Suet Yi Wong is the Co-founder of Time Auction, a tech-enabled charity connecting you with inspiring mentors while encouraging volunteerism.

By day, Suet Yi is Account Manager at MeeOpp. Previously, she was sales at Bloomberg where she spearheaded and organised its inaugural Hedge Fund Forum in Hong Kong. A global citizen who has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States, Suet Yi is an avid traveler, health and mindfulness enthusiast.

She graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Annissa joined Time Auction in 2020 to lead the Skilled-Volunteers Matching Program, connecting NGOs and charities with volunteers that could assist their operations with their skills — From graphic designer to social media marketer and many more!

Annissa discovered her passion in hospitality as she finds satisfaction in connecting and helping people. Since graduating from University of Surrey with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Hospitality Management, she has then devoted her career within the startup industry, gaining experiences in operations, events and HR management.

In her spare time, she is training and working towards becoming an ACC Certified Coach in hopes to provide such services to NGOs and charities. A cause very close to her heart is raising awareness on mental health and destigmatising mental illness especially within Asian cultures.

If you’re an organisation that supports mental health, feel free to get in touch with Annissa and ask her for help!

Leo joined Time Auction in 2021 to help strategize campaigns and initiatives across different platforms, creating content for social media to advocate volunteerism.

Majoring in Geography and Resource Management, Leo values the environment and nature. He has worked at a green group that advocates waste reduction in HK during his time as an undergraduate in CUHK, curating social media posts and visuals that advocate for a greener way of living.

Prior to joining Time Auction, Leo has been an illustrator who has collaborated with many different NGOs, which include Red Cross HK, Greenpeace HK, Richmond Fellowship of HK etc., to help create visuals for their campaigns. He’s passionate about using his communication and problem solving ability to bring projects from concept to completion.

Michelle joined Time Auction in 2021 to grow the Skilled-Volunteers Matching Program which  connects NGOs and social enterprises with skilled volunteers. She also drives cross-sector collaboration with funders, the academia, corporates and more to bridge the gap between pro-bono talents and for-impact organisations.

Prior to Time Auction, Michelle has been an active member of Enactus, a charity empowering future generation leaders to solve social problems with entrepreneurial actions, during her time as an undergraduate at HKU. Michelle has also worked at corporate social responsibility/shared value department at KPMG and New World Development.

Inspired to be a change-maker, she co-founded Mealingful - a social enterprise that aims to improve awareness towards swallowing difficulties and to enhance accessibility of soft meal. To date, Mealingful has obtained recognition from Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge, Good Seed and more.

As a social entrepreneur herself, Michelle fully understands the importance of leveraging resources in the social innovation community to create a larger impact. She is always on the lookout for like-minded enthusiasts, drop her a message to share your passion project!

Aaron is the Founder of Dash Living - the new generation of rental solution in Hong Kong for urban professionals. Through Dash Suites, Coliving, Hotels, and Dashare, Dash Living's mission is to create a global accommodation community through sharing economies and tech, empowering today's hyper-mobile, tech-savvy millennials to live in the most expensive cities in the world.

Aaron is a serial entrepreneur redefining how millennials rent premium and all-inclusive yet affordable serviced accommodation. Starting his first business at age 17, Aaron is a Forbes 30Under30 Entrepreneur, Investor & Philanthropist with a string of successful startups in his track record such as uBuyiBuy (acquired by Groupon in 2010), Mydress.com, Snapask and Time Auction.

At a personal level, Aaron is a white collar boxer, a regular mentor for our next generation entrepreneurs at Time Auction and is a supporter of a more sustainable future by practicing “Green Mondays.”

Sandra Leung is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategic Projects Execution at the Market Development Division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). With almost 10 years of financial experience, she previously served as Executive Director of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division, covering the consumer retail sector in the Greater China area.

Through her 4-month sabbatical, Sandra also explored the world of culinary arts, graduating from both the Basic Cuisine and Basic Patisserie courses at Le Cordon Bleu, Sydney. Pursuing her passion for food, she is currently shareholder of two restaurants in Hong Kong. When Sandra is not working, cooking or eating, she is also passionately involved in social and diversity-related initiatives in Hong Kong, providing support to a wide range of NGOs and is the Co-Vice Chair of the Women's Exchange at HKEX. She was awarded "Young Achiever of the Year" under the American Chamber of Commerce Women of Influence Awards (2016). 

