College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Ms Loretta Lee is the Chairlady and Executive Director of the Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited, a leading integrated urban environmental services provider listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which operates waste-to-energy and hygiene initiatives that create both business and social value.

Ms Lee founded the ALMA Charity Foundation for the relief of the needy and the benefit of the Hong Kong community. She is also Chairperson of the Yan Tak Charity Fund and the Permanent Honorary President of the Pui Kiu Middle School and is committed to advancing sustainable development and promoting exchanges between the youth in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Ms Lee is a Board of Directors Member of the Hong Kong Johnson Holdings Co., Ltd., a leading environmental hygiene services providers listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

In recognition of her entrepreneurial success and contributions, Ms Lee received the SERA Asian Social Caring Female Leadership Award 2017, the APEA Outstanding Category Award 2018, the EY Entrepreneur of The Year 2019 China, also the GBA Outstanding Women Entrepreneur Awards and the EY World Entrepreneur of The Year in 2020.

Ms Lee holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from City University of Hong Kong.

Dr Louis Poon is a leading marketing professional with 25 years international experience with preeminent asset management, banking and Fintech groups based in Hong Kong. Currently, he is the Director, Deputy Head of Wealth Management at Fusion Bank based in Hong Kong.

Dr Poon is a passionate advocate for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance), impact investing & marketing. He has been the Senior Executive Vice Chairman of Association of Family Offices in Asia and Vice Chairman of Chartered Institution of Marketing UK Hong Kong Chapter. He has also been involved with several mentorship programmes at City University of Hong Kong for more than 10 years.

Dr Poon holds a BA Business Studies from City University of Hong Kong, Master of Science in Marketing from National University of Ireland, Dublin, and received a Doctor of Business Administration from City University of Hong Kong in 2014.

Mr Banting Sze is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Freetech Road Recycling Technology (Holdings) Limited, a Hong Kong public-listed company. In the past 30 years, Freetech branded as “Road Doctor” and core business integrated equipment manufacturing, maintenance contracting, material research, and training. Mr Sze is a pioneer of recycling and low-carbon economy in the pavement industry. He owns more than 200 national and international patents. His world-leading pavement maintenance technologies service throughout China including Beijing Chang’an Avenue, as well as many Asian countries.

Currently Mr Sze is the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) standing committee member for Jiangsu province. He is also the President of Hong Kong Institute of Technology, Education & Culture, the President of Jiangsu Province Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, and the President of Nanjing (HK) Association Limited. Mr Sze is a committee member of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Experts of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). He is also the Chairman of the Departmental Advisory Committee in the Department of Management Sciences in CityU.

Mr. Sze holds an MA in Quantitative Analysis for Business from City University of Hong Kong. He was awarded “Nanjing Science and Technology Achievement Award” in 2009, was nominated for the “Young to Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Jiangsu Province” in 2013, and was granted the “Jiangsu Province Labor Medal” honor in 2019.