Onward HK Part 3: The Future of Hong Kong's Role as an International Financial Center

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Will Hong Kong's traditional role as an international financial center continue? Evaluate the development and evolution of the financial services sector in Hong Kong; explore the challenges and opportunities for different stakeholders; discuss policy that can enhance Hong Kong's role as a forward-looking and vibrant financial services hub. How can Hong Kong take advantage of the shifting global financial landscape?

Please join a distinguished panel from the investment and financial industries on Hong Kong's role as an international financial center.

Remarks

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Agenda

November 9, 2022

Main Schedule

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Registration & Networking

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

Welcome Remarks

4:05 PM - 4:20 PM

Keynote Speech

Charles Li (Session Keynote) (Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect; Former CEO at HKEX)

4:20 PM - 5:45 PM

Panel Discussion

Speakers

Charles Li (Session Keynote)

Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect; Former CEO at HKEX

Roger King

Founding Director, The Roger King Center for Asian Family Business and Family Office of Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Ajai Kaul

Head, Asia-Pacific Client Group; Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific at AllianceBernstein

Aveline San

Chief Executive Officer at Citi Hong Kong and Macau

Jennifer Flowers

Group And Asp Head Of Customer Intelligence And Partnerships, Wealth And Personal Banking at HSBC

Charles is Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect. He was most recently Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) from January 2010 to December 2020. During this time, he orchestrated some of the most significant strategic initiatives in HKEX's history, including the acquisition of the London Metal Exchange in 2012, the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect cross-border trading scheme in 2014, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in 2016, Bond Connect in 2017, and the Listing Reforms in 2018. Prior to joining HKEX in 2009, Charles served as Chairman of JP Morgan China from 2003 to 2009 and worked at Merrill Lynch from 1994 to 2003, where he served as President of Merrill Lynch China from 1999 to 2003. Earlier in his career, Charles practiced law at Brown & Wood and Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.

Charles also serves on the Board of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. and the Board of Trustees of Asia Business Council.

Charles received a BA in English Literature from Xiamen University, an MA in Journalism from the University of Alabama and a JD from Columbia Law School.

Roger King is Senior Advisor and Founding Director of both the Roger King Center for Asian Family Business and Family Office and the Thompson Center for Business Case Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Finance at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His teaching and research interests include family business, family office, entrepreneurship, and corporate and family governance.

Professor King was a former US Naval Officer; member of Technical Staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories (USA). He served at various leading positions: Non-Executive Director of Orient Overseas (International) Limited and Chief Operating Officer of Orient Overseas (Holdings) Limited, listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK); Chairman and Founder of ODS System-Pro Computers Limited; Chairman of Euro-Asia Shipyard Limited; Chairman of Pacific Coffee Limited; President and Chief Executive Officer of Sa Sa International Holdings Limited, listed on SEHK; Independent Non-Executive Director of Sincere Watch (Hong Kong) Limited, listed on SEHK; Board Director of Arrow Electronics Corporation, listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Supervisory Board member of TNT Express, listed on Amsterdam Exchange; President of Harvard Business School Association of Hong Kong; Chairman of the Association of Honorary Consuls in Hong Kong and Macau; Honorary Consul for the Republic of Latvia in HKSAR; Standing Committee Member of the Zhejiang Province People’s Political Consultative Conference; and Council member of The Hong Kong Baptist University and HKUST.

Professor King is currently Honorary Court Member of HKUST; member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University (TAU); member of the International Advisory Board of Coller School of Management at TAU; Chairman of the Case Center Committee, Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools; member of the Advisory Council of the Israel-Asia Center; member of International Advisory Council of NYC Family Enterprise Center; member of the Ernst & Young Family Business Advisory Council; and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Family Business Strategy.

Professor King is a graduate of the University of Michigan, BSEE; New York University, MSEE; Harvard Business School, AMP; and HKUST, PhD (Finance). He is the 2011 recipient of the HKUST Honorary Fellowship and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Beta Gamma Sigma, the honorary societies for electric engineers and business scholars respectively.

(Moderator)

An advocate for design thinking, Jen leads Partnership Development & Innovation in Asia for HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking. She has 18 years in the professional services business focused on business development, market strategy, client relationships and building new services and products across digital, data, customer and emerging technology.

Currently she is running the global customer intelligence and partnership teams using insights and innovation to drive HSBC's core business as well as push the boundaries of how they operate. Jen's customer led approach to delivering business results includes surfacing services across digital platforms to create relevance, opportunity, new products and entirely new businesses whilst building new distribution for existing products and services.

A mother of two, she was raised in Hong Kong and speaks Mandarin. She is one of the founders and chair for both TEDxShanghai (2011-2016) and TEDxTinHauWomen. (2017-2022) She is a frequent speaker on innovation, digital transformation, team culture, design thinking and women empowerment. She is also in her second year serving as a Board of Governors for the American Chamber.

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Onward HK Part 3: The Future of Hong Kong's Role as an International Financial Center

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