Jamie Allen is the founding Secretary General of ACGA, which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1999. He is responsible for overall management of the Association, as well as directing ACGA's research, advocacy and educational work in 11 Asian markets.
Jamie is a published author and has more than 28 years’ experience as a writer, editor and analyst covering the economies of Greater China and East Asia from Hong Kong. Prior to the establishment of ACGA in mid-1999, he ran his own consulting firm and carried out customised economic research on mainly finance-related topics, including corporate governance, for multinational clients in Asia. From 1992-95 he worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as editor of Business Asia, a regional management newsletter, and was a contributor to The Economist magazine from 1994-96. Jamie began his journalistic career in the late 1980s as a reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the Australian National University, Canberra, where he received a BA (Honours) in political science and Chinese language.
Over 2001 to 2007, Jamie was a member of the Public Shareholders Group, a committee formed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to advise it on shareholder rights and corporate governance matters in Hong Kong.
From May 2006 to June 2010, he served on the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). The Listing Committee is the body responsible for approving all new listings on the SEHK, deciding changes to the listing rules, and undertaking review and disciplinary hearings.
In July 2013, Jamie was appointed to the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Hong Kong for a period of three years. In October, he also joined the Operations Oversight Committee of the FRC.
Ms. Ivy Wong is a special counsel of capital markets practice at Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and general commercial work. Ms. Wong has taken a leading role in many unprecedented and high-profile cross-border transactions involving multinational corporations and listed entities.
The novelty of transactions in which Ms. Wong was involved are well recgonised in the industry, including those that won legal awards such as Financial Times' Innovation in Finance Law awards and those that are first of its kind in Hong Kong, such as the first listing of a Japan-incorporated company and the first offering of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
She is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of British Columbia. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, England and Wales and New York.
Ms. Wong has recently presented to listed companies and participated in discussion forums on environmental and social governance reporting and other latest regulatory compliance requirements. She has also written articles on the development of the Hong Kong regulatory regime and legal updates and made publication in The National Law Journal.
With her multi-jurisdictional transaction experience and professional credentials, Ms. Wong has an international outlook and practical approach to handling a wide range of cross-border corporate and commercial matters.
Dr. Daphne Yiu is the Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. Her research interests lie in corporate and international strategy, strategies in emerging markets and Asia, business groups, corporate governance, and international entrepreneurship.
Professor Yiu has published in leading management journals including Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. She was elected as the President of Asia Academy of Management and Representatives-at-Large at the Strategic Management Society.
She is currently serving as Senior Editor at Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Journal of World Business, co-editor of special issue at Long Range Planning, and an editorial board member of Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management.
She received the CUHK Young Researcher Award, publications with top downloads, conference paper awards, and teaching awards.
Imelda Kwong is the Director leading the Sustainability and Climate Change in PwC Hong Kong. She has over 14 years of assurance and consulting experience supporting global, national and local organisations in the UK, Hong Kong and China. She has a deep understanding of business and operational processes, risk, control and compliance across a broad range of industries and have a proven track record in leading and managing multi-location, portfolio management office, change management and transformation projects. She has proven record in supporting a number of organisations in setting up sustainability reports in line with local and global requirements as well as providing sustainability report assurance locally.
Jamie Allen is the founding Secretary General of ACGA, which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1999. He is responsible for overall management of the Association, as well as directing ACGA's research, advocacy and educational work in 11 Asian markets.
Jamie is a published author and has more than 28 years’ experience as a writer, editor and analyst covering the economies of Greater China and East Asia from Hong Kong. Prior to the establishment of ACGA in mid-1999, he ran his own consulting firm and carried out customised economic research on mainly finance-related topics, including corporate governance, for multinational clients in Asia. From 1992-95 he worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as editor of Business Asia, a regional management newsletter, and was a contributor to The Economist magazine from 1994-96. Jamie began his journalistic career in the late 1980s as a reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the Australian National University, Canberra, where he received a BA (Honours) in political science and Chinese language.
Over 2001 to 2007, Jamie was a member of the Public Shareholders Group, a committee formed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to advise it on shareholder rights and corporate governance matters in Hong Kong.
From May 2006 to June 2010, he served on the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). The Listing Committee is the body responsible for approving all new listings on the SEHK, deciding changes to the listing rules, and undertaking review and disciplinary hearings.
