Governance

Chairman
Mr Kevin O'Brien
Chief Executive
Gammon Construction Ltd.
Mr Kevin O'Brien
Chief Executive
Gammon Construction Ltd.

Mr Kevin O’Brien was appointed as the Chief Executive of Gammon Construction in September 2021 and is responsible for all operations across Asia. He rejoined Gammon having led JEC as their CEO from 2018 – 2021.

He has been based in Hong Kong since 1995.

Mr O’Brien is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and takes an active role in the training and development of the future generation of talent for the engineering and construction industry. He has been active with the Business Environment Council since 2018.

Immediate Past Chairman
Mr Richard Lancaster
Chairmanship: 2016-2022

Chief Executive Officer, CLP Holdings Limited
(representing CLP Power Hong Kong Limited)
Mr Richard Lancaster
Chairmanship: 2016-2022

Chief Executive Officer, CLP Holdings Limited
(representing CLP Power Hong Kong Limited)

Mr Richard Lancaster is Chief Executive Officer of CLP Holdings, the parent company of the CLP Group which is one of the largest investor operators in the electricity industry throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr Lancaster has more than 35 years of experience in the power industry and in other industrial operations in Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Prior to assuming his current role in September 2013, he was Managing Director of CLP’s operations in Hong Kong, responsible for its electricity generation, transmission and distribution business serving 2.7 million customers in Hong Kong.

Mr Lancaster joined CLP in 1992 and has held a wide range of managerial positions within the company. His experience covers project management, power plant operations, commercial, finance, legal and corporate functions.

Besides serving in various subsidiary companies of the CLP Group as Director, Mr Lancaster is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Business Environment Council and a founding member of the Advisory Council of The Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & Macau. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association and a council member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and a member of its Climate and Energy Cluster Board. He is also chairman of the Hong Kong Membership Committee of the UN-accredited World Energy Council.

Originally from Australia, Mr Lancaster is an electrical engineering graduate of UNSW Sydney.

BEC Climate Change Business Forum Advisory Group

 

The Climate Change Business Forum (CCBF) was launched in 2008 as a BEC initiative. The CCBF convened some of Hong Kong’s most astute businesses to collaborate on initiatives to mitigate climate change. A think tank focusing on the transition to a low-carbon economy, CCBF sought to be a resource for Hong Kong’s business community and government.

 

CCBF has since been integrated to become a BEC Advisory Group, formally renamed the BEC Climate Change Business Forum Advisory Group (BEC CCBF AG). BEC CCBF AG promotes awareness of, and builds capacity in relation to, climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience activities amongst BEC members and the business community in Hong Kong. It also aims to provide a platform for BEC to engage the relevant regulatory bodies on climate change-related matters and forge collaboration between local and global experts on climate change. For more information on the focus areas, related projects and research, please visit this link.

 

Below are the delegates for Chair, Vice Chair, Steering Committee and Ordinary Members of the BEC CCBF AG. For more information on the governance and structure of this advisory group, please refer to BEC CCBF AG Terms of Reference.

 

BEC CCBF AG Steering Committee

Chair  
Ms Susanna Wong Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited
   
Vice Chair  
Mr Simon Ng Business Environment Council Limited
   
Member  
Ms Kristy Tan Airport Authority Hong Kong
Mr Hendrik Rosenthal CLP Holdings Limited
Mr Yu Ching Yan, Johnny Henderson Land Development Company Limited
Ir William Woo Hongkong Land Limited
Dr Calvin Kwan Link Asset Management Limited
Mr Rex Chan NWS Holdings Limited
Ir Bruce Chong Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited
Ms Sophia Yu Shell Hong Kong Limited
TBC Siemens Limited
Mr Lee Hok Yan, Francis Swire Pacific Limited
Mr Patrick Ho Swire Properties Limited
Mr Ho Yin Piu, Bill The Hongkong Electric Company Limited
Ms Imane Zedan Veolia Hong Kong Holding Limited

 

