Executives

	Sonja Chong, FCA Chair Sonja Chong, FCA has been a partner of income taxation at Harris & Chong LLP, Chartered Accountants since 1991