While there is ever more focus on the importance of gender diversity in the workplace, there is still much that needs to be done. Women’s representation on Boards of Directors in Hong Kong lags behind a number of other economies. Hong Kong’s gender pay gap is wider than that of Singapore, Australia, the UK and the US.
PwC Hong Kong and TWF recently released a report looking at the current state of gender diversity in the Financial Services (FS) sector in Hong Kong, in partnership with an informal group of women chief executives from the FS industry in Hong Kong. The survey looked at the views from both an organisational standpoint and from the perspective of their employees, and revealed that there are a number of preconceptions about gender diversity that need to be tackled before more substantial change can occur.
Join us as we explore findings coming out of the research, including insights into:
– Why women leave a company
– What actions in the workplace drive gender parity
– Perceptions on the gender gap in pay
SPEAKERS
Ivy Au Yeung, CEO Hong Kong, ANZ and convenor of the Women Chief Executives Hong Kong
Harjeet Baura, Hong Kong Financial Services Consulting Leader, PwC Hong Kong
Fiona Nott, CEO, The Women’s Foundation
Ali Tse, Transfer Pricing Director, PwC Hong Kong (moderator)
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, February 15
Time: 8.15-9.30am (registration from 8.00am)
Venue: PwC Executive Conference Centre, 21/F Edinburgh Tower, 15 Queen’s Road Central
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Yoni So 於 2024 年加入婦女基金會，負責整合傳訊與內容策劃，致力推動性別平等，提升婦女基金會在社區中的影響力及知名度。
加入非牟利界前，她擁有逾十年品牌傳訊經驗，涉足全球零售、科技、時尚與媒體領域。曾於 Alpargatas S.A. 及 Otter Products 領導區域品牌策略及數碼電商業務，聚焦亞太區及中國市場拓展。
Yoni 熱衷於青年潛能發掘及推動職場健康文化，啟發年輕領袖突破陳規思維，推動共融、成長與影響力。透過自身的義工參與，Yoni 積極支援非牟利機構發展數碼內容及策略規劃，同時鼓勵有能力者貢獻所長，推動以社區為本的改變力量。
Yoni So joined The Women’s Foundation in 2024, bringing over a decade of brand communications expertise across global retail, digital tech, fashion, and media sectors. At TWF, she leads integrated communications strategy and content storytelling to amplify TWF’s awareness and advance gender equality.
Prior to joining the non-profit sector, she built a regional career in brand strategy and digital commerce at Alpargatas S.A. and Otter Products, with a focus on market penetration and expansion across APAC and China.
Yoni is passionate about youth empowerment and workplace wellness. She thrives on motivating to unlock youth leadership potential, challenge conventions to foster organisational inclusiveness, and inspire capable individuals to contribute their strengths to uplift those in need among wider society.
Through her own volunteer work, Yoni relishes opportunities to mentor NGOs in elevating digital storytelling and organisational strategy to drive impactful community growth.
陳彩鑫於二零二四年十二月一日擔任香港置地集團公司執行董事及首席企業官，在這個新設立的職位中推動集團企業策略及實現組織轉型優先事項方面發揮關鍵作用。陳女士負責領導可持續發展、科技、企業傳訊與品牌管理、企業社會責任以及歷史檔案團隊，旨在提升集團運營卓越性和品牌形象。
陳女士於怡和集團任職及私人執業期間累積了豐富經驗。在加入置地公司之前，她曾在怡和集團擔任集團董事及幕僚長。陳女士在麥肯錫公司工作超過 15 年，曾擔任多個高級職務，包括中國區首席運營官。她的職業生涯始於紐約投資銀行摩根大通。
陳女士擁有麻省理工斯隆管理學院的工商管理碩士學位，以及西澳大學財務學一等榮譽學士學位。
Jacqueline Tan joined Hongkong Land Limited as Executive Director and Chief Corporate Officer on 1 December 2024. In this newly created position, she will play a key role in driving the company’s corporate strategy to achieve its organisational transformation priorities. Ms Tan leads the sustainability, technology, corporate communications & branding, CSR, and archival teams with a view to raising operational excellence and reputation.
Ms Tan brings to the Group a broad range of experience from corporate and professional services. Before joining the Company, Ms Tan was Group Director & Chief of Staff at Jardine Matheson Limited. She spent over 15 years at McKinsey & Company, where she was most recently Chief Operating Officer for the China region. Her career began in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in New York.
