是創造一個更加公正和平等的社會，並持續為推進性別平等而不懈努力。

余潔儀

高級設計主管

Kit 於 2017 年 7 月加入婦女基金會擔任平面設計師。她的主要職責包括構思、規劃和管理婦女基金會的市場推廣和活動宣傳品、文件和網站的設計。

在加入婦女基金會之前，她曾在溢達企業有限公司和瑪貝爾鑽飾有限公司擔任資深設計師和平面設計師。她負責提供創新的平面設計概念並執行市場推廣活動，包括廣告、包裝、產品目錄和季節性推廣材料。她畢業於香港理工大學，獲得應用與媒體藝術學士學位，並在香港教育學院獲得平面與媒體設計高級文憑。

莫麗莎

高級研究及倡議總監

Lisa 於2011年加入婦女基金會，並於2024年1月晉升為高級總監，負責研究與倡議工作。

Lisa 主理婦女基金會的獨立研究項目，針對性別不平等議題進行前瞻性研究。她同時帶領倡議項目，透過跨部門合作，致力推動性別平等。Lisa 亦負責制定與執行傳訊項目，提升婦女基金會在社區中的影響力及知名度。

作為 Meta 全球女性安全專家顧問小組的成員，Lisa 協助 Meta 制定新的政策、產品及項目，為女性用戶制定針對性的新政策和計劃，改善用戶體驗。

在加入婦女基金會之前，Lisa 曾於香港中文大學晨興書院任教，兼任教學與研究員。

Lisa 擁有美國里士滿大學的種族研究學士學位、約翰霍普金斯大學及南京大學的國際關係碩士學位，以及英國謝菲爾德哈勒姆大學的心理學碩士學位。

劉鴻雁

領袖項目主任

劉鴻雁於2024年9月加入婦女基金會，擔任領袖項目主任，負責執行賢士同行計劃以及董事會系列與高層領導計劃的工作。

在加入婦女基金會之前，劉鴻雁曾在香港和內地的初創企業及上市公司擔任實習生，參與青年發展、企業溝通和行政管理等工作。此外，她積極參與多個非政府組織及慈善活動，涉及青少年發展、環境保護和性別平等等領域。她目前致力於將自身的經驗和技能運用於推動婦女基金會的各項計劃，促進性別平等與多元化。

劉鴻雁擁有香港中文大學哲學學士學位，並輔修社會學。

Danica Liu

Officer, Pipeline Initiative Team

Danica Joined The Women’s Foundation as Pipeline Initiatives Officer in September 2024. She is primarily responsible for supporting the Male Allies programme and board diversity initiatives including 30% Club Hong Kong Chapter and Boardroom and C-suite Leadership Programme.

Prior to her role at The Women’s Foundation, Danica has various internship experiences in both start-up and listed companies in Hong Kong and Hang Zhou on issues relating to young adult development, communication and administration. She also participated multiple NGOs and charitable events under the topics of teenager development, environment caring and gender equality in the past few years. she is now applying her skills and knowledge to support gender equity and diversity efforts.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a minor in Sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Sasha Anderson

Assistant Manager, Pipeline Initiatives

Sasha joined as Assistant Manager, Pipeline Initiatives in September 2024, bringing her experience in project management and coordination to the team. In her role, she primarily manages and oversees TWF’s Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders, and supports other programmes and initiatives with the Pipeline team.

Prior to joining TWF, Sasha has worked primarily within the arts and live performance sector in Hong Kong and Canada. Following her completion of her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Toronto Metropolitan University, she worked with various non-profit organisations and charities, managing new and ongoing programmes, with a focus on youth arts organisations and arts administration.

Sasha Anderson

領袖項目助理經理

Sasha 於 2024 年 9 月加入婦女基金會，擔任領袖項目助理經理，負責項目管理與協調工作。她主要管理婦女基金會的女性領袖導師計劃，並協助領袖項目團隊推動其他活動項目及倡議。

在加入婦女基金會之前，Sasha 主要在香港及加拿大的藝術及現場表演行業工作。取得多倫多都會大學的藝術學士學位後，Sasha 曾在多家非營利組織及慈善機構從事項目管理，專注於青少年藝術組織及藝術行政工作。

Ada Yip

Deputy CEO

Ada is Deputy CEO of The Women’s Foundation. Between 2015-2022, Ada built Urban Spring, an impact business which planted hundreds of well-designed and well-maintained water refill stations across Hong Kong with the aim to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic bottles. Ada has been an active member of the social good community and involved in numerous projects and incubation programs. She is one of the founding directors of WYNG 43 Social Investment, a co-chair of the board of Social Value International (a UK registered charity), a leading global network that pioneers in establishing impact measurement standards and trainings; and a board member of Social Value Hong Kong (formerly The Hong Kong Institute of Social Impact Analysts). Ada is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities under the Social Welfare Department of the Hong Kong Government. She is a Certified ESG Analyst under EFFAs since 2023. In the first 20 years of her career, Ada worked at a number of international financial institutions in Toronto, Tokyo, and Hong Kong with regional management responsibilities.

