Professor Wilton CW Chau has over 2 6 -year extensive experience in venture capital and angel investment. He is the Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a seed venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures and has successfully grown two pre-revenue stage companies to become the market leaders in China. Over the last 12 years, he has developed a comprehensive technology commercialization network and a funding network for SMEs covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Chau is the founding Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network and has led a team of CUHK consultants to advise incubatees in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) and entrepreneurs in the Hong Kong Design Centre regarding their business models and fundraising strategies.
Jennifer Cheng is a passionate player in the world of new internet technology and a veteran of the online media and social space. Her new brand GlamGirl allows her to combine her vast experience with E-Commerce and Social Media with her love of beauty, fashion, and luxury. Jennifer was awarded the title of Most Promising Entrepreneur at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011 in Hong Kong. In 2012, Jennifer was recognized with the SuperAchiever Woman Award at CMO Asia.. A successful serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, Jennifer was involved with startups such as StudentAdvantage.com and HotJobs.com (acquired by Yahoo) in the US. In Hong Kong, Jennifer quickly became one of the city’s leading female entrepreneurs in the online space. She held management positions with industry leaders Darizi and Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), before taking on the online group buying mantle, first with ubuyibuy (acquired by GROUPON) and then as Queen Bee (aka Vice President) of BEECRAZY- Hong Kong’s group buying leader. Previously, Jennifer was a former actress and model in the US, with campaigns such as Motorola, Mudd Jeans, and film and television credits such as Saturday Night Live and Conan O’BrienJennifer has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Theater from Brown University.
Mohit S Ishar is fervently enthusiastic about the digital space. He is currently working in Digital Strategy at World’s third largest Marketing and PR entity – Publicis Groupe. His love for digital technology, problem solving, and commitment to building consensus and excellence has led him to his current undertakings in Digital Vendor partner engagement space across Asia-Pacific. He’s nowadays frequently seen talking about developing technically optimal integrated Digital solution set to offer to creative Agencies like Leo Burnett, Saatchi &Saatchi and StarCom in partnership with key digital vendors like Facebook, Google, Adobe and LinkedIn. Mohit is a MBA alumnus of The University of Hong Kong and did his engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is proud recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including mention in Dean’s List and HKUMBA scholarship for academic excellence. Passionate about languages, he also underwent Chinese Language Program at Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing.
Miranda Li is currently the director of ADM Consulting Services Limited providing management consultancy and fundraising services to a wide scope of start up companies in m edical, biotechnology, IT, engineering, and sustainability sectors. Her major roles are to provide consultation service to entrepreneurs, set up a fund and invest in startup ventures and assist foreign companies to start up business in Hong Kong. Her firm has already helped several SMEs from Hong Kong and mainland China to achieve the results. Prior to this, Ms. Li had been employed as Senior Manager in various departments of the SGS Hong Kong Limited for about 10 years. SGS is the world largest listed global testing company. Her portfolio covered investment and CAPEX review, management reporting, acquisition projects and QA programs. She had extensive experience in running food, life science and environmental business units and key account department in the testing, inspection and certification industry. Before, she also worked in the C ategory Management team of Dairy Farm Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Ms Li is a graduate of CUHK MBA Programs. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.
Sachin Tipnis is the Executive Director of the MBA programmes at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for MBA programme management including programme operations, external and internal communication, staff development and budget, alumni affairs, admissions and international marketing to position the Faculty as the finest in Asia, attract the best students, connect to corporate world and enhance the overall brand image of the business school. He manages both the full-time and part-time programmes. He is an MBA alumnus of University of Hong Kong (HKU) and has done his Masters in advertising and communications management from NMIMS (one of the premier management schools in India). He graduated from the reputed Sydenham College in Mumbai with major in financial accounting and minor in Economics. Sachin started his career in advertising and worked for one of the WPP group company and has rich experience in brand management, marketing communications and strategy development across sectors from food, publications and clothing to FMCG’s, automotive industry etc. . He has around 7 years of work experience in branding and marketing communications followed by 9 years in business education management. He is regularly invited to be a speaker at many higher education conferences around the world.
Michael Wood was a Detective in London's Metropolitan Police before doing an MBA at HKUST. He did an Internship with BNP Paribas in Equity Sales during his studies, and then worked for the Vice-President of Research at HKUST before starting his current role as a Director of Local Data Security. Local Data Security is a software company that is working to protect the public content of websites by stopping malicious web-scraping and data harvesting; and also providing protection against advertising fraud on the web.
