Huang Xiaowei, Member of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Leading Party Member’s Group, Vice-President and First Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation, and Vice-Chairperson of the National Working Committee on Children and Women under the State Council.

Mr C Y Leung graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic and Bristol Polytechnic UK. He holds Honorary Doctorate degrees conferred by four universities in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Shandong. Since the late 1970s, Mr Leung had participated in the land and housing reforms in China and helped prepare the first land sale in the Mainland after China's constitution was amended in 1988. Between 1984 and 1997, Mr Leung held senior positions in the entire political transition to the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Between 1997 and 2011, Mr Leung was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and was the Convenor of the non-official members between 1999 and 2011. In March, 2012, Mr Leung was elected the fourth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Since March 2017, he has been a Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Currently he is the Chairman of several not-for-profit NGO’s established in Hong Kong, including the Belt and Road Hong Kong Centre and the GX Foundation.

Mrs Carrie Lam joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in August 1980 and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006. She became a Principal Official on July 1, 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. She was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration on July 1, 2012. Before assuming the post of the Chief Executive, Mrs Lam had served the public for more than 36 years in 20 public service positions including Director of Social Welfare, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Secretary for Development and Chief Secretary for Administration. Mrs Lam was elected as the Fifth-Term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on March 26, 2017, and was officially appointed to this position by the Central People’s Government on March 31, 2017 to assume office on July 1, 2017.

Dr. Margaret Chan, obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.She joined the Hong Kong Department of Health in 1978, where her career in public health began. In 1994, Dr. Chan was appointed Director of Health of Hong Kong，the first woman to hold thatposition. In her nine-year tenure as director, she launched new services to prevent the spread of disease and promote better health. She also introduced new initiatives to improve communicable disease surveillance and response, enhance training for public health professionals, and establish better local and international collaboration. She effectively managed outbreaks of avian influenza and of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). In 2003, Dr. Chan joined WHO as Director of the Department for Protection of the Human Environment. In June 2005, she was appointed Director, Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response as well as Representative of the Director-General for Pandemic Influenza. In September 2005, she was named Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases. Dr. Chan was elected to the post of Director-General on 9 November 2006. The Assembly appointed Dr. Chan for a second five-year term at its sixty-fifth session in May 2012. Dr. Chan’s last term began on 1 July 2012 and ended on 30 June 2017. On 2 April 2020, Dr. Chan was appointed as inaugural Dean of Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, China.

Served as a Member of the Editorial Board and the Director of the Commentary Department of the People's Daily, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Daily, Chairman of People.cn CO.,LTD.

Mohammad Naciri is the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific. From 2015 to 2018, he was the Regional Director of UN Women in the Arab States. From 2012 to 2015, Mohammad Naciri was the Deputy Regional Director for UN Women in the Arab States. Mohammad has extensive experience in the region and in gender and development issues. Prior to joining UN Women, Mohammad was the Deputy Country Director of UNDP in Yemen, where he supported the country in the formulation of its Gender Strategy and the Gender Responsive Budgeting process. He has worked in Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Cambodia, dealing with issues ranging from human trafficking to ethnic cleansing. A national of Morocco, Mohammad holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and International Development from the Harvard University, as well as a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford and in Business Administration from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in Alexandria-Egypt.

Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee took office as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China on 16 January 2021. He has more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination and peace and security, which he has acquired at the United Nations and externally. A frequent TEDx speaker, he is a regular opinion contributor on humanitarian and development issues for a range of international and Chinese journals. Mr. Chatterjee holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree from the National Defense Academy in India.

Ms. Pansy Ho, Chairperson of Hong Kong Federation of Women and Chairperson of Women Power Forum, is the Group Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Shun Tak Holdings Limited, Co-Chairperson and Executive Director of MGM China Holdings Limited. She also holds a respectable number of executive roles in various entities in Hong Kong and Macau. Outside of the boardroom, Ms. Ho serves on a host of social and public services, including being a Standing Committee Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of Beijing, Executive Committee Member of All-China Women’s Federation, Vice President of China Chamber of Tourism and China Women’s Chamber of Commerce under All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce, Vice President of China Association of Women Entrepreneurs, Vice President of Hong Kong Beijing Association, President of Beijing-Macau Economic and Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, Vice President of Macao Chamber of Commerce, Founder and Chairperson of Global Tourism Economy Research Centre. Leveraging her own resources and networks, Ms. Ho forged the establishment of high-level platforms for arts and cultural exchange and tourism development. With a special passion for women and youth empowerment, she is committed to nurturing and inspiringthe younger generation, especially fellow females, through various training and exchange programs to unleash their potentials for the contribution to the development of the region, China and the world. For her outstanding contribution to public services and the promotion of global tourism, art and cultural exchanges and development , Ms. Ho has received numerous awards and recognitions including the Beijing Overseas Chinese Jing Hua Award by the Beijing Municipal Government, Chevalier de I’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur by the Government of France, and Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by the Government of Italy, a Justice of the Peace by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Tourism Ambassador of the United Nation's World Tourism Organization.

