Richard WELFORD is one of the founders and the chairman of CSR Asia based in Hong Kong. He is also a professor at the University of Hong Kong and a director of ERP Environment, a UK-based publisher.

Richard has considerable expertise in international business, environmental management and corporate social responsibility. He has been working with businesses in these areas for 20 years. He has worked for the Samsung Corporation in Korea and carried out research for the UN in South East Asia . He currently advises the Swire Group and Cathay Pacific and has worked as a consultant to the MTR Corporation in Hong Kong . Other clients have included the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, Oxfam, the Business Environment Council, TXU Europe and The Body Shop.

He has written 15 books and over 100 articles relating to globalization, international business, environmental management, human rights and social responsibility. He has carried out a number of surveys on corporate social responsibility and sustainable development across the world making him one of the few people to be able to evaluate exactly the state of play with regard to Asia.

Stephen FROST Stephen Frost is one of the co-founders and an executive director of CSR Asia. He is also an assistant professor at the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong. He is in high demand as a speaker internationally, has consulted for numerous companies, governments and multilateral organisations, and is widely published. He is regularly interviewed by local and international media organisations, and he sits on the advisory boards of major corporations and CSR initiatives internationally.

Stephen has been involved in CSR in the Asia-Pacific region since 2000, when he moved to Hong Kong. Since that time, he has focused on issues surrounding supply chains and workplace standards. He has worked with numerous local and multinational companies on a host of other issues, ranging from consulting on the implementation of CSR systems to factory training and stakeholder dialogue.

He developed and taught the first CSR modules in MBA programs in Chinese universities, developed and taught the first undergraduate CSR course in Asia, and along with his co-founder offered the first public training of CSR in the Asia-Pacific. He helped develop an innovative factory training program for Chinese factories, and led a team to develop capacity building for Chinese organizations to deliver service to companies in supply chains. He is a recognised pioneer in CSR in Asia.

Erin LYON is an executive director of CSR Asia based in Singapore. Erin is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, having trained with and worked for the international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer both in Europe and Asia.. Erin has worked in Asia in a variety of roles, including as a teacher and journalist. In the UK she was a national executive representative in one of the largest unions representing the interests of students globally.

Based in Singapore Erin advises companies and other organisations and teaches Ethics and Social Responsibility at Singapore Management University and Corporate Governance at SAICSA. Erin studied in the UK acquiring an undergraduate degree from the University of Exeter and completed her postgraduate legal studies at the College of Law.

Brian Chi-kuen HO is the Director of CSR Asia’s Beijing Office and manages business operations in mainland China. He has extensive experience in handling projects on sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR), and focuses on stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting and management of corporate-NGO partnerships. Before joining CSR Asia, he worked as a researcher at the City University of Hong Kong and the Assistant Editor of the Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences. He is also the Vice-Secretary General and the Director of International Affairs of the Chinese Executive Committee of the Global Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GBC), the Vice-Secretary General of the Committee of Nvwa Education Project on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria supported by the Chinese government; and Executive Editor of Female Wa Magazine. He received his Bachelor of Social Sciences from City University of Hong Kong and a Master of Social Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of South Australia.

Rikke NETTERSTROM is Country Director, Malaysia for CSR Asia. Rikke has over 10 years multi-sector experience in corporate responsibility strategy, stakeholder engagement and communications. She was responsible for environmental and social issues for two of the world’s sustainability leader - The Body Shop International plc and Novozymes A/S, preparing strategies for over 50 markets globally.

As an investment analyst and a public affairs consultant, she provided advisory services to multinational companies within a range of sectors, including consumer goods, agrichemicals and financial institutions. She has worked extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, delivering workshops at Board and senior management level in China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the US. Rikke was closely involved in the creation of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil as an Executive Board member, and continues to provide advisory services to companies in the oil palm sector. She holds an MSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School and postgraduate qualifications from Thammasat University, Thailand.

Catherine WALTER is heading up the co-ordination and delivery of CSR Asia's consultancy services. She has a business background in management systems, communications, marketing and business strategy. She has lived and worked in the US, the EU and South America. Catherine has experience in a range of corporate environmental management tools including research, data analysis, auditing and reporting. She has particular experience with conservation, biodiversity and community development projects. She has managed research and other publication projects, most recently a CSR survey of the member companies of the American Chamber in Hong Kong.