Ms Tan holds an MBA degree from MIT Sloan and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with first class honours in Finance from the University of Western Australia.
Aveline began her career as a banking and capital markets lawyer after qualifying as a solicitor and barrister in Australia in 1997. 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, 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 on the board of various Citi entities in Hong Kong, FinTech Association of Hong Kong, The Women’s Foundation, the Community Chest Hong Kong and the Financial Services Development Council; 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 was conferred as an Honorary Certified Banker by the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers in 2024.
辛女士於1997年在澳洲獲得事務律師和大律師資格，開始其銀行和資本市場律師的職業生涯。辛女士於2019年4月加入花旗集團，出任亞太區合規部總監 。 此前，她在瑞銀工作了14年，曾任不同的高級管理職位，包括集團亞太區合規及營運風險控制部主管兼北亞財富管理業務總法律顧問。
辛女士熱衷於促進創新和社會影響方面的業界合作，她也積極參與影響金融業的政策和監管發展的相關工作。她目前擔任花旗銀行（香港）有限公司、花旗環球金融亞洲有限公司、香港金融科技協會、婦女基金會、香港公益金和香港金融發展局董事會成員; 香港總商會金融及財資服務委員會副主席、香港銀行學會副會長、財資市場公會理事會成員及香港銀行公會執行委員會成員。她在2024年獲香港銀行學會授予榮譽認證銀行家。
包凱現在擔任證券及期貨事務監察委員會（證監會）的非執行董事，並同時為審核委員會、薪酬委員會及提名委員會的成員他現任安永（EY）亞太區金融服務業資深合夥人及全球銀行與資本市場審計業務主管，擁有超過34年的會計專業經驗。此前，他曾擔任安永亞太區金融服務業務的創辦人及首任區域管理合夥人。他代表安永（EY）擔任「全球公共政策銀行工作組」的聯席主席，該工作組是四大會計師事務所及兩大專業機構（Big 4 + 2 Accounting firms）與金融穩定理事會（Financial Stability Board）及官方部門（Official Sector）之間的交流平台
他曾任香港交易所主板及創業板上市委員會主席（2022-2023年）、副主席（2020-2022年）及委員（2016-2020年）。他亦曾擔任公司法改革常務委員會成員（2015-2021年），以及財經事務及庫務局轄下金融糾紛調解中心調解仲裁小組成員（2015-2023年）。此外，他曾出任會計及財務匯報局榮譽顧問及財務與企業事務委員會成員。
他畢業於英國華威大學商學院，獲管理科學學士學位。他是香港會計師公會的執業會員，並曾於2012年擔任公會會長，期間先後領導審計委員會、監管監督委員會、審計與鑒證準則委員會及職業道德準則委員會等多個重要委員會，現任公會管治委員會副主席。他同時具備英格蘭及威爾斯特許會計師資格，並擔任該機構大中華區諮詢委員會成員，亦是香港證券及投資學會資深會員。此外，他還是香港金融學院成員。他現任英國商會司庫、董事會成員及金融服務委員會主席，同時擔任婦女基金會的董事會顧問，並為亞洲「30%俱樂部」的創始成員。
Samantha Wong 是 On Air Collective 和小包包的共同創辦人兼總監、On Air Event Space Management 的創辦人以及 WOM Guide 的出版人。在這些職務中，她成功地發展了小包包和 WOM 指南，以及拓展 On Air Collective 的客戶群。其中的亮點包括在為 WOM 指南進行品牌重塑實踐和推出新網站後，讀者人數增加了 100%，以及作為 Vans 的亞太區社區策略合作夥伴，媒體推廣增加了 50%。Samantha 在亞太地區擁有豐富的公共關係經驗。她曾在多家公司擔任公關主管，包括客林國際股份有限公司、Bally 和 Dmop。
