Imagine Hong Kong

Ronnie C. Chan

Chairman, Hang Lung Properties & Co-Chair, Asia Society

Ronnie C. Chan is Chairman of Hang Lung Properties. He also is Co-Chair of Asia Society and Chairman of Asia Society Hong Kong Center. In addition, Mr. Chan serves as Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute and Better Hong Kong Foundation, Convener of the Hong Kong Development Forum, Governing Board member of the China-United States Exchange Foundation, and Adviser and former Vice President of the China Development Research Foundation. He is Director of the Board of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and former member of the governing boards of the World Economic Forum. Mr. Chan holds an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Richard Lancaster

Chief Executive Officer, CLP Holdings Limited

Richard Lancaster is Chief Executive Officer of CLP Holdings, the parent company of the CLP Group which is one of the largest investor operators in the electricity industry in the Asia-Pacific region. He has more than 35 years of experience in the power industry and in other industrial operations in Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom. He previously was Managing Director of CLP’s operations in Hong Kong, responsible for its electricity generation, transmission and distribution business serving 2.5 million customers in Hong Kong. Besides serving in various subsidiary companies of the CLP Group as Director, Mr. Lancaster is Chairman of Business Environment Council, Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association and Council member, and Climate and Energy Cluster Board member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong Membership Committee of the UN-accredited World Energy Council. He is an electrical engineering graduate of the University of New South Wales.

Michelle Tang

Senior Engineer, AECOM Asia

Awarded by the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers In 2011, as a Young Engineer of the Year, Michelle Tang exemplifies the new millennium engineer, contributing her technical skills and experience to the beneficial development of Hong Kong’s built environment, as well as her personal time to engaging with the public and elevating collaboration in charting the best course for Hong Kong’s future for all its citizens.

Michelle has over 18 years of professional experience in management of civil engineering projects.  She has contributed variously to the public consultations, feasibility studies, and design and construction of Hong Kong’s new town initiatives, including the Tung Chung New Town Extension (East), Hung Shui Kiu New Development Area, Kwu Tung North & Fanling North New Development, and Tuen Mun Areas 40 & 46. She has also worked on Hong Kong’s pioneering project to relocate the Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to caverns. She was an elected member of the 2016 Chief Executive Election Committee for the Engineering Subsector.

Michelle also holds roles in district representation, and the promotion of environmental management and women in the community.  She is a District Councillor of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, an appointed member for the Advisory Council on the Environment, Vice President of the Community Alliance on Kai Tak Development, officer of the Green Hong Kong Organization,  member of the Women’s Commission, and a founding member cum Executive Board Member of the Wong Tai Sin Orchard Women Association.

Wong Kam-sing

Secretary for the Environment, Hong Kong S.A.R. Government

Wong Kam-sing has been Secretary for the Environment of the Hong Kong S.A.R. Government since 2012. An architect by profession, he has been promoting the sustainable built environment since the 1990s. Mr. Wong served as Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, Chairman of the Professional Green Building Council, Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), and Chairman of the HKIA Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development. Aside from various award-winning green building projects, he has contributed to the development of local standards and guidelines for the sustainable built environment. Under his leadership, the Environment Bureau of the Hong Kong S.A.R. Government has introduced a number of policy blueprints to establish the direction, targets and timeline for policies on air quality, waste management, biodiversity, energy and climate change. Mr. Wong graduated from The University of Hong Kong and conducted post-graduate research study on the sustainable built environment at the University of British Columbia.