IBL

STRATEGY

Ming-Fang Hsieh2014 - current
Ming is co-founder of Inclusive Business Foundation. He serves as a key liaison coordinator and oversees communications and strategic editorial support for the development of the curriculum. He supports the program globally and helps to develop the Training the Trainers Leadership Roundtables (TTLR) curriculum which has been piloted successfully in China and Asia for the past five years. He edits the TTLR booklet which has been translated into many languages including English, Chinese, Thai and Japanese. He also serves as an interpreter and translator for the guest speakers of the Global Inclusive Leadership Next Gen Program. He gives guidance and offers advice for the submission and presentation of students’ stories including those in the “Never too Young to Lead” series.
Ming studied political science and history at National Taiwan University and Cambridge University. Combining his interest in history and languages, he is currently researching on the historical development of the English language with the hope of helping students to learn and expand English vocabulary with ease.
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Violet Lo2014 - current
Violet founded the Inclusive Business Lab & Inclusive Business Foundation, aiming to build a diversified ecosystem for creating inclusive opportunities and developing the next generation of purpose-driven, ethical & global minded leaders of tomorrow. Since its inception in the fall of 2014, the program has impacted more than fifteen thousand young people in Greater China, Asia, UK and Japan, and expects to benefit more than 250,000 next generation and training more than 25,000 trainers globally in the coming years.
Violet received PhD in Mathematics from University of Cambridge, where she was a Croucher Foundation Scholar and was a Supervisor of Studies at Fitzwilliam College. After her PhD in 1997, she took up a University Lectureship teaching Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Manchester (UMIST). From 1998 to 2011, she worked for investment banks in London, New York, Hong Kong, incl. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International, specializing in strategic investments, portfolio allocation & capital management for financial institutions, insurance companies, pension funds in UK, Europe, USA, Pan-Asia (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia).
She has served as an advisor & board director for a micro-finance company in China, Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University School of Social Development & Public Policy, and currently serves as an Honorary Principal for Jiangsu Province Dagang High School in China. She also serves as an executive leadership coach and runs leadership roundtables for business leaders, government officials as well as professors, principals, teachers and student leaders. Violet has been a guest speaker for international conferences and workshops in Asia, Europe, UK and USA.
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Luc Micaelli2015 - current
Luc is an entrepreneur based in Shanghai, who joined Inclusive Business Lab as the first Next Gen Fellow in the 2015. He helped to start the Significant Living movement in October 2015, and since then there have been hundreds of significant stories in the blog.
Luc Micaelli is the executive director at Overhand, a company he founded in 2015 to provide smart fitness technology. Prior to Overhand, Luc was for 3 years the head of business and corporate development at Guanxi Inc, a location-based social networking and events platform funded by Singapore Telecom and DFJ. His experience includes driving new projects/coops, managing sales and key accounts, leading online/offline marketing and promotion in China, fundraising and managing relations with investors. Luc was educated in France, US, and Canada, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. He is passionate about boxing and holds an amateur record of 6 victories and 0 defeat in Shanghai's Brawl on the Bund (audience of ~1300 people).
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Michael Ruddlesden2017 - current
Michael Ruddlesden joined Inclusive Business Lab in Spring 2017. A medical physics graduate, he is set on breaking down the barriers between academia and the public. His passion for STEM was ignited whilst working in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, aged just 16. He is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, interfacing laser physics with chemistry and nanotechnology, focusing on optical sensors and instrumentation.
A passionate scientific communicator, Michael loves helping open the world of STEM up to members of the public, inspiring younger students to nurture a thirst for knowledge. He ran the City of the Future activity as part of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2017, introducing students to the challenges of renewable energy and urban planning.
He is IBL’s resident videographer, conducting interviews with students and experts across the globe. As well as his STEM pursuits, Michael is a keen musician, regularly performing across the UK and Europe as part of a 10-piece hip-hop ensemble.
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Alejandro Montblanch2018 - current
Alejandro joined Inclusive Business Lab in spring 2018. His passion for science began at high school – he used to look around and wonder what mysteries were hidden behind the little (and not so little) things that took place. And that’s where he began to discover how beautiful it is to observe, understand, and even control Nature. This interest turned into actual passion that led him into Physics, which is what he is doing now as a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. In particular, he strives to develop new technologies for Quantum Information, or as some other people call it, the next generation of Information Processing Technologies.
As a scientist, he does believe the current generations must transmit this passion to the next ones. It is important to realize that understanding deep, non-trivial concepts is within reach of everyone if it is tried hard enough. As an example, many people think of Physics as some sort of black magic, which could not be further away from reality. That is why he has been trying in the past years to explain Physics to people of all ages, and that is why he has joined Inclusive Business Lab: to make a difference. To make people understand that the possibility of understanding and creating is there.
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David Dai2018 - current
David has worked in the internet web technology industry since 2004, and has extensive experience in the IT field as a web engineer, team leader, technical project manager. He currently works for PayPal, exploring cutting edge Web technologies from back-end to front-end; from infrastructure to DevOps; from Public cloud platforms to Mixed Reality. David holds a BA degree from China in Management majoring in Information System and Information Management. He holds PMI certified project management professional and SCRUM alliance certified SCRUM master. David advocates ethical awareness, gender equality, diversity and inclusion culture in technical organizations, and enjoys mentoring young people who are new in the IT field.