Mrs Cha is Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd and a member of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong. Mrs Cha is also a Non-Executive Director of Unilever plc; a Senior International Advisor of Foundation Assets Management Sweden AB and a member of Sotheby’s International Advisory Board. In addition, she is also Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and a Director of the World Federation of Exchanges. Mrs Cha became the first, and to-date, the only person outside Mainland China to join the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China at the vice ministerial rank when she was appointed as Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission in January 2001. She served in that position until September 2004. Mrs Cha worked for the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2000, becoming its Deputy Chairman in 1998. She was also Chairman of The Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong from January 2013 to July 2018. She was awarded a Silver Bauhinia Star in 2001, a Gold Bauhinia Star in 2009 and the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2017 by the Hong Kong Government for her public service.

Professor Emily Ying Yang Chan has been CEO of GX Foundation since 2019. Professor Chan has received academic and technical training in clinical medicine, engineering and public health. She holds concurrently academic appointments as Professor and Assistant Dean at Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Visiting Professor at Oxford University Nuffield Department of Medicine, Visiting Scientist at FXB Centre of Harvard School of Public Health and as Director of Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC). In addition to having published more than 400 international peer-reviewed scientific articles and 14 textbooks, Professor Chan is an active humanitarian doctor throughout her professional career, and has been leading frontline humanitarian operations in disasters and complex emergency contexts in more than 20 countries.

Jennifer Yu Cheng is passionate about education and has been committed to promoting educational development for more than a decade. Jennifer is Deputy Vice Chairwoman and Group President of CTF Education Group (CTFEG) and is responsible for the group’s strategy. Jennifer is Supervisor of Victoria Educational Organisation’s (VEO) kindergartens, School Manager of DSC International School (DSC) and School Manager of Delia Memorial Schools. Jennifer is Founder of the Jennifer Yu Cheng Girls Impact Foundation (JYCGIF), a charitable initiative empowering teenage girls to become future ready leaders. Jennifer is also Co-founder of ARCH Education, an expert education institute that provides U.K. and U.S. boarding school advisory services and university preparation; and ARCH Community Outreach (ACO), a non-profit organization dedicated to broadening Hong Kong students’ exposure and access to education opportunities abroad. Jennifer serves on the Board of Visitors of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University, is a member of the Courts of The University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University, Vice President of UNESCO Hong Kong Association, and Co-Chair of the Hong Kong Choate Club. In 2019, Jennifer was awarded the Women of Hope Award by the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation, and, in 2021, was named one of Prestige magazine’s “40 Under 40.”

Professor (Dr.) Gillian Choa holds over 35 years of professional experience, advancing the performance and entertainment industry spanning Hong Kong, Asia, UK and the USA. She has gathered an array of accolades for her various artistic pursuits. A devoted educator and an active contributor to the Hong Kong community, Professor Choa regularly serves on university advisory committees, major scholarship panels and boards of government advisory and charitable organisation. She trailblazed the development of Arts Technology within the Academy upon securing sizeable government funds few years ago. Professor Choa joined the Academy’s Theatre Design Department in 1996, and was promoted to Dean of Theatre & Entertainment Arts, then Deputy Director & Provost, and eventually the Director of the Academy in 2021. As the first female and home-grown Director among local tertiary institutions, she regards her new role a great honour and a new challenge.

Ms. Guo Jingjing was born in Hebei, China. She started diving training at the age of 7 and became a national diving team athlete at the age of 12. In 2000, she won the three-meter springboard runner-up at the Sydney Olympics Games, the three-meter springboard individual and double champion of the Athens Olympics Games in 2004, and the three-meter individual and double champion of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. She retired in 2010. As the world's top diving player, Ms. Guo Jingjing said that success does not mean how many championships she has won, but that her goal has been accomplished without regret after hard work.

