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CCA’s leadership

Our Management Team

Our management team is comprised of professionals from different backgroundwho are committed to the concept of sustainable development.

The Board

The Board is made up of our Board Chair and Board of Directors.

MR WATER CHEUNG​
Board Chair
Mr John Sayer
Director
Ms Rosanna Wong
Director
Mr Chong Chan Yau, MBE
Director

Executive Team

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer oversee CCA’s operations in Hong Kong.

Ir Albert Lai
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Ringo Mak
Chief Operating Officer

Our Expert Advisors | Associates

Prof Andrew Mak

Expert Associate

Dr Pascal Vuichard

Expert Associate

Ms Lilian Wang

Expert Associate

Mr Alfred Yeung

Expert Advisor

Ir Dr Shelley Zhou

Expert Associate
Our History

Milestones

Since CCA’s inception in 2008, we’ve celebrated multiple milestones in the company’s history.

2008

Carbon Care Asia Limited (CCA) was established in Hong Kong.

2010

Held the first CarbonCare®Champion award ceremony to commend the carbon reduction pioneers in Hong Kong.

2014

CarbonCare InnoLab, an NGO dedicated to inspiring climate innovation, was founded as our sister organisation.

2015

CCA and CarbonCare InnoLab participated in COP21 in the capacity of a Hong Kong civil delegation and witnessed the birth of the Paris Climate Agreement.

2017

CCA expanded into Singapore. This fully-owned subsidiary was incorporated as Carbon Care Asia Pte Ltd.

2018

We celebrated our 10th anniversary with Dr Jane Goodall as our special guest of honour.

Mr Water Cheung

Board Chair

Beginning his investment banking career in Canada, Water is currently the Senior Partner and CEO, Asia Pacific at StormHarbour Securities, an independent merchant banking partnership with 200 professionals in London, Geneva, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Copenhagen.

He was previously the Treasurer and Head of Emerging Markets in Asia at The Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to that, Water was the Head of Regional Derivatives and Credit Products at DBS. Concurrently, Water also led DBS’ Global Debt Capital Markets division, which sponsored more than 15 REIT listings in the Asia region under his supervision.

Water is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a regular columnist in the Hong Kong Economic Journal and Ming Pao. He is also an Executive Board Member of Treasury Market Association (TMA), an industry body sponsored by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).

Mr John Sayer

Director

John has a background in sustainability and human development, climate change and governance policy. As Director General of Oxfam Hong Kong, he helped shape and implement the first Oxfam International advocacy campaign on climate change (2008-2009). He has served on the board of the Ethical Trading Initiative in the UK, helping major corporations develop socially responsible supply chain policies.

John has served on the advisory body of the UN Global Compact on corporate conduct and as a Stakeholder Council Member of the Global Reporting Initiative and the Council’s Capital Markets Discussion Group. He was Director of Africa Now, an Oxford-based development agency working on market-based solutions for small-scale producers in Africa and promoting ethical supply chains between Africa and Europe.

As Director of Carbon Care Asia he has worked on green finance standards as well as the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement targets into corporate strategy and reporting.

John holds a Master of Letters in Development Studies (University of New England). He has published research focused on business-NGO relations and corporate social responsibility.

Ms Rosanna Wong

Director

Rosanna has extensive experience in public relations, publication, broadcasting, writing and translation, having held various positions in both Hong Kong and Australia. Since joining CCA, she has helmed the marketing and public relations of many of the company’s high-profile events, including the annual CarbonCare® Conference and the CarbonCare® Label Award Ceremony, climate leadership seminars and various green functions for clients. Rosanna is also the chief editor of CCA’s web and social media communications.

Rosanna was a member of the Hong Kong NGO delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. Apart from environmental issues, she is also a keen advocate for enhancing development opportunities for disadvantaged youths in Hong Kong. She was the Vice Chair of the Growing Partners Project of The University of Hong Kong, a mentorship programme founded by HKU alumni in 2005 to encourage cross-social background support and communication.