謝文憲女士是PwC香港及中國大陸區金融服務稅務轉讓定價組的合伙人。她擁有超過20年在國際四大會計師事務所的工作經驗，專註於為大中華區及亞太地區的金融機構提供國際稅務及轉讓定價諮詢服務。謝文憲女士經常受邀擔任OECD-STA多邊稅務中心的客座講師，並為亞太及歐非中東 (APAC & EMEA) 地區的稅務機關提供轉讓定價技術培訓。她曾為國際稅務及轉讓定價出版物和數據庫撰寫文章及章節，並就金融服務行業政策向香港特別行政區政府提供專業建議。謝文憲女士是一名特許會計師。
除稅務專業外，她還在業餘時間積極推動企業內部的多元共融倡議，包括建立導師計劃、推動多元化和包容性培訓平台，以及開展社會影響力評估相關的教育工作。
謝文憲女士為多家非營利組織提供支持。她早年曾任職於聯合國難民署，現仍為香港的公共政策智庫及教育慈善機構提供專業志願服務。
謝文憲女士支持多家非牟利機構，並密切參與婦女基金會的工作，擔任婦女基金會女性領袖師友計劃的聯合主席和指導委員會成員，並聯同 Women Chief Executives Hong Kong (WCEHK) 合作，研究、起草並發佈了一份有關香港金融服務業性別多元化狀況的調查報告。
Christine Tsang 是瑞銀財富管理 – 香港的亞太區營運風險控制主管。在這個職位上，她負責第二道防線的監控，並向業務夥伴提供建議，以確保適當的控制措施到位，從而降低風險，這與她的核心個人價值觀 「做正確的事 」不謀而合。這個價值觀一直引導著她的職業生涯；在此之前，她曾在澳洲國民銀行和標準銀行亞洲有限公司擔任亞洲營運風險主管，並在墨爾本和香港的羅兵咸永道擔任審計和風險諮詢經理。「做正確的事」的價值觀也讓她對社會、多元化和環境事業產生了濃厚的興趣。Christine 曾擔任 NAB「Connecting Women Hong Kong/Asia」的創會主席/副主席、Street Workout Hong Kong 的名譽司庫、澳洲及紐西蘭特許會計師公會的前任主席，並繼續擔任香港理事會成員及董事會董事的義務工作。她是澳洲及紐西蘭特許會計師公會的資深會員。
作爲一位資深的企業戰略顧問，潘添敏在企業聲譽維護、風險、地緣政治、企業併購、危機管理及企業管治諮詢等方面擁有超過 30 年的經驗。
潘先生的職業生涯始於英國及美國，其後的 20 年間，他專注亞洲地區，並將業務打造為業内領先的顧 問服務品牌。他現為 Kellaways 的創始合夥人，Kellaways 是一家策略管理諮詢公司，為不同行業客戶提供聲譽維護與管理等專業諮詢服務。
潘先生同時兼任 Chair Mentors International (CMi) 亞洲區主席及資深顧問。CMi 是一家全球領先的董事顧問平台，專門為企業領導層包括董事會主席、行政總裁、其繼任人選和財務總監等高層提供度身訂做的導師計劃，旨在幫助行政人員發揮潛能，並發展成具有影響力的領袖。
在博然思維主管亞洲業務並出任全球領導團隊成員期間，他曾為多家大型亞洲企業提供企業併購和危機管理諮詢，協助客戶有效地應對各種重大問題及事件，並為涉足亞洲市場的跨國公司提供支援。他具備深厚廣博的專業知識，對各國地緣政治、企管精粹及人文視野具有精闢見解，擅長為企業制定融合不同的佈局考量的策略。憑藉其積累的政治實踐經驗，以及對亞洲市場瞬息萬變的機遇與挑戰有深入的理解，在關鍵時刻為客戶的複雜業務決策提供專業諮詢。
作為婦女基金會的董事局成員，以及香港 30% Club 的副主席和前主席，潘先生致力倡導企業內各層面的包容性、多元性和性別平等。他亦是北京中國人民大學商學院的國際顧問委員會成員和跨國投資與併購 國際研究中心（XBMA）的創始董事。
關蕙是IMC亞太地區的高級顧問和政府事務負責人，該公司是一家領先的全球市場做市和自營交易公司，她負責監督公司的香港業務，並擔任責任官(RO)。她是一位元經驗豐富的金融服務高管，曾在香港交易所及結算有限公司（HKEX）、證券及期貨事務監察委員會（SFC）、Cantor Fitzgerald、里昂證券 (CLSA)、德意志銀行和HG Asia/ABN AMRO(荷蘭銀行) 等機構擔任高級管理職務。
關女士在數字資產領域尤其見多識廣，曾擔任BitMex和HashKey Group的全球首席運營官。在此職位上，她還為券商、基金經理和技術提供商提供諮詢和建議，涉及監管和運營事務。她還是匡豐有限公司的董事總經理，這是一家專注于解決金融服務和數位資產領域的監管和運營問題的諮詢公司，並為券商、基金經理和技術提供商提供建議。
與此同時，關蕙為香港政府各個委員會和董事會提供專業意見，如金融服務發展局的拓新業務小組委員會。她還擔任婦女基金會董事局的主席，並在心光盲人院暨學校、香港伍倫貢學院、Web3 Harbour、其士國際集團、蘇黎世保險(香港) 以及其他組織的董事會任職。
