Andrew has over 20 years of professional experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Auditing and Finance across a diverse range of industries. Qualified in Australia with Big 4 firms, Andrew moved to Hong Kong over a decade ago and since then has worked in global risk roles at Hong Kong Shanghai Hotels, Dairy Farm, PCCW and most recently at China Light and Power (CLP). A believer in giving back to the community, Andrew was the 2022 Chair of CA ANZ Hong Kong Council. He is currently serving as Governor, Board of Directors at the Institute of Internal Auditors, Hong Kong. He has been awarded Fellowship of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (FCA).

Anthony Cheung is Managing Director and Head of ESG at one of Asia’s largest multi-manager investment platforms, where he oversees ESG integration and sustainable investment strategies. With over 20 years of experience in asset management across Europe and Asia, he served at renowned institutions including Gartmore, Pictet, and BNP Paribas.

As the first Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) in Asia, Anthony has served on the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) Supervisory Board, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council, and the CFA Institute ESG Technical Committee. He contributes to climate governance as a board member of Friends of the Earth (HK) and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Recognized by the 2019 Regional ESG Leader Award by Insights and Mandate, Anthony actively advocates for advancing science-based, implementable climate accounting and sustainability reporting frameworks in Asia. Anthony is a Fellow of CPA Australia and based in Hong Kong.

Lucia is an accomplished professional who has over 20 years’ experience in audit, risk management, and compliance across Macau and US. She joined Sands China in 2003 and is one of the founding members of the Company. Sands China is a leading developer, owner, and operator of multi-use integrated resorts and casinos in Macau. Lucia leads the internal audit function with a 25-member strong team of qualified professionals. Lucia regularly champions cross industry events with leading entities in Macau, HK and the GBA to promote the internal audit profession and cross pollination of industries best practice. Lucia is a passionate advocate for developing the next generation audit talents with a track record of innovative initiatives to nurture young professionals.

Lucia is a qualified US CPA and a Committee member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong.

Mr. Kwok is currently the Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Hang Seng Bank Limited and the Independent Non-Executive Director of Chen Hsong Holdings Limited and Shui On Land Limited. From February 2002 to October 2024, Mr. Kwok was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, limited, which is the owner and operator of the Peninsula Hotels Group. Mr. Kwok’s knowledge of international markets, accounting, corporate risk management, and compliance is enhanced by his experience serving on prominent regulatory bodies such as the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange, the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission, and the Interpretations Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board.

Mr. Kwok holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics. He is a fellow of each of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Law is a Sustainability Partner at Deloitte China with nearly 15 years’ experience advising public and private companies on sustainability strategy, ESG and financial reporting, and assurance services. He helps boards and executive teams to build governance and organisational capacity, quantify and account for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, assess climate resilience, develop practical decarbonisation strategies, identify sustainability related opportunities, and prepare disclosures that reflect both business implications and evolving regulatory expectations. He previously served as Sustainability Director at the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), where he led efforts to localise sustainability standards, design capacity building curricula for practitioners and companies, and led preparation of the Implementation Guidance for Climate Disclosures under the HKEX ESG Reporting Framework. In his current role on HKICPA’s Professional Development Committee, he focuses on fostering the profession’s understanding of sustainability and developing upskilling programmes for local stakeholders. Mr. Law is a member of the GHG Protocol Technical Working Group contributing to revisions of greenhouse gas accounting standards, and is a certified public accountant in both Hong Kong and the United States.

Astor Law is currently the Head of Audit, Hong Kong, Asia and Middle East, HSBC. Astor joined HSBC in July 2017. Prior to HSBC, Astor was managing the global audit portfolios of Commercial Banking and Global Banking in Standard Chartered Bank. She has experience in both Corporate Banking and Retail Banking audits in a global audit function and has broad banking experience and product knowledge. She was also an external auditor at KPMG, a regulator at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and a financial controller in the commercial sector. Astor has over 30 years of relevant accounting and auditing experience in both the finance and banking industries. She is a Hong Kong national.

