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Duncan is committed to the development of technology and innovation. He is an advocate of local T&I policies, a tech entrepreneur, a veteran investor and is often regarded as the leading figure in Hong Kong's T&I sector. Duncan has participated in over 100 tech investment projects. He is a frequent speaker at forums to share his insights and also a mentor to young entrepreneurs.

Duncan is President of the Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council, Non-official Member of Digital Economy Development Committee, Advisory Committee on Attracting Strategic Enterprises, Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis, and Committee on Innovation, Technology and Industry Development.

He is also Chairman of HKTDC Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Services Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Member of the Advisory Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Duncan is also dedicated to community affairs. He is a Member of Hospital Authority, Chairman of its Information Technology Services Committee, and Chairman of the Hospital Governing Committee of Tin Shui Wai Hospital. He is also Secretary-General of the Asian Squash Federation and Chairman of Hong Kong Squash.

Inspired by the “An Inconvenient Truth” documentary, Karen wanted to exercise her diverse international management, business development and marketing competencies in advocacy for climate actions, building a culture of carbon performance management and pursuing efforts towards sustainable development.

Karen joined WWF in 2008 as Business Engagement Leader, Climate to work on climate and energy issues in Hong Kong and China, engage businesses and industries across the region to mitigate climate crisis and greenhouse gas emissions through Low Carbon Manufacturing Programme (LCMP) and Low-carbon Office Operation Programme (LOOP). She has also been invited to speak on sustainability at international and regional conferences.

Karen assumed full responsibilities of the Head of Corporate and Community Sustainability since August 2017. She works with stakeholders across public and private sectors as well as civil society to make Hong Kong a sustainable city; explores collaboration opportunities to support community-based environmental protection projects and sustainable development goals (SDGs); promotes best practices of science-based target initiative (SBTi), measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, low-carbon transformation, nature-based solutions (NbS) and net-zero circular economy.

An accomplished senior executive, Karen held senior management positions in Fortune 500 companies prior to joining WWF. Karen holds a Master degree of Business Administration from University of Surrey, UK and is accredited as Chartered Marketer by the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK since 2001.

After 15 years behind multinational fashion and beauty brands, Natalie left behind her marketing job to start her sustainable sneaker brand, KIBO, with her husband Simon. With a family background of shoe-manufacturing of over 50 years, the couple wanted to do things differently; with a positive impact for the people and the planet.

With a passion to raise social awareness on climate change and modern slavery, the couple searched far and wide for earth-friendly materials with social responsibility in mind. They also advocate transparency throughout their production process, whilst donating a portion of their proceeds to an NGO that fights against human-slavery.

With a core offerings of simple, minimalist sneakers made from innovative materials like upcycled agricultural waste & discarded plastics & leather wastes, they have also recently branched out to technical footwear, providing safety shoes for the service industry such as hotels and restaurants. As the first mover in the region to merge sustainability, safety and comfort together, she hopes to raise the awareness on how much impact with every decision we make.

Natalie believes everything can have a ripple effect to create something extraordinary, and every small step makes a difference, so no matter how small a step KIBO is taking, as long as it is in the right direction, we know it will be worth it.

Ms. Joyce Chau joined amfori as the Country Representative of the organization in Greater China in June 2011. Her role is to promote sustainable trade through sustainability services, including business social compliance (amfori BSCI), environmental performance (amfori BEPI), quality management capability (amfori QMI), and trade policy along the global supply chains.

Since January 2019, Ms. Chau has been promoted to Director of Asia Pacific and leads the APAC team to drive open and sustainable trade in the region.

In around 30 years, Ms. Chau’s major expertise is in public affairs, stakeholder and media relations crisis and issues management related to sustainability, CSR, and supply chain management. Prior to amfori, she was the Senior Vice President of the HSBC Corporate Sustainability APAC Office, Dell China’s Corporate Communications Director, and she also worked for HKSAR Government’ Innovation and Technology Commission, HK Airport Authority and GS1. She possesses a BSoSc in Communications and a MA in Translation.