In Hong Kong, Dr. Ma is currently a member of the Carbon Neutral and Sustainable Development Committee, a member of the Expert Group of the Chief Executive's Policy Unit of Hong Kong, and the Chairman and President of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association. He has served several public service organizations in Hong Kong, such as serving as the rotating Chairman of the Greater Bay Area Green Finance Alliance, an advisor to the Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), and an honorary committee member of the Yes-We-Do Foundation, etc.

In the Mainland, Dr. Ma is currently the Director of the Green Finance Committee of the China Finance Association, the President of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability, a member of the National Expert Committee on Ministry of Ecology and Environment of The People’s Republic of China, Member of the National Carbon Neutral Science and Technology Expert Committee, Director of the China Environmental Protection Foundation, and special advisor to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, and a member of BRI International Green Development Coalition.

Internationally, Mr. Ma is the Co-Chair of the Steering Committee on Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Finance Standards Working Group of the International Platform for Sustainable Finance (IPSF), and former Co-Chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group.

Over the past three decades, Dr. Ma has served as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), Chief Economist of the Research Bureau of the PBOC, Managing Director and Chief Economist for Greater China of Deutsche Bank (Hong Kong), and held professional positions at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Mr. Ma has received many domestic and international awards, including the "Green Finance Leader", "China Green Finance Outstanding Contribution Award", "Green Bond Leadership Award", and the "Scintillating Eminent ESG Leader Award". He took the lead in drafting the policy framework for the development of green finance in China, and promoted the formation of a global consensus on green finance under the framework of the G20.

Before joining Deloitte, he worked at PwC in New York, Sydney, London, Hong Kong and Beijing for nearly 30 years. From 2002 to 2003, Mr Wu was one of the leading members of the team that designed the Bank Reform Roadmap, which provided technical guidance to China’s large state-owned banks, embarking on reform in the areas of corporate governance, financial reporting, and capital restructuring. From 2003 to 2006, he was the signing partner assisting Bank of China in its successful IPO in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

From 2008 to 2009, Mr Wu was seconded to the Financial Services Authority in the UK to lead projects which researched the root cause of financial crises, the advantages and disadvantages of fair value accounting, and ways to improve international cooperation amongst regulators.

From 2010 to 2012, Mr Wu worked closely with China’s Ministry of Finance to successfully convert Big 4’s operations in China from a joint venture to a special general partnership. In 2012, he led the audit for the Postal Savings Bank of China as a signing partner and helped the bank complete its IPO in Hong Kong.

In 2018, Mr Wu worked at the National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University where he conducted research that looked into strengthening the banking sector and the financial system in China. He documented the accomplishments of accounting development and banking reform achieved in the 40 years of China's Reform and Opening-up.

Mr Wu is the author of two books: Walking at the Forefront of Accounting Development and Bank Reform in China (2009) and The Road to Trust – Realizing the Value of External Audit (2017). He also translated into Chinese three of David H. Maiste’s books: True Professionalism, The Trusted Advisor and Managing the Professional Service Firm.

Mr Wu is an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of International Business and Economics, Zhejiang University and Xiamen National Accounting Institute.

Mr Wu graduated from Zhejiang University of Industry and Commerce (1985) with a Bachelor’s degree and from the University of International Business and Economics (1988) with a Master’s degree. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Anthony Cheung has held positions at renowned financial institutions in London, Singapore, and Hong Kong (including Gartmore in the UK, Pictet in Switzerland, and BNP Paribas in France). He specializes in green investments and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). With years of experience in the Asia-Pacific region, emerging markets, ESG investments and corporate finance, Mr. Cheung's expertise spans three professions: ESG analyst, fund manager, and independent director of listed companies.

As the first institutional investor in Asia to be certified as an ESG analyst (CESGA), Mr. Cheung currently serves as a supervisor for the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and Co-Chair of the Green Insurance Working Group of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA). An active advocate of corporate governance, he is the Vice Chairman of the Training Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and serves as an independent director and ESG Committee Chairman for a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company.