關蕙女士是美國、香港、澳大利亞和紐西蘭的註冊會計師。為南加州大學學士、佩珀代因大學工商管理碩士(MBA)、香港大學/曼徹斯特城市大學的法學學士、以及哈佛法學院的法學碩士。
Joanna 是何東苗氏教育基金會董事會成員。她是 KG 集團的創辦人，透過不同的教育重點專注項目 – Kids’ Gallery、Star English、Face Productions 和 Mills International Preschool – 已經有超過 80,000 名年輕人通過其支持，校友在世界各地的著名大學就讀或在廣泛企業工作。在此之前，她曾在 PriceWaterhouseCoopers 和 Marks and Spencer 倫敦總部工作。
Joanna 擁有倫敦大學和華威大學的學位，也是倫敦三一學院的執照持有人。她是華威大學的藝術顧問，也是婦女基金會、港怡醫院、青年糖尿病行動、智樂兒童遊戲協會和香港藝術節的董事會成員。
在眾多獎項中，她是《南華早報》「時代女性 」和美國商會「影響力女性」企業家獎的得主。
Brian Henderson 在 2020 年創立 Whole Business Wellness Limited，幫助個人、團隊和組織建立適應力和欣欣向榮的工作場所文化。他是 TWF 賢士同行計劃的創始聯合主席，在賢士同行計劃領導委員會服務了 6 年。他是青年賢士同行計劃指導小組的成員，也是該計劃的導師。Brian 被認可為 2017 年美國商會提高婦女地位的冠軍（AmCham Champion for the Advancement of Women），並入圍 2024 年社區商業社群領袖獎（Community Business Community Leader Award）決賽。Brian 還領導 MoveMEN！，這是一個由男性組成的社群，他們通過練習運動、冥想和心靈對話，互相支持，共度人生的起伏。
Claire Goodchild 曾於摩根士丹利擔任 Asia Head of Diversity。她參與了公司多元化和包容策略的設計，並因此獲得了眾多認可，包括香港和日本公布的指數中 LGBT 包容性的黃金標準，以及被評為印度 100 家最適合女性的公司之一。在摩根士丹利工作的 15 年間，她還擔任過其他人才發展方面的職務，並曾帶領團隊贏得卓越培訓與發展銀獎。Claire 積極參與 TWF 的工作，曾於 2016 年至 2018 年擔任女性領袖師友計劃指導委員會的聯合主席，並自 2019 年起擔任 TWF 人力資源諮詢委員會 (HRAC) 的主席。
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.
麗珊於 2023 年 10 月加入婦女基金會，擔任社區導向項目總監。她是婦女權利和性別平等的堅定倡議者。
她曾在香港樂施會工作18年，致力於消除貧窮和發展計劃，特別是在中國內地的婦女充權、消除性別暴力、性別平等和公民社會建設方面。她建立了性別項目團隊，並擔任國際樂施會全球性別平台的其中一位聯絡人。2017年，她促成了樂施會廣東辦事處的登記，並成為其首任首席代表。在經歷了社會運動和 Covid-19 之後，麗珊決定將她的重心調回香港。
她在戰略規劃、項目策劃、政策倡議、撥款和管理方面擁有豐富的經驗。她也是一位在性別與發展、公民社會組織發展、項目管理、性別影響評估以及保障政策和機制等領域的培訓導師。
麗珊喜歡與來自不同背景的社區和持分者合作。她擁有在香港推廣社區經濟的經驗。她熱衷於以不同的創意方法為不同群體提供性別平等教育。
麗珊曾是一名傳統媒體和社交媒體記者和編輯，持有公共及社會行政管理榮譽文學士學位和國際發展碩士學位。
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。
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 joined The Women’s Foundation in September 2024, bringing her experience in project and stakeholder management to the team. In her role, she primarily manages and oversees TWF’s Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders, and Boardroom and C-suite Leadership Programme. She also helps to support 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.
