With an increasing global focus on sustainability worldwide, having appropriate environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies in place is a commercial imperative. ESG principles are shaping the way businesses manage the impact their operations have on customers, employees, and wider society. Those that don’t embrace this shift to responsible capitalism run the risk of falling behind their competitors, both with customers and investors.
Lucy Colback,
Editorial Director of the FT Women in Business Asia Forum Hong Kong
Lucy is the Financial Times’ former Asia Lex Editor, a role in which she used her 20 year experience as an Asia investment specialist to write commentary on financial market issues.
She is currently researching and writing a book on the experiences of World War Two survivors, while in her spare time editing corporate governance-related publications.
Lucy’s former roles include investment manager at Schroders and Asia equity research sales with Merrill Lynch. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Lisa Genasci,
CEO, ADM Capital Foundation
Lisa Genasci is the founder and CEO of ADM Capital Foundation (ADMCF), an innovative philanthropic vehicle to support critical research and impact-driven approaches to promoting environmental conservation in Asia. ADMCF has been widely recognised for its work on solutions to some of our most intransigent challenges: Our depleting oceans, the nexus between forestry and development, air quality and public health, the intersections among food, energy and water. Lisa provides ESG advisory services to ADM Capital funds. She works with the Hong Kong based investment manager to shape its environmental and social principles and co-developed an in-house ESG tool.
Additionally, Lisa is a founder, with the ADM group, of the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility (TLFF), a sustainable lending platform with BNP Paribas, UN Environment and ICRAF designed to finance green growth projects that aim to improve rural livelihoods and promote sustainable land use in Indonesia. A director of the Hong Kong-based Civic Exchange and Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Lisa is also an advisor to the Washington DC-based Ocean Foundation and Hong Kong’s Clean Air Network. Lisa holds a BA degree with High Honors from Smith College and an LLM in Human Rights Law from HKU.
Elaine Ng,
Co-founder & Chief Revenue Office,
Releaf International
Having left a 20-year career in financial services, Elaine is now a co-founder and chief revenue officer of employee wellbeing startup, Releaf International.
Former top salesperson and an evangelist in the ESG investing space, Elaine will now channel that passion and energy to building and delivering impact at Releaf. Central to her role is the investigation, development and bridging of solutions between practitioners and businesses. As chief revenue officer, Elaine is also responsible for ideation and networking to source new partnerships and expand the product set.
In her previous life, Elaine focused on investment risk management, taking on roles ranging from product development, client consulting and implementation before crossing over into ESG in 2015, and rapidly building the MSCI ESG Research business across Asia four-folds.
Last spotted speaking about ESG investing at TBLI HK, Beryl Elites China Alternative Data Forum (BJ), HKVCA ESG Luncheon (HK), JPM Sell-side ESG Forum (HK), PRI & KOFIA SRI Seminar (Seoul), ACGA (BJ). Elaine continues to serve the ESG community as an advisor on Sustainable Finance Initiative's Advisory Network.