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Megan Ansbro2018 - current
Megan Ansbro joined Inclusive Business Lab Spring 2018. With an insatiable interest in molecular biology and medicine, Megan is pursuing an MD/PhD in a partnership program between the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health. Her work focuses on global health and she is committed to facilitating access to healthcare and access to education. Over the last decade, Megan has taught STEM subjects on four continents, from teaching bedside ultrasound to healthcare workers and students in Tanzania to preparing interactive science lectures for primary school students in low-resource areas near her medical school, University of California, Irvine, in the United States. She has a passion for learning and just as strong, a love of sharing that knowledge with others.
Megan is thrilled to be working with all students, fellows, and supporters of the Inclusive Business Lab's mission and is excited to be a part of the organization as it continues to grow. In addition to her studies and teaching work, Megan is a vocalist in her college choir, King's Voices and she is keen to contribute to the musical endeavors of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2018.
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STEM+

STEM+ Arts & Culture, Communication & Media, Environment & Health, Communities & Societies, Entrepreneurship & Business, Sports.

Violet Lo2014 - current
Violet founded the Inclusive Business Lab & Inclusive Business Foundation, aiming to build a diversified ecosystem for creating inclusive opportunities and developing the next generation of purpose-driven, ethical & global minded leaders of tomorrow. Since its inception in the fall of 2014, the program has impacted more than fifteen thousand young people in Greater China, Asia, UK and Japan, and expects to benefit more than 250,000 next generation and training more than 25,000 trainers globally in the coming years.
Violet received PhD in Mathematics from University of Cambridge, where she was a Croucher Foundation Scholar and was a Supervisor of Studies at Fitzwilliam College. After her PhD in 1997, she took up a University Lectureship teaching Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Manchester (UMIST). From 1998 to 2011, she worked for investment banks in London, New York, Hong Kong, incl. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International, specializing in strategic investments, portfolio allocation & capital management for financial institutions, insurance companies, pension funds in UK, Europe, USA, Pan-Asia (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia).
She has served as an advisor & board director for a micro-finance company in China, Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University School of Social Development & Public Policy, and currently serves as an Honorary Principal for Jiangsu Province Dagang High School in China. She also serves as an executive leadership coach and runs leadership roundtables for business leaders, government officials as well as professors, principals, teachers and student leaders. Violet has been a guest speaker for international conferences and workshops in Asia, Europe, UK and USA.
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Luc Micaelli2015 - current
Luc is an entrepreneur based in Shanghai, who joined Inclusive Business Lab as the first Next Gen Fellow in the autumn of 2015. Luc started the Significant Blog, a website where students, teachers and young leaders from different part of the world can read and share stories of their leadership journeys. He helped to start the Significant Living moment in October 2015, and since then there have been hundreds of significant stories in the blog.
Luc Micaelli is the executive director at Overhand, a company he founded in 2015 to provide smart fitness technology. Prior to Overhand, Luc was for 3 years the head of business and corporate development at Guanxi Inc, a location-based social networking and events platform funded by Singapore Telecom and DFJ. His experience includes driving new projects/coops, managing sales and key accounts, leading online/offline marketing and promotion in China, fundraising and managing relations with investors.
Luc was educated in France, US, and Canada, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. He is passionate about boxing and holds an amateur record of 4 victories and 0 defeat in Shanghai's Brawl on the Bund (audience of ~1300 people).
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Kevin Crooks2016 - current
Dr Kevin Crooks joined Inclusive Business Lab as Next Gen Fellow in Spring 2016. Kevin is passionate about Mathematics, and to see its wider use outside of the academic sphere. After gaining experience supervising Mathematics undergraduates, he started the MathCafe chapter. Students are encouraged to explore uses of STEM+ in a wider context - learning design, communication and leadership within a team. Following responses from these challenges, he grew the Significant Blog, giving a platform for students to share experiences that can encourage and motivate others.
Kevin has a Masters degree from Warwick, and completed his PhD at Cambridge shortly after joining the Next Gen Fellowship Program in 2016. He is now working as a Consultant in London. As the program expands, Kevin continues to help equip and prepare the next generation of inclusive leaders.
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Tsun Lam Leong2017 - current
Tsun Lam Leong is currently a year 3 Bachelor of Science student studying in HKU who joined the IBL organization in the summer of 2017 and was a part of the team that brought 2017 STEM+ Leadership weeks program to high school students in Zhenjiang.
Being a passionate believer in the powers of science to change the world for the better, he wishes to utilize his knowledge in Biochemistry to devise cures for genetic disorders and to alleviate the suffering of those that are unable to fight for themselves. Also, possessing a natural inquisitiveness and the desire to pursue knowledge has led him to work as an intern in the Stem Cell Biology Lab at the School of Biomedical Sciences in HKU, conducting genotyping experiments as part of the research on intervertebral disc degeneration.