Mr. Cheung provides consultation and support to the boards of charitable organizations. He is the Vice Chairman of Friends of the Earth Hong Kong and a member of the Finance, Risk and the Audit Committee of Oxfam Hong Kong. 

Mr. Cheung was invited as a visiting scholar at the University of Hamburg in German. He received his Bachelor of Economics with honors from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a postgraduate certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge. He is currently a senior accountant in CPA Australia and was awarded the I&M Asia ESG Leadership Award in 2019.

Tracy Wong Harris is the Head of Sustainable Finance for Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, focusing on the Bank’s sustainable finance strategy, by developing new products and solutions, further incorporating ESG considerations into banking decisions, and identifying sustainable finance opportunities for clients. Tracy is also the Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA), an appointed Policy Research Committee member of Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), Board member of Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation Limited (s88) and Senior Advisor to the Green Building Project of HK2050isNow.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Tracy had been driving the green and sustainable finance development in Hong Kong and had over 20 years of financial markets experiences across various fixed income and complex structured products in JPMorgan, Mizuho International, Barclays Capital and BNP Paribas based in London and Hong Kong.

Tracy received her MSc and BA in International Finance and Capital Markets in the United Kingdom and graduated from the Oxford Said Business School in Social Finance Program.

Former appointed member of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Climate Change Technical Expert Group (TEG), served as Board member of AIDS Concern, Hong Kong LGBT+ Interbank, and founder of the JPM PRIDE HK network.

Dr. Shu Chang currently serves as the Chief Asia Economist for Bloomberg Economics, based in Hong Kong.

During this time, she conducted extensive research on global and Chinese economies and financial markets, while participating in important policy work, such as the internationalization of the Renminbi. Before that, she worked at the Bank of England. Dr. Shu is also a director of the Hong Kong Chinese Financial Association. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Dr. Shu is passionate about philanthropy and has long supported the Yes We Do Foundation, Hong Kong, where she serves as a Director. The foundation promotes educational equality and is committed to providing free quality education programs for underprivileged children in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Ms. Yuna WAN currently serves as the General Manager of Honging International Consulting Limited. Together with her team, she provides a range of consultation services for individuals and enterprises coming to Hong Kong. She also has extensive management experience in the financial and insurance industry in the Greater Bay Area, contributing to talent development and business growth within the sector.

Ms. WAN is passionate about public welfare and has long been actively involved in charitable and philanthropic projects in Hong Kong. She regularly cares for elderly people living alone in the community and participates in environmental projects such as ocean cleanups. Since joining the Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation, she has been actively promoting environmental education for the youngsters in Hong Kong. Collaborating with the foundation's team, she has organized environmental writing and drawing competitions, reaching dozens of schools and thousands of students and families across Hong Kong.

Ms. Yangjie ZHENG, a serial cross-boundary entrepreneur with extensive experience and international perspectives in luxury travel, technology, arts and culture, embarked on a journey into ecosystem restoration in 2020. She founded Good to Nature, dedicated to promoting ecosystem restoration and protection through social power, with the vision that everyone is naturally good to nature.

Under her leadership, Good to Nature has become an Actor for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade), and a global partner of the World Economic Forum's UpLink Innovation Platform and Youth Hub. In 2024, she launched the planning and development of the World Generation Restoration Centre under the UN Decade framework, injecting a new impetus to global eco-restoration projects.

Drawing on her practical experience in the Xishuangbanna rainforest restoration projects, Yangjie proposed the ‘3-Approach Synergy Eco-Restoration Solution’ and the ‘25 Realms’ nature perspective, offering a novel methodology for sustainable ecosystem restoration and nature awareness. These frameworks have supported over 200 global projects, including the invasive species management programme in Kenya. In 2023, by applying the ‘Rainforest Realm’ perspective from the ‘25 Realms’, Good to Nature successfully launched the Good to Rainforest Festival campaign, ultimately reaching 93.8 million people in 77 countries worldwide.