Professor Wilton CW Chau has over 2 6 -year extensive experience in venture capital and angel investment. He is the Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a seed venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures and has successfully grown two pre-revenue stage companies to become the market leaders in China. Over the last 12 years, he has developed a comprehensive technology commercialization network and a funding network for SMEs covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Chau is the founding Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network and has led a team of CUHK consultants to advise incubatees in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) and entrepreneurs in the Hong Kong Design Centre regarding their business models and fundraising strategies.
Jennifer Cheng is a passionate player in the world of new internet technology and a veteran of the online media and social space. Her new brand GlamGirl allows her to combine her vast experience with E-Commerce and Social Media with her love of beauty, fashion, and luxury. Jennifer was awarded the title of Most Promising Entrepreneur at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011 in Hong Kong. In 2012, Jennifer was recognized with the SuperAchiever Woman Award at CMO Asia.. A successful serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, Jennifer was involved with startups such as StudentAdvantage.com and HotJobs.com (acquired by Yahoo) in the US. In Hong Kong, Jennifer quickly became one of the city’s leading female entrepreneurs in the online space. She held management positions with industry leaders Darizi and Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), before taking on the online group buying mantle, first with ubuyibuy (acquired by GROUPON) and then as Queen Bee (aka Vice President) of BEECRAZY- Hong Kong’s group buying leader. Previously, Jennifer was a former actress and model in the US, with campaigns such as Motorola, Mudd Jeans, and film and television credits such as Saturday Night Live and Conan O’BrienJennifer has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Theater from Brown University.
Mohit S Ishar is fervently enthusiastic about the digital space. He is currently working in Digital Strategy at World’s third largest Marketing and PR entity – Publicis Groupe. His love for digital technology, problem solving, and commitment to building consensus and excellence has led him to his current undertakings in Digital Vendor partner engagement space across Asia-Pacific. He’s nowadays frequently seen talking about developing technically optimal integrated Digital solution set to offer to creative Agencies like Leo Burnett, Saatchi &Saatchi and StarCom in partnership with key digital vendors like Facebook, Google, Adobe and LinkedIn. Mohit is a MBA alumnus of The University of Hong Kong and did his engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is proud recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including mention in Dean’s List and HKUMBA scholarship for academic excellence. Passionate about languages, he also underwent Chinese Language Program at Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing.
Miranda Li is currently the director of ADM Consulting Services Limited providing management consultancy and fundraising services to a wide scope of start up companies in m edical, biotechnology, IT, engineering, and sustainability sectors. Her major roles are to provide consultation service to entrepreneurs, set up a fund and invest in startup ventures and assist foreign companies to start up business in Hong Kong. Her firm has already helped several SMEs from Hong Kong and mainland China to achieve the results. Prior to this, Ms. Li had been employed as Senior Manager in various departments of the SGS Hong Kong Limited for about 10 years. SGS is the world largest listed global testing company. Her portfolio covered investment and CAPEX review, management reporting, acquisition projects and QA programs. She had extensive experience in running food, life science and environmental business units and key account department in the testing, inspection and certification industry. Before, she also worked in the C ategory Management team of Dairy Farm Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Ms Li is a graduate of CUHK MBA Programs. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.
Sachin Tipnis is the Executive Director of the MBA programmes at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for MBA programme management including programme operations, external and internal communication, staff development and budget, alumni affairs, admissions and international marketing to position the Faculty as the finest in Asia, attract the best students, connect to corporate world and enhance the overall brand image of the business school. He manages both the full-time and part-time programmes. He is an MBA alumnus of University of Hong Kong (HKU) and has done his Masters in advertising and communications management from NMIMS (one of the premier management schools in India). He graduated from the reputed Sydenham College in Mumbai with major in financial accounting and minor in Economics. Sachin started his career in advertising and worked for one of the WPP group company and has rich experience in brand management, marketing communications and strategy development across sectors from food, publications and clothing to FMCG’s, automotive industry etc. . He has around 7 years of work experience in branding and marketing communications followed by 9 years in business education management. He is regularly invited to be a speaker at many higher education conferences around the world.
Michael Wood was a Detective in London's Metropolitan Police before doing an MBA at HKUST. He did an Internship with BNP Paribas in Equity Sales during his studies, and then worked for the Vice-President of Research at HKUST before starting his current role as a Director of Local Data Security. Local Data Security is a software company that is working to protect the public content of websites by stopping malicious web-scraping and data harvesting; and also providing protection against advertising fraud on the web.
