Webinar: Hong Kong Food Tech X ESG

Sonja Chong

National Chair, Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (HKCBA) and also Partner – Income Taxation, Sonja Chong Professional Corporation, CPAs

Sonja Chong (FCPA, CPA, TEP) is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a seasoned income tax practitioner conversant in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Her practice focuses on income tax planning for private corporations, high net-worth individuals, cross-border estates, business succession, immigrants and emigrants, and real estate investments.

Aside from providing value-added services to clients, Sonja has been very much involved in the educational aspects of income tax practice. From 1995 to 2007, Sonja was a member of the Editorial Board of “Taxation of Real Estate in Canada” loose leaf service, Carswell.

Sonja co-chaired the Program Committee of the Ontario Tax Conference for 8 years. She then served as a Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation from 2004 to 2007. From 2009 to 2011, Sonja was invited to be a member of the “Joint Committee on Taxation” of CPA Canada and the Canadian Bar Association.

In year 2000, Sonja was elected a Fellow of CPA Ontario. She was also featured in the Recruitment Brochures of CPA Ontario (1997 to 2007), as well as on the websites of CPA Canada and CPA Ontario.

Over the years, Sonja has presented at over 150 income tax seminars.

In her spare time, Sonja has dedicated herself to volunteer services.

Sonja is HKCBA's National Chair. From 2000 to 2001, Sonja served as President, and has remained a Board member of HKCBA’s Toronto GTA section. Sonja also chairs WIN@HKCBA, a committee of the Toronto GTA section.

Aside from volunteering for business-focused non-profits, Sonja has also been actively involved in the cultural and social domain.

She was Chair and Co-Chair (2008 to 2017), and Treasurer (2000 to 2007) of Multilateral Cooperation Foundation (formerly Canada China Development Foundation, Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation), a Canadian registered charity.

Sonja was appointed by the Government of Canada to be a Director of CBC/Radio-Canada. She served from 2014 to 2016.

Sonja was a Director and Treasurer of Hong Fook Mental Health Association from 1993 to 2003. She was also a Director of the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals from 1992 to 1994. Sonja received the Volunteer Services Award from the Government of Ontario in 2003.

Emily Mo

Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto)

Christopher Chen

Head of Business & Talent Attraction/Investment Promotion, Invest Hong Kong (Canada)

David Yeung

Co-founder & CEO, Green Monday Group

David Yeung is the Co-founder & CEO of Green Monday Group, a multi-faceted social venture with the mission to take on the world’s most pressing crises of climate change, food insecurity and public health. With the global sustainability movement initiated by Green Monday Foundation, the revolutionary food technology innovation in OmniFoods and OmniPork, the market- transforming plant-based retail, dining and distribution network in Green Common, and the impact investment arm in Green Monday Ventures, Mr. Yeung has pioneered a one-of-a- kind integrated platform that engages and empowers millions of people, along with public and private sectors, towards green awareness, action and economy. His work earns him the award of ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the World Economic Forum and Schwab Foundation. Other honors and recognitions include Fortune’s 2020 ‘Change the World’ Company, ‘Global Visionaries’ by UBS, ‘EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2020 China’ by Ernst & Young’s, ‘Sustainability Leader of the Year’ by Hong Kong Management Association, ‘Roddenberry Prize’, ‘Cathay ChangeMakers 2020’, ‘Company of the Year 2019’ by PETA Asia, ‘Ten Outstanding Young Persons Hong Kong’ and ‘50 Most Innovative Companies’ by Fast Company.

As a noted environmentalist and entrepreneur, Mr. Yeung has spoken at the World Economic Forum, Milken Institute Summit, TEDx, as well as financial and academic institutions such as UBS and UCLA. International media coverage of Green Monday and Mr. Yeung includes BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Nikkei Asian Review and Reuters.

Mr. Yeung is a graduate of Columbia University, an Ashoka Fellow and the author of a number of best-selling books on Zen wisdom and mindfulness.

Felix Cheung

Founder and CEO, IXON Food Technology

Felix Cheung is the founder and CEO of IXON, a Hong Kong foodtech company that specializes in food preservation. He is one of two inventors of advanced sous-vide aseptic packaging (ASAP), a food sterilization and aseptic packaging technology that could extend the shelf life of fresh meat and seafood at room temperature for up to two years. Felix holds a bachelor degree in mathematics, earth science and physics from Flinders University of South Australia, a master degree in food analysis and food safety management from Hong Kong Baptist University and a doctorate degree in plasma physics from University of Sydney. He has previously worked as an editor at Nature magazine for seven years.

Andrew Yui

Director, Canada, Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Joseph Chaung

President, HKCBA Toronto GTA Section and also President, C4P Inc.

Joseph is the Founder and President of C4P Inc which is specialized in product design and project development, sales and marketing of innovative products especially those in the green and alternative energy sector. With more than 30 years of experience in the product design and development industries in North America, Asia and Europe, Joseph has successfully worked with many inventors and designers in developing many new products.

Joseph has also been actively involved in many business and volunteer organisations. He is the President of the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (HKCBA) GTA Toronto Section which actively assists Canadian companies in doing business with Hong Kong and through Hong Kong with other Asian countries. He is the Founder and Immediate Past President of the Oakville Chinese Business Association, the Co-Chair of the Mississauga Community Crime Awareness Day Event for many years and a Board Member of the Mississauga Chinese Business Association. He is currently a committee member of the Peel Region Police Chief’s Advisory Committee, and a Director of Safe City Mississauga.

As a Director of the Product Innovation Technology Advisory Committee, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Joseph supports many Canadian university/college graduates in their start-up projects and business. He is a professional mentor for many Canadian industrial design graduates assisting and encouraging them to promote their inventions to the World.

Joseph has received many recognitions including a Canada Senate 150^th Anniversary Medal, the 2019 Most Progressive Award from ACCE (Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneur). He was also invited by the Canadian Federal Government to join the Team Canada to China in 2015 led by then Prime Minister Steven Harper. He was also invited by the Ontario Government to join the Innovative Industrial Missions to Japan and Korea in 2015, 2017 and 2019.