葉蓁蓁

婦女基金會副行政總裁

Ada 現為婦女基金會的副行政總裁。Ada 一直是社會公益社群的活躍成員，參與了許多孵化計畫。 2015年至2022年間，Ada 建立了城泉，此社會企業於香港成功建構一個數百架加水站的網絡，旨在減少一次性塑膠瓶的消耗。 她是 WYNG 43 Social Investment 的創始董事之一、並是Social Value International董事會聯席主席（Social Value International 為英國註冊的國際慈善機構，是建立影響力衡量標準和培訓的先驅）；以及Social Value Hong Kong（前身為香港社會影響力分析學會）的董事會成員。她亦是香港政府社會福利署轄下促進身心障礙者就業諮詢委員會的成員。她自 2023 年起成為 EFFA 的認證 ESG 分析師。 Ada 事業的頭二十年於多倫多、東京和香港的幾家國際金融機構工作，負責區域管理及營運的職務。

宋亦芸

領袖項目主任

宋亦芸於 2023 年 9 月加入婦女基金會，主要負責女性領袖導師計劃及性別平等與包容工作小組。

加入婦女基金會前，宋亦芸曾參與多個本地非政府組織的工作，專注於提升香港外籍家庭傭工的法律意識，促進少數族裔女性與主流社群的連結，並改善非華裔女性的生活條件。她的工作為該區內弱勢女性提供了強大支持，並賦予她們更多自主權。

宋亦芸擁有香港城市大學社會科學學士學位，主修犯罪學。

陳蕾

高級領袖項目主任

陳蕾於 2023 年 3 月加入婦女基金會，擔任高級領袖項目主任。她與 TWF 的緣分始於 2021 年，當時她以實習生身份參與 TWF 的工作，深入了解其使命與項目。在現職中，陳蕾負責領導賢士同行計劃、Women to Watch 平台及董事會系列與管理層領導計劃。

在加入 TWF 之前，陳蕾曾於多個非政府組織工作，積極推動關注生育權利、少數族群和藝術管理相關的議題。

陳蕾畢業於愛丁堡大學，擁有法語與歷史雙主修的文學碩士學位。

黎美英

領袖項目副總監

美英於 2023 年 9 月加入婦女基金會，擔任領袖項目高級經理。她負責監督多個領袖項目，致力提升女性在領導層的代表性，並領導基金會的性別、公平與包容工作小組，同時參與其他倡議，提供性別、社會規範創變及倡議方面的專業意見。

美英擁有 10 年專業經驗，專注於社會正義及爭取女性、兒童和弱勢群體權益的倡議工作，涵蓋國際、地區及國家層面。她曾在聯合國兒童基金會（UNICEF）、歐盟委員會及瑞典外交部工作，並對連結社會事業與私營部門有深刻理解。最近，她開發了一個將非政府組織引入區塊鏈技術的平台。此前，她曾就英國脫歐談判期間的歐盟公民權利問題，為倫敦的一家商業組織提供建議。

此外，美英曾在瑞典 Södertörn 大學教授公法。

張曉欣

領袖項目總監

Amy 於 2023 年加入婦女基金會，擔任領袖項目總監，帶領職場導向計劃團隊及合作夥伴關係計畫，支持香港女性人才的持續發展。

在加入婦女基金會之前，Amy 在香港專業服務領域從事商業業務開發和行銷工作十多年，累積了豐富的經驗。她也曾在瑞典的國際上市證券交易所工作過幾年。

Amy一直是性別平等的積極倡議者，在過去 8 年裡，她領導或參與了她工作的地方和更廣泛社區的許多性別平等倡議。

周惠琼

營運總監

Maria 於 2021 年 8 月加入婦女基金會，擔任財務及行政總監。她擁有豐富的跨國醫療和製藥企業及本地公共機構的經驗，負責財務、行政、業務控制、供應採購、人力資源、內部控制、商業及 IT 管理等多項職能。

