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 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.
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 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 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.
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亞太區的高級顧問，IMC是一家全球做市商和自營交易公司，她擔任負責人員(RO)，監督該公司的香港業務。她是一位資深的金融服務高管，之前曾在香港交易所(HKEX)、證券及期貨事務監察委員會(SFC)和Cantor Fitzgerald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的全球首席運營官。在這個職位上，她還就監管和運營事宜為經紀公司、基金經理和技術服務提供商提供諮詢和建議。
與此同時，關蕙為香港政府各個委員會和董事會提供專業服務，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。
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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。
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 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.
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.
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。
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。
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。
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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
