We are very grateful to have a terrific Steering Committee to guide the development and implementation of the Programme, including:

 

Ada Au

Industry Head, Large Customer Sales, Google 

Ada is Industry Head for Large Customer Sales at Google Hong Kong, advising Beauty, Luxury, and CPG brands on Google's products to connect with their audiences. She joined Google in 2016 and was Head of Global Customer Care for Greater China for three years. Prior to Google, Ada's career has spanned luxury retail and investment banking.

Ada is passionate about coaching women and was a mentor in TWF's Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders as well as a Co-Lead of Google's Women@ HK Chapter.

Ada holds a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University.

 

Betty Chan, FCIPD

Director, Human Resources (Group Organisation Development & Talent), CLP Holdings

CLP is one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia-Pacific with investments in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, India, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Betty leads the Group's agenda on talent management, culture and capability development enabling CLP's strategy in engineering a net-zero future. Betty brings over 25 years of global talent management experience partnering with C-suites leaders across indistries in fast paced high growth transformation settings. A trained psychologist, Betty is a passionate advocate for inclusion as a key driver for innovation and growth. 

 

Professor Ray Cheung

Associate Provost (Digital Learning), Office of the Provost and Deputy President

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

Professor, Affiliate, Department of Computer Science

Ray received his Ph.D. degree in computing from Imperial College London. Previously, he was a visiting fellow on trusted VLSI designs at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. He is currently an Associate Provost (Digital Learning) at the City University of Hong Kong. Passionate about promoting citywide computing education, he started the CityU Apps Lab (CAL) and the Hour of Code HK (HoCHK). He is also the recipient of the 2012 and 2022 CityU Teaching Excellence Award. He is also the chairman of IEEE HK Section and HK STEM Education Alliance!

 

Benjiman Chu

Corporate Citizenship Lead, Accenture

Benjamin joined Accenture Hong Kong as an analyst in 2021. He has been the Corporate Citizenship Lead of the company since 2022, overseeing partnerships with different NGOs and impact organisations. Throughout the past few years, he has been actively involved in volunteering activities, including the TWF Girls Go Tech among all other initiatives.

Benjamin is passionate about mental health and coaching the next generation. He has recently obtained certifications of being a personal coach and hypnotherapist, and is an aspiring nutritionist and personal trainer.

 

Jessica Lai  

Business Operations Manager of Cisco Greater China CEO Office

Jessica has been at Cisco for more than ten years and is currently Business Operations Manager in the Greater China CEO Office. She has worked in different business functions there, including talent acquisition, human resources, strategy and planning as well as project management. Most recently, her work has involved coordinating global and regional internal meetings and events as well as local employee engagement activities. She understands Cisco’s strategies around people and culture and has extensive experience in event organization. Jessica is also involved in developing the ONE Corporate Social Responsibility platform and strategy and the Women of Cisco network.  

 

Calvin Leung

Assistant Vice President of IT Group, Capital Group

Calvin is responsible for all IT operations in Hong Kong and China for Capital Group. He looks after both the front-end support and backend cross-region infrastructure teams for Capital’s equity trading and research. He drives the continuous development of the internal IT teams and develops strategies to enable new technical capabilities to the business. He is also a current member of the office coordinating committee for the Hong Kong office, helping to identify or introduce opportunities to improve the overall well-being of office associates.

 

Teresa Ng

Head of Marketing & Partnership, HKT Home of HKT and HKT Education Limited 

Chief Commercial Officer, DrGo

Teresa is a seasoned marketing professional with more than 20 years' experience across diverse FMCG products. She joined HKT in 2011, leading marketing strategies across Broadband, nowTV, Fixed Line, HKT education, eSmartHealth and DrGo. In 2012, she was appointed Head of Marketing to overseeing HKT Education Limited, which is now the market leader for STEM and eLearning development in Hong Kong and Macau.

Prior to joining HKT, Teresa was Head of Marketing at Unilever for Hong Kong and Taiwan. She also held senior positions in Mead Johnson Nutritionals HK Limited and Amoy Foods Limited. Teresa is the Chair of e-Learning Consortium and is keen to promote e-learning to a wide audience.

Teresa graduated from the Baptist University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. 

 

Fiony Fung

Senior Human Resources Officer, Diversity and Inclusion, Jardine Matheson

Fiony is an integral part of the Diversity and Inclusion team at Jardine Matheson, a diversified Asian conglomerate. Driving cultural change across Jardines and its group of companies, she spearheads awareness and advocacy campaigns promoting diversity, challenging biases, and equal opportunities for over 400,000 colleagues. A passionate champion for diversity and inclusion, she has a resolute commitment to effect meaningful change. With a background in Food Science and Human Resources, Fiony firmly believes everyone, regardless of their role, contributes to building a more inclusive workplace where everyone can succeed.

 

Barbara Tam

APAC Head of Infrastructure Compliance, Morgan Stanley

Barbara is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, having joined in 2004 as a manager in the Internal Audit Department. During her 19-year career within Internal Audit, Barbara served in a number of audit coverage roles in Asia and also served as the Asia Internal Audit COO from 2014 to 2017. In March 2023, Barbara transferred to Legal and Compliance Division as the Asia Pacific Head of Infrastructure Compliance, responsible for Compliance coverage across Technology, Operations, Privacy, Conduct, Outsourcing and the Company areas. 

Barbara has made significant contributions to the organisation through mentoring and developing many team members, and supporting the Firm's philanthropic and diversity initiatives. She is currently a co-Executive Sponsor of the Morgan Stanley Family Network in Asia. 

Barbara holds a master's degree in Business and a master's degree in Accounting from Monash University in Australia. She is also a Certified Practising Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. 

 

Julie Wong

General Manager, Head of Sustainability

Julie is the General Manager, Head of Sustainability at Hysan Development, where she drives the implementation of the company's sustainability strategy with the aim of enhancing community wellness and livability. She is also responsible for leading the company's environmental stewardship efforts and strategic approach to climate change and decarbonization.

With a diverse background in engineering consultancy, management consulting, and corporate roles, Julie brings a wealth of experience from renowned organizations such as New World Development, NWS Holdings, Swire Properties, KPMG, and Mott MacDonald.

She holds an MBA from the University of Iowa, a Master's degree in Energy and Environmental Studies from Boston University, and a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Auckland. Julie is currently involved in various advisory groups and committees related to Climate Change and Sustainable Living.