她的職業生涯始於德國先靈製藥公司，期間在香港和中國建立並管理財務與行政團隊，並處理如合併及整合等項目。其後，她曾擔任拜耳醫療香港的首席行政官，以及香港國際機場航空保安有限公司的副行政總裁（商業及行政）。

Maria 亦是終身學習的支持者。身為兩位男孩的職業母親，她在工作之餘還取得了三個碩士學位，分別為專業會計、工商管理及專業英語研究。

程沛玉

首席顧問

程沛玉在擔任首席顧問前，已在婦女基金會工作了 10 年，其中大部分時間擔任副行政總裁。她主要負責設計和發展社區計劃、倡議和宣傳活動，以及社區外展。

此前，她在僱員再培訓局工作了十年，主要負責就業服務及公共關係，與教育局、勞工及福利局、扶貧委員會、勞工處和社會福利署緊密合作。

她是社企昭悅教室的創始人，以正向教育及社交情緒教育支持學生、家長和學校。她曾是兒童醫學基金會的計劃委員會成員。

她也曾是「2013-18年度家庭友善僱主獎勵計畫」的籌辦成員，以及證監會轄下的投委會顧問小組召集人。她是香港01和Ohmykids的博客，並榮獲香港基督教女青年會頒發的「香港傑出女性義工」獎。

程沛玉擁有英國約克大學社會政策碩士學位。

樂鳳蘭

婦女基金會行政總裁

憑藉其資深管理經驗和決心為香港基層婦女服務的使命，樂鳳蘭於2017年9月加入婦女基金會擔任行政總裁。居港逾二十年，樂鳳蘭曾擔任律師和恆生指數公司秘書，在其職業生涯成為一名資深的專業法律人士，為本港及亞洲多家企業提供顧問諮詢。

樂鳳蘭是Room to Read香港分會的共同創辦人，並協助在印度新德里成立區域項目辦公室。她是香港及澳門澳洲商會的前副主席，同時是其Women in Business Network的創辦人和主席。

她因其工作獲得多個獎項，包括2020 年 Women in Business Law Awards Asia 的「傑出成就」獎、2021 年由香港美國商會頒發最具影響力女性獎項及2022 年Tatler Front & Female Hong Kong Awards 的「年度非政府組織領袖」獎。

樂鳳蘭擁有悉尼大學文學院（榮譽）學士及法律學士學位，也是特許秘書和行政人員協會的研究員（FCIS），澳洲新南威爾士律師協會會員。她是澳洲董事學會的研究生會員（GAICD），同時是澳洲董事學會香港的委員。

Damien Mooney

Parent Governor and Vice Chair of the Board of Kellett, the British International School of Hong Kong

Damien Mooney is a Hong Kong-based commercial leader in asset management with almost 30 years of experience, including over 18 years in a variety of Asia Pacific regional business leadership roles. Damien currently leads the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) business for Fidelity International.

Prior to this, Damien held senior commercial leadership positions at BlackRock in Hong Kong as well as Fidelity International in Hong Kong and London. He started his career in London in financial services in 1994 before relocating to Hong Kong in mid-2006.

Damien is a Parent Governor and Vice Chair of the Board of Kellett, the British International School of Hong Kong.

Keith Pogson

Honorary Auditor

Belinda Poole

Development Consultant

Stanley Ho

Assistant Programme Manager, Community Programmes

Stanley joined The Women’s Foundation as Assistant Programme Manager in January 2024. He is responsible for Girls Go Tech Programme, providing latest technologies learning and insight of future career to underprivileged girls.

Prior to joining The Women’s Foundation, he served at a number of organizations including Lingnan University, Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers and Hong Kong Association of Youth Development Training Centre where he was responsible for organizing and executing training courses to teenagers.

Stanley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computing from Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Samantha Wong

Co-Founder and Director, On Air Collective

Samantha Wong is the Co-Founder and Director of the On Air Collective and Little Bao, Founder of On Air Event Space Management and a publisher at the WOM Guide. In these roles, she has succeeded in developing the outreach of Little Bao and the WOM guide, and of the clients of the On Air Collective. Highlights include an increase in readership by 100% after a rebrand practice and the launch of a new website for the WOM Guide and an increase in media outreach by 50% as Vans’ Asia Pacific Community Strategy Partner. Samantha has extensive experience in public relations in the Asia Pacific region. She was previously a PR Executive at various companies including Concept Link International Marketing, Bally and Dmop.

