Professor Nelson Lam was appointed the Director of Audit on 1 July 2022.

Professor Lam is now 54. He is a practising accountant for over 30 years in a number of accountancy firms. He was the founder and founding Chairman of the Nelson and Company, CPA established in 2005. He was also the former President of the Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors, and former Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was elected a Legislative Council Member in 2022.

Lorraine is a senior finance professional with 19 years of experience in Financial Services. As a leader within her profession of internal audit, she gained experience through exposure to working across multiple risk areas and products in roles that have spanned several geographies. Qualified as a Chartered Global Management Accountant and Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, she also brings experience of successful engagements with multiple regulatory bodies as well as reporting to and presenting at executive level committees. She is currently leading a team of 80 professionals globally, providing audit assurance over the Wealth & Personal Banking portfolio for HSBC which includes Retail, Wealth, Private Banking, Asset Management and Insurance. Audit opinions span a range of strategic initiatives, including horizon scanning for future risks. In her current role, Lorraine sits on the HSBC Global Internal Audit Executive Committee, supporting strategic change and digital developments for the function. Lorraine has previously worked for Barclays Bank, Citigroup and Santander, representing Grupo Santander in the 2020 cohort of Future Leaders at the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Prior to relocating to Hong Kong in 2022, Lorraine was the Deputy Chair of the IIA Banking & Financial Services Panel for the UK & Ireland.

Ricky Cheng has 20 years of risk and assurance experience. He worked for large international accounting firms and had commercial internal audit experience. His expertise covers various services including Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, risk management assessment, compliance assistance, corporate governance compliance review, internal audit assistance, business process review, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) readiness and reporting support services review, stored value facilities (SVF) licence independent assessment review, etc.

The portfolio of clients managed by Ricky comes from various industries including transportation, property development and construction, gaming and entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, gold and minerals mining, fast moving consumer goods, retailing and department chain stores, financial institutions such as brokerage houses and derivative products companies.

Current and past professional/public appointments

•   Governor, The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong (2021 – present)
•   Advisory Board member of Global Centre of ESG Education and Research, The Hong Kong Management Association (2021 – present)
•   Member, Advisory Peer Group of The Hong Kong Metropolitan University (2020 – present)
•   Chairman, Research and Education Committee of The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong (2021 – present)
•   Member, Sustainability Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accounts (2018 – present)
•   Member, Training Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (2013)
•   Member, ACCA Hong Kong Committee (2011 – 2013)

•   Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
•   Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
•   Certified Internal Auditor

Sim Gian Chin is the Head of Asia Internal Audit Function based in Hong Kong. He joined Morgan Stanley Internal Audit Department in Hong Kong in 2003, moved to Morgan Stanley Singapore between 2005 and 2008, and Japan between 2020 and 2022, within Internal Audit Function before returning to Hong Kong again.

Sim Gian started his career with Arthur Andresen in Kuala Lumpur in 1993 and later joined KPMG Asia-Pacific Consulting in 1997. He moved to Beijing and lived there between 2000 and 2003 while he was with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young Risk Consulting Services for China. He is a Chartered Accountant of Malaysia and has a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

David has over 20+ years of experience working with enterprises in their digital transformation journey. He currently leads Google Cloud Consulting for Greater China. David's organization is responsible for ensuring Google Cloud customers realize the.full business and technology benefits from using latest innovations such as Generative AI, Data, Cloud in a safe and secure manner.

Prior to joining Google, David was with IBM Consulting and Microsoft in a variety of positions in the United States, Singapore and China including business development, product management, and sales leadership roles.

David has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from UCLA and a MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mr. Hugh Chow has 30 years of global executive experience in innovation and technology, investment, governance, sustainability, R&D and engineering management.

Currently the Executive Director at The ESG Consortium and a Partner at Radiant Tech Ventures, Mr. Chow is also a Special Advisor of Kumshing Group, Chairman of MICAS Group, Chairman of The Apple Tree Preschool and Learning Centres, Chairman of Hong Kong Technologies Advancement Group and a Director at the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs. He also serves on the Management Committee of the HKD$1B Smart Traffic Fund, the Traffic Advisory Committee, the Road Safety Research Council, and the Enterprise Support Scheme Assessment Panel for the Hong Kong Government, and on the Our Hong Kong Foundation as Advisor as well as the Jarvis Consulting Group as Advisory Board Chair.

In 2018, Mr. Chow was recruited globally by the Hong Kong Government and appointed CEO of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), a world leading government funded applied research institute with 600 full-time researchers.

