MIPIM Asia Summit Programme

Vanessa Cheung

Group Managing Director - Nan Fung Development Ltd.
Founder – The Mills

Member of Antiquities Advisory Boards & Committee
Member of the Council for Sustainable Development
HKTDC | Garment Advisory Committee
The HK Polytechnic University | Advisory Committee on Textile and Clothing Industries 

Vanessa embarked on her role as the Group Managing Director in late 2017, managing the Hong Kong property division.

Vanessa is the Founder of The Mills – a revitalization project of the Nan Fung Textile Mills into a global innovation techstyle gallery, incubator and retail destination. She worked for AECOM as a Landscape Designer and a part-time lecturer at HKU on City Branding. She hopes to inspire the younger generation and push Hong Kong’s leadership potential beyond the status quo.

She is a convener of NarrativeHK, an initiative promoting positive attitude among her generation in envisioning the future of HK. She co-founded Quo Kefir Believers, a natural probiotic health food company, and the co-owner of HK’s first CrossFit gym, CrossFit Asphodel.

Vanessa obtained her Master in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and Bachelors in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

As Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), Dr Y.K. Pang is responsible for leading the organisation in actively promoting Hong Kong as a world-class travel destination around the world to maximise the benefits of tourism for the Hong Kong economy and the community at large.

Dr Pang has extensive experience in the commercial sector. Currently, he is Deputy Managing Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited; Deputy Chairman and Deputy Managing Director of Jardine Matheson Limited; Director of Jardine Matheson (China) Limited; Director of Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited; Director of Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited; Director of Hongkong Land Holdings Limited; Director of Mandarin Oriental International Limited; and Director of Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. He is also engaged in professional bodies, serving as Member of Council & General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, of which he was Chairman in 2014–16. Dr Pang is also Chairman of the General Committee and Executive Committee of Employers Federation of Hong Kong; and Deputy Chairman and Member of Council & Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Management Association.

Dr Pang was recognised as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 1999 and has dedicated himself to public service. He is the Vice Patron of the Community Chest of Hong Kong; Chairman of HKSAR Government Advisory Committee on Gifted Education; Chairman of HKSAR Government Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service; Chairman of HKSAR Government Standing Committee on Directorate Salaries and Conditions of Service; Member of the HKSAR Government Trade and Industry Advisory Board; and Chairman of the Hospital Governing Committee of Queen Mary Hospital and Tsan Yuk Hospital. Dr Pang was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2016 by the Hong Kong SAR Government, after receiving the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2008 for his long and distinguished public service.

Dr. Y.K. Pang

Chairman
Hong Kong Tourism Board 

Andy Street

Mayor of the West Midlands

Andy Street was elected as the first Governor of the Province of the West Midlands on May 2017. The primary function of the role is to chair the West Midlands Combined Authority, the regional government, and brings with it significant powers over transport, housing, skills and jobs and a regional economy of £102 billion. 

The West Midlands is one of the most populous part of the UK, home to the UKs second city of Birmingham, and has the highest regional economic growth rate in the UK . 

Before becoming Mayor, Andy was the CEO of John Lewis, Britain’s most successful workers’ co-operative, with annual revenues of over £3 billion and oversaw one of the most successful periods in the company’s history.

He was the Chair of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership between 2011 and 2016 and  a member of the UK Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group.

Outside of work, Andy is passionate about the arts across the West Midlands, having previously served as Vice Chairman of Performances Birmingham Limited, which is responsible for running the City’s Symphony and Town Halls. He holds three honorary degrees, from Birmingham City University, Aston University and the University of Birmingham.