When the World Shifts: Albert Leung on Action, Craft and Courage in Hong Kong Cinema Every time an industry changes, it creates space for new voices, new methods, and a different kind of courage. On the evening of 29 October 2026 at The Refinery Club in Taikoo Place, that idea sat at the centre of The Refinery Dialogues as director, actor and producer Albert Leung took the audience behind the scenes of Stuntman (武替道) and the broader craft of Hong Kong action filmmaking. Moder

Hervé Gloaguen Appointed Strategic Advisor to the Inaugural CRO Chief Risk Officer Conference, Hong Kong in March 2027 The Inaugural CRO Chief Risk Officer Conference, taking place in Hong Kong in March 2027, is proud to announce the appointment of Hervé Gloaguen as Strategic Advisor. This appointment brings one of the most experienced global voices in audit, compliance, and risk into the heart of the conference’s development. Hervé is the Founder and CEO of Paracas-Advisors

Andrew Chan FCA Co-Chairs the 6th Annual FutureCFO Hong Kong Conference: Forging Future Advantage Through Risk-Informed Finance Leadership On 15 October 2026, 215 finance leaders from across industries gathered at the Kowloon Shangri-La for the 6th Annual FutureCFO Hong Kong Conference, themed “Forging Future Advantage.” The day delivered targeted sessions, interactive Q&As, and peer networking on re-engineering cost frameworks, upskilling finance teams, and building connecte

As Bruce Lee would say - “All Knowledge is Ultimately Self Knowledge” I am not the kind of person who set out to collect badges and designations. As a proud Fellow Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the FCA badge is one that I put next to my name. First, Andrew Chan, FCA differentiates other “Andrew Chan” when searching on LinkedIn. As a past Chair of the Hong Kong Council and a passionate Global Risk Advocate for more CRO Chief Risk Officer roles that champions

Living Smarter in the Age of AI On the evening of 8 October 2026, CRO Chief Risk Officer X The Helena May X The Hong Kong Metropolitan University hosted a fireside chat with Professor Ricky Y.K. Kwok, moderated by Global Risk Advocate Andrew Chan FCA. The focus was practical: how AI can make daily life easier, and which traps to avoid. Professor Kwok highlighted real gains in learning (faster synthesis and practice materials), productivity (summaries, drafting, organisation),

For the CRO Chief Risk Officer Community - Transition Finance Is Now a Core Risk Mandate — Not a Side Conversation On 7 September 2026, as part of Hong Kong Green Week, the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR) joined IFR Asia hosted and Crédit Agricole CIB for the Sustainable Finance Roundtable: The Road to Net Zero. The panel — moderated by Morgan M. Davis of IFR Asia, with Dr Giorgio Valente of (HKIMR), Antoine Rose (Crédit Agricole CIB) and Yoshi

CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports ESG XCHANGE 2026: Climate Risk Is Already a Board Decision — Not a Sustainability Slide Andrew Chan FCA · 23 September 2026 · 4 min read On 9 September 2026 the World Green Organisation brought finance, technology, insurance, government and civil society into the same room at AWS Hong Kong in Causeway Bay. ESG XCHANGE 2026 was billed as a Sustainable Finance & Climate Innovation Exchange. From a CRO seat, it was something more precise

Turning Long-Shots into Winning Propositions: Key Takeaways from The Refinery Dialogue with Case Everaert Whether you are seeking executive buy-in for a major risk framework transformation or pitching a high-stakes initiative to the board, executive persuasion comes down to structured communication. At a recent session of The Refinery Dialogue at The Refinery Club in Taikoo Place, Case Everaert, Partner at Black Isle Global, delivered an insightful breakdown on mastering the

Andrew Chan FCA, CRO Chief Risk Officer Community attends the Medtech World Asia Hong Kong VIP Evening Reception at Grand Hyatt on 27 August CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports the Medtech World Asia Hong Kong VIP Evening Reception at the Pool Bar at the Grand Hyatt on 27 August 2026. It’s a fitting finish after a long day of taking actions and more important integrating med tech risks into decision making processes. Stay connected If you lead risk, audit, compliance, q

CRO Chief Risk Officer, Andrew Chan FCA signs on the wall with “CRO” at the GS1 Hong Kong - 12th Food Safety Forum at HKPC on 28 August 2026 From source to table, food safety is no longer a quality checklist. It is enterprise risk. Last Friday at the Hong Kong Productivity Council, CRO Chief Risk Officer Community supported the GS1 Hong Kong convened its 12th Food Safety Forum under the theme “Feeding the Future: Advancing Safe and Sustainable Food Through Technology.” Around