Catherine has sustainable development experience from her work in Ecuador, South America. There she worked at the Guayaquil National Park, Alandaluz Eco-tourism resort in Puerto Lopez and Manos Unidas, a local NGO in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. She completed endemic flora and fauna biodiversity and conservation projects, organized eco-tourism projects and coordinated and led child education and aid activities in the local impoverished community.

Catherine holds a BA (Economics) and BA (French Linguistics) from Binghamton University in New York, US, a Diploma (Civilisation Francaise Niveau Superieur B1) from La Sorbonne University, France and an MA in Corporate Environmental Governance from the University of Hong Kong.

Jacqui DIXON is a Senior Project Manager in the Hong Kong office, responsible for developing relationships with key clients, business development and leading on consultancy projects especially in the areas of benchmarking, sustainability reporting and carbon auditing. She also oversaw and managed the delivery of the CSR Asia 2007 Summit. Jacqui has a background in leadership for sustainable development and has worked with a variety of clients to affect change in their organisations. She joined CSR Asia after completing a Professional Masters Degree with Forum for the Future in the UK. During her Masters she completed sustainable development projects in the European Commission, Vodafone, the National Consumer Council and Channel 4. She has lived and worked in South Africa, Spain, the UK, and Nepal.

She has over 5 years experience in environmental policy, international development work and CSR. In the UK she worked for Green Alliance, a UK public policy/environmental think tank researching and developing their Parliamentary Newsletter. In 2004 she lived and worked in a rural Nepali village co-ordinating a community resource programme and in South Africa she led a youth-focused permaculture project in one of Cape Towns largest townships. Jacqui also holds a BSc Honours Degree in Environmental and Geographical Science from the University of Cape Town.

Graham OWENS is a Senior Project Manager in the Singapore office. Graham joined CSR Asia after working in Singapore and Malaysia as a CSR consultant, an Investor Relations and Communications Consultant and also as a writer and researcher.

Graham has experience managing the corporate/financial communication plans of a number of listed companies and MNCs to enhance their corporate positioning and reputation and provided advice on emerging CSR issues. In 2004/2005 Graham was responsible for the research and production of the Business Times/ACCA Corporate Transparency Index and he is also a member of the judging panel for the ACCA Social and Environmental Reporting Awards in Singapore. Grahams work as a researcher with Nottingham University Business School incorporated CSR and corporate governance issues. Graham has an MBA from Nottingham University Business School and a post-graduate Diploma in Management from Kingston University Business School.

Marie MORICE is a Senior Project Manager in the Singapore office. Marie joined CSR Asia from ACTE, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, where she was heading its Global CSR Program, to encourage the take up of more responsible and sustainable practices in the business travel industry.

She brings an experience of five years working in the corporate sector and five years in the environmental NGO / Governmental sector.

In 2004 Marie joined WWF-UK where she coordinated high profile lobbying and advocacy campaigns on public health issues, climate change regulation and corporate carbon disclosure, in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project.

She then joined Campaigns for Better Transport to develop and head a Network Program for the UK Government to engage large companies on sustainable travel issues.

Marie has a BA in European Economics and an MSc in Environmental Management, Imperial College, London.

Michelle BROWN is the Community Investment Advisor based in Hong Kong. She joined CSR Asia in 2007. She has over 10 years of work experience primarily with development organizations in Vietnam, China and elsewhere in the region but also with the private sector on partnerships for community development.

Previous professional posts held include both Country Director for VSO in Mainland China; Programme Officer for the Canadian Corporate Citizenship Programme IMAGINE; a Business Analyst for Janssen Ortho in Canada looking at issues related to the pricing of pharmaceuticals; Co-Director of the NGO Resource Centre in Vietnam (the Secretariat for the Vietnam NGO Forum) She has also worked as a consultant for a variety of organizations including the Red Cross, Oxfam, ActionAid and others in Vietnam. She has also lived and worked in South Korea; the UK; and China and has carried out short-term work assignments in Laos and Cambodia. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Hong Kong where she is focusing on the measurement of the development impact of CSR. She has helped to launch the Community Investment Roundtable in the region and developed the Community Investment Scorecard to help companies understand and communicate the impact of their program. In the last year she has lead projects for a major brand on measuring their community investment and developing their sustainability vision and strategy for the region. She has also carried out extensive research on looking at the impact of the ILO Better Factories program for workers and manufactuers for Oxfam Hong Kong in Cambodia.