Rosanna holds a BA in Translation from The University of Hong Kong and an MA in Communications Policy Studies from the City University of London, UK.

Mr Chong Chan Yau, MBE

Director

Chan Yao co-founded the CarbonCare Innolab (CCIL) in 2014 and is now the CEO. Prior to leading CCIL, Chan Yau served in the Hong Kong Government. He went on to become an Executive Director of Oxfam Hong Kong and a member of the Board of Directors of Oxfam International. Thereafter, he joined the University of Hong Kong as the Director of Student Development for its Centre for Development and Resources for Students.

Chan Yau is the ex-President of the Hong Kong Blind Union and was a member of the Education and Publicity Subcommittee of the Council for Sustainable Development, an advisory committee to the Hong Kong SAR Government on sustainability issues.

For his outstanding service to the Hong Kong civil society, Chan Yau was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1995 and received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 1991. He was also named one of the “Leaders of 2011” by Sing Tao Publishing Co Ltd and an Honorary Fellow by the University of Hong Kong.

Ir Albert Lai

Chief Executive Officer

Albert is the Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Care Asia. He was a Stakeholder Council member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), representing the Asia-Pacific Region in the development of G3 sustainability reporting guidelines.

He has served for many years as a member of the Judging Panel for ACCA Sustainability Report Award, and led numerous local initiatives in the field of CSR and sustainability, including the leadership of the Hong Kong NGO delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002, and the United Nations Climate Change Conferences in Bali (2007), Copenhagen (2009) and Paris (2015).

Albert’s other public service included, inter alia, member of the Commission on Strategic Development of the HKSARG, founding Chairman of the Professional Commons and Chairman of The Conservancy Association.

Albert is an engineer by profession. He is a fellow of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers.

Mr Ringo Mak

Chief Operating Officer

Before joining CCA, Ringo was the Co-Founder and Director of APAC SEP Ltd., a social innovation company which focuses on supporting social startups. He is also the Co-Founder of 350HK, the local chapter of the global climate movement 350.org.

Ringo was awarded the Hong Kong Outstanding Young Person in 1984, and became Chairman of the Outstanding Young Persons Association (TOYPA) in 2009. From 2013 to 2019, Ringo was Chairman of TOYPA TRUST. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Climate & Environment Committee of TOYPA; Hon Treasurer of Golden Age Foundation; Executive Committee Member of the Design Council of Hong Kong; Advisory Member of the Hong Kong Design Institute; and a Director of Leap Community. Ringo also advises a number of social enterprises.

Before becoming a social entrepreneur, Ringo had over 30 years of experience in the industrial sector, assuming top management roles. He has also received numerous international awards in industrial design and packaging.

Ringo obtained his Master’s degree in International Marketing from the University of Strathclyde, and is fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and Chartered Society of Designers in the UK.

Prof Andrew Mak

Expert Associate

Andrew is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in HK University of Science & Technology. He has over 30 years of full-time industrial experience, working as the Regional Director of Corporate Technology Partnerships and Senior Regional Manager in Process Engineering for Air Products & Chemicals Inc. in Asia, which is the world’s largest hydrogen manufacturer. He strategized, planned and managed the corporate intellectual assets; supported the company’s project, engineering and manufacturing activities in the region. Prior to Air Products, he worked for BHR Group Ltd in the UK and E I du Pont de Nemours Co, Inc. in USA and Singapore.

Andrew’s research interests cover multiphase fluid flow and mixing; process and equipment design; energy and environmental systems; product engineering and commercialization. He has authored more than 70 technical papers and reports, and is the editor of three chemical engineering journals, a frequent journal paper reviewer and conference chair. Andrew has a Bachelor of Law from Peking University, a Master and PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Leeds and University College of London; and a MBA from the Open University of HK. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers.

Recently, Andrew has also been appointed as a member of the Technical Working Group for Climate Bonds Initiative and is involved in the setting up of standards development for Basic Chemicals. He is also a Director of CarbonCare InnoLab, an NGO dedicated to the mitigation of the impacts of climate change through community education and engagement.