Ali Tse

Board Treasurer

Transfer Pricing Partner – Financial Services, PwC

Ali Tse is a Partner in PwC Hong Kong and China’s financial services transfer pricing group. Ali focuses on providing planning, compliance and operational transfer pricing advisory services to financial institutions. She has over 18 years of experience working in Big 4 accounting firms in London and Hong Kong, covering the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. Ali has provided technical transfer pricing training to tax authorities from across Hong Kong, China and Korea and has advised industry groups in consultations with the Hong Kong SAR government. Ali is a qualified chartered accountant.

While trained as a tax specialist, in her spare time she has taken on informal roles to drive diversity and inclusion initiatives within her own organisations from establishing internal mentoring programmes, driving D&I training platforms, and performing social impact measurement educational work. Ali supports a number of non-profit organisations and has been closely involved in TWF as co-chair and a steering committee member for the Foundation’s Mentoring Programme. She also collaborated with the Foundation and the Women’s Chief Executive group to research, draft and release a survey on the state of gender diversity in the financial services sector in Hong Kong.

Christine Tsang

Board Vice-Chair

Executive Director, IB Operational Risk Control – APAC Head, UBS

Christine Tsang is APAC Head of Operational Risk Control at UBS. In this role, she is responsible for second line of defence monitoring and advising business partners to ensure appropriate controls are in place to mitigate risks, fitting in with her core personal value of “doing the right thing”. This value has guided her career; previously she has worked for National Australia Bank (‘NAB’) and Standard Bank Asia as the Asia Head of Operational Risk; and audit & risk consulting manager with PwC, in Melbourne and Hong Kong. The value of “doing the right thing” has also informed her interest in social, diversity and environmental causes. Christine was founding Chair/Vice Chair of “Connecting Women Hong Kong/Asia” at NAB; Honorary Treasurer of Street Workout Hong Kong; previously Chair of CA ANZ Hong Kong and continues to volunteer as Hong Kong council member and board director. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand.

Tim Payne

Principal, Kellaways

Tim Payne was with Brunswick for 20 years – based in London, then New York, before moving to Hong Kong in 2004 where he leds the firm’s business in Asia. Tim’s work bridges corporate and financial communications, crisis communications and issues management, with expertise in M&A, IPO and reputation communications. Before joining Brunswick, Tim was a political campaign director for the UK’s Liberal Democrat party, running many of their parliamentary campaigns, including securing a by-election win with the largest majority in British parliamentary history.

Tom Morrow

Chairman of FICC and Equities in Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs

Tom Morrow is chairman of FICC and Equities in Asia Pacific at Goldman Sachs. He is a member of the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee, the Asia Pacific Management Committee and the Global Banking & Markets Operating Committee. Tom joined Goldman Sachs in 1992 and moved to Hong Kong in 1995. He has held multiple senior leadership roles throughout his career in the firm’s New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. Prior to his current role, Tom was head of Asia Pacific Equities Distribution, head of the sovereign wealth fund business within the Securities Division in Asia Pacific and led the Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Strategic Coverage & Solutions Group. He is a former member of the Partnership Committee. Tom was named managing director in 2002 and partner in 2006. Tom is a board member of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. He also serves on the Advisory Committee of the Quantitative Finance and MSc in Finance Programmes of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Tom earned an AB from Dartmouth College in 1992.

Angelina Kwan

Board Chair

Managing Director, Stratford Finance Limited

Angelina is passionate about Technology, Digital Assets and the Blockchain and loves advising start-ups. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company focused on dealing with regulatory and operational issues in the financial services and digital assets space and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers.

Most recently Angelina held Senior Advisor and Group Chief Operating Officer roles at the HashKey Group, a regulated digital assets company that recently received the second Approval in Principle from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to operate a virtual asset trading platform. She has previously held Chief Operating Officer and Directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, HKEX, Cantor Fitzgerald, the SFC, and other global financial services companies.

Angelina serves on a number of Hong Kong Government-appointed Boards, and charities including the New Business Committee, Financial Services Development Council, Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, the Ebenezer School for the Blind, and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and a graduate of the University of Southern California in Finance and Accounting. Her MBA is from Pepperdine University, LLB from HKU/Manchester Metropolitan University, and LLM from Harvard Law School.