Professor Wilton CW Chau has over 2 6 -year extensive experience in venture capital and angel investment. He is the Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a seed venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures and has successfully grown two pre-revenue stage companies to become the market leaders in China. Over the last 12 years, he has developed a comprehensive technology commercialization network and a funding network for SMEs covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Chau is the founding Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network and has led a team of CUHK consultants to advise incubatees in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) and entrepreneurs in the Hong Kong Design Centre regarding their business models and fundraising strategies.
Jennifer Cheng is a passionate player in the world of new internet technology and a veteran of the online media and social space. Her new brand GlamGirl allows her to combine her vast experience with E-Commerce and Social Media with her love of beauty, fashion, and luxury. Jennifer was awarded the title of Most Promising Entrepreneur at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011 in Hong Kong. In 2012, Jennifer was recognized with the SuperAchiever Woman Award at CMO Asia.. A successful serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, Jennifer was involved with startups such as StudentAdvantage.com and HotJobs.com (acquired by Yahoo) in the US. In Hong Kong, Jennifer quickly became one of the city’s leading female entrepreneurs in the online space. She held management positions with industry leaders Darizi and Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), before taking on the online group buying mantle, first with ubuyibuy (acquired by GROUPON) and then as Queen Bee (aka Vice President) of BEECRAZY- Hong Kong’s group buying leader. Previously, Jennifer was a former actress and model in the US, with campaigns such as Motorola, Mudd Jeans, and film and television credits such as Saturday Night Live and Conan O’BrienJennifer has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Theater from Brown University.
Mohit S Ishar is fervently enthusiastic about the digital space. He is currently working in Digital Strategy at World’s third largest Marketing and PR entity – Publicis Groupe. His love for digital technology, problem solving, and commitment to building consensus and excellence has led him to his current undertakings in Digital Vendor partner engagement space across Asia-Pacific. He’s nowadays frequently seen talking about developing technically optimal integrated Digital solution set to offer to creative Agencies like Leo Burnett, Saatchi &Saatchi and StarCom in partnership with key digital vendors like Facebook, Google, Adobe and LinkedIn. Mohit is a MBA alumnus of The University of Hong Kong and did his engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is proud recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including mention in Dean’s List and HKUMBA scholarship for academic excellence. Passionate about languages, he also underwent Chinese Language Program at Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing.
Miranda Li is currently the director of ADM Consulting Services Limited providing management consultancy and fundraising services to a wide scope of start up companies in m edical, biotechnology, IT, engineering, and sustainability sectors. Her major roles are to provide consultation service to entrepreneurs, set up a fund and invest in startup ventures and assist foreign companies to start up business in Hong Kong. Her firm has already helped several SMEs from Hong Kong and mainland China to achieve the results. Prior to this, Ms. Li had been employed as Senior Manager in various departments of the SGS Hong Kong Limited for about 10 years. SGS is the world largest listed global testing company. Her portfolio covered investment and CAPEX review, management reporting, acquisition projects and QA programs. She had extensive experience in running food, life science and environmental business units and key account department in the testing, inspection and certification industry. Before, she also worked in the C ategory Management team of Dairy Farm Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Ms Li is a graduate of CUHK MBA Programs. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.
Sachin Tipnis is the Executive Director of the MBA programmes at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for MBA programme management including programme operations, external and internal communication, staff development and budget, alumni affairs, admissions and international marketing to position the Faculty as the finest in Asia, attract the best students, connect to corporate world and enhance the overall brand image of the business school. He manages both the full-time and part-time programmes. He is an MBA alumnus of University of Hong Kong (HKU) and has done his Masters in advertising and communications management from NMIMS (one of the premier management schools in India). He graduated from the reputed Sydenham College in Mumbai with major in financial accounting and minor in Economics. Sachin started his career in advertising and worked for one of the WPP group company and has rich experience in brand management, marketing communications and strategy development across sectors from food, publications and clothing to FMCG’s, automotive industry etc. . He has around 7 years of work experience in branding and marketing communications followed by 9 years in business education management. He is regularly invited to be a speaker at many higher education conferences around the world.
Michael Wood was a Detective in London's Metropolitan Police before doing an MBA at HKUST. He did an Internship with BNP Paribas in Equity Sales during his studies, and then worked for the Vice-President of Research at HKUST before starting his current role as a Director of Local Data Security. Local Data Security is a software company that is working to protect the public content of websites by stopping malicious web-scraping and data harvesting; and also providing protection against advertising fraud on the web.