Ms Lilian Wang

Expert Associate

Lilian is a Certified™ Professional Facilitator and Assessor of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). Over the past decade, she has been working with organizations and teams across the Asia Pacific to facilitate strategic planning, consensus building, leadership development, employee engagement, idea generation and team dialogues. She has partnered with both in-house and external organizational development consultants to design and cascade system / cultural change programmes. Her clients span a range of sectors, including energy, financial services, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, government and non-profit organizations.

Since 2013, Lilian has been reaching out to communities in Hong Kong to share her facilitation methodologies and skills through community dialogue projects, workshops and facilitation practice groups. She is the founding chair of the International Association of Facilitators – Hong Kong, volunteering her expertise to mentoring practicing facilitators and enhancing public awareness on the important role played by dialogues and facilitation. Between 2015 and 2017, Lilian supported the Jockey Club CarbonCare Open Innovation Lab (COIL) Project with professional facilitation at various workshops and InnoFest activities to incubate green start-up teams.

Dr Pascal Vuichard

Expert Associate

Pascal is a sustainability and renewable energy expert with a PhD in Renewable Energy Management and Master’s Degrees in International Management and Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen and the London School of Economics. He’s a Swiss and Dutch national based in Hong Kong.

Pascal helps clients drive sustainability projects in the public and private sector with his consultancy firm Pascal Vuichard Sustainability. He is also a part-time Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and teaches at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland and the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology in Germany.

Pascal’s expertise centres around building new business models as well as social acceptance for sustainable technologies like renewable energies and electric mobility, including by way of public policy interventions. Previously, he has gained interdisciplinary professional experience with an NGO active on improving water efficiency in South Asia and an international IT company in Switzerland. He has also served on his home state’s parliament and on the executive council of a mid-sized Swiss city.

 

MR ALFRED YEUNG

Expert Advisor

Alfred is a Chartered Architect by profession. He is the Managing Director of architectural, planning and real estate consultancy practice, Brock Carmichael Asia and a partner of Brock Carmichael Architects LLP in UK. Alfred has also taught in various university schools in Liverpool and Hong Kong.

Alfred has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and project management, and has worked globally in Europe and Asia. Over the last decade, he has held senior executive positions in a number of real estate companies, looking after a number of development portfolios across Asia Pacific, Australasia, Europe and North America, and was responsible for acquisition, project feasibility, master planning, project finance, joint-venture partnership formation, project management and implementation, as well as sales, marketing and disposal. Alfred has expertise in developing eco-tourism destinations, resorts, retail and hospitality attractions including the award-winning Club Med Yabuli ski resort in Harbin, China, which has been voted by the Time Magazine as one of “Asia’s Top 15 make-over resorts”.

Ir Dr Shelley Zhou

Expert Associate

Shelley, a dedicated sustainability professional, has over 15 years of experience in corporate sustainability, environmental and carbon management consultancy, new energy and biotechnology in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. From 2016 to 2019, Shelley was Chief Executive of the University of Edinburgh Hong Kong Centre for Carbon Innovation responsible for driving innovation business development and research projects in Hong Kong. Prior to this, she helped establish the sustainability function of The Hong Kong Jockey Club and has been in charge of delivering the Club’s strategic sustainability performance and reporting for seven years.

Shelley holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Philosophy degree in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She is a Certified Carbon Audit Professional (CAP), a LEED Green Associate, a BEAM Professional and a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor teaching at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the HKUST.

Shelley actively engages with non-governmental organizations and professional associations. She is currently a Director of the Hong Kong Association of Energy Engineers (HKAEE) and a Committee Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE) Environmental Division. Previously, Shelley was the President of the Association of Energy Engineers (Hong Kong Chapter), a co-opt member of the Hong Kong Green Building Council Public Education, and a core member of the Hong Kong delegation to COP13 held by the UNFCCC in Bali in 2007.