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sandra was brought up in the local school system before leaving for high school in the US and later receiving her BSc in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Impact Advisor, Manager at Chen Yidan Foundation

A researcher at heart and by training, Nupur has long been an advocate for responsible business practices and conscious philanthropic endeavours to achieve long-term needs of the communities that each serves. She staunchly believes that “doing good” doesn’t go far enough if it doesn’t lead to measurable and sustainable impact. Having lived, studied, and worked in 3 major hubs around the world over the last 10 years, she is attuned to the myriad ways in which public and private sectors measure, respond, and use impact analysis to bank on their productivity.  

At the Chen Yidan Foundation, she implements this mindset for their global partnerships. 

Christina is a Managing Principal of Gaw Capital Partners and in charge of global capital markets activities and is Co-Chair of Alternative Investments. She works closely with limited partners relating to capital raising and new product developments. Gaw Capital is a real estate private equity firm and has raised six commingled funds targeting the Greater China and APAC since 2005. The firm also manages value-add/opportunistic funds in Vietnam and the US, a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, a European hospitality fund and also provides services for separate account direct investments globally. The firm has over USD$ 30.7 billion in AUM as of Q1 2021. She also serves as Executive Director of Pioneer Global Group (0224.HK) and Independent Non-executive Director and Member of the Finance and General Committee and the Sustainability Committee of CLP Holdings Limited (0002.HK).
 
Prior to joining Gaw Capital, Christina had an investment banking career with Goldman Sachs and UBS as Managing Director for over 15 years, with responsibilities as Head of Asia Equities Distribution and as Head of APAC Capital Introduction team within Prime Brokerage. She has deep experience in covering some of the largest institutional investors globally.
 
Christina is also active in community and educational sector capacity work in Hong Kong. She is currently an honorary advisor of Hong Kong PropTech Association, a board member of InspiringHK Sports Foundation and an advisor of Teach for Hong Kong, Time Auction, finance committee member and board member of Hong Kong International School, board member of Stellart International School of Arts, executive committee vice chairwoman of St. Paul’s Co-educational College Alumni Association, corporate member of the Cheltenham Ladies College UK, school supervisor for TWGHs S. C. Gaw Memorial College and the council member of Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She has also served as the board member of The Women’s Foundation for over 10 years from 2009 to 2019 and the board treasurer of The Hong Kong Ballet Group from 2010 to 2017.
 
Christina received her B.S in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco, California.

Growth Advisor, Partner at Inspect Element
A battle-tested entrepreneur, Christopher has built and scaled software reaching tens of millions of people. At Bowtie and Snapask, he led product growth initiatives and built growth teams that have resulted in rapid growth in subscription and loyalty. 

Communicator. Educator. Connector. Angie Lau is an award-winning global journalist and business thought leader based in Asia’s most dynamic business hub Hong Kong, and co-founded Forkast.News -- a digital media platform that focuses on all things blockchain, where she is Chief and Lead Anchor. She is a professional emcee, moderator, and sought-after speaker at top financial, leadership, economic and blockchain conferences in the world.

Angie was most recently was one of Bloomberg Television's key anchors. She is also a renowned speaker, and shares her talents with AAJA Asia Chapter, FCC, The Women’s Foundation and other organizations where she serves as mentor and advisor.  Angie currently serves on the Executive Committee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and on the Board of AAJA Asia. Angie has given speeches and leadership talks to groups such as The Women’s Foundation, Harvey Nash Women’s Directorship Program, and Pinsent Masons. She has media trained and helped framed strategic communications for CEOs and founders of startups to high-level executives from Walmart, UBS, Li Ka Shing Foundation, Horizons Ventures, and others. Her TEDx Talk “I Am Not Supposed to Be Here” was turned into a TED Ed Lesson for its global audience of 6.7 million followers.

She is a valued past Correspondent Board Governor at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong, and she serves on advisory board for JMSC at HKU. As such, she remains an influential voice among international media colleagues and peers in the APAC region and abroad. 

Mr Ming Wai Lau is the Chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, an independent policy think tank.

Mr Lau holds LLB, LLM, and PhD degrees from King’s College London and the London School of Economics, University of London. His PhD dissertation was published as a book by Oxford University Press in 2011. He was a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Law School in 2014 and has been re-appointed for the 2015-2016 academic year. He is also a registered attorney in the State of New York and a CFA Charterholder.