Ada is currently the Deputy CEO of The Women’s Foundation. Previously, she co-founded WYNG 43 Social Investment and acted as CEO in one of its invested companies, Urban Spring, from 2015 to 2023. Ada led the impact business to develop a reliable network of well designed water refill stations with the mission to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic bottles. Ada is a Certified ESG Analyst under EFFAs.
Beyond her day job, her volunteer roles include the 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; a board member of Social Value Hong Kong (formerly The Hong Kong Institute of Social Impact Analysts) and a member of the Sub-Committee on Public Education on Rehabilitation under the Labour and Welfare Department of the Hong Kong Government.
Prior to the above engagements, she was the Programme Director of the i2i (incubation to investment) program at SOW Asia. In her early career, Ada worked at a number of international financial institutions in Toronto, Tokyo, and Hong Kong with regional management responsibilities for over 20 years.
葉蓁蓁女士現為婦女基金會的副行政總裁。葉女士為 WYNG 43 社會投資的創始董事之一，並於 2015 年到 2023 年在該公司投資的城泉 (Urban Spring) 擔任首席執行官。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，並帶領公司成為 B Corp。她自 2023 年起成為 EFFA 的認證 ESG 分析師。葉蓁蓁女士一直是社會公益社群的活躍成員，參與了許多社會創新的孵化計畫。葉女士是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。她亦是香港政府勞工及福利局的康復諮詢委員會轄下，康復服務公眾教育小組委員會的成員。在此之前，她曾是SOW Asia的項目總監，葉蓁蓁女士事業的頭二十年於多倫多、東京和香港的國際金融機構工作，負責區域管理及營運的職務。
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，以及社區聯繫。
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。
憑藉其資深管理經驗和為香港基層婦女服務的熱誠，樂鳳蘭於 2017 年 9 月加入婦女基金會擔任行政總裁。樂鳳蘭曾擔任律師和恆生指數公司秘書。在其居港逾二十年的職業生涯中成為一名資深的專業法律人士，為本港及亞洲多家企業包括 AIA、AIG、Aviva、周大福珠寶、電訊盈科，以及中小企、初創公司及非牟利團體等提供顧問服務。
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。
她於 2015 年在澳洲商會-西太平洋澳華企業成就獎中獲得 the People’s Choice Award for the Advancement of Women in Business，同時於 2020 年 獲得Women in Business Law Awards Asia 的「傑出成就」獎、2021 年獲得香港美國商會的「最具影響力女性」獎及2022 年獲得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的香港委員。
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 on the Board of Kellett, the British International School of Hong Kong.
Keith is a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), where he also serves as a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. He is currently Senior Partner, Financial Services, Asia Pacific and Global Assurance Leader, Banking & Capital Markets of EY. He has over 34 years of experience in the accounting profession. He was previously the founder and first Regional Managing Partner for the Financial Services business across Asia Pacific at EY. He represents EY upon, and is the Co-Chair of, the Global Public Policy Bank Working Group, the point of intersection between the Big 4 + 2 Accounting firms with the Financial Stability Board and the Official Sector.
Previously Mr Pogson was the Chairman (2022-2023), Deputy Chairman (2020-2022) and Member (2016-2020) of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong’s Main Board and GEM Board Listing Committees. A member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform (2015-2021), and the Panel member of The Resolution Compensation Tribunal of Financial Services and the Treasury (2015-2023). He has also served as an Honorary Advisor, and a Member of the Finance & Corporate Affairs Committee of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council.
Mr Pogson obtained his Bachelor of Science in Management Science from the University of Warwick Business School in the United Kingdom. He is a Practising Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and has served as President of the HKICPA (2012), as well as having chaired their Audit Committee, Regulatory Oversight Committee, Audit and Assurance Standards Committee, and Ethical Standards Committees amongst others, and is presently Deputy Chair of their Governance Committee. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants in England & Wales and also sits upon their Greater China Advisory Panel and is also a Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He is a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance. He is the Treasurer, board member and Chair of the Financial & Professional Services Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce, a board advisor to The Women’s Foundation and a Founding Member of the 30% Club in Asia.