Guest of Honour at the 88th Congregation for the Faculty of Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020. Mr. Chow also serves on multiple Advisory Committees at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Chow has 12 international patents as an inventor and engineering executive at ATI Technologies Inc from 1993 to 2000. He subsequently co-founded ViXS Systems Inc. in 2001 and took it public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2013, having culminated over 500 international patents, 8 R&D centres worldwide, and over $500M of life-time revenue. Mr. Chow also won 8 consecutive Deloitte Fast 50, ACCE International Business Award 2007, and Hong Kong Canada Business Achievement 2014. In 2016, Mr. Chow co-founded Pool Global Partners and launched 2 cross-border venture funds on deep-tech, sustainability and ESG.

Holder of a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado summa cum laude, and a Type 9 (Asset Management) License by the Hong Kong Securities and Future Commission, Mr. Chow is also a Transport Canada licensed pilot, a marathoner and an Ironman triathlete.

Loretta is the Sustainability Deputy Leader of PwC China and Hong Kong. The Sustainability team consists of multinational professionals leveraging on business know-how to drive transformative and innovative solutions for our clients.

Loretta has been practising as an assurance partner in Hong Kong for over 15 years, and has extensive experience in providing accounting, audit and transaction advisory services to private and publicly listed entities in Hong Kong and the United States.

Loretta holds office of the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). She is a member of the Green Technology and Finance Development Committee chaired by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR, and a member of the Advisory Board of Hong Kong Management Association’s Global Centre for ESG Education and Research.

Her strong international background and knowledge gained has assisted her in fulfilling her duties and responsibilities as a council member and the treasurer of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2019 -2025), a board member of the Ocean Park Corporation (2016 - 2022) and a council member of the General Committee of the Federation of the Hong Kong Industries (2019 – 2025), as appointed by the Government.

Loretta holds a number of professional designations including CPA (practicing) Hong Kong (HKICPA), Certified Public Accountant in the United States (CPA (US)), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and CICPA (non-practicing).

William Gee retired from PwC Mainland China and Hong Kong in June 2022 having served 22 years as a Partner. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the firm focusing on Metaverse/Web 3 and the emerging Digital Economy. Prior to retirement, William was a member of the PwC's Digital Office that supported the firm’s digitalisation initiatives. William was also responsible for innovation for the Risk Assurance practice; he was a member of the PwC China Assurance Innovation Think-tank and a member of PwC Global Assurance Disruption Group.

William was a member of the core leadership team driving the adoption of blockchain technology, he is knowledgeable of the regulatory, accounting and risk management considerations of crypto currencies and digital assets. William successfully led the development and deployment of a blockchain audit platform to support audits of cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as examined the commercial adoption of the blockchain technology beyond financial services.

William is participating in several initiatives relating to the emerging digital economy, including central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, tokenisation of traditional assets, etc., and examining the related risks and transformational impact on traditional economy.

William is also involved in the promotion of digital identity infrastructure for both corporates and individuals, especially in the adoption of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) and Distributed Identifiers (DID). William is working to raise awareness on the Quantum Threat, and advising on practical approach for organisations to adopt and deploy Post-Quantum Cryptography in response to this threat.

Based in Hong Kong, Niall is the Group Chief Compliance Officer for FWD Group Holdings Limited. Niall has over 25 years of Risk and Compliance experience with Ford Motor Credit Co, Prudential Plc, Eastspring Investments and FWD and is a Fellow of the International Compliance Association (ICA). Niall has worked in pan-Asian roles for the past 16 years and in his current role Niall is accountable for the effectiveness of FWD Group’s Compliance and Operational Risk Management Frameworks which includes responsibility for Anti-Bribery and Corruption under a wider Financial Crime Compliance programme. Niall is also a member of the Global Insurance Chief Compliance Officers Forum (CCO Forum) where he chairs the forums Conduct Risk Working Group.

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.

Dr. Kevin Kang is the Chief Economist of KPMG China and leads the firm’s research on the macroeconomy and sectors. He has extensive knowledge and research experience in economic growth, policy analysis, sector development, and global issues. He frequently speaks to senior management, boards of directors, industry associations, and policy makers. His insight helps various stakeholders grasp the rapidly changing economic environment and make informed decisions. He is also an expert of the New Economy and has conducted in-depth research on how technologies are changing the business landscape. He has published numerous thought leadership reports on consumption trends, digital economy, fintech, ESG, and data governance.