Joanna Hotung

Director, Hotung Mills Education Foundation

Joanna is Director of Hotung Mills Education Foundation. She is the Founder of the KG Group, which through its different focuses – Kids’ Gallery, Star English, Face Productions, and Mills International Preschool – has seen over 80,000 young people pass through its doors, and alumni are studying at prestigious universities or working in a wide range of fields worldwide. Prior to this she worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Marks and Spencer, Head Office, London.

Joanna has degrees from the Universities of London and Warwick, and is a Licentiate of Trinity College London. She is an Arts Advisor to the University of Warwick, and a Board Member at The Women’s Foundation, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Youth Diabetes Action, Playright Children’s Play Association, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Among many awards, she is winner of South China Morning Post Women of our Time and the American Chamber of Commerce Women of Influence Entrepreneur award.

Brian Henderson

Company Secretary

Founder and Director, Whole Business Wellness Limited

Brian Henderson was Chief Operating Officer for Baker McKenzie. He led local diversity initiatives across nine offices in Asia, as a member of the Management Committee and supported the firm’s gender diversity action plan in championing the “BakerWomen” committee and establishing a “BakerMen” team. His passion about encouraging men to see gender equity as a priority, opportunity and responsibility extends beyond his activities in the firm. Brian is the Co-Chair of TWF’s Male Allies Initiative, and was recognized as the 2017 AmCham Champion for the Advancement of Women.

Claire Goodchild

Former Asia Head of Diversity, Morgan Stanley

Claire Goodchild is the Asia Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Morgan Stanley. She is involved in the design of the firm’s diversity and inclusion strategy, which has resulted in numerous recognitions, including the Gold Standard for LGBT Inclusion in published indices in Hong Kong and Japan as well as being named one of the 100 Best Companies for Women in India. Over the course of more than 15 years at Morgan Stanley, she has held other roles in talent development and has led a team to win a Silver Award for Excellence in Training and Development. Claire is heavily involved with TWF, having been co-chair of the Foundation’s Mentor Programme Steering Committee from 2016 to 2018 and acting as chair of the Human Resources Advisory Council (HRAC) of TWF since 2019.

Gwen Faure

Former Partner, PwC Hong Kong

Gwen Faure was a partner in PwC Hong Kong’s Consulting practice. She specialised in delivering transformation programmes of international banks and financial institutions, ensuring they align with the local regulatory requirements in the Asia Pacific markets. She was the co-lead in PWC Hong Kong’s internal women network. Additionally, she has worked extensively with TWF, both as an advisory council member for the mentoring programme in 2018-2019 and through her involvement in the joint TWF/PwC study of Gender Diversity in the Hong Kong Financial Services Sector last year. Gwen is currently interested in the Workforce of the Future, particularly due to her background as an anthropologist.

Cecilia Chan

Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong

Cecilia Chan is a world leader in health and social work. She currently holds numerous professorships and directorships at the University of Hong Kong, including at the Si Yuan Chair Professorship in Health and Social Work. Her academic career has resulted in groundbreaking innovations such as a strength-oriented empowerment approach with traumatised individuals and the creative synergy of Chinese philosophies and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices into holistic behavioral health intervention. Outside of her research, Cecilia is a prominent social entrepreneur and change maker in society. She served as Founding Director to various projects and programs including the Centre of Behavioural Health and the Jockey Club End-of-life Community Care (JCECC) project. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the Sau Po Centre of Aging, Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKJC Centre on Suicide Research and Prevention as well as other taught post-graduate programmes at the University of Hong Kong.

Ikra Shaikh

Officer, Pipeline Initiatives

Winsome Cheng

Officer, Community Programmes

Winsome joined The Women’s Foundation as a Programme Officer in July 2023. She is responsible for planning and coordinating events under various community initiatives, with a particular focus on the Girls Go Tech programme, which aims to pipeline female talent into the traditionally male-dominated realm of STEM.

Prior to her role at The Women’s Foundation, Winsome worked as a research assistant at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong and contributed to research on fair trial rights. During her undergraduate studies, she also interned at different NGOs where she was involved in advocating for the rights of marginalised and disadvantaged populations from varied socio-cultural backgrounds, through engaging in communications and campaign work.

Winsome holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh.

Clara Hopkins

Senior Officer, Pipeline Initiatives

Clara joined The Women’s Foundation as Pipeline Initiatives Officer in March 2023. She was previously an intern at TWF in 2021. She runs the Male Allies Programme and supports various board diversity initiatives including the Women to Watch Platform and Boardroom and C-suite Leadership Programme.