Mr Lau is active in public affairs both in Hong Kong and the mainland China. In Hong Kong, he is the Chairman of Commission on Youth, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ocean Park Corporation, Council Member of City University of Hong Kong, a non-official member of Commission on Poverty, a non-official member of Commission on Strategic Development, and a member of Financial Infrastructure SubCommittee of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. In China, he is currently a member of the Sichuan Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an Honorary Trustee of Peking University and a Board Member of University of International Business and Economics.

Mr Lau is also in charge of his family’s Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust, which has made many generous donations to academic institutions in Hong Kong, mainland China, and overseas for the promotion of education. In 2007, the Trust disbursed a total of HK$100 million to Peking University, China Education Development Foundation, and the University of International Business and Economics. In 2011, City University of Hong Kong received a HK$125 million gift from the Trust.

Heather is a SEO & Digital Marketing consultant who helps businesses get exposure online. She's been working in the digital marketing field for over 6 years, helping companies across different industries to get meaningful traffic and results online.  

At The Executive Centre, Heather led SEO growth initiatives to increase the company's online presence and increase online leads in 30+ cities.
 

James E. Thompson, is the Chairman and Founder of the Crown Worldwide Group of Companies. Crown Worldwide is a logistics company performing various types of warehousing and transportation services throughout the world. The Crown Group is the largest privately owned company in the field of international removals and warehousing with over 265 worldwide locations in almost 60 countries around the world. Crown is also a leader in the field of document management with 32 million cartons of business documents managed from its worldwide facilities.

Mr. Thompson serves as Chairman or as a Board member of numerous charitable organizations. His particular interests are charities related to children, cancer, education and art. He is the Chairman of the Asian Youth Orchestra, The Honorary President of the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care, is on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army.

Roy is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kam Ping group of companies, a single family office focused on real estate and private equity investments. He serves as a board member on a number of private companies.

Prior to joining Kam Ping in 2013, Roy previously served as Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. He has over a decade of experience in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, primarily focused on mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance in London and Hong Kong.

Roy graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA and MA in Economics and continues to actively support his alumni community of Winchester College, Queens’ College and the University of Cambridge. Particular areas of interest include mental health, mentorship, climate change, environmental sustainability, organisational strategy and fundraising.

A senior executive with over 20 years of general management and working experience in 5 international cities - Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, San Francisco, and Hanoi.

A leading design thinking evangelist, corporate practitioner, and educator in Asia. Frequent speaker and mentor in the startup and innovation communities.

Stephen specializes in strategic planning, loyalty marketing, CRM, analytics, insight-driven innovation, eCommerce, sales, digital marketing.

Stephen’s management style can be characterized as being stakeholder-centric with his focus and belief in driving innovation through insights and empowerment. He blends technology, business and customer focus in driving contribution and creativity forward. In the past two years, he has dedicated his time in researching how large corporations drive innovation and overcome their execution challenges.

Stephen also deeply cares about the communities that he belongs, he serves extensively in Hong Kong in the innovation and entrepreneur space, a frequent speaker and mentor in Hong Kong. He serves as a mentor, curator or judge at Blueprint, Metta, Hong Kong Startup Council and Cyberport. He also actively supports his alumni community of Stanford Graduate School of Business & Michigan State University.

Stephen is also an Asian Football Association Licensed coach, assisted and coached the San Francisco Viking Travel Team and U18 side of Singapore Premier League team Geyland United in the past. He also has a keen interest in deploying affordable technology in grassroots sports, during his time at Stanford University, conducted research on the deployment of technology in team sports under the supervision of Stanford GSB Professor George Foster.

Education Officer, Ministry of Education SG. Passionate Photographer and Active Volunteer.

Likes all things digital and to wake up everyday with a purpose. 

Regional CRM Analyst at Fave, always curious and intrinsically motivated. 

Economics Graduate, Nanyang Technological University. Adventurous traveller & nature lover.

Digital Marketing & Branding Consultant, Passionate about Growth & Optimization.

Digital Innovation Student, University of London. Passionate about consulting, loves to meet new people.

Risk Advisory Senior at APEC Capital. Passionate about capturing stories and moments.

Strategic Partnership & Business Development at Grab Malaysia. Passionate about youth development & sustainability.

Project manager at Fave. Passionate in building community for a better tech eco-system.

Business development manager at Fave; passionate about learning and trying out new things. 

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