Professor Wilton CW Chau has over 2 6 -year extensive experience in venture capital and angel investment. He is the Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a seed venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures and has successfully grown two pre-revenue stage companies to become the market leaders in China. Over the last 12 years, he has developed a comprehensive technology commercialization network and a funding network for SMEs covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Chau is the founding Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network and has led a team of CUHK consultants to advise incubatees in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) and entrepreneurs in the Hong Kong Design Centre regarding their business models and fundraising strategies.
Jennifer Cheng is a passionate player in the world of new internet technology and a veteran of the online media and social space. Her new brand GlamGirl allows her to combine her vast experience with E-Commerce and Social Media with her love of beauty, fashion, and luxury. Jennifer was awarded the title of Most Promising Entrepreneur at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011 in Hong Kong. In 2012, Jennifer was recognized with the SuperAchiever Woman Award at CMO Asia.. A successful serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, Jennifer was involved with startups such as StudentAdvantage.com and HotJobs.com (acquired by Yahoo) in the US. In Hong Kong, Jennifer quickly became one of the city’s leading female entrepreneurs in the online space. She held management positions with industry leaders Darizi and Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), before taking on the online group buying mantle, first with ubuyibuy (acquired by GROUPON) and then as Queen Bee (aka Vice President) of BEECRAZY- Hong Kong’s group buying leader. Previously, Jennifer was a former actress and model in the US, with campaigns such as Motorola, Mudd Jeans, and film and television credits such as Saturday Night Live and Conan O’BrienJennifer has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Theater from Brown University.
Mohit S Ishar is fervently enthusiastic about the digital space. He is currently working in Digital Strategy at World’s third largest Marketing and PR entity – Publicis Groupe. His love for digital technology, problem solving, and commitment to building consensus and excellence has led him to his current undertakings in Digital Vendor partner engagement space across Asia-Pacific. He’s nowadays frequently seen talking about developing technically optimal integrated Digital solution set to offer to creative Agencies like Leo Burnett, Saatchi &Saatchi and StarCom in partnership with key digital vendors like Facebook, Google, Adobe and LinkedIn. Mohit is a MBA alumnus of The University of Hong Kong and did his engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is proud recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including mention in Dean’s List and HKUMBA scholarship for academic excellence. Passionate about languages, he also underwent Chinese Language Program at Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing.
Miranda Li is currently the director of ADM Consulting Services Limited providing management consultancy and fundraising services to a wide scope of start up companies in m edical, biotechnology, IT, engineering, and sustainability sectors. Her major roles are to provide consultation service to entrepreneurs, set up a fund and invest in startup ventures and assist foreign companies to start up business in Hong Kong. Her firm has already helped several SMEs from Hong Kong and mainland China to achieve the results. Prior to this, Ms. Li had been employed as Senior Manager in various departments of the SGS Hong Kong Limited for about 10 years. SGS is the world largest listed global testing company. Her portfolio covered investment and CAPEX review, management reporting, acquisition projects and QA programs. She had extensive experience in running food, life science and environmental business units and key account department in the testing, inspection and certification industry. Before, she also worked in the C ategory Management team of Dairy Farm Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Ms Li is a graduate of CUHK MBA Programs. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.
Sachin Tipnis is the Executive Director of the MBA programmes at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for MBA programme management including programme operations, external and internal communication, staff development and budget, alumni affairs, admissions and international marketing to position the Faculty as the finest in Asia, attract the best students, connect to corporate world and enhance the overall brand image of the business school. He manages both the full-time and part-time programmes. He is an MBA alumnus of University of Hong Kong (HKU) and has done his Masters in advertising and communications management from NMIMS (one of the premier management schools in India). He graduated from the reputed Sydenham College in Mumbai with major in financial accounting and minor in Economics. Sachin started his career in advertising and worked for one of the WPP group company and has rich experience in brand management, marketing communications and strategy development across sectors from food, publications and clothing to FMCG’s, automotive industry etc. . He has around 7 years of work experience in branding and marketing communications followed by 9 years in business education management. He is regularly invited to be a speaker at many higher education conferences around the world.
Michael Wood was a Detective in London's Metropolitan Police before doing an MBA at HKUST. He did an Internship with BNP Paribas in Equity Sales during his studies, and then worked for the Vice-President of Research at HKUST before starting his current role as a Director of Local Data Security. Local Data Security is a software company that is working to protect the public content of websites by stopping malicious web-scraping and data harvesting; and also providing protection against advertising fraud on the web.