BEC CCBF AG Ordinary Members

Eur-Ing Phil Healey Active Energy Management Limited
Mr Freeman Cheung AECOM Asia Company Limited
Mr Dennis Wu Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Limited
Mr Ron Chow Baguio Green Group Limited
Mr Glorisun Wong Belimo Actuators Limited
Ms Jessica Jook Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited
Mr Johnny Wei Cathay Pacific Airways
Mr Samuel Kwong Chinachem Agencies Limited
Mr Coleman Tse Circular Economy (Hong Kong) Limited
Mr Stuart Kearns City Facilities Management (HKG) Limited
TBC CLPe Solutions Limited
Mr Thomas Tsui CN Logistics International Holdings Limited
Mr Ringo Mak Community Leap Limited
Ms Diane Cheung Compass Group Hong Kong Limited
Ms Florence Lee Cornerstone Technologies Holdings Limited
Mr Desmond Lee Cundall Hong Kong Limited
Ms Amy Chat Decathlon Hong Kong Company Limited
Mr Woody Chan Delivery Hero Food Hong Kong Limited  - FoodPanda
Mr Ko Ngai Chun, David Environmental Pioneers & Solutions Limited
Mr Kwok Chin Pang, Tony ExxonMobil Hong Kong Limited
Ms Katherine Lau FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Limited
Ms Emma Harvey Gammon Construction Limited
Mr Brian CH Wong GP Batteries International Limited
Mr KK Choi Green Island Cement Company Limited
Mr Max Tsang GreenCo ESG Advisory Limited
Mr Thomas Tin Greentins Technology Limited
Ms Eva Chen Hang Lung Properties Limited
Mr KK Wong Hang Seng Bank Limited
Mr Benny Siu Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited
Ms Agnes Leung Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited
Ms Joyce Wong Humans Matters
Ms Julie Wong Hysan Development Company Limited
Mr Ho Chi Wai, David Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong Ltd
Mr Alex Law Jardine Engineering Corporation
Ar. Ivy Lee Leigh & Orange Ltd
Ms Jessica Chan MTR Corporation Limited
Mr Clarence Watt Nationalpak Limited
Mr Arthur Lam Negawatt Utility Limited
Mr Michael E. Long  New World Development Company Limited 
Ms Angel Or Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd
Mr Fabrice Bayon PALO IT Hong Kong Limited
Mr Douglas Johnson PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
Mr Kevin Ng Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust
Mr David Yeung Ramboll Hong Kong Limited
Prof George Liu The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - The Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development
Ms Toria Lee Richford Group Limited
Mr Oswald Au Riskory Consultancy Limited
Mr MK Leung Ronald Lu & Partners (Hong Kong) Limited
Ms Giuliana Auinger Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) Limited
Mr Calvin Wong SGS Hong Kong Limited
Ir Alex Chan Siemens Energy Limited
Mr Gary Mak Siemens Mobility Limited
Mr Mansfield Wong Unity Group Holdings International Limited
Mr Rob Davenport TaKe Group Limited
Dr Jadis Blurton The Harbour School Limited
Ms Margaret Wong The Hong Kong & China Gas Company Limited
TBC The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Mr Anthony Tsui The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Mr Rakesh Vazirani TÜV Rheinland Hong Kong Limited
Ms Katy Siu UCP International Co Ltd
Mr Stephen Jones Woods Bagot Asia Limited
Dr Jiang Wei WSP (Asia) Limited

 

 

Introduction

 

 

The Climate Change Business Forum (“CCBF”) was launched in 2008 as a BEC initiative. The CCBF convened some of Hong Kong’s most astute businesses to collaborate on initiatives to mitigate climate change. A think tank focusing on the transition to a low-carbon economy, CCBF sought to be a resource for Hong Kong’s business community and government.

CCBF has since been integrated to become a BEC Advisory Group, formally renamed the BEC Climate Change Business Forum Advisory Group (“BEC CCBF AG”). BEC CCBF AG promotes awareness of, and builds capacity in relation to, climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience activities amongst BEC members and the business community in Hong Kong. It also aims to provide a platform for BEC to engage the relevant regulatory bodies on climate change-related matters, and forge collaboration between local and global experts on climate change.

 

The Paris Pledge for Action

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change formally came into effect in November 2016. It reflects the global consensus and commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to keep global average temperature rise this century well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C.


The Paris Pledge for Action enables non-state entities to formally commit to help implement the Agreement. With backing from BEC CCBF AG, BEC signed the pledge in 2016. As a signatory, BEC will work to encourage its members and the rest of the Hong Kong business community to meet the goals of the Agreement through projects, events, and educational programmes. BEC CCBF AG will continue to play a central role in supporting these efforts.

 

Manifesto for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

In 2013, BEC CCBF AG members joined a variety of innovative companies and organisations globally in taking a pledge to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in their commercial buildings. The manifesto originated with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (“WBCSD”), in which BEC is a network partner. It requires signatories to commit to a number of tasks, including: setting emission-reduction targets, enhancing company policy for energy performance, carrying out energy audits, publishing building energy use information annually, and pledging to promote building energy efficiency to their partners, employees and stakeholders through advocacy, marketing, research and development, education and training.

BEC Net-zero Carbon Charter

Riding on the merits of BEC Low Carbon Charter, which was launched in March 2019 and attracted 113 signatories from different sectors, the newly rebranded Net-zero Carbon Charter will remain focused on mobilising companies and organisations to collectively contribute towards Hong Kong’s long-term decarbonisation journey through their pledge to set targets and actions for a net-zero future. However, we have raised the ambition of the Net-zero Carbon Charter so that it is aligned with Hong Kong’s 2050 carbon neutrality goal and the business imperative towards net-zero. Please click here for more details.

BEC CCBF AG would also like to express gratitude to following signatory companies and organisations for their leadership in supporting the BEC Low Carbon Charter in the past:

 

BEC Council, Corporate and General Members are eligible to join the Advisory Groups. Please contact Mr Ringo Yeung (ringoyeung@bec.org.hk) to apply.