Apart from his academic pursuits, Tsun Lam is also interested in participating in various extracurricular activities. He has taken part in Hong Kong based debating and public speaking competitions as well as holding a grade 8 certificate in piano from ABRSM. More recently, he has participated in the Joint University Mass Dance event as a dancer.
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Michael Ruddlesden2017 - current
Michael Ruddlesden joined Inclusive Business Lab in Spring 2017. A medical physics graduate, he is set on breaking down the barriers between academia and the public. His passion for STEM was ignited whilst working in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, aged just 16. He is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, interfacing laser physics with chemistry and nanotechnology, focusing on optical sensors and instrumentation.
A passionate scientific communicator, Michael loves helping open the world of STEM up to members of the public, inspiring younger students to nurture a thirst for knowledge. He ran the City of the Future activity as part of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2017, introducing students to the challenges of renewable energy and urban planning.
He is IBL’s resident videographer, conducting interviews with students and experts across the globe. As well as his STEM pursuits, Michael is a keen musician, regularly performing across the UK and Europe as part of a 10-piece hip-hop ensemble.
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Megan Ansbro2018 - current
Megan Ansbro joined Inclusive Business Lab Spring 2018. With an insatiable interest in molecular biology and medicine, Megan is pursuing an MD/PhD in a partnership program between the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health. Her work focuses on global health and she is committed to facilitating access to healthcare and access to education. Over the last decade, Megan has taught STEM subjects on four continents, from teaching bedside ultrasound to healthcare workers and students in Tanzania to preparing interactive science lectures for primary school students in low-resource areas near her medical school, University of California, Irvine, in the United States. She has a passion for learning and just as strong, a love of sharing that knowledge with others.
Megan is thrilled to be working with all students, fellows, and supporters of the Inclusive Business Lab's mission and is excited to be a part of the organization as it continues to grow. In addition to her studies and teaching work, Megan is a vocalist in her college choir, King's Voices and she is keen to contribute to the musical endeavors of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2018.
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Alejandro Montblanch2018 - current
Alejandro joined Inclusive Business Lab in spring 2018. His passion for science began at high school – he used to look around and wonder what mysteries were hidden behind the little (and not so little) things that took place. And that’s where he began to discover how beautiful it is to observe, understand, and even control Nature. This interest turned into actual passion that led him into Physics, which is what he is doing now as a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. In particular, he strives to develop new technologies for Quantum Information, or as some other people call it, the next generation of Information Processing Technologies.
As a scientist, he does believe the current generations must transmit this passion to the next ones. It is important to realize that understanding deep, non-trivial concepts is within reach of everyone if it is tried hard enough. As an example, many people think of Physics as some sort of black magic, which could not be further away from reality. That is why he has been trying in the past years to explain Physics to people of all ages, and that is why he has joined Inclusive Business Lab: to make a difference. To make people understand that the possibility of understanding and creating is there.
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Charlotte Payne2018 - current
Charlotte Payne is looking forward to joining the team behind the STEM+ Leadership Week 2018. She is a PhD candidate in Zoology at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the potential of edible insects to address problems in the global food system that range from socio-economic inequality to environmental degradation. Her current research focuses on Burkina Faso, West Africa, but since 2008 she has also worked on research projects on edible insects in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Japan, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Madagascar. She is passionate about the importance of science communication: she volunteers for the Cambridge Science Festival, has done several invited talks and presentations at schools and social clubs, writes a regular blog about her research, and has also written several commissioned pieces for media outlets.
Charlotte aims to balance academic research with a passion for social justice, education and empowerment, which has led to several non-academic projects and pursuits, including 6 months working in India for the Deshpande Foundation, an organisation that works to educate and empower social entrepreneurs. Most recently this has included co-direction and production of a physical theatre show, A Luta Continua (“the struggle continues”), about the treatment of women by the UK justice system; she also produced the dance show 2 Sides of the Moon, celebrating the role of women in King’s College Chapel, a traditionally male-dominated space.
She hopes to bring her combined enthusiasm for STEM, social justice and physical theatre to the Inclusive Business Lab.
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Udom Sae-Ueng2019 - current
After receiving a B.A. in Physics at Cornell University, Udom geared his Ph.D. thesis toward the understanding of nano-biological systems of viruses through the application of physical techniques and measurement. He completed his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 and is currently a researcher at National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand. While being specialized in nano-mechanics of bio-systems and biophysics, he has a wide range of interests in science and innovation such as nanotechnology, agriculture, medical technology, and big data. He also enjoys exchanging ideas and telling stories about history of science, innovation, technology, and physics in general to others ranging from middle school students to graduate students and even general audience. He has been a part of the Fellow team and contributed to the Global Inclusive STEM+ Leadership Week in Thailand in 2019. In 2019, he also won the first prize in Falling Walls Lab Thailand competition and represented Thailand for the International Falling Walls Lab competition in Berlin. In his spare time, he likes cooking, playing guitar, snowboarding, and extensively watching American football.
