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Approaches to Sustainability and Impact in Family Wealth
Ms. Bonnie Leung
Programme Director
Master of Family Wealth Management
The University of Hong Kong
Date and Time: Aug 19, 2025 (Tue) 11:00-12:30 HKT
Venue: Lecture Hall at May Hall, HKU
Join us in person at May Hall
Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=102398
Approaches to Sustainability and Impact in Family Wealth
Ms. Bonnie Leung
Programme Director
Master of Family Wealth Management
The University of Hong Kong
Date and Time: Aug 19, 2025 (Tue) 11:00-12:30 HKT
Venue: Lecture Hall at May Hall, HKU
Join us in person at May Hall
Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=102398
Title:
Approaches to Sustainability and Impact in Family Wealth
Speaker:
Ms. Bonnie Leung
Programme Director
Master of Family Wealth Management
Date/Time:
Aug 19, 2025 (Tue) 11:00-12:30 HKT
Venue:
Lecture Hall, G/F, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
Title:
Approaches to Sustainability and Impact in Family Wealth
Speaker:
Ms. Bonnie Leung
Programme Director
Master of Family Wealth Management
Date/Time:
Aug 19, 2025 (Tue) 11:00-12:30 HKT
Venue:
Lecture Hall, G/F, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
“Sustainability” has become a trendy term within the business world over the last few years – a Morgan Stanley report estimated that sustainable investment funds add up to US$3.56 trillion in AuM as of Dec 31, 2024[1], while a report by MSCI estimated that the size of the global carbon credit market was around USD 1.4 billion[2]. For a while, investors flocked to such investments with promises that they could generate returns AND at the same time, make impact to the environment and society. Corporate strategists touted terms such as CSR and ESG to their boards as part of a competitive advantage. Climate scientists drew up risk scenarios for insurers to valuate risks of their policies.
Amongst all these varying concepts on sustainability, how should a family wealth manager separate the wheat from the chaff? What actually matters for a family – carbon emissions, ESG ratings or social impact? In this presentation, Ms. Bonnie Leung proposes a simple framework for family wealth managers to consider sustainability in respect of business families. A family may have multiple interests and objectives, and it is imperative that the family wealth manager matches the initiatives appropriately to different objectives. Ms. Leung will raise examples of how families apply corporate sustainability, sustainable investing, impact and philanthropy based on their needs and personal beliefs. The framework also clarifies when one may expect investment returns vs generation of positive external impact.
Ultimately, this lecture explores sustainability through different perspectives of families and family wealth, and contributes to the dialogue from a specific lens.
Ms. Bonnie Leung is currently Programme Director for Master of Family Wealth Management, offered by The University of Hong Kong. As the Founding Programme Director, she oversaw the launch and execution of the programme. Her teaching commitments include current trends in family office management, and sustainable investing and philanthropy in the context of family wealth.
Ms. Leung brings decades of industry experience to the FWM programme. She previously held various COO positions at BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, including serving as their COO for APAC Client Business. As COO, Ms. Leung sat on BlackRock’s Global Financial Crime Country Risk Committee, Global Funds Distributor Oversight Committee, APAC Investment Oversight Committee, and APAC Risks & Controls Committee. Subsequently, Ms. Leung became a founding member of their Asia Pacific sustainable investing team, leading the Asia ex Japan Sustainable & Transition Solutions business. In this role, she frequently spoke at large-scale webinars and events in Chinese and English, representing BlackRock’s views on sustainable investing, and thus furthering investors’ understanding of sustainable investments
Prior to BlackRock, Ms. Leung was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, serving financial institution clients, both MNC and Asian-based companies. She also led professional development for the Hong Kong office. Ms. Leung started her professional career as an architect and practised in the New York-based firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Ms. Leung is a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where she received an MBA. For her undergraduate studies, Ms. Leung obtained a B.Arch and a B.Sc.(Arch) from McGill University.
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