In July 2013, Jamie was appointed to the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Hong Kong for a period of three years. In October, he also joined the Operations Oversight Committee of the FRC.
Ms. Ivy Wong is a special counsel of capital markets practice at Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and general commercial work. Ms. Wong has taken a leading role in many unprecedented and high-profile cross-border transactions involving multinational corporations and listed entities.
The novelty of transactions in which Ms. Wong was involved are well recgonised in the industry, including those that won legal awards such as Financial Times' Innovation in Finance Law awards and those that are first of its kind in Hong Kong, such as the first listing of a Japan-incorporated company and the first offering of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
She is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of British Columbia. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, England and Wales and New York.
Ms. Wong has recently presented to listed companies and participated in discussion forums on environmental and social governance reporting and other latest regulatory compliance requirements. She has also written articles on the development of the Hong Kong regulatory regime and legal updates and made publication in The National Law Journal.
With her multi-jurisdictional transaction experience and professional credentials, Ms. Wong has an international outlook and practical approach to handling a wide range of cross-border corporate and commercial matters.
Dr. Daphne Yiu is the Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. Her research interests lie in corporate and international strategy, strategies in emerging markets and Asia, business groups, corporate governance, and international entrepreneurship.
Professor Yiu has published in leading management journals including Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. She was elected as the President of Asia Academy of Management and Representatives-at-Large at the Strategic Management Society.
She is currently serving as Senior Editor at Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Journal of World Business, co-editor of special issue at Long Range Planning, and an editorial board member of Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management.
She received the CUHK Young Researcher Award, publications with top downloads, conference paper awards, and teaching awards.
Imelda Kwong is the Director leading the Sustainability and Climate Change in PwC Hong Kong. She has over 14 years of assurance and consulting experience supporting global, national and local organisations in the UK, Hong Kong and China. She has a deep understanding of business and operational processes, risk, control and compliance across a broad range of industries and have a proven track record in leading and managing multi-location, portfolio management office, change management and transformation projects. She has proven record in supporting a number of organisations in setting up sustainability reports in line with local and global requirements as well as providing sustainability report assurance locally.
Jamie Allen is the founding Secretary General of ACGA, which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1999. He is responsible for overall management of the Association, as well as directing ACGA's research, advocacy and educational work in 11 Asian markets.
Jamie is a published author and has more than 28 years’ experience as a writer, editor and analyst covering the economies of Greater China and East Asia from Hong Kong. Prior to the establishment of ACGA in mid-1999, he ran his own consulting firm and carried out customised economic research on mainly finance-related topics, including corporate governance, for multinational clients in Asia. From 1992-95 he worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as editor of Business Asia, a regional management newsletter, and was a contributor to The Economist magazine from 1994-96. Jamie began his journalistic career in the late 1980s as a reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the Australian National University, Canberra, where he received a BA (Honours) in political science and Chinese language.
Over 2001 to 2007, Jamie was a member of the Public Shareholders Group, a committee formed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to advise it on shareholder rights and corporate governance matters in Hong Kong.
From May 2006 to June 2010, he served on the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). The Listing Committee is the body responsible for approving all new listings on the SEHK, deciding changes to the listing rules, and undertaking review and disciplinary hearings.
In July 2013, Jamie was appointed to the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Hong Kong for a period of three years. In October, he also joined the Operations Oversight Committee of the FRC.
Ms. Ivy Wong is a special counsel of capital markets practice at Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and general commercial work. Ms. Wong has taken a leading role in many unprecedented and high-profile cross-border transactions involving multinational corporations and listed entities.
The novelty of transactions in which Ms. Wong was involved are well recgonised in the industry, including those that won legal awards such as Financial Times' Innovation in Finance Law awards and those that are first of its kind in Hong Kong, such as the first listing of a Japan-incorporated company and the first offering of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
She is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of British Columbia. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, England and Wales and New York.
Ms. Wong has recently presented to listed companies and participated in discussion forums on environmental and social governance reporting and other latest regulatory compliance requirements. She has also written articles on the development of the Hong Kong regulatory regime and legal updates and made publication in The National Law Journal.
With her multi-jurisdictional transaction experience and professional credentials, Ms. Wong has an international outlook and practical approach to handling a wide range of cross-border corporate and commercial matters.
