Nominated by Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC).
Grace is the Chairman and Executive Director of AEC Group and Chief Sustainability Strategist of AEC Capital Ltd. She has more than 25 years’ experiences in sustainable design and green building projects in Hong Kong, China and across Asia‐Pacific. In 2016, she led AEC Group to become the first sustainability and environmental consultancy service provider to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Under her leadership, AEC Group has set up a robust sustainability governance structure and committed to walk the talk and promote sustainability from the inside out. AEC Group has received many awards for its sustainability governance and ESG initiatives, including Honorable Mention Award in the Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Awards 2020 and Grand Award in the Hong Kong Sustainability Award 2020/21.
Driven by a vision to shape a sustainable future for all, Grace is dedicated to work with building and finance sectors to build climate resilience and accelerate net‐zero transition. She had played a key role in facilitating the local adaptation of green building rating systems and worked on the earliest batch of HK‐BEAM, CGBL, LEED and BREEAM projects in Hong Kong. In recent years, she often advised developers and asset owners on formulation of real estate sustainability strategy, including target setting, decarbonisation pathway and climate risk management. With an environmental engineering background, Grace is a keen advocate of regenerative sustainability for the built environment. She is often invited to share her insights at local, regional and global conferences. With AEC Group’s expanding operations in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Dubai, Grace is utilizing her experiences in bridging finance and sustainability and extensive network to create impact at scale and drive transformative change.
Over the years, Grace has been involved in the development of various green and healthy building ratings as well as sustainable infrastructure assessment tool, both locally and internationally.
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