Prior to joining TWF, she worked with diverse NGOs on issues relating to reproductive rights, minority activism and arts administration.

Clara holds a Master of Arts majoring in French and History from the University of Edinburgh.

Carla Bugo

Senior Officer, Community Programmes

Carla joined as Senior Programme Officer, Community Programmes in August 2023, bringing her extensive expertise to the forefront. In this capacity, she diligently coordinates a diverse range of community initiatives, with a particular focus on the Girls Go Tech programme. This transformative initiative aims to empower women in the STEM field and remove barriers to their success.

Prior to her role, Carla had a remarkable professional journey spanning various sectors, including law, finance, and traditional Chinese medical treatment, in both Hong Kong and Shanghai. Additionally, with over a decade of volunteer experience in the non-profit sector, Carla is a dedicated committee member of a reputable NGO and devotes her free time to serving the underserved and elderly. Her unwavering commitment to uplifting marginalised communities, promoting women empowerment, and providing assistance to those in need has shaped her into a compassionate and devoted professional.

Hillary Fung

Senior Development & Administrative Officer

Hillary is responsible for managing TWF’s CRM implementation and contributes to coordinating and executing various flagship events including the annual Gala and International Women’s Day Lunch to support our mission. She also actively assists the Pipeline Initatives team with corporate partnership related inquiries.

Prior to her current role, Hillary was the Programme Officer in the Community team where she was responsible for planning, coordinating and executing events and activities under the Girls Go Tech Programme, as well as developing the English for STEM initiative.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies and a minor in Sociology from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Désirée Fong

Senior Communications & Advocacy Officer

Désirée is responsible for developing and implementing strategic communication plans and initiatives. She also focuses on research and advocacy, leveraging her extensive knowledge of gender equality to further support TWF’s mission.

Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Chinese, Désirée holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish from the University of Southampton, a Master of Science in Gender and International Relations, and a Master of Research in Security, Conflict and Human Rights from the University of Bristol. During her 8+ years of academia, she worked alongside various disciplines on critical social issues, developing effective strategies for conflict resolution and social justice, and was recognised as one of the top 100 Future Females by Barclays UK Bank.

Désirée is a Non-Executive Director at The New Normal Charity, where she advises on strategies to promote equity and inclusion within the organisation and across its programmes and services, as well as supporting the charity’s expansion to Hong Kong.

She is also the editor and digital creator for Frontline Feminists, an advocacy platform that amplifies sexual assault survivors’ voices and experiences, fostering a supportive and open community.

Dora Lee

Assistant Operations Manager

Dora joined The Women’s Foundation as Operations Officer in September 2018, supporting finance & accounting and working closely with the Pipeline, Development and Programme teams. Prior to joining TWF, she worked as Controller overseeing Asia Pacific government projects in Philips Electronics Healthcare Division. She also worked in Sydney office of Unisys Company Limited for a regional accounting hub migration project. She has diversified experience in accounting, business support, performance reporting, financial analysis and control process improvement.

Dora holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Master of Science in Financial Analysis (Major in Corporate Finance) from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA).

Jina Guo

Manager, Pipeline Initiatives

Jina joined The Women’s Foundation in April 2023 as Assistant Manager, Pipeline Initiatives. She is primarily responsible for Gender Equality & Inclusion Working Group and supporting the Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders and other gender diversity programmes under TWF’s Pipeline Initiatives.

Jina has nearly a decade of experience in the education sector. Prior to her role at TWF, Jina served as the Director of Studies at Education First. Jina’s role focused on developing academic staff’s teaching and management skills and implementing new curricula. She also collaborated with the Sales and Service Team to ensure school’s healthy growth as well as run various marketing and internal staff events.

Jina holds a bachelor’s degree in English Education from Huainan Normal University, with a National Teaching Certificate from the Chinese Education Bureau.

Phoebe Ho

Events and Development Manager

Phoebe joined The Women’s Foundation as Assistant Events and Development Manager in April 2022. She is responsible for conceptualising, planning, executing and evaluating TWF’s fundraising initiatives, with a particular focus on two signature fundraising events: International Women’s Day Lunch and Gala Dinner.

Before joining TWF, she worked in The American Club as an Events Executive, working closely with the American Club Foundation team to host charity events as well as collaborating with many other charity organisations to host various fundraising events in The American Club. These events gave her great satisfaction by helping people in need and inspired her next chapter in working at an NGO.