Mabel WONG is the Community Investment Project Manager, based in Singapore, responsible for the Community Investment Round Table (CIRT) and other Community Investment related projects in South East Asia.

Mabel has over 7 years experience in the NGO sector focusing on children’s issues, in particular, children in need of special protection such as street children, children in conflict with the law (juvenile justice) and child soldiers. Her last four years was spent in an Asia-Pacific regional role networking with senior government representatives, NGOs, corporates and UN bodies, providing technical assistance to countries starting up national child protection initiatives.

Mabel holds a BA (Political Science and Psychology) NUS and a MPA (Policy, Public and Non-Profit Program) from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University.

Jolly CHENG is a Project Manager based in Hong Kong. She has been involved in research and projects focussing on corporate community investment and sustainability in China, Cambodia and Hong Kong. Jolly has conducted stakeholder dialogue in factories in the supply chain and local communities in need. Before joining CSR Asia, she worked as the Production Coordinator for the Asian Film Awards, organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited. She holds a BA from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in history and sociology.

Anita WONG is a Project Manager in the Hong Kong office. Anita has extensive experience in managing projects on sustainable development, CSR and capacity building in China and has developed a wide business network with multiple stakeholders. She has been involved in a British Foreign and Commonwealth Office-funded program to help British companies understand local stakeholders in China and in a corporate-NGO partnership programme to improve labour conditions in the Chinese supply chain for brands such as Nike, adidas, and HP. She also manages projects on sustainability in Greater China; including stakeholder engagement and sustainability reporting. She holds a degree in China Business Studies.

Poland LI is a Project Manager in the Shenzhen Office where she is responsible for coordinating projects, especially on the Chinese supply chain. Before joining CSR Asia, she was responsible for Social and Environmental Affairs in a factory supplying to the adidas Group. She has a degree in Safety Engineering.

Yoshi KO is the Knowledge Manager in the Hong Kong office, responsible for editing the CSR Asia Weekly, managing the websites under CSR Asia and all IT-related projects in CSR Asia offices. She holds a BSc in Computer Networks, a Diploma in Translation and a Certificate in Education. Prior to joining CSR Asia, Yoshi has worked for the PR and marketing team in the Support Unit of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) under Education Bureau, the HKSAR Government. She also worked as a Processing Officer for the Funding Scheme for Workplace English Training under the Office of Workplace English Campaign (OWEC).

Jimmy HUEN is the Marketing Manager in the Hong Kong office. He oversees the marketing arm of the company and coordinates various training courses. He is also in charge of the annual CSR Asia Summit, the monthly CSR Wednesdays, as well as other events. Prior to joining CSR Asia, Jimmy has worked at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, conducting different trade promotion activities. For two years, he was responsible for the sales and marketing of the International Film & TV Market (FILMART). Jimmy holds a BA (Hons) in English Language & Literature and a Diploma in Education from the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Vijay RAMANI, a Singaporean who grew up in India, Bahrain, London and Hong Kong before settling in Singapore nearly 20 years back, is the Strategic Partnership Manager. He oversees the CSR Asia Strategic Partnership (CASP) scheme including liaising with partners and promoting the CASP scheme. He is also in charge of managing CSR Asia training events and the monthly CSR briefings. He holds a Bachelor degree in Management.

Peter ZHU is the Project Coordinator in Shenzhen Office. His work mainly lies on worker rights, environmental, health and safety in manufacturing factory. He also undertakes project and events management, research and so on. Peter used to work with different NGOs in Beijing and Anhui on NGO capacity building, micro-finance and environmental issue. He holds a bachelor degree in Management, a certificate in Translation.

Elyse CHEN is the Project Coordinator of CSR Asia Beijing office. She holds a master’s degree on International Relations from the University of International Relations. She has one year’s experience of translation and had worked as an intern in Corporate Communications of Ogilvy China. She also worked in a local CSR consulting firm, conducting research and interviews for two CSR-related projects in Beijing.

Rex WONG is the Event and Administration Coordinator based in Hong Kong office, responsible for coordinating CSR Asia's monthly briefing session - CSR Wednesday in Hong Kong. He also provides administrative and support services to the company directors and staff. He holds a bachelor degree in Business and Management, a higher diploma in International Business and a diploma in Business and Administration.