The Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence Programme comes back to campus this year from 2 to 5 November under the theme of “Nurture· Dreams· Future”. Three alumni, Cindy Chow Lok Mei-ki (middle), executive director of Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (United College business administration graduate, class of 1992), Jenny Chiu Wai-han (left), executive director and senior director of human resources at New World Development Company Limited (Chung Chi College sociology graduate, class of 1993), and Norris Lam Man-ngar (right), partner of Forbes Global and steering committee chairperson of Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award (New Asia College business administration graduate, class of 1997) will come forward to share their insights and personal trajectories with the University community.

Through nine programmes spanning four days, the three business leaders will enlighten students and young alumni with different perspectives on talent cultivation and development, fuelling young talents on their way to dreams. Additionally, each alumnus will mentor two students for six months, gearing them up with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the business world. Registered participants of designated programmes will have the chance of being selected as mentees.

Below are brief profiles of this year’s alumni guests:

Cindy Chow Lok Mei-ki has been the executive director of the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund since 2015. Before joining Alibaba in 2007, she had worked in a number of Hong Kong listed companies, specialising in financing, management reporting and planning. Chow is a non-official member of the Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-industrialization and a member of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research, the chairperson of Cyberport Investors Network Steering Group, a member of the University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Global Alumni Advisory Board, an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation and more.

Jenny Chiu Wai-han is the executive director and senior director of human resources at New World Development Company Limited, in charge of planning and driving the overall human resources strategy, encompassing talent acquisition, development and management, reward management and human resources partnering services. Possessing over 20 years of experience in human resources as well as corporate management, Chiu is an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and the Chartered Governance Institute.

Norris Lam Man-ngar is a partner of Forbes Financial Centers Development, responsible for investment and merger acquisition, and also a chartered financial analyst. Working in the financial sector for a quarter century, Lam has held significant roles in various financial institutions in the US, UK and Hong Kong, including Forbes Private Capital Group, Guggenheim Partners and HSBC. A winner of the 6th Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards, she set up the Youth Arch Foundation together with other awardees in 2010, while helping organise the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards as well as the Youth Arch Student Improvement Award. She is now the chairperson of the Youth Arch Foundation.

Places are limited. Register now to meet them in person and share their inspired stories.