Phoebe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from De Montfort University.

Kit Yu

Senior Design Lead

Kit joined The Women’s Foundation as Graphic Designer in July 2017. Her primary responsibilities include conceiving and developing graphics for TWF’s marketing collateral, documents, website and social media channels, as well as planning and managing the design of marketing and event promotion material.

Before joining TWF, Kit worked as a senior designer and graphic designer at both Esquel Enterprises Limited and Ma belle Jewelry Limited. She was responsible for providing innovative graphic design concepts and executing marketing campaigns such as advertisements, packaging, product catalogues and seasonal promotion materials. She graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a BA in Applied and Media Art and a Higher Diploma in Graphic and Media Design from the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Natasha Ryan

Associate Director, Pipeline Initiatives

Natasha Ryan joined The Women’s Foundation in September 2023 as senior manager in the Pipeline Initiatives team, overseeing several programmes focusing on women’s representation in leadership roles in Hong Kong. Leading The Women Foundation’s gender, equity and inclusion working group among other initiatives, Natasha provides technical expertise on gender, social norms change and advocacy.

Natasha’s 10 years professional experience covering social justice and rights advocacy for women, children and marginalised groups spans international, regional and national levels, including with UNICEF, the European Commission and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Natasha has a deep understanding of the intersection between advancing social causes and the private sector, most recently having led the development of a platform introducing NGOs to blockchain technology. Previously, she advised a London-based business organisation on EU-citizens’ rights during the negotiations of UK’s exit from the EU.

She has also lectured in Public Law at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.

Inti Tam

Head of Communications and Marketing

Inti Tam joined The Women’s Foundation team as Communications and Marketing Manager in August 2018. She is responsible for the TWF’s marketing strategy and messaging, and executes communications that drive the organisation’s goals, including its newsletter, campaigns, initiatives and events. Inti also drives forward the development of content for the website, eDM, social media and other offline marketing channels.

Before joining TWF, she spent seven years working in the media industry at leading newspaper and magazine outlets as a reporter and editor. As an ex-journalist-turned-communications professional, she is passionate about making a meaningful impact in the lives of others and is always eager to contribute more in the non-profit sphere.

Gladys Cheung

Associate Programme Director

Gladys joined TWF in October 2019. Previously, she served at a number of organisations including WWF, World Green Organisation and Ocean Park Conservation Foundation where she was responsible for fundraising and advocacy campaigns to support their conservation projects. Gladys solicited partners to support Earth Hour, the global climate change initiative, and spearheaded the first city-wide No Straw Campaign in 2017 to encourage the F&B industry and the general public to go straw-less.

Gladys holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Toronto and a Master of Social Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Lai Shan Chung

Director, Special Projects – Community Programmes

Shan joined The Women’s Foundation as Director, Special Projects – Community Programmes in late October 2023. She is an unwavering advocate for women’s rights and gender justice.

Shan worked on poverty eradication and development programme, particularly focusing on women empowerment, eliminating gender-based violence, gender justice and civil society building in Mainland China with Oxfam Hong Kong for 18 years. She established the gender programme team and was the gender justice focal point for the global gender platform. She facilitated the registration of OHK’s Guangdong Office in 2017 and became the first chief representative. After social movements and Covid-19, Shan decided to redirect her focus back to Hong Kong.

She has extensive experience in strategic planning, programming, policy advocacy and campaigning, grant-making and management. She is also a skilled facilitator and participatory trainer in areas such as gender and development, civil society organisation development, project cycle management, gender impact assessment, as well as safeguarding policies and mechanisms.

Shan enjoys working with various communities and stakeholders from diversified backgrounds. She has experience in promoting commons and social economy in Hong Kong. She is keen on gender education for various groups in different creative methods.

She was a journalist and an editor, working in both conventional and social media.

Shan holds a BA (Hons) in Public and Social Administration and a MSc in International Development.

Amy Viklund

Director, Pipeline Initiatives

Amy joined The Women’s Foundation in 2023 as Director, Pipeline Initiatives. She leads a team that is responsible for the programmes, partnerships and initiatives which support the continuous development of the female talent pipeline in Hong Kong.

The Pipeline Initiatives include the Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders, Male Allies Initiatives, 30% Club Hong Kong and Boardroom Series for Women Leaders.

Prior to joining The Women’s Foundation, Amy has gained substantial experience from more than a decade of working in commercial business development and marketing roles in the professional services sector in Hong Kong. She has also worked at a listed international stock exchange for a few years based in Sweden.