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Kelly Lo2020 - current
Kelly is currently a year-2 Bachelor of Science student studying in HKU, majoring in Food and Nutritional Science, and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. She has developed her interest in science since she was a primary student. She is fascinated by all disciplines of science, including Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology. The ever-changing needs of the society, particularly in disease prevention and recovery, has encouraged her to study nutrition and biotechnology at university.
Her life goal is to devote herself to the global community, especially in public health and food safety. This has led her to join the IBL summer internship as IBL is a global community that nurtures young people in terms of their leadership and interpersonal skills through a variety of training programs and campaigns to provide an ecosystem for business and address poverty.
As a Science student, she is fond of doing research and having discovery. She joined the HKU School of Nursing as a research assistant in a smoking cessation program, which is also a social service program that encourages smokers to quit smoking. Engaging in social services is another goal of hers besides academic pursuits. She aims at utilizing her scientific knowledge in volunteer work such as delivering health messages to the public.
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Sarah Khan2020 - current
Sarah is currently a Science student at the University of Hong Kong. Her inquisitive personality is what attracted her to the world of Science.
Science has intrigued her since childhood and has been her lifetime interest. This interest soon turned into a passion when she got awarded an honor in the International Biology Olympiad- Hong Kong Contest and was invited to attend further training for it. Exposed to multiple fields of Science in the training by esteemed professors, Molecular Biology and Genetics piqued her interest the most. It was then when she decided to pursue a career in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at university. She aspires to be able to make good use of her passion and knowledge in the future to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges of society.
She has been a debater and a speaker from a young age. She loves to keep herself updated with social issues and discuss them. Being an ethnic minority, she understands the obstacles people of color have to go through and wishes to lend them a helping hand and be their voice.
Sarah believes IBL is the perfect platform where she would be able to utilize her talents in both Science and communication to assist and support the younger generations to realize their potential and lead the world.
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Erin Chan2020 - current
Erin is current Bachelor of Science student at the University of Hong Kong who joined the Inclusive Business Lab in 2020. Pursuing her academic career in molecular biology and biotechnology, she wishes to develop eco-friendly technology available-to-all.
Taking up leading roles of various societies, teams, and activities since secondary school, she believes that being a leader is not a matter of age, but of heart. A passionate, empathetic, and responsible heart. She also believes that not everyone is born with the confidence of a leader, but confidence can be built up through different experiences. Therefore, she is here at IBL to empower and inspire.
She likes to express her thoughts and feelings through art, and mostly explores the themes and ideas of local culture and social issues. She loves making music and can play the cello, the electric bass and synthesizers. She has also been an audio engineer and enjoys live shows a lot. Film production and photography are also her interests, and she partook in different production crews since secondary school.
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Samuel Fong2020 - current
Samuel is currently majoring in Financial Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with a strong interest in data analytics and computer science. He wishes to develop anything useful, devote his software engineer mind and business sense to make any meaningful contribution to society.
By the time in high school and university, Samuel immerses himself in a wide variety of after-school activities, which brings him far-reaching benefits. In community services, he takes the leading role in various societies and events, helping related parties and participants to integrate into their belonged community. In digital media, he interests in photography and film production, relishes recording valuable and beautiful moments. In sports, he loves playing basketball, badminton, hiking, and canoeing, once being awarded amateur and currently a sports lover. In music, he enjoys playing piano/keyboard, guitar, and cajón, and adores performance on stage with people who share the same interest.
As the saying goes, if you think you can, you can. Life is fantastic, this motto reminds his passion to work hard, play hard. Joining the Inclusive Business Lab from the winter of 2020, Samuel is ready to widen his horizon and promote positive values for serving society.
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Ysabelle Dizon2020 - current
Ysabelle is currently a Year 3 student at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring Journalism. With the growing population of digital media users, she is eager to deepen her understanding in computer systems and technologies that contribute to the digitalization of media.
Taking courses related to social science and engineering has taught her to better understand social change and how technology can be a useful tool in influencing global inclusivity. Her involvement in different committees and societies in secondary school and university have also taught her that there is power in unity. On the side, she enjoys exploring different genres of music and has become the Programme Secretary of the Music Society at her university. Moreover, she also enjoys preserving memories through videography and video editing. Recently, she has also taken interest in cycling.
Through IBL, she seeks to utilize her skills to contribute to the missions and add value to the team as a whole and to further explore her potential through working with different people.
As the saying goes, NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS, not for oneself but for all!
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OMNIOIKOS

OmniOikos is an e-m-platform that works with businesses to develop a diversified ecosystem of inclusive business opportunities.

Violet Lo2014 - current
Violet founded the Inclusive Business Lab & Inclusive Business Foundation, aiming to build a diversified ecosystem for creating inclusive opportunities and developing the next generation of purpose-driven, ethical & global minded leaders of tomorrow. Since its inception in the fall of 2014, the program has impacted more than fifteen thousand young people in Greater China, Asia, UK and Japan, and expects to benefit more than 250,000 next generation and training more than 25,000 trainers globally in the coming years.