Prior to joining KPMG, Dr. Kang was the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Caterpillar, the world’s largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer. He was responsible for its economic research and machine industry forecast in the region. Before that, he was a senior economist at Eaton Corporation, a $20 billion diversified multinational company. He oversaw its Asia Pacific economic research and the global vehicle forecast. He also worked as an economist at the RAND Corporation and as a chief strategist at Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) in China.

Dr. Kang received his Ph.D. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and B.A. in international economics from the Peking University. He is frequently interviewed by media and invited as keynote speakers at major conferences.

Angelina is Senior Advisor to IMC Asia Pacific, a leading global market making and proprietary trading firm. She has previously held Senior Management and Directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, HKEX, Cantor Fitzgerald, the SFC, and other global financial services companies. She is also the Managing Director of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company focused on dealing with regulatory and operational issues in the financial services and digital assets sectors and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers.

Angelina is currently the Chair of The Women’s Foundation and serves on a number of Hong Kong Government appointed Boards and charities, including the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, the Ebenezer School for the Blind, the University of Wollongong and is an Honorary Adjunct Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Accounting and Finance. Angelina is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Her MBA is from Pepperdine University, LLB from HKU/Manchester Metropolitan University, and LLM from Harvard Law School.

Ms. Alva Lee is a Governor and the President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong. She is also a Partner at KPMG Hong Kong, leading the Governance, Risk and Compliance Services practices with over 20 years of risk consulting and advisory experience, providing professional services such as corporate governance review, enterprise risk management advisory, regulatory compliance review, internal audit services, ESG risk assessment and third-party risk management. Her expertise spans across various industries and sectors, catering to organizations of diverse types and sizes.

Ms. Lee is a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council. She is also a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, member of the American Certificate Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Certified Internal Auditor.

Francis is an Executive Committee member of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and oversees the internal audit and enterprise risk management functions. Before joining the URA, Francis was the Head of Risk Management and Compliance Department of the Link REIT, and Deputy Head of Group Internal Audit Department of John Swire & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited.

Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Francis was based in Basel (Switzerland) and Frankfurt (Germany) for over six years, working at the internal audit department at the respective headquarters of the Roche Group and the then Celanese Group, where he gained extensive internal audit, risk management, compliance and internal control knowledge around the globe.

Francis is a CIA, CMIRM, CPA (non-practising), FCCA and Certified ESG Planner. He received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from The University of Warwick, and an Executive Master degree in Innovation Leadership (EMIL) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with distinction.

Francis actively engages internal audit and enterprise risk management professionals to promote corporate governance, and he is currently a Governor of the Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong, and a Director of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) China Hong Kong Chapter.

James Lee is a Partner at PwC Hong Kong Consulting and he oversees the data, AI and emerging technology consulting practice.

James is Senior Technology Executive and Management Consulting Leader specializing in advising global organizations on “cloud first, data-driven” digital transformation (from strategy to execution) with data and analytics, AI and intelligent automation.

Mr. Lee is an experienced anti-fraud professional currently serving as the Director of Corruption Prevention of the ICAC in Hong Kong.

Mr. Lee's journey with the ICAC began in 1994. With about 30 years of experience in anti-corruption, Mr. Lee has dedicated his expertise to preventing bribery, and promoting integrity and corporate governance for all sectors in particular public administration. Mr. Lee was appointed as the Director of Corruption Prevention in 2019. Throughout his career, Mr. Lee has amassed a wealth of knowledge and expertise in various areas relating to corruption prevention, including governance, internal control, integrity management, and prevention of other finance crimes.

Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Toronto, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Durham University in the United Kingdom, and another Master's degree in Corporate Governance. Additionally, Mr. Lee is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and a member of the Hong Kong Computer Society.

Kelvin is the Senior Business Adviser of Luen Thai Group, responsible for all special projects of Luen Thai Group covering Fishing and Tourism business. His previous role was the Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Luen Thai Fishing group, one of the largest seafood suppliers globally. He has extensive experience including financial and operational audits, business operations, and supply chain management, with regional exposure across various business sectors.

Kelvin has solid knowledge of risk management, compliance, corporate policy development and process re-engineering. Through his various roles, Kelvin has developed a deep understanding of business transformation, strategic procurement, cost containment, credit management and policy compliance.

Kelvin is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Information Systems Auditor. Besides being the council member and treasurer of the Institute for Supply Management Hong Kong, Kelvin is also a council member of the Corporate Travel Community.

Chris Poole is the Regional Director of Digital, Technology and Change Audit for AIA Group Internal Audit, based in Hong Kong. In this role, he has overall responsibility for audits of technology infrastructure, applications and key projects and programs across the Group, which operates in 18 Asian markets.  With the increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence solutions being developed and in use across the Group, Chris is also responsible for overseeing the Artificial Intelligence audit approach for AIA Group Internal Audit.