Professor Wilton CW Chau has over 2 6 -year extensive experience in venture capital and angel investment. He is the Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a seed venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures and has successfully grown two pre-revenue stage companies to become the market leaders in China. Over the last 12 years, he has developed a comprehensive technology commercialization network and a funding network for SMEs covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Chau is the founding Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network and has led a team of CUHK consultants to advise incubatees in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) and entrepreneurs in the Hong Kong Design Centre regarding their business models and fundraising strategies.
Jennifer Cheng is a passionate player in the world of new internet technology and a veteran of the online media and social space. Her new brand GlamGirl allows her to combine her vast experience with E-Commerce and Social Media with her love of beauty, fashion, and luxury. Jennifer was awarded the title of Most Promising Entrepreneur at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011 in Hong Kong. In 2012, Jennifer was recognized with the SuperAchiever Woman Award at CMO Asia.. A successful serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, Jennifer was involved with startups such as StudentAdvantage.com and HotJobs.com (acquired by Yahoo) in the US. In Hong Kong, Jennifer quickly became one of the city’s leading female entrepreneurs in the online space. She held management positions with industry leaders Darizi and Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), before taking on the online group buying mantle, first with ubuyibuy (acquired by GROUPON) and then as Queen Bee (aka Vice President) of BEECRAZY- Hong Kong’s group buying leader. Previously, Jennifer was a former actress and model in the US, with campaigns such as Motorola, Mudd Jeans, and film and television credits such as Saturday Night Live and Conan O’BrienJennifer has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Theater from Brown University.
Mohit S Ishar is fervently enthusiastic about the digital space. He is currently working in Digital Strategy at World’s third largest Marketing and PR entity – Publicis Groupe. His love for digital technology, problem solving, and commitment to building consensus and excellence has led him to his current undertakings in Digital Vendor partner engagement space across Asia-Pacific. He’s nowadays frequently seen talking about developing technically optimal integrated Digital solution set to offer to creative Agencies like Leo Burnett, Saatchi &Saatchi and StarCom in partnership with key digital vendors like Facebook, Google, Adobe and LinkedIn. Mohit is a MBA alumnus of The University of Hong Kong and did his engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is proud recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including mention in Dean’s List and HKUMBA scholarship for academic excellence. Passionate about languages, he also underwent Chinese Language Program at Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing.
Miranda Li is currently the director of ADM Consulting Services Limited providing management consultancy and fundraising services to a wide scope of start up companies in m edical, biotechnology, IT, engineering, and sustainability sectors. Her major roles are to provide consultation service to entrepreneurs, set up a fund and invest in startup ventures and assist foreign companies to start up business in Hong Kong. Her firm has already helped several SMEs from Hong Kong and mainland China to achieve the results. Prior to this, Ms. Li had been employed as Senior Manager in various departments of the SGS Hong Kong Limited for about 10 years. SGS is the world largest listed global testing company. Her portfolio covered investment and CAPEX review, management reporting, acquisition projects and QA programs. She had extensive experience in running food, life science and environmental business units and key account department in the testing, inspection and certification industry. Before, she also worked in the C ategory Management team of Dairy Farm Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Ms Li is a graduate of CUHK MBA Programs. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.
Sachin Tipnis is the Executive Director of the MBA programmes at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for MBA programme management including programme operations, external and internal communication, staff development and budget, alumni affairs, admissions and international marketing to position the Faculty as the finest in Asia, attract the best students, connect to corporate world and enhance the overall brand image of the business school. He manages both the full-time and part-time programmes. He is an MBA alumnus of University of Hong Kong (HKU) and has done his Masters in advertising and communications management from NMIMS (one of the premier management schools in India). He graduated from the reputed Sydenham College in Mumbai with major in financial accounting and minor in Economics. Sachin started his career in advertising and worked for one of the WPP group company and has rich experience in brand management, marketing communications and strategy development across sectors from food, publications and clothing to FMCG’s, automotive industry etc. . He has around 7 years of work experience in branding and marketing communications followed by 9 years in business education management. He is regularly invited to be a speaker at many higher education conferences around the world.
Michael Wood was a Detective in London's Metropolitan Police before doing an MBA at HKUST. He did an Internship with BNP Paribas in Equity Sales during his studies, and then worked for the Vice-President of Research at HKUST before starting his current role as a Director of Local Data Security. Local Data Security is a software company that is working to protect the public content of websites by stopping malicious web-scraping and data harvesting; and also providing protection against advertising fraud on the web.
