Our People

Photo Credits:  Stanford GSB

President – Alice Chow, Managing Director, Polybrands International Limited.
Vice President – Alan Chan, Founder, Asiarchs Limited.
CFO & Treasurer – David Lui, Managing Director, Guoco Management Company.
Company Secretary – Geoffrey Chan, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Elaine Kwok, Managing Partner, Asia, Hauser & Wirth
Edan Lee, Managing Director, Olympus Capital Holdings Asia
Pascal Martin, Partner, Greater China, OC&C Strategy Consultants
Peter Wittmann, Partner, ACE
Stephen Wong, CEO, i-CABLE Communications Limited

Ronald Issen, Managing Director, Issen & Co.
Alice M. Chow, Managing Director, Polybrands International Limited
James H. Hildebrandt, Managing Director, Bain Capital Asia, LLC
Christopher K.W. Kwok, Executive Director, Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited
Nicholas J. Loup, CEO & Partner, Chelsfield Asia
Eugene TY Tan, Co-CEO, Oriental Patron Asia Ltd
Thomas H.S. Tsang, Managing Partner, Max Giant Capital
Robert Woll, General Counsel, ProsClub Pte. Ltd.

Benjamin Cha, CEO, Grosvenor Asia Pacific
Philip N.L. Chen, Chairman, Hong Kong Jockey Club; Non-Executive Director, Hang Lung Properties
Lewis K.H. Cheng, CEO, Polygroup Limited
Po-Yang Chung, Co-Founder/Chairman Emeritus, DHL Int’l; Co-Founder, The Good Life Initiative Ltd
Yvette Yeh Fung, Chair, The Yeh Family Philanthropy
Michael P.Y. Goh, Chairman & Advisor to President & Main Board, Regional Container Lines (HK) Limited
Richard M. Hext, Chairman, Vanmar Shipping Ltd
Stanley H.C. Hui, Deputy Chief Executive, NWS Holdings Limited
Chien Lee, Non-Executive Director, Hysan Development Company, Limited; Chairman, Bei Shan Tang Foundation
Brian M.B. Li, Co-Chief Executive, Bank of East Asia
Clarie K. Lo, Managing Director, K.S. Sze & Sons; Counsellor/Founding CEO, China-United States Exchange Foundation
Francis Y. Lui, Vice Chairman, Galaxy Entertainment Group
Simon Murray, Chairman, GEMS and Simon Murray & Co
Peter S.T. Pang, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) – Retired
William T. Pfeiffer, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder Globalgate Entertainment Ltd (a Lionsgate Co.)
John B. Rae-Smith, Executive Director, Swire Pacific Limited
John R. Slosar, ex-Chairman, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited – Retired
James E. Thompson ,Chairman, Crown Worldwide Holdings Ltd
Andrew L.C. Tung, ex-CEO & Director, Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL)
Anthony N. Tyler, Director-General & Chief Executive, Int’l Air Transport Association (IATA) – Retired Former Chief Executive, Cathay Pacific Airlines
Nicholas W.H. Yang, Former Exco Member, Hong Kong SAR Government; Former Inaugural Secretary for Innovation & Technology

The following Stanford GSB alumni served as Founding Members of the Chapter (with their professional roles as of such date), following its legal incorporation in November 2011, marking the relaunch in Hong Kong of an active GSB alumni community:

Steven K. Barg, Co-Head, Equity Capital Markets, Asia, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Alice M. Chow, Managing Director, FLAG Squadron Asia Limited
Shivanandan A. Dalvie, Managing Director, AEA Investors
James H. Hildebrandt, Managing Director, Bain Capital Asia, LLC
Ronald Issen, Senior Advisor, Apollo Global Management, LLC
Suneel G. Kaji, Managing Director, The Rohatyn Group
Dawoon Kang, Vice President, JP Morgan Securities Inc.
Brian M.B. Li, Deputy Chief Executive, Bank of East Asia
Nicholas J. Loup, CEO, Grosvenor Asia Pacific
William Shen, Vice President, Asia Development, Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Eugene Ty Tan, Managing Director, N. M. Rothschild
Thomas H.S. Tsang, Vice President, Hony Capital
Matthew D. Wolf, Investment Analyst, Capital World Investors
Beatrice Wong, Deputy Chairman, Bellchester Limited Partner

The Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong would like to express its deep appreciation to the many corporations and individuals who provided invaluable support to the Chapter both for its 2011 re-establishment and in its continued operations and success.

