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Donna Buckland
Past President at Rotary Club of Hong KongDonna Buckland is a Finance Director at Prudential Corporation Asia. In her role, she leads guidance and governance of finance operation projects in the Asia region. A Chartered Accountant in New Zealand and Australia, she received further executive education in the Manchester Global MBA programme and Oxford Saïd Business School. Donna started her Rotarian journey in the Rotary Club of Auckland, New Zealand, a club with 100 years of history. She served in the Rotary Foundation Project for education for youth, for which she received Paul Harris Fellow recognition. Calling Hong Kong home for the last 6 years, Donna continues to invest forward in community services. She is a current Vice Chair for the Youth Committee for Rotary International District 3450, a Past President of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong, and a recipient of the inspirational president award during her Rotary presidency. In 2019, she was nominated for The Women of Influence award by AMCHAM.
Judy Tam
Advocacy Chair at The Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional WomenJudy Tam is the Advocacy Chair of The Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional Women (BPWHK). She leads to initiate positive changes with regard to women’s issues with the local government, international communities, and BPW International (an advisory body of United Nations). BPWHK also support policy advocacy in areas related to career, labour market, and financial independence with special foci on Equal Pay, and Women in Leadership (both corporate and government). Judy is a key player of Project GenE (Gender Equality), a BPWHK’s education initiative to empower young girls in Hong Kong.
Judy is serving in the education industry by profession. She is an awardee of Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarships (for Undergraduate). She graduated from CUHK with a Master degree in Gender Studies.
Judy’s mission is to achieve gender equality through diversity and inclusion.
Xania Wong
Founder and CEO of JOBDOH Ltd.Xania Wong is JOBDOH’s founder and CEO. In addition to three entrepreneurial ventures, Xania gained her professional experience in Canada and Hong Kong as an investment analyst, a management consultant and a product/business manager, working with regional stock exchanges on key product launches. She is a CFA charter holder and obtained an INSEAD MBA. She was a winner of Google's Empowering Young Entrepreneur competition, Chivas' the Venture Competition HK, Cartier Women's Initiative Award Asia Pacific Finalist and was selected as one of Hong Kong Tatler's Generation T (50 of Hong Kong’s brightest connectors, creative visionaries, influential innovators and disruptive talents). Most recently she was selected as Dubai Expo 2020's Top 100 Global Innovators. She is also a frequent speaker at international conferences including The Economist Innovation Summit Asia.
When not working on JOBDOH, she runs Xantana Wine Ltd., teaching about wines, working in vineyards around the world and soaking in all things passionate in life.
JOBDOH is an award winning smart-hiring platform that connects employers with curated on-demand talents in a critical time frame. Featured by major press and media such as CNBC, we reduce the inefficiency of searching and matching the best-fit candidates.
The JOBDOH platform is 95X faster than the market average in fulfilling jobs, setting a record from job posting to arrival to under 30 minutes in Hong Kong. Companies use JOBDOH to hire talents in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Macau. They also use JOBDOH's new fintech product to increase cashflow flexibility and improve employee retention.
Martin Tam
Architect at Able Mart Limited Hong KongMartin Tam is a practising architect with a strong architectonic bias, with over 50-years’ experience, having played crucial roles in the planning, design and delivery of a broad range of projects, many of which have landed prestigious architectural and environmental awards, locally, nationally and beyond.
He is a current member of The International Bamboo and Rattan Task Force Expert on Bamboo Construction; previous Council Member of Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Professional Green Building Council, as well as a Task Force Member of Buildings Department/HKSAR Government, advisor to Business Environment Council, Chairman of Bamboo Industry committee, and General committee member of Federation Hong Kong Industries.
Martin's recent focus is to direct building design towards zero-carbon footprint, and sustainability with particular emphasis on the use of innovative materials, waste reduction/material recycling, energy use minimization, water conservation, refuse collection, and air quality improvements, and micro-climatology.
Martin's extensive social services include contributions towards advancements in professional, educational, environmental, community, and industrial sectors, of society.
Shirley Wong
Co-Founder of BoundlessShirley is the co-founder of Boundless, a non-profit program that empowers under-resourced children to build their freedom and trounce societal expectations through mentorship and training opportunities.
Educated in Hong Kong since the tender age, Shirley has experienced the limited exposure students may encounter under the education system. Kids from under-resourced backgrounds cannot fully unleash their potential because, often, few in their community aspire to do well. With the sense of giving back to society, Shirley co-founded Boundless in order to build it into a powerful champion of social mobility for youths in Hong Kong.
Shirley will be speaking about her youth empowerment work and journey at Boundless and educational accessibility in Hong Kong with her personal stories and first-hand experience.
Shirley works as a trainee solicitor at Latham & Watkins LLP. In 2015, Shirley was selected as a Hong Kong scholar under the Hong Kong Scholarship for the Excellence Scheme to read law at Cambridge on a full scholarship. At Cambridge, she worked as the Vice President of the Cambridge University Hong Kong and China Affairs Society, in which capacity she hosted many of Hong Kong’s prominent leaders in different fields. Shirley also served as a Chairlady of a Hong Kong youth social service team and initiated social services for the mentally-handicapped and the blind in Hong Kong.
Raymond Lam
Retired Architect for UniversitiesRaymond Lam started out as a designer before embarking on his architectural journey in the 70s. In the 80s, he worked in architectural firms and schools in the UK, where he polished his skills in design and expanded his understanding of different architectural styles.
Raymond returned to Hong Kong in the 90s as part of the design and project management team at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he completed large-scale projects such as the Mong Man Wai Science Building, the Daisy Li Hall, and the New Church Building for Chung Chi College. The highlight of Raymond’s career came in the early 2000s, when he collaborated with the internationally renowned architect Daniel Liberskind on the construction of the Run Run Shaw Multi-media Center at Cornwall Street for the City University of Hong Kong.
Despite retiring in 2019, Raymond still sees the excitement in architecture. He hopes to introduce his passion to the younger generation, and he wishes to encourage youths in Hong Kong to explore this interesting and challenging discipline.
Student Speaker: Macy Chung
Co-founder of MentalSOS"The founders realise that many friends around them have suffered from depression, but because of social stigma, they are reluctant to seek help. The existing counselling services are simply unaffordable to many. Thus, a group of students founded MentalSOS in the hope of making self-help and counselling more accessible to the public."
Macy is a second-year Land Economy student at the University of Cambridge, with a full scholarship supporting her education. Having studied the local HKDSE curriculum, and being the first student from her secondary school to have been admitted by the University of Cambridge, she will be sharing her story of resilience in the hope of inspiring teens to chase after their dreams.
Student Speaker: Chloe Choi
Economics Student at University of Cambridge"When I volunteered to tutor underprivileged children, I saw the difference in the education received between students from different financial backgrounds. I became very interested in the topic of inequality, and read many books to delve deeper into the topic. Upon realising how financial backgrounds affect education, in turns affecting economic outcomes, I understood the importance of educational accessibility to break the cycle of intergenerational inequality. This also made me realised how privileged I am, and compelled me to work very hard and grasps every opportunity towards getting the education I wish to receive. I really hope to play a part in improving educational accessibility, so that everyone has a chance in realising their potential and achieve better outcomes."
Chloe Choi is reading Economics at the University of Cambridge. She studied in local primary and secondary schools, and went to the UK after Form 6. In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano, bowling, and reading. Joining the Cambridge University Hong Kong and China Affairs Society introduced her to Community Shaper 2030. She will be sharing about educational accessibility, and she hopes that this event will bring positive effects to the participants and the community.