Dr. Jonathan K S Choi is Chairman of the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group, Chairman of the Hong Kong-listed Sunwah Kingsway Capital Group, Chairman of VinaCapital Group of Vietnam and Independent Non-executive Director of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited . Established in 1957, Sunwah’s business now covers eight principal areas: Seafood & Foodstuff, Real Estate, Financial Services, Technology, Media, Infrastructure Education & training and Green Tech & Health Care. Activities extend deep into Mainland China as well as to the environs of Macau, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Japan and across the oceans to Canada, the United States and Australia.

Dr Choi is active in community and international affairs which is evident in the wide range of public positions he holds. These mainly include: Standing Committee Member of National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (NCCPPCC) of the P.R.C; Deputy Director of the Committee for Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of the 12th term of NCCPPCC; Hong Kong, China's representative (2015-20) to APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC); Executive Director of China Overseas Friendship Association; Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce; Chairman (Hong Kong) of Mainland China-Hong Kong Belt and Road Business and Professional Services Council; Co-Chair of the Belt & Road Industrial and Commercial Alliance (BRICA); Chairman of Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Union; Council Member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council; Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong - Vietnam Chamber of Commerce; Founding Chairman of Hong Kong - Korea Business Council and Chairman of the China Hong Kong Israel Technology Cooperation and Promotion Center etc.

In 2015, Dr. Choi was conferred the ‘Friendship Order’ by the President of Vietnam and became an Honorary Ambassador of Foreign Investment Promotion for Korea from 2015 to 2019 respectively. In January 2019, Dr. Choi was awarded the Medal of Merit on Education by Macau S.A.R Government and was awarded an honor of ‘ Friends of Diplomacy’ by the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of P.R.C. in Hong Kong for his tremendous contribution on implementing non-official diplomacy, promoting Chinese culture to foreign countries. In November 2022, Dr. Choi was conferred The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by Japanese Government. In September 2023, Dr. Choi was conferred the ‘Order national de la legion de honneur’ by the French President. Dr. Choi has been awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM), the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) and Justice of the Peace (JP) by the HKSAR Government for his meritorious public and community service.

Basil Hwang is the Managing Partner of Hauzen LLP, a financial regulatory law firm. He is a specialist in the laws of the financial markets – including regulation, disputes, investigations, complex transactions and insolvency. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong).

Prior to founding Hauzen LLP, Mr. Hwang was the founder and managing partner of a US law firm for seven years, an executive director of a Hong Kong Mainboard-listed company, and the general counsel and independent director at other companies listed in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr. Hwang is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong, as a solicitor in England and Wales, and as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore.

He holds a LL.B. (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of Science in Global Finance jointly conferred by HKUST and the NYU Stern School of Business.

Koon How is the Head of Markets Strategy, Global Economics and Markets Research at UOB, where he leads the in-house team to formulate forecasts and house views for Foreign Exchange (FX), commodities and interest rates. Koon How focuses on advising key c-suite clients across Wholesale Banking, Global Markets, Corporate and Financial Institution segments throughout the ASEAN region. In addition to his main role, Koon How is concurrently a member of UOB’s Blockchain and Digital Asset (BCDA) taskforce, focusing on research in the fast-evolving blockchain and digital assets space, including asset tokenization as well as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).

He has more than 25 years of financial markets experience across the key asset classes. Fluent in English and Mandarin, Koon How actively participates in various investment seminars across the Asia Pacific region and is a regular commentator in key local and international print and broadcast media. Prior to joining UOB in 2017, Koon How has worked in various global financial institutions and private banks in areas such as FX strategy, FX options sales, derivatives advisory and commodities structuring.

Koon How graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Chemical Engineering. In 2009, he was awarded the Financial Sector Development Fund postgraduate scholarship from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to attend the Yale-Singapore Management University Masters of Science in Wealth Management programme. Koon How is also a certified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst. In 2020, Koon How attended the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and in 2021, Koon How completed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.