Amy has been an active advocate for gender equity and has led or participated in numerous gender equity initiatives where she worked and in the wider communities over the past 7 years.

Lisa Moore

Senior Director, Research & Advocacy

Lisa joined The Women’s Foundation in 2011 and became Senior Director, Research & Advocacy in January 2024.

Lisa oversees TWF’s independent, collaboratively produced research on critical, under-discussed gender issues. She also leads advocacy efforts that aim to challenge and transform existing attitudes and behaviours that are preventing women and girls from fully participating in society through cross-sector campaigns as well as sector-specific actions. Additionally, she manages their communications strategy and execution to drive TWF’s presence and impact in the wider community.

She is part of Meta’s Global Women’s Safety Expert Advisors, a group of experts that help Meta develop new policies, products and programmes that better support the women who use their apps.

Prior to TWF, Lisa served as a Teaching & Research Fellow for Morningside College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Lisa holds a BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of Richmond, an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University, and an MSc in Psychology from Sheffield Hallam University.

Maria Chau

Chief Operations Officer

Maria joined The Women’s Foundation as Finance and Administration Director in August 2021, with sound experience in healthcare and pharmaceutical multinational corporations and local public organisations managing finance, administration, controlling, supply chain, procurement, human resources, internal control, commercial and IT management.

She has started her career in a German-based pharmaceutical company, Schering AG, building and managing finance and administration teams in Hong Kong and China, and was exposed to various challenges like M&A activities and integrations. She was the Chief Administration Officer of Bayer Healthcare Hong Kong and Deputy Executive Director (Commercial & Administration) of Aviation Security Ltd. at HK International Airport.

Maria is passionate about TWF’s mission and vision in promoting the full and equal participation of women and girls in her home city where she grew up and currently resides.

Maria is also a supporter of lifelong learning. She attained three master degrees in professional accounting, business administration and English Studies for the Professions while being a working mom of two boys.

Rita Ching

Principal Adviser

Before serving as Principal Adviser, Rita served The Women’s Foundation for 10 years, with the majority of her time as Deputy CEO. She is mainly responsible for programme design and development, advocacy campaigns, and community outreach.

Previously, Rita spent ten years at the Employee Retraining Board, where she managed placement services and public relations working closely with the Education Bureau, the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Commission on Poverty, the Labour Department and the Social Welfare Department.

She is the Founder of a social enterprise, Above and Beyond Education, that instructs on positive education and social-emotional learning to support students, their parents and schools. She was also a Programme Committee Member for the Children’s Medical Foundation.

Rita was an organising member of the ‘2013-18 Family-Friendly Employers Award Scheme’, and the Convenor of the Advisory Group for the Investor and Financial Education Council, a subsidiary of the Securities & Futures Commission. She was a blogger for HK01 and Ohmykids and has been awarded “Hong Kong Outstanding Women Volunteer” of Hong Kong YWCA.

Rita holds a Masters in Social Policy from the University of York, UK.

Fiona Nott

CEO

Fiona joined The Women’s Foundation as CEO in September 2017, combining her senior leadership experience with a passion for TWF’s mission to serve marginalised women and girls in Hong Kong. A former lawyer and Hang Seng Index company secretary, Fiona has lived in Hong Kong for over two decades having cultivated a career as a senior legal professional and adviser to a number of leading corporations in Hong Kong and around Asia including PCCW, AIA, AIG, Aviva, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery as well as SMEs, start ups and non-profit organisations.

She is the Co-Founder of Room to Read’s Hong Kong Chapter and helped establish the Regional Programme office in New Delhi, India. She is Deputy Chair and a Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong (AustCham), and was Founder and Chair of its Women in Business Network. In 2015, Fiona won the People’s Choice Award for the Advancement of Women in Business at the AustCham-Westpac Australia China Business Awards.

In 2020, Fiona was selected as the winner of the “Outstanding Achievement” award for the Women in Business Law Awards Asia 2020 for her professional accomplishments as well as advocacy and influence. In 2021, she was recognised at the AmCham Women of Influence Awards 2021 as Non-Profit Leader of the Year for her work to advance gender equality. In 2022, she was a recipient of Tatler’s Front & Female Hong Kong Awards.

Fiona holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and is a Fellow (FGIA FCG) of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Chartered Governance Institute, a member of the Law Society of New South Wales, Australia and a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and sits on its Hong Kong Committee.