Professor Wilton CW Chau has over 2 6 -year extensive experience in venture capital and angel investment. He is the Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a seed venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures and has successfully grown two pre-revenue stage companies to become the market leaders in China. Over the last 12 years, he has developed a comprehensive technology commercialization network and a funding network for SMEs covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Chau is the founding Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network and has led a team of CUHK consultants to advise incubatees in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) and entrepreneurs in the Hong Kong Design Centre regarding their business models and fundraising strategies.
Jennifer Cheng is a passionate player in the world of new internet technology and a veteran of the online media and social space. Her new brand GlamGirl allows her to combine her vast experience with E-Commerce and Social Media with her love of beauty, fashion, and luxury. Jennifer was awarded the title of Most Promising Entrepreneur at the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011 in Hong Kong. In 2012, Jennifer was recognized with the SuperAchiever Woman Award at CMO Asia.. A successful serial entrepreneur and businesswoman, Jennifer was involved with startups such as StudentAdvantage.com and HotJobs.com (acquired by Yahoo) in the US. In Hong Kong, Jennifer quickly became one of the city’s leading female entrepreneurs in the online space. She held management positions with industry leaders Darizi and Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), before taking on the online group buying mantle, first with ubuyibuy (acquired by GROUPON) and then as Queen Bee (aka Vice President) of BEECRAZY- Hong Kong’s group buying leader. Previously, Jennifer was a former actress and model in the US, with campaigns such as Motorola, Mudd Jeans, and film and television credits such as Saturday Night Live and Conan O’BrienJennifer has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Theater from Brown University.
Mohit S Ishar is fervently enthusiastic about the digital space. He is currently working in Digital Strategy at World’s third largest Marketing and PR entity – Publicis Groupe. His love for digital technology, problem solving, and commitment to building consensus and excellence has led him to his current undertakings in Digital Vendor partner engagement space across Asia-Pacific. He’s nowadays frequently seen talking about developing technically optimal integrated Digital solution set to offer to creative Agencies like Leo Burnett, Saatchi &Saatchi and StarCom in partnership with key digital vendors like Facebook, Google, Adobe and LinkedIn. Mohit is a MBA alumnus of The University of Hong Kong and did his engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is proud recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including mention in Dean’s List and HKUMBA scholarship for academic excellence. Passionate about languages, he also underwent Chinese Language Program at Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing.
Miranda Li is currently the director of ADM Consulting Services Limited providing management consultancy and fundraising services to a wide scope of start up companies in m edical, biotechnology, IT, engineering, and sustainability sectors. Her major roles are to provide consultation service to entrepreneurs, set up a fund and invest in startup ventures and assist foreign companies to start up business in Hong Kong. Her firm has already helped several SMEs from Hong Kong and mainland China to achieve the results. Prior to this, Ms. Li had been employed as Senior Manager in various departments of the SGS Hong Kong Limited for about 10 years. SGS is the world largest listed global testing company. Her portfolio covered investment and CAPEX review, management reporting, acquisition projects and QA programs. She had extensive experience in running food, life science and environmental business units and key account department in the testing, inspection and certification industry. Before, she also worked in the C ategory Management team of Dairy Farm Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Ms Li is a graduate of CUHK MBA Programs. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.
Sachin Tipnis is the Executive Director of the MBA programmes at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for MBA programme management including programme operations, external and internal communication, staff development and budget, alumni affairs, admissions and international marketing to position the Faculty as the finest in Asia, attract the best students, connect to corporate world and enhance the overall brand image of the business school. He manages both the full-time and part-time programmes. He is an MBA alumnus of University of Hong Kong (HKU) and has done his Masters in advertising and communications management from NMIMS (one of the premier management schools in India). He graduated from the reputed Sydenham College in Mumbai with major in financial accounting and minor in Economics. Sachin started his career in advertising and worked for one of the WPP group company and has rich experience in brand management, marketing communications and strategy development across sectors from food, publications and clothing to FMCG’s, automotive industry etc. . He has around 7 years of work experience in branding and marketing communications followed by 9 years in business education management. He is regularly invited to be a speaker at many higher education conferences around the world.
Michael Wood was a Detective in London's Metropolitan Police before doing an MBA at HKUST. He did an Internship with BNP Paribas in Equity Sales during his studies, and then worked for the Vice-President of Research at HKUST before starting his current role as a Director of Local Data Security. Local Data Security is a software company that is working to protect the public content of websites by stopping malicious web-scraping and data harvesting; and also providing protection against advertising fraud on the web.