Professor Ip received her PhD degree in Pharmacology from Harvard University, after which she held the position of Senior Staff Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. in New York. Since joining HKUST in 1993, she has served as the Dean of Science, Director of the Biotechnology Research Institute, and Head of the Department of Biochemistry. Professor Ip is world-renowned for her significant contributions to the field of neuroscience. Her outstanding research has resulted in 317 scientific papers and 65 patents. She has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, and received numerous awards and honours including the National Natural Science Awards, the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award and the 10 Science Stars of China by Nature. She currently serves as a Member of the Leadership Group of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative.

Angellah Kairuki is a Tanzanian politician and a Chairperson of the Tanzania National Coordinating Committee on Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition on Women’s Economic Justice and Rights. Previously she served as the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office In-charge of Investment. In 2014, Ms Kairuki was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Angellah is an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and a Member of Tanzania Institute of Arbitrators.

Professor Shahbaz Khan is the Director of the UNESCO Office in Beijing and UNESCO Representative to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea. Prof Khan joined UNESCO in 2008 at its Headquarters as Chief of the Water and Sustainable Development Section.  He has worked in Australia, France, Indonesia and Pakistan in various research, consultancy and policy positions around hydrology and sustainable development. His work has been widely recognized e.g. 2019 China Friendship Award and Great Wall Friendship Award China 2017. Prof Khan holds a Hon Doctorate Environment and Development from the National University of Malaysia and Hon DSc from the University of Birmingham.

Ms Pamela Ku is the CEO of the Belt & Road Hong Kong Centre and the Bay Area Hong Kong Centre since 2017. Before taking up the current position, she was the General Manager of i-LegalService Limited, a company that provides specialised services to the legal profession. Pamela was subsequently appointed a director of International Businesslink Limited which provides management service to the Joint Professional Centre, the Urban Land Institute and the Coalition of Professional Services. Pamela holds an LLB degree and a M.Sc. degree in Social Science from the University of Southampton, UK. She was admitted as a solicitor of Hong Kong in 1998 and she was also a committee member of the Management & Technology Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong for 9 years.

Professor Kwong is Daniel CK Yu Professor in Breast Cancer Research, Clinical Professor, Chief of Division of Breast Surgery at The University of Hong Kong. She is a member of several committees of Hospital Authority and Food and Health Bureau, Government of HKSAR. She is Founder and Chairman of the Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, a charitable organization supporting clinical needs of high risk breast and ovarian cancer patients and families and research in the area. This set up is now the model used for and the establishment of genetics services for women with such cancers for the first time in Hospital Authority. She has authored textbooks and over 200 peer reviewed publications. Results from her commissioned Hong Kong Breast Cancer Study (HKBCS) has prompt the legislative council to approve a risk based breast screening programme in 2021. With her contributions in the academic, community and charity services, she is first Hong Kong female Professor in Surgery and has received numerous grants and awards including 'Uccio Querci della Rovere Award' of British Association of Surgical Oncology (BASO) and Adventist Hospital Foundation’s ‘Women of Hope’.

Trisha Leahy, PhD (Psychology), JD (Law); SBS, BBS is the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Sports Institute, delivering Hong Kong’s elite sports system, and has also previously worked at the Australian Institute of Sport, where she was awarded the Australia Sports Medal for services to Olympic sport in 2000. She is a well recognised leader in her field, known for expertise in strategy, best-practice governance and stakeholder engagement. She has extensive experience as a Board member of NGO’s, professional and public statutory and advisory bodies, including the HKSAR Government’s Women’s Commission (2011-2017); and the Equal Opportunities Commission (2013-2019). Internationally, she was a Member of a UNICEF expert panel (2007-2009) advising on global research and policy strategies to prevent abuse in sport; and a Member of the International Olympic (IOC) Medical Commission’s expert consultative committee (2007-2015) on the prevention of abuse and harassment in sport. She was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in 2014 and the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 2020, by the HKSAR Government for her contributions to the community and to sport.

Nisa Leung is Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, leading its health care investments. Nisa has been recognized by the Forbes Global 100 VC Midas List in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and named Best Women VCs List by Forbes China (#2 in 2021, #3 in 2018). She currently sits on the board of Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB; HKSE:9688), Venus MedTech (HKSE:2500), CanSino Biologics (SSE:688185; HKSE:6185), New Horizon Health (HKSE:6606), dMed, Chain Medical Labs, Berry Oncology, Belief BioMed among others. Nisa earned her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and BS from Cornell University. She is currently visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School, member of Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and serves as independent non-executive director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) and Hong Kong Palace Museum.