Violet received PhD in Mathematics from University of Cambridge, where she was a Croucher Foundation Scholar and was a Supervisor of Studies at Fitzwilliam College. After her PhD in 1997, she took up a University Lectureship teaching Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Manchester (UMIST). From 1998 to 2011, she worked for investment banks in London, New York, Hong Kong, incl. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International, specializing in strategic investments, portfolio allocation & capital management for financial institutions, insurance companies, pension funds in UK, Europe, USA, Pan-Asia (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia).
She has served as an advisor & board director for a micro-finance company in China, Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University School of Social Development & Public Policy, and currently serves as an Honorary Principal for Jiangsu Province Dagang High School in China. She also serves as an executive leadership coach and runs leadership roundtables for business leaders, government officials as well as professors, principals, teachers and student leaders. Violet has been a guest speaker for international conferences and workshops in Asia, Europe, UK and USA.
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Jacqie Zhang2017 - current
Jacqie is a product manager of eBay based in Shanghai who started to support OmniOikos project since 2017. She provided technical consulting to this project with her 8 years experience working in eBay.
Jacqie Zhang is a partime co-founder of a knowledge sharing platform for cross-border trading industry "Yewen Dianshang", which provides an open environment for CBT trading practitioner to share knowledge and experience. In her leisure, Jacqie also loves traveling and watching movies very much.
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David Dai2018 - current
David has worked in the internet web technology industry since 2004, and has extensive experience in the IT field as a web engineer, team leader, technical project manager. He currently works for PayPal, exploring cutting edge Web technologies from back-end to front-end; from infrastructure to DevOps; from Public cloud platforms to Mixed Reality. David holds a BA degree from China in Management majoring in Information System and Information Management. He holds PMI certified project management professional and SCRUM alliance certified SCRUM master. David advocates ethical awareness, gender equality, diversity and inclusion culture in technical organizations, and enjoys mentoring young people who are new in the IT field.
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BIG DATA & FEEDBACK

Violet Lo2014 - current
Violet founded the Inclusive Business Lab & Inclusive Business Foundation, aiming to build a diversified ecosystem for creating inclusive opportunities and developing the next generation of purpose-driven, ethical & global minded leaders of tomorrow. Since its inception in the fall of 2014, the program has impacted more than fifteen thousand young people in Greater China, Asia, UK and Japan, and expects to benefit more than 250,000 next generation and training more than 25,000 trainers globally in the coming years.
Violet received PhD in Mathematics from University of Cambridge, where she was a Croucher Foundation Scholar and was a Supervisor of Studies at Fitzwilliam College. After her PhD in 1997, she took up a University Lectureship teaching Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Manchester (UMIST). From 1998 to 2011, she worked for investment banks in London, New York, Hong Kong, incl. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International, specializing in strategic investments, portfolio allocation & capital management for financial institutions, insurance companies, pension funds in UK, Europe, USA, Pan-Asia (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia).
She has served as an advisor & board director for a micro-finance company in China, Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University School of Social Development & Public Policy, and currently serves as an Honorary Principal for Jiangsu Province Dagang High School in China. She also serves as an executive leadership coach and runs leadership roundtables for business leaders, government officials as well as professors, principals, teachers and student leaders. Violet has been a guest speaker for international conferences and workshops in Asia, Europe, UK and USA.
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Jing Yu2018 - current
Jing Yu is a bioinformatician based in the University of Oxford working on rare human genetic diseases. He finished his PhD in genetics in the University of Nottingham, before moving to the University of Belfast for studying the molecular pathways underlying bacteria’s drug resistance. Built upon his enthusiasm on programming and self-taught statistics, he has successfully built an interdisciplinary career with a focus on whole genome sequencing in relation with human Mendelian diseases. He also has interests in big data, machine learning and data visualisation.
Jing Yu also enjoys helping young students, boosting their confidence in pursuing their future career. He has mentored several high-school students, and still keeps connection with them after they entered University.
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STORY & MEDIA

Media & communication, design, marketing & branding: from filming & photography, social media to system digital marketing.

Ming Fang Hsieh 2014 - current
Ming is co-founder of Inclusive Business Foundation. He serves as a key liaison coordinator and oversees communications and strategic editorial support for the development of the curriculum. He supports the program globally and helps to develop the Training the Trainers Leadership Roundtables (TTLR) curriculum which has been piloted successfully in China and Asia for the past five years. He edits the TTLR booklet which has been translated into many languages including English, Chinese, Thai and Japanese. He also serves as an interpreter and translator for the guest speakers of the Global Inclusive Leadership Next Gen Program. He gives guidance and offers advice for the submission and presentation of students’ stories including those in the “Never too Young to Lead” series.
Ming studied political science and history at National Taiwan University and Cambridge University. Combining his interest in history and languages, he is currently researching on the historical development of the English language with the hope of helping students to learn and expand English vocabulary with ease.
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Michael Ruddlesden2017 - current
Michael Ruddlesden joined Inclusive Business Lab in Spring 2017. A medical physics graduate, he is set on breaking down the barriers between academia and the public. His passion for STEM was ignited whilst working in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, aged just 16. He is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, interfacing laser physics with chemistry and nanotechnology, focusing on optical sensors and instrumentation.