Astor graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and subsequently obtained professional qualifications including ACCA, FRM, CFA and ACAMS.

Ms. Alva Lee is 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 consulting experience. She provides 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 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, a member of the American Certificate Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a Certified Internal Auditor.

Sally is a seasoned finance professional with nearly 30 years of global experience in auditing, finance, risk management and internal control. She holds multiple professional qualifications including HKICPA, CPA (China), FCCA (UK), and CA/CPA (Canada).

Her career began at PwC China and KPMG Canada, where she specialized in finance auditing. Since joining Tencent in 2011, she has progressed through diversified finance roles including Management Finance in key business group, Head of Risk Management & Internal Control, and her current position as Head of Internal Audit.

In her current role, she leads AI integration initiatives within Tencent’s audit function. She drives audit transformation, embracing new technology, developing tools that increase both efficiency and effectiveness in auditing.

Derek Ngai is currently the Head of Audit, Hang Seng Bank. Derek embarked on his career with HSBC Group Internal Audit in June 2014. Prior to that, he was a Relationship Manager in Commercial Banking at HSBC Canada, before transitioning to EY HK in 2011 to begin his audit profession. Upon rejoining HSBC in 2014, he later advanced to the position of Chief Auditor at HSBC Taiwan in 2017. Prior to his current tenure at Hang Seng, Derek was the Head of Audit for Hong Kong and Macau at HSBC. Over the past decades, he has accumulated extensive experience in various audit and banking roles within HSBC.

Derek holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Additionally, he is a Certified Public Accountant and a professional member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Kenji became Head of Audit for Greater China at Barclays in November 2022, with over 17 years of experience in external audit, finance, and internal audit. Before joining Barclays, he spent seven years at Standard Chartered Bank Internal Audit covering the corporate and institutional banking sector, where he most recently served as Interim Head of Audit, Japan. His career began at KPMG as a technology auditor and subsequently worked in Business Finance at Macquarie Bank. Kenji holds CPA, CA, CISA, and CIA qualifications and graduated from Simon Fraser University in Canada.

Jeremy Pizzala is EY’s Technology Partner and has over 30 years of experience in Consulting, Outsourcing & Business Transformation. He has helped clients across the banking, capital markets and insurance sectors implement large scale technology led transformation. Jeremy has recently focused on helping clients embed Cloud, Cybersecurity & Application modernization as pillars of their digital transformation.

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 27 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).

Luisa is a seasoned leader in audit, risk, compliance, and finance, with over two decades of experience across Macau and Vietnam. She currently serves as Head of Internal Audit at MGM China, a Hong Kong-listed corporation operating integrated resorts and casinos in Macau. Luisa began her career with PwC as an external auditor and has since held senior management roles in Internal Audit, Finance and Human Resources at several publicly listed companies. She was part of MGM China's founding team and played a pivotal role in establishing its Internal Audit Department, rejoining the company in 2019 to lead its audit function.

In addition to her corporate achievements, Luisa has contributed to academia as a lecturer at the University of Macau’s Faculty of Business Administration, delivering the Advanced Diploma in Gaming Management program designed to prepare future leaders in Macau’s gaming industry. Luisa is a CPA and CIA, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Amy is a Partner with the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Services Assurance Practice and has more than 25 years of audit, regulatory and advisory experience within financial services industry. This included a two year secondment to PricewaterhouseCoopers New York where she focused on investment banking, securities and investment management clients. Amy manages a portfolio of international financial services clients and has extensive experience in capital markets, banking and alternative asset management industry.

Qualified as a certified public accountant (HKICPA), Stephanie is an Internal Audit Senior Manager at the FWD Group and has 10 years of assurance and advisory experience in financial services. She brings senior stakeholder management experience through involvement in group and country level audits. Prior to FWD, she was in external assurance and advisory practice focusing on investigations and independent assessments conducted on behalf of regulatory bodies.