Prof. CHAU Wilton
Professor Wilton Chau
Chairman, Pan Asia Venture Development Platform
Founding CFO (Honorary), Asia Entrepreneurship Education Alliance
Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship, Associate Director - MBA Programs, CUHK Business School
Professor Chau has over 28-year extensive experience in venture development and investment in the Asian Pacific region. Currently he is the Founding Chairman of QLeap Venture Fund, a venture capital fund mainly investing in Asian early-stage technology ventures; Chairman of Pan Asia Venture Development Platform (PAVD) www.pavd.inf ; the Founding Joint CFO (Honorary) of the Asia Entrepreneurship Education Alliance (AEEA), an alliance formed by 24 renowned universities from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore; the Founding Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network; and a Founding Council member of the Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization. In addition, Professor Chau sits in the Board of several technology ventures and listed companies.
In the academic area, he is a Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and an Associate Director of the MBA Programs, teaching MBA and EMBA courses in the topics of new venture creation, entrepreneurship, venture capital and private equity in CUHK Business School, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (“CUHK”). He is also a visiting professor in the Asia University, Taiwan. Other than teaching postgraduate courses, PAVD cooperates with the CUHK MBA Programs to help students developing technology ventures in Asia. Its current portfolio consists of technology projects from China, Hong Kong, USA and Taiwan. Besides, he is an Advisor to the Business Accelerators in National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).
Apart from contributing to the entrepreneurship education in CUHK, he is also the External Examiner (BBA entrepreneurship) of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia; a member of the Business Entrepreneurship Support & Training (BEST) Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Baptist University; a member of the Advisory Committee (Business Degree) in the Singapore SIM University; and an International Panel Member of Pelita Harapan University (PHU) at Medan, Indonesia.
Professor Chau has obtained a bachelor degree in applied maths, a law degree, a master degree and a doctorate degree in business administration. He is also a fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom.
周志偉教授
香泛亞創業投資平台主席
亞洲創業教育聯盟創會聯席(榮譽)財務總監
香港中文大學商學院創業實務教授工商管理碩士課程副主任
周教授擁有超過28年創業及項目投資的豐富經驗,項目遍佈中國及其它亞洲國家。他是進躍創業基金的創辦人兼董事長,專注投資亞洲科技領域創業基金。同時,他亦創立泛亞創業投資平台、擔任由24間中國、台灣、香港及新加坡知名學府組成之亞洲創業教育聯盟的創會聯席(榮譽)財務總監、香港天使投資脈絡創會副主席及香港生物科技協會創會董事之職。另外,周教授亦是多家科技企業及上市公司董事,創業經驗豐富。
周教授在學術界亦極為活躍,現兼任香港中文大學商學院創業實務教授及工商管理碩士課程副主任,為其工商管理碩士(MBA)課程及行政人員工商管理碩士(EMBA)課程,設計及教授科技創業、創業投資及創業融資等學科。他也是台灣亞洲大學的特聘教授。在教授碩士課程以外,他的泛亞創業投資平台(www.pavd.info),與香港中文大學工商管理碩士課程合作,為學生提供亞洲科技創業機會並協助其發展。目前投資組合包括來自香港的理工及科技大學、美國及台灣的科技項目。另外,周教授亦擔任台灣經濟部企業加速計劃 - 國立交通大學企業加速器B-聯盟顧問。
除了為香港中文大學創業教育作出貢獻外,周教授也是馬來西亞拉曼大學(UTAR)工商管理學士創業課程校外考官、香港浸會大學創業支持及訓練(BEST)委員會委員、新加坡新躍大學(UniSIM)商業學課程諮詢委員會委員及印尼棉蘭Pelita Harapa大學(UPH)國際委員會成員。
周教授擁有英國特許公認會計師公會高級專業會計師資格,應用數學學士學位、法律學士學位、工商管理碩士學位及博士學位。