A passionate scientific communicator, Michael loves helping open the world of STEM up to members of the public, inspiring younger students to nurture a thirst for knowledge. He ran the City of the Future activity as part of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2017, introducing students to the challenges of renewable energy and urban planning.
He is IBL’s resident videographer, conducting interviews with students and experts across the globe. As well as his STEM pursuits, Michael is a keen musician, regularly performing across the UK and Europe as part of a 10-piece hip-hop ensemble.
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Isabella Coles2019 - current
Isabella joined the Inclusive Business Lab as a Next Gen Fellow in September 2019. Isabella was educated in Austria, USA, and the UK. She completed her master’s degree at the Oriental Institute of Oxford University, where she studied Middle Eastern history and languages. She also holds an undergraduate degree in History and Russian from UCL, where she spent nearly two years studying in Russia. In addition to working with students in developing their individual stories, Isabella is an avid footballer, and is hoping to help equip and prepare the next generation of leaders through the introduction of Inclusive Football! Students are encouraged to work together - learning football strategy, communication, and leadership within a team. She enjoys travel writing and is particularly active in supporting the empowerment and accessibility of solo-travel for young women. Isabella hopes to help facilitate the cultivation of courage and confidence in the next generation of global-minded inclusive leaders.
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Tako Suzuki2020 - current
Tatsuhiko (Tako) Suzuki is currently a second year Economics student at Keio University in Tokyo. With a strong passion in film and broadcast at a young age, Tatsuhiko had the privilege to accumulate numerous experiences from local news broadcasting to working with professionals from the film industry.
In his high school years, Tatsuhiko founded a campus TV station that livestreamed daily morning announcements as well as establishing a press team for multiple large-scale conventions. His team also strengthened its livestreaming department by providing service for events such as graduation and concerts. As a university student now, Tatsuhiko continues to follow his passion in film and broadcast landing him an assistant position at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Broadcasting Service department and internship opportunities for film conventions in the US.
With his background, Tatsuhiko delivers quality broadcast and livestream across different sectors and plans to utilize his digital media skills to share the unique stories of individuals as well as capturing memorable moments for Inclusive Business Lab.
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Holly Qu2020 - current
Holly will be a first year at Columbia University in the city of New York this fall, studying English literature. Her passions lie in exploring the intersections of journalism and student activism. Holly is actively involved in Model United Nations, having hosted a student-led conference of over 150 participants in 2019, because she believes in the power of civil discourse and the need for student empowerment. Her journalistic experiences at That’s magazine and her high school’s media platform have continuously proved to her that every individual has a unique story to tell—and to tell it is an honor. In school, Holly is an avid volleyball player, member of several honor societies, and coffee addict. She looks forward to helping our next generation of leaders find their voices and develop their own stories.
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Sarah Khan2020 - current
Sarah is currently a Science student at the University of Hong Kong. Her inquisitive personality is what attracted her to the world of Science.
Science has intrigued her since childhood and has been her lifetime interest. This interest soon turned into a passion when she got awarded an honor in the International Biology Olympiad- Hong Kong Contest and was invited to attend further training for it. Exposed to multiple fields of Science in the training by esteemed professors, Molecular Biology and Genetics piqued her interest the most. It was then when she decided to pursue a career in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at university. She aspires to be able to make good use of her passion and knowledge in the future to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges of society.
She has been a debater and a speaker from a young age. She loves to keep herself updated with social issues and discuss them. Being an ethnic minority, she understands the obstacles people of color have to go through and wishes to lend them a helping hand and be their voice.
Sarah believes IBL is the perfect platform where she would be able to utilize her talents in both Science and communication to assist and support the younger generations to realize their potential and lead the world.
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Zara Cheung2020 - current
Zara is currently a year-1 Bachelor of Social Science student studying in the Education University of Hong Kong (EDU), majoring in Global and Environmental Studies. She has a passion for the global issue on the environment, she hopes to explore more global issues as well as boost up the awareness to more people.
During the daily life, she has an interest in photo-taking and editing videos. She hopes that through combining every clips of videos into a memory can be a record for her life which can also pass the messages to more peoples. Indeed, under this pandemic situation that everyone is going through, her goal is to pass positive messages to the young generation since it is not easy for everyone to keep smiling for their life, passing the positive spirit to the youngers is meaningful.
Zara is a STEM Intern at IBL during the 2020 summer. Her enthusiasm about joining an organization during her year-1 university life had equipped her skills in teamwork as well as coordination with different peoples through organizing different kinds of activities to classmates. She hopes that working together with other university students can be an opportunity to equipped herself to become a leader and transferring positive values to the younger generation.
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Kelly Lo2020 - current
Kelly is currently a year-2 Bachelor of Science student studying in HKU, majoring in Food and Nutritional Science, and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. She has developed her interest in science since she was a primary student. She is fascinated by all disciplines of science, including Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology. The ever-changing needs of the society, particularly in disease prevention and recovery, has encouraged her to study nutrition and biotechnology at university.