Dr. Daphne Yiu is the Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. Her research interests lie in corporate and international strategy, strategies in emerging markets and Asia, business groups, corporate governance, and international entrepreneurship.
Professor Yiu has published in leading management journals including Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. She was elected as the President of Asia Academy of Management and Representatives-at-Large at the Strategic Management Society.
She is currently serving as Senior Editor at Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Journal of World Business, co-editor of special issue at Long Range Planning, and an editorial board member of Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management.
She received the CUHK Young Researcher Award, publications with top downloads, conference paper awards, and teaching awards.
Imelda Kwong is the Director leading the Sustainability and Climate Change in PwC Hong Kong. She has over 14 years of assurance and consulting experience supporting global, national and local organisations in the UK, Hong Kong and China. She has a deep understanding of business and operational processes, risk, control and compliance across a broad range of industries and have a proven track record in leading and managing multi-location, portfolio management office, change management and transformation projects. She has proven record in supporting a number of organisations in setting up sustainability reports in line with local and global requirements as well as providing sustainability report assurance locally.
Jamie Allen is the founding Secretary General of ACGA, which was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1999. He is responsible for overall management of the Association, as well as directing ACGA's research, advocacy and educational work in 11 Asian markets.
Jamie is a published author and has more than 28 years’ experience as a writer, editor and analyst covering the economies of Greater China and East Asia from Hong Kong. Prior to the establishment of ACGA in mid-1999, he ran his own consulting firm and carried out customised economic research on mainly finance-related topics, including corporate governance, for multinational clients in Asia. From 1992-95 he worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as editor of Business Asia, a regional management newsletter, and was a contributor to The Economist magazine from 1994-96. Jamie began his journalistic career in the late 1980s as a reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the Australian National University, Canberra, where he received a BA (Honours) in political science and Chinese language.
Over 2001 to 2007, Jamie was a member of the Public Shareholders Group, a committee formed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to advise it on shareholder rights and corporate governance matters in Hong Kong.
From May 2006 to June 2010, he served on the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). The Listing Committee is the body responsible for approving all new listings on the SEHK, deciding changes to the listing rules, and undertaking review and disciplinary hearings.
In July 2013, Jamie was appointed to the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Hong Kong for a period of three years. In October, he also joined the Operations Oversight Committee of the FRC.
Ms. Ivy Wong is a special counsel of capital markets practice at Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and general commercial work. Ms. Wong has taken a leading role in many unprecedented and high-profile cross-border transactions involving multinational corporations and listed entities.
The novelty of transactions in which Ms. Wong was involved are well recgonised in the industry, including those that won legal awards such as Financial Times' Innovation in Finance Law awards and those that are first of its kind in Hong Kong, such as the first listing of a Japan-incorporated company and the first offering of Hong Kong depositary receipts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
She is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of British Columbia. She is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, England and Wales and New York.
Ms. Wong has recently presented to listed companies and participated in discussion forums on environmental and social governance reporting and other latest regulatory compliance requirements. She has also written articles on the development of the Hong Kong regulatory regime and legal updates and made publication in The National Law Journal.
With her multi-jurisdictional transaction experience and professional credentials, Ms. Wong has an international outlook and practical approach to handling a wide range of cross-border corporate and commercial matters.
Dr. Daphne Yiu is the Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. Her research interests lie in corporate and international strategy, strategies in emerging markets and Asia, business groups, corporate governance, and international entrepreneurship.
Professor Yiu has published in leading management journals including Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. She was elected as the President of Asia Academy of Management and Representatives-at-Large at the Strategic Management Society.
She is currently serving as Senior Editor at Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Journal of World Business, co-editor of special issue at Long Range Planning, and an editorial board member of Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management.
She received the CUHK Young Researcher Award, publications with top downloads, conference paper awards, and teaching awards.
Imelda Kwong is the Director leading the Sustainability and Climate Change in PwC Hong Kong. She has over 14 years of assurance and consulting experience supporting global, national and local organisations in the UK, Hong Kong and China. She has a deep understanding of business and operational processes, risk, control and compliance across a broad range of industries and have a proven track record in leading and managing multi-location, portfolio management office, change management and transformation projects. She has proven record in supporting a number of organisations in setting up sustainability reports in line with local and global requirements as well as providing sustainability report assurance locally.