Chris has over 25 years of technology audit experience, mainly with Big 4 and large US and European banks, and over the course of his career has been based in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. During his audit career, he has covered a variety of global and regional businesses and functions (including technology & operations, investment banking, sales & trading, corporate banking, wealth management & private banking).  Chris holds a Masters degree from Oxford University and is qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Rajesh is the Group Audit and Risk Management Director for DFI Retail Group (a Jardine Matheson business), where he leads Internal Audit, Risk Management and Investigations for the Group. Prior to DFI, Rajesh spent several years in leadership roles across Finance, Controllership and Audit with Royal Dutch Shell, British American Tobacco and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Rajesh contributes back to the Accounting Profession by volunteering in the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) Corporate Governance Committee and the Institute of Internal Auditors (HK) Technology Committee. He also speaks regularly at conferences on Cybersecurity and Fraud.

Rajesh’s personal interests are in Cybersecurity and People Development. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Wong Hung Han is currently an executive director and the Chief Operating Officer of Chinachem Group, an appointment he held since 2018. He has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2016 and is also a member of various steering committees of the Group.

Hung Han has direct managerial responsibilities over business support functions of Chinachem Group. He also heads up the Property Services arm of the Group, with direct responsibility for its business strategy, financial profitability and operations.

In addition, Hung Han holds appointments as non-executive director and Chairman of the Board of ENM Holdings Limited (stock code: 0128) and non-executive director of Pine Care Group Limited (stock code: 1989).

Hung Han has over 28 years of experience spanning the information technology, consultancy and real estate industries. His career started with Hewlett-Packard, a US multinational corporation providing IT products and services. Thereafter, he spent a couple of years as a consultant in PricewaterhouseCoopers prior to joining Chinachem Group in 2013.

Hung Han holds a Master of Science in Real Estate degree from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor of Science (Computer and Information Sciences) degree from the National University of Singapore.

Winny Wong is the Managing Director and Head of Audit for North Asia. In her role, she is responsible for the internal audit functions for all business activities in Hong Kong, Mainland China & Taiwan. She joined DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited in 2005.

Previously, Winny was Chief Operating Officer of Institutional Banking Group, Hong Kong. Before that, she was Head of Credit Control Unit and Special Assets Management of Risk Management Group, Hong Kong. She has more than 25 years of experience in banking & finance. Prior to DBS, she worked in HSBC and Citibank in various risk & governance capacities. She started her career as an auditor in KPMG.

Winny graduated with a Bachelor of Economics degree from University of Hong Kong and subsequently a Master of Science (Finance) from Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. William Yu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation. He is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He earned an Executive MBA from the Thunderbird Global Management School, U.S.. Dr. Yu also completed a Sustainable Finance Programme at Cambridge and accredited by UNDP as trainer on United Nations SDG Impact Standards. Additionally, Dr. Yu is the scholarship recipient of the Executive Education in non-profit strategic management at the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Yu is ESBN Task Force Member, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations and the Vice-Chair of Asia Pacific Business Forum (APBF) of the United Nations ESBN 2022. He is also a member in Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), Environment and Ecology Bureau and member in newly established Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, HKSAR Government.

Dr. Yu is also Advisor on Certified ESG Planner (CEP) qualification and Certified China Carbon Trader of Shanghai Environment Energy Exchange, advising investment banks and several public accounting firms on Forestry Carbon Credit Projects, Valuation of Carbon Assets and Carbon Trading, Chair of the Peer Reviewers Committee for GRI 12 Coal Sector and GRI 13 Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing Sector on Traditional Chinese Standard Review Process.

Transformational and innovative Internal Audit leader. 20 years of progressive and diverse Fortune 50 and Public Accounting audit experience across business functions, regions, and cultures. Proven track records of establishing and transforming audit and control functions in changing business and regulatory environments globally. A life-long learner and avid reader.

Jennifer Zhou is the Head of Internal Audit of Hang Seng Bank. She is a strong advocate of adopting technology driven tools in auditing and has been leading or supporting change initiatives for the audit function and the organization.

Prior to her current role, she has over 20 years of experience in HSBC Group covering various roles in all lines of defenses ranging from front line business relationship management, risk management and internal audit functions. She has been working in several locations in the mainland China, London and Hong Kong.

Jennifer has a Bachelor of Art in International Finance from Fudan University and a EMBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).