Her life goal is to devote herself to the global community, especially in public health and food safety. This has led her to join the IBL summer internship as IBL is a global community that nurtures young people in terms of their leadership and interpersonal skills through a variety of training programs and campaigns to provide an ecosystem for business and address poverty.
As a Science student, she is fond of doing research and having discovery. She joined the HKU School of Nursing as a research assistant in a smoking cessation program, which is also a social service program that encourages smokers to quit smoking. Engaging in social services is another goal of hers besides academic pursuits. She aims at utilizing her scientific knowledge in volunteer work such as delivering health messages to the public.
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Isannia Manuel2020 - current
Isannia is currently a penultimate student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), majoring in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Driven to fulfill her potential, she takes joy in challenges that allow her to broaden her knowledge and skills, and is passionate in pursuing anything with excellence.
Beyond her academics, Isannia takes a strong interest in art and design, as well as event management. As a current youth leader of her church community, she is active in coordinating youth activities for the community. She also embraces creativity in sharing her faith by leading their social media team and assisting with other divisions of their creative ministry, such as graphics, music, dance, and writing.
As part of the IBL Team, Isannia is not only keen on nurturing her skills, but is zealous to use her knowledge from her studies and experience from her leadership roles to support the mission of the organization.
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Ysabelle Dizon2020 - current
Ysabelle is currently a Year 3 student at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring Journalism. With the growing population of digital media users, she is eager to deepen her understanding in computer systems and technologies that contribute to the digitalization of media.
Taking courses related to social science and engineering has taught her to better understand social change and how technology can be a useful tool in influencing global inclusivity. Her involvement in different committees and societies in secondary school and university have also taught her that there is power in unity. On the side, she enjoys exploring different genres of music and has become the Programme Secretary of the Music Society at her university. Moreover, she also enjoys preserving memories through videography and video editing. Recently, she has also taken interest in cycling.
Through IBL, she seeks to utilize her skills to contribute to the missions and add value to the team as a whole and to further explore her potential through working with different people.
As the saying goes, NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS, not for oneself but for all!
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Molly Chen2020 - current
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Cherry Zhang 2020 - current
Cherry is entering her first year as an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto studying humanities, and is excited to be a part of the IBL team. With a passion for film and writing, she hopes her affinity for storytelling can be a channel to amplify those voices that deserve recognition.
In high school, Cherry has explored the use of language in varying mediums. She has made video feature stories on interesting locals, and managed the original written content for her campus’s news network. Her favorite experience, however, was working with a small group to write and produce an original play for charity—like a true theatre kid.
When she isn’t knee-deep in work, Cherry enjoys discovering new musical theatre obsessions, rewatching Disney films, and just doing things with a lot of joy and heart. She wants to be a part of something, like IBL, that brings hope during dark times.
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Erin Chan 2020 - current
Erin is current Bachelor of Science student at the University of Hong Kong who joined the Inclusive Business Lab in 2020. Pursuing her academic career in molecular biology and biotechnology, she wishes to develop eco-friendly technology available-to-all.
Taking up leading roles of various societies, teams, and activities since secondary school, she believes that being a leader is not a matter of age, but of heart. A passionate, empathetic, and responsible heart. She also believes that not everyone is born with the confidence of a leader, but confidence can be built up through different experiences. Therefore, she is here at IBL to empower and inspire.
She likes to express her thoughts and feelings through art, and mostly explores the themes and ideas of local culture and social issues. She loves making music and can play the cello, the electric bass and synthesizers. She has also been an audio engineer and enjoys live shows a lot. Film production and photography are also her interests, and she partook in different production crews since secondary school.
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MUSIC

Inclusive music & performance, forming one of the cornerstones of the next generation leadership program.

Melissa Huang2016 - current
Melissa Huang obtained her B.M. and M.M. with U.S.C.’s departmental award. She has performed as principal viola with the Taipei Philharmonic orchestra, toured Asia, U.S. and Europe. She has won the Leni Fe Bland competition, Concerto competition of USC, the International Peninsula Music Competition, and was four times 1st prize winner of the National String Competition of Taiwan. Miss Huang has been featured as a soloist with the USC Symphony Orchestra, Formosa, Kuan-Ren, Yue-Lin, and Yue-Shing-Zhi-Shi Symphony Orchestras, and El Camino Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 1998, she performed with New York String Seminar at Carnegie Hall. In 2003, she was as a soloist on Penisula TV’s “Inside Arts Show” Program. She serves as viola section coach for El Camino Youth Symphony and also plays as principal viola for Fremont Symphony Orchestra since 2001.
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Michael Ruddlesden2017 - current
Michael Ruddlesden joined Inclusive Business Lab in Spring 2017. A medical physics graduate, he is set on breaking down the barriers between academia and the public. His passion for STEM was ignited whilst working in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, aged just 16. He is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, interfacing laser physics with chemistry and nanotechnology, focusing on optical sensors and instrumentation.
A passionate scientific communicator, Michael loves helping open the world of STEM up to members of the public, inspiring younger students to nurture a thirst for knowledge. He ran the City of the Future activity as part of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2017, introducing students to the challenges of renewable energy and urban planning.