Andrew Chan FCA, CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports MedTech World Asia 2026 Day 1: Integrate Risk into Decision Making at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 27 August 2026 The awards gala on Day 0 named the companies. Day 1 named the decisions. At HKCEC the floor opened, eight companies took the Main Stage, and an invite-only room spent midday on a quieter question: what still kills a MedTech deal after the term sheet looks good. That is not a compliance afte

Andrew Chan FCA, CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports Bitcoin Asia 2026nat Hong Kong Convention Centre on 27-28 August CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports Bitcoin Asia 2026: What a CRO Actually Heard in Hong Kong Hong Kong spent two days last week as Asia’s Bitcoin capital. Bitcoin Asia 2026 at HKCEC was not a retail rally. It was a room of treasurers, policymakers, exchange founders, miners, and family offices asking a quieter question: how do we integrate all the

Andrew Chan FCA CRO Chief Risk Officer attends as VIP guest at the inaugural MedTech World Asia Awards Gala — Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 26 August 2026. The first MedTech World Asia Awards Gala — 5,500 public votes, a steering committee holding the other half of the score, and a room of founders, clinicians, investors, regulators and operators who had come to name what is actually moving healthcare forward across Asia. That is a CRO conversation, whether or not th

CRO Chief Risk Officer, Andrew Chan FCA with Chairman of Hong Kong Digital Finance Association at Dairy Fringe on 26 August 2026 Last week, the digital asset and fintech and risk community gathered at the historic Fringe Dairy at Hong Kong Fringe Club for one of the more useful afternoons the city’s digital assets calendar has produced this year. The event brought security architects, policy specialists, media veterans and risk and technologists into the same room — not to ce

Morris Hui, Founder and Chairman of Finex Club leads the FASB at the CRO Chief Risk Officer, Andrew Chan FCA hosted event at The Refinery Club When the Board Meets the Algorithm CRO Chief Risk Officer at FinEx Club’s inaugural FSAB meeting, first anniversary, and AI keynote The Refinery Club, Taikoo Place — 16 July 2026 A first anniversary is usually a toast. This one was a working session. FinEx Club convened its first formal Financial Strategic Advisory Board (FSAB) meeting

Andrew Chan, professional member of Film Critics Circle of Australia will be supporting the whole film festival and moderating the Closing Film on 30 August 2026 Be Water Between Worlds Supporting — and moderating — the Third Culture Film Festival at Soho House This weekend, a quiet circle closes in Sheung Wan. From 28–30 August 2026, the Third Culture Film Festival returns to the city where the idea was first conceived a decade ago. The Hong Kong Showcase at Soho House is pr

Andrew Chan FCA at Google Hong Kong Office on 21 August 2026 Last Friday, CRO Chief Risk Officer Community supported the Google Hong Kong and Admazes filled the Google office for “Grow Smarter” — a practical session on how SMEs can deploy AI, Google Cloud, Google Ads and MarTech to unlock efficiency and growth. Speakers from Google Ads, OCBC and SmarTone Solutions showed what is now possible when digital tools are used with intent. Thank you for the organisers Admazes and Goo

Andrew Chan FCA, attends as 2022 Chairman - CA ANZ Hong Kong President’s Dinner & Awards Ceremony 2026 held on 20th August at Hopewell Hotel. CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports CA ANZ Hong Kong President’s Dinner & Awards Ceremony 2026 on 20 August 2026. It was a privilege to see the CA ANZ Hong Kong community gather for the President’s Dinner & Awards Ceremony 2026, welcoming President Naomi Walsh FCA FAICD, Asia Councillor Datuk Umar Swift FCA and International Leade

CRO Chief Risk Officer Community Supports Building Resilient Food Systems in a Dense City: Reflections on Green Drinks HK’s Food Security & Sovereignty Panel on 19 August 2026 On 19 August 2026, Green Drinks HK brought together risk practitioners, green researchers and community voices at Café 8 Central for a timely panel on Food Security & Sovereignty, In a city as dense, urbanised and import-dependent as Hong Kong, the conversation felt both urgent and practical. Raymond Ya

Andrew Chan FCA attends the Canon’s NEXTech: AI Agent in Action on 18 August 2026 at JW Marriott AI Agents Are Here. Who Owns the Guardrails? Canon’s NEXTech: AI Agent in Action drew over 500 industry leaders. The debate is no longer whether to deploy AI agents — it is how to do it without uncontrolled risk. Key takeaways for CRO Chief Risk Officers, drawn from the speakers: Synergy needs controls. Jeffrey Kung (Canon Hong Kong) highlighted the power of talent + AI agents + d