BEC Leadership Networking Series & Mini Expo: Innovative, Sustainable and Green Interiors

Time

Activity

2:30 – 3:30p.m.

3:30 – 3:45p.m.

Sharing by Ms Caroline Cheng, Co-Founder, Yi Design (Hong Kong) Company Limited

Q&A

Networking Break

Sharing by Mr Ricci Wong, Founder, HK Timberbank

Introduction of BEAM Plus Interiors by Mr Tommy Szeto, Manager – Green Building, Business Environment Council

Q&A

Exhibition and Networking

Mr William Yip
Director, Zilver Limited

Mr William Yip is Managing Director of Zilver Limited, Spearheading Sustainable Solutions in Hong Kong’s Paint & Coatings Sector, he has pioneered the introduction of premium eco-friendly paint brands Graphenstone to the local market. His vision integrates carbon footprint reduction with aesthetic excellence, transforming residential spaces while promoting environmental responsibility.

Ms Caroline Cheng
Co-Founder, Yi Design (Hong Kong) Company Limited

Caroline Cheng is the cofounder of award-winning Yi Design and is determined to find a circular solution for ceramic waste. She is an artist and curator, whose promotion of Chinese ceramic arts over decades has earned renown in China and throughout the world. She has held solo exhibitions in Sotheby’s Hong Kong (2013) and New York (2015). Her work has been collected by the British Museum, the FitzwilliamMuseumin Cambridge, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, and the Boston Museumof Fine Art. Cheng has received prizes for her work in the Westerwald Ceramics Museum, Germany (2010), the Clay and Glass FilmFestival in Montpellier France (2010), the Mino International Ceramic Award 2017, and also received the “Outstanding Achievement Award” fromthe American National Council on Education for the CeramicArts (NCECA) in 2014 and the Japan Good Design Award for Community Development in 2020. Caroline Cheng is also the owner of the world-renowned Pottery Workshop in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Jingdezhen.

Mr Ricci Wong
Founder, HK Timberbank

Ricci Wong is an architectural artist who graduated from CUHK Fine Arts and achieved his master degree in Architecture at HKU. After Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, Wong founded HK Timberbank, the first local Eco-preneur, with the aim of promoting the upcycling of trees felled by the typhoon and development through design and business thinking. Wong processed and transformed these trees into eco-friendly wood material and solid wood furniture and artworks, creating green carbon business opportunities. HK Timberbank employs local youth and retirees, providing employment training and contributing to social harmony. Since its opening in 2019, they have recycled over 1000 tons of locally discarded trees. They give new life to good wood, embodying the R3 principles: Recycle, Redesign, Relink, allowing trees to return to the people of Hong Kong in a different form, shining brightly. Notable environmental art pieces include "Flowing Waves, Drifting Clouds" at the Sai Kung Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival in 2019, a 10meters long public art installation "Wood. Scent" at the Citygate mall in 2022. “It’s Roganic!” Interior art installation (Roganic, Lee Garden 1, 2025)