He is IBL’s resident videographer, conducting interviews with students and experts across the globe. As well as his STEM pursuits, Michael is a keen musician, regularly performing across the UK and Europe as part of a 10-piece hip-hop ensemble.
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Jaliya Senanayake2017 - current
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U-Learn Lee2017 - current
U-Learn is best known for his unique artistic style suffused with grace and charm. He began with a Master degree in Security Management from University of Houston and shortly after managed safety and security fora large company, later acted as sports anchor for Houston Rockets, and a broadcast host. U-Learn dabbled in NASA’s space education program for Taiwanese children.
One should not underestimate his special gift as a musician. He learned whistling at 4 years under the tutelage of his father, a master whistler, and performed on stage at 7 years. Later, laughed at by classmates, he began practicing covert whistling in shame, refusing to be heard by anyone. Unexpectedly discovered, he was invited to whistle in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall accompanied by a full orchestra in sell out performance. People were amazed that he could both pucker for simple songs and present artistically elegant melodies. U-Learn believed anyone could whistle, until he realized his ability. He now dedicates his heart and energy to promoting “Lip Music”. He dreams one day to create a “Lip Music Choir”.
“Make Me A Channel”, the first Lip-Music Jazz album, was released in 2012. His lips led to three invitations to perform: at Taiwan’s equivalent of the White House, in a McDonald’s advertisement, and on the international stage. Whistling is his special gesture of gratitude to family and friends who love and support him.
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Alejandro Montblanch2018 - current
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Megan Ansbro2018 - current
Megan Ansbro is looking forward to joining Inclusive Business Lab this Spring 2018. With an insatiable interest in molecular biology and medicine, Megan is pursuing an MD/PhD in a partnership program between the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health. Her work focuses on global health and she is committed to facilitating access to healthcare and access to education. Over the last decade, Megan has taught STEM subjects on four continents, from teaching bedside ultrasound to healthcare workers and students in Tanzania to preparing interactive science lectures for primary school students in low-resource areas near her medical school, University of California, Irvine, in the United States. She has a passion for learning and just as strong, a love of sharing that knowledge with others.
Megan is thrilled to be working with all students, fellows, and supporters of the Inclusive Business Lab's mission and is excited to be a part of the organization as it continues to grow. In addition to her studies and teaching work, Megan is a vocalist in her college choir, King's Voices and she is keen to contribute to the musical endeavors of the STEM+ Leadership Week 2018.
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Erin Chan2020 - current
Erin is current Bachelor of Science student at the University of Hong Kong who joined the Inclusive Business Lab during summer of 2020. Pursuing her academic career in molecular biology and biotechnology, she wishes to develop eco-friendly technology available-to-all.
Taking up leading roles of various societies, teams, and activities since secondary school, she believes that being a leader is not a matter of age, but of heart. A passionate, empathetic, and responsible heart. She also believes that not everyone is born with the confidence of a leader, but confidence can be built up through different experiences. Therefore, she is here at IBL to empower and inspire.
She likes to express her thoughts and feelings through art, and mostly explores the themes and ideas of local culture and social issues. She loves making music and can play the cello, the electric bass and synthesizers. She has also been an audio engineer and enjoys live shows a lot. Film production and photography are also her interests, and she partook in different production crews since secondary school.
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Reece Lee2020 - current
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Cherry Zhang2020 - current
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Holly Qu2020 - current
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Ysabelle Dizon2020 - current
Ysabelle is currently a Year 3 student at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring Journalism. With the growing population of digital media users, she is eager to deepen her understanding in computer systems and technologies that contribute to the digitalization of media.
Taking courses related to social science and engineering has taught her to better understand social change and how technology can be a useful tool in influencing global inclusivity. Her involvement in different committees and societies in secondary school and university have also taught her that there is power in unity. On the side, she enjoys exploring different genres of music and has become the Programme Secretary of the Music Society at her university. Moreover, she also enjoys preserving memories through videography and video editing. Recently, she has also taken interest in cycling.
Through IBL, she seeks to utilize her skills to contribute to the missions and add value to the team as a whole and to further explore her potential through working with different people.
As the saying goes, NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS, not for oneself but for all!
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Samuel Fong2020 - current
Samuel is currently majoring in Financial Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with a strong interest in data analytics and computer science. He wishes to develop anything useful, devote his software engineer mind and business sense to make any meaningful contribution to society.
By the time in high school and university, Samuel immerses himself in a wide variety of after-school activities, which brings him far-reaching benefits. In community services, he takes the leading role in various societies and events, helping related parties and participants to integrate into their belonged community. In digital media, he interests in photography and film production, relishes recording valuable and beautiful moments. In sports, he loves playing basketball, badminton, hiking, and canoeing, once being awarded amateur and currently a sports lover. In music, he enjoys playing piano/keyboard, guitar, and cajón, and adores performance on stage with people who share the same interest.
As the saying goes, if you think you can, you can. Life is fantastic, this motto reminds his passion to work hard, play hard. Joining the Inclusive Business Lab from the winter of 2020, Samuel is ready to widen his horizon and promote positive values for serving society.
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