Maya Lin, Cartier Regional High Jewellery Director of Asia, has always been passionate about giving back to the community. Lin’s philanthropic efforts at Cartier distinctly mirror her own philosophy of giving back to the society. Through both work and personal efforts, she supports charitable organizations, dedicating her efforts to understanding social issues and the needs of the less privileged. Lin also cares about art and the well-being of women and children.

Amy Lo is Head and Chief Executive of UBS Hong Kong, and Co-Head of Wealth Management Asia Pacific, UBS Global Wealth management. Amy has over 30 years of experience in the private banking industry. Since joining UBS in 1995, she has held a number of senior management positions including Regional Head of UHNW in Asia. Today, the UHNW business is the leading wealth manager for UHNW individuals in the region. Actively involved in the development of the private banking industry in Hong Kong, Amy also chairs the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Private Wealth Management Association (PWMA).

Adeline Ooi is the Director Asia at Art Basel, the international art fair staged annually across three cities in Hong Kong, Basel (Switzerland) and Miami Beach (USA). She is responsible for delivering the Art Basel show in Hong Kong, which takes place annually in March at the HKCEC. Trained in Central St. Martins College, London, Adeline has worked extensively across Asia over the past twenty years, with experience and knowledge about Asia’s art market and its rich, diverse art scenes. 

Jane Sun is the CEO and board member of Trip.com Group. She began as CFO in 2005 and has been a powerful force in the travel industry, taking up the reigns as CEO in 2016 as one of only a few female CEOs in the sector. Under her leadership, Trip.com Group has spearheaded campaigns to grow female representation, gender diversity and celebrate female success as part of the company’s corporate culture. These include robust maternity and childcare support schemes, transportation for pregnant staff, funds towards employees’ children’s education, and hybrid and home working options. Today, women make up more than half of Trip.com Group employees, far exceeding the average for tech companies. Jane Sun has been a constant public advocate for women in the workplace, demanding equal opportunity and representation.

Patti Wong is one of the most experienced Asians working in the auction world today. She has extensive knowledge in dealing with clients throughout the Far East and has represented major Asian collectors at most of Sotheby's auctions worldwide for over two decades. During Mrs. Wong’s fifteen years in London she held the post of Head of Private Client Services which was followed by her appointment as Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia in 2004. Mrs. Wong was also appointed Chairman of Sotheby’s Diamonds, a global retail venture established in 2005 providing clients with private access to important diamonds and fine diamond jewellery. Mrs. Wong received her bachelor’s degree in Monetary Economics from the London School of Economics, followed by a post graduate diploma in Asian Arts at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University.

In 1980, Annie Wu joined her father, Dr James T Wu in establishing the Beijing Air Catering Company Ltd, the first joint venture (001) between Hong Kong and Mainland China through the cooperation between the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Hong Kong Beijing Air Catering Ltd. Witnessing the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening up Policy of China, she is currently Honorary Chairman of the Beijing Air Catering Company Ltd. She is actively involved in promoting global business, advancing the cause of women’s issues, as well as training and education for youth both in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Annie Wu served on various advisory bodies including Standing Member of the 10th, 11th and 12th term of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Her successful career and contributions to community services have won her various awards for excellence.

I am a member of the High Level Steering Committee of UN Global Compact Action Platform on “Sustainable Infrastructure for the Belt and Road Initiative to accelerate the SDGs”, the Advisory Council of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) and the Co-chairman of the advisory board of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Moreover, I am an Independent Non-executive Director for Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Limited, and a Director of Serai Limited, HSBC’s digital venture for global trade. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Carol Yau, CEO of Brilliant Group and Permanent Honorary President of Golden Bauhinia Women Entrepreneur Association (GBWEA), has more than 25 years’ experience in finance. Since joining Brilliant Group in 2016, she has launched 10 new businesses to implement one-stop service for clients. The services range from insurance, wealth management, IT, precious metals trading, healthcare, education, overseas immigration, virtual shopping, travel agency and F&B. Carol has also dedicated herself to philanthropy supporting various NGOs and charities. As the Chairperson of TREATS and GBWEA Charitable Foundation, she is devoted to social inclusion and training, mentoring and nurturing women through education. It is her belief that women will be empowered to embrace constant change and overcome all upcoming challenges.