Speakers Highlights

He serves as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Convenience Retail Asia Limited, a publicly listed company within the Fung Group. He was the Group Chairman of Li & Fung Limited (privatized in May 2020) until October 2020. Together with his brother, Victor Fung,

Dr. Fung played a leading role in driving the development of the supply chain infrastructure at Li & Fung Limited, which enabled it to become the leading consumer goods design, development, sourcing, and logistics company for major retailers and brands around the world. Dr. Fung has previously held key positions in major trade and business associations. He is a former Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association and the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2008.

Dr. Fung is an independent non-executive director of VTech Holdings Limited, Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited.

Dr. Fung graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business, degrees of Doctor of Business Administration (honoris causa) from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Baptist University and a degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from Wawasan Open University of Malaysia.

Her latest book was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by the Financial Times and Fortune Magazine. Jin’s research focuses on China and the global economy, the US-China technology competition, and global macroeconomics. 

She serves on the boards of Richemont Group and Jardine Matheson, is a member of China Finance 40, and advises on the Economic Council of the State of Qatar and the World Bank. Jin is widely regarded as a leading voice bridging the East and West, and has been profiled in The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. She is also a regular contributor of opinion pieces for the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other major publications. 

Dr. Fung is Chairman of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong, a multi-disciplinary think-tank contributing to international discourse on global issues from Asian perspectives. He is also Chairman of the 2022 Foundation, a non-profit entity focused on research into Hong Kong’s long-term competitiveness and Chairman of the Victor and William Fung Foundation, whose focus is the nurturing of human capital and supporting educational programmes. 

In Hong Kong, Dr. Fung is Chairman of the Global STEM Professorship Scheme Assessment Panel and a member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers. He is a director of the Hong Kong Investment Corporation as well as a member of Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance. 

Dr. Fung is a former Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (1991-2000), a Hong Kong representative on the APEC Business Advisory Council (1996-2003), Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (1999-2008), Chairman of the Council of The University of Hong Kong (2001-2009), Chairman of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council (2004-2013), Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (2014-2018) and Chairman of the Civil Service Training Advisory Board (2019-2024). 

In the Chinese Mainland, he is a member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Beijing, a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, an Honorary Trustee of Peking University and an Honorary Professor of Renmin University. He is a former member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (2003-2018), and Vice-Chairman of the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (2009-2014). 

Dr. Fung played a leadership role from 2007 in the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), of which he was the first Chairman from Asia (2008-2010). He co-Chaired the ICC’s Advisory Group on Trade Finance (2020-2021). From 2012 to 2013, he was a member of the World Trade Organisation’s panel on Defining the Future of Trade. He was also a member of APEC’s vision-setting Eminent Persons Group (1993-1995). 

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr. Fung holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After gaining his Doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University, he taught as a professor at Harvard Business School before returning to the family business in Hong Kong in 1976. 

Dr. Fung is married with three adult children. 

From 2014 to 2022, as Assistant Executive Director, Ms Chong oversaw some 30 exhibitions, some of which have become the largest marketplaces of their kind in Asia or the world. She was Director, Publications and E-Commerce from 2011 to 2014, in charge of the Council’s online marketplace and mobile applications of over 20 product magazines and industry supplements.

Prior to 2010, she was responsible for promoting Hong Kong’s creative industries, covering film and entertainment, design, licensing and ICT. From 2001-2003, she led the HKTDC’s work in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian as Regional Director for Southern China based in Guangzhou.

In 2022, she joined the Board of Directors of the Global Association of Exhibition Industry (UFI) with headquarters in Paris, and was appointed Advisory Council Member of the Singapore-based Asian Federation of Exhibition and Convention Associations.

Ms. Chong graduated from The University of Hong Kong with an honours degree in Arts. She attended the Stanford Executive Program of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2016.

In 2012 and 2013, Ms. Chin was a researcher for a policy-oriented program called US-China 2013: Economic Relations in the Next 10 Years, which produced a groundbreaking study, sponsored by the China-United States Exchange Foundation. In 2003, she co-authored Li & Fung: The Orchestrator of Global Supply Chain Management (1st ed.), which was a best-seller in the Greater China region.

Ms. Chin was an Asia Program Fellow of Harvard Kennedy School in 2008. In 2007 and 2009, she was a lecturer at The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education, where she taught postgraduate courses on the Chinese economy. She holds a BFin from The University of Hong Kong and an MSc in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Throughout his career, Mourad has held leadership roles across Low and Medium Voltage Industrial Operations, Manufacturing Logistics, Procurement, ERP Systems, and Industrial Strategy. In 2012, he was appointed Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain China, where he led manufacturing and distribution operations with a focus on safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and procurement. 

In 2016, Mourad became Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations. Since 2019, he has served on Schneider Electric’s Executive Committee as Chief Supply Chain Officer, overseeing a global network of 160 factories, 75 distribution centers, and more than 80,000 employees. 

Mourad is passionate about building agile, sustainable, and customer-centric supply chains that drive innovation, resilience, and operational excellence. He holds a degree from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in France. 

As Executive Committee member and Board Director at Li & Fung, Ed shapes strategy, leads key transactions, and manages capital allocation for one of the world’s largest supply chain organizations. As former CFO, he steered digital transformation and set new benchmarks for governance and sustainability through volatile global markets.

Ed sits on the Board of DBS Bank HK, promoting digital innovation and sustainable financial growth. His finance career spans Citi and Morgan Stanley, with deep capital markets expertise and execution of over US$100 billion in M&A, capital markets, and loan transactions across his finance career. He also served on the M&A Takeover Panel of Hong Kong’s SFC.

Ed’s leadership has earned recognition as “Most Influential Entrepreneur in Hong Kong” and “Best CFO in Asia.”  He supports human capital and social resilience through roles with UNICEF HK and Children’s Cancer Foundation. Ed holds an MBA from Chicago Booth, a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin, Harvard AMP, and is a US CPA.

Professor Li’s research focuses on retail operations, revenue management in hospitality industry, supply chain management, and business analytics. In recent years, he has worked with global manufacturers, online retailers, startups, auction houses, social media companies, and logistics providers and hospitals on their operations problems. He has published his research in journals such as Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Operations Research Letters, Naval Research Logistics, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, and Management and Business Review, and has served as an Associate Editor for several journals above. His writing has also appeared in non-academic outlets such as Hong Kong Economic Journal (香港信报), The Paper (澎湃), and The Southern Metropolis Weekly (南都周刊).

At HKUST Business School, Professor Li teaches courses related to operations management, project Management, supply chain management and business analytics at different levels. He has been nominated for the Franklin Teaching Award at the Business School. He received his degrees from the University of British Columbia, Fudan University and Tsinghua University.