Poman Lo

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rdf:langString Poman Lo (Chinese: 羅寶文) is founder and faculty advisor of the Institute of Sustainability and Technology, a Hong Kong non-profit organization that is supported by Century City Group and in partnership with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (where she was appointed in 2022 as Adjunct Professor of Management), with a mission to train the next generation of ESG talent via educational programs, interdisciplinary research, and thought leadership initiatives. Poman is also founder and managing partner of AlphaTrio Capital, an Asian sustainable technology fund that empowers solutions for environmental and social challenges by investing in early-stage startups in green tech, agrifood tech, and financial tech for financial inclusion. In the area of Web3, she has been a pioneer by founding MetaGreen, the world's first green metropolis in the metaverse, which is a collaborative ecosystem of likeminded partners co-creating a progressive green movement to inspire decarbonisation and behavioural changes in the consumer and business communities. Poman serves as the vice chairman and managing director of Century City International Holdings Limited and Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited. Poman also founded Bodhi Love Foundation, a Hong Kong registered charity dedicated to nurturing the next generation of global citizens and leaders. As of 2022, the charity's flagship SEED (Social, Emotional, Ethical Development) pilot program has trained over 100 Hong Kong kindergarten teachers in mindfulness, with a view to fostering the critical skills for the development of self-awareness, empathy, and interconnectedness in young children. Bodhi Love Foundation has also recently announced the establishment of MetaGreen Academy, the first metaverse-based secondary school green curriculum, developed in partnership with HKUST. To inspire positive values and character development among children, Poman launched Bodhi and Friends, an edutainment venture based on her pet dog that had become China's first global cartoon brand by 2016, as the first and only one to be licensed by industry leaders such as Mattel, Scholastic, and Minecraft for global toys, games, and children books. She also partnered with KFC and distributed over 3 million Bodhi and Friends bilingual books among 4,000 KFC outlets in China. She is a frequently sought-after public speaker and thought leader in the areas of sustainability, green finance, and management, including having accepted invitations to speak by the Milken Institute, UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, and more. Poman holds the distinction of being the only person in Hong Kong to have received the “Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award,” the “Outstanding Young Person Award of Hong Kong” and “Outstanding Young Person of the World Award.” In 2015, she became the first female Asian recipient of the Oslo Business for Peace Award by the Business for Peace Foundation in Norway, which recognizes business leaders who strive to improve society by creating value for all stakeholders in an ethical and responsible way.