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 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 is a Partner in PwC Hong Kong and China’s financial services tax – transfer pricing group. She has over 20 years of experience working in Big 4 accounting firms providing international tax and transfer pricing advisory services to financial institutions across the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. She is also a regular guest speaker at the OECD-STA Multilateral Tax Centre and provides technical transfer pricing training to tax authorities from across the APAC and EMEA regions. She has contributed articles and chapter submissions for international tax and TP publications and databases. And she has advised financial services 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; having started her working career with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees she continues to provide skills-based volunteering for public-policy think tanks and education charities in Hong Kong. She co-chaired and sat as a steering committee member for The Women’s Foundation’s mentoring programme for 100 women leaders. 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 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.
A strategic advisor with over 30 years of experience, focusing on issues of critical reputation, risk, geopolitical complexity, M&A, crisis, and governance.
Tim had a background in politics and a career spanning the UK and US. He then founded and built, over 20 years, a market leading consulting practice in Asia. He is now Principal at Kellaways, his own management consulting firm focused on areas of reputation and trust. He is also the Asia Chair, and Senior Advisor to CMi, the world’s leading mentoring partner for Chairs, CEOs, CEO succession candidates, CFOs and Senior Executives, accelerating their performance and impact.
Tim was Formerly Head of Asia and part of the global leadership team at Brunswick Group, the leading critical issues advisory firm.
Tim has worked on transactions and crises for many of Asia’s most significant companies, and on their highest profile issues around the world, as well as supporting leading global MNCs as they engage Asian markets. His appreciation for geopolitical, corporate, cultural, and personal complexities enables him to formulate strategies framed by context. His roots as a political campaigner, and his deep understanding of the micro and macro challenges facing the business world of Asia, strengthen his role as a transformative advisor.
As a board director of The Women’s Foundation in Hong Kong and as Vice Chair and former Chair of the 30% Club, Tim is a committed advocate for inclusion, diversity, and gender parity. He sits on the International Advisory Board of the Renmin University of China, School of Business in Beijing, and is a founding director of XBMA, the International Institute for the Study of Cross-Border Investment and M&A.
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 is the Senior Advisor and Head of Government Affairs-APAC to IMC Asia Pacific, a leading global market making and proprietary trading firm, where she serves as the Responsible Officer overseeing the company’s Hong Kong operations. She is an experienced financial services executive, having previously held senior management roles at organizations including Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and Cantor Fitzgerald, CLSA, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, and HG Asia/ABN AMRO.
Angelina is particularly versed in the digital asset space, previously serving as the Global Chief Operating Officer of BitMex and the HashKey Group. In this capacity, she also consults for and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers on regulatory and operational matters. She is also the Managing Director of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company focused on dealing with regulatory and operational issues in the financial services and digital assets sectors and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers.
Concurrently, Angelina lends her expertise to various Hong Kong Government Boards and committees, such as the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council. She also chairs The Women’s Foundation and serves on the boards of the Ebenezer School for the Blind, University of Wollongong Hong Kong, Web3 Harbour, as well as Chevalier HK and Zurich Life Insurance, Hong Kong.
Angelina is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California, an MBA from Pepperdine University, an LLB from HKU/Manchester Metropolitan University, and an LLM from Harvard Law School.
Joanna is Director of Hotung Mills Education Foundation. She is the Founder of the KG Group, which through its different educational focuses 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 founded Whole Business Wellness Limited in 2020 to help individuals, teams and organisations build resilience and thriving workplace cultures. He was Founding Co-Chair of TWF’s Male Allies Initiative, serving on the Male Allies Leadership Council for 6 years. He is a member of the Young Allies steering group and a mentor on that program. Brian was recognised as the 2017 AmCham Champion for the Advancement of Women and was a finalist for the Community Business Community Leader Award in 2024. Brian also leads MoveMEN!, a community of men supporting each other through life’s ups and downs by practising movement, meditation and mindful dialogue.
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 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.
Professor Cecilia Chan is a world leader in health and social work. Before her retirement, she was Si Yuan Chair Professorship in Health and Social Work. She was known for her 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 behavioural health intervention for marginalised populations and persons in distress. Besides her research excellence, 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.
Clara joined The Women’s Foundation as Pipeline Initiatives Officer in March 2023. She runs the Male Allies Programme and supports various board diversity initiatives including the Women to Watch Platform.
Prior to joining TWF, she worked with diverse NGOs on issues relating to reproductive rights, disability, and arts administration.
Clara holds a Master of Arts majoring in French and History from the University of Edinburgh.
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 volunteer 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 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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 was part of Meta’s Global Women’s Safety Expert Advisors (2021-2024), 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 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.
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 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 was the former 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.