For the initial website and payment system design, the Chapter would like to thank MOL (Asia) Ltd. & Mr. Michael Goh (former Chairman) and, particularly, Mr. Maurice Yeung (head of IT) for their invaluable help and continuous support in the site’s management.

For on-going banking and financial services, the Chapter would like to thank The Bank of East Asia & Mr. Brian Li (Co-CEO) for their generous help as well as Mr. Chien Lee for his office’s generous legal registry support.

For co-sponsorship and financial support of the 2021 Annual Cocktail, the Chapter would like to thank Bain Capital & Mr. Jim Hildebrandt (MD & Head of Asia), The Bank of East Asia & Mr. Brian Li (Co-CEO), Chelsfield Asia & Mr. Nicholas Loup (CEO & Partner), Max Giant Capital & Mr. Thomas Tsang (Managing Partner) and Orient Overseas Container Lines/OOCL & Mr. Andy Tung (ex-CEO).

For the year 2022, the Chapter would like to thank the following co-sponsors for the 2022 Annual Cocktails: Grosvenor Asia Pacific & Mr. Ben Cha (CEO), Polygroup Limited & Mr. Lewis Cheng (CEO), Bain Capital & Mr. Jim Hildebrandt (MD & Head of Asia), The Bank of East Asia & Mr. Brian Li (Co-CEO) and Orient Overseas Container Lines/OOCL & Mr. Andy Tung (ex-CEO).

The Chapter would also like to thank Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited & Mr. Christopher Kwok, (Executive Director) for Solely Sponsoring the 2023 Annual Cocktails.

Previous cocktails sponsors include DHL & Mr. Po Chung (Co-Founder & ex-Chairman), AEA Investors & Mr. Shiv Dalvie (Managing Director), Galaxy Entertainment & Mr. Francis Lui (Vice Chairman), Mr. William Shen (formerly CEO, Osmanthus Capital, now CEO, CRE Alliance HK), Swire Group & Mr. John Slosar (CEO), and Crown Worldwide & Mr. Jim Thompson (Chairman).

In previous years, for logistical support of its events, including guest welcome and registration, the Chapter would like to express deep appreciation to global executive search firm Egon Zehnder and Mr. Richard Lin, partner of the firm, and Stanford alumnus. Further, the Chapter has in the past also received event logistics support from The Executive Centre and is very grateful to McCann Erickson (Hong Kong) its generous help in the original conceptualization and design of the HK Chapter’s logo.

The Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong would like to thank the following former Chapter Officers/Leadership Team members who have particularly contributed to the Chapter’s success to date:

Ronald Issen, Founding President 2011 to 2021 (MBA ’87)
Gillian E. Meller, General Counsel 2011 to 2014 (SEP ’10)
Suneel G. Kaji, Board of Directors 2011 to 2016 (MBA ’96)
Stephen K. Barg, Board of Directors 2011 to 2013 (MBA ’90)
Dawoon Kang, General Committee 2011 to 2012 (MBA ’09)
William W. Shen, Chapter Committee (Thought Leadership) 2011 to 2016 (MBA ’03)
Winston Siu, Chapter Committee (Outreach) 2011 to 2020 (MS ’76, BS ’73)
Mathew D. Wolf, Chapter Committee (Recent Alumni) 2012 to 2014 (MBA ’08)
Shuo Sun, Chapter Committee (Social) 2012 to 2016 (MBA ’11)
Rameses Villaneuva, Chapter Committee (Outreach) 2013 to 2016 (SSELP ’14)
Anita Yiu, Chapter Committee (Social) 2014 to 2016 (MBA ’14)
David Lamb, General Counsel 2015 to 2020 (SEP ’04)
Daniel Tan, Executive Committee 2015 to 2020 (MBA ’15)
William J.W. Shen, Executive Committee 2016 to 2020 (MBA ’97)
Cynthia Ip, Executive Committee 2018 to 2020 (MBA ’16, MA ’16)
Hannes Hofmann, Executive Committee 2018 to 2022 (MBA ’02)
Beatrice Wong, Founding Vice-President 2011 to 2023 (MBA ’03)
Shivanandan A. Dalvie, Board of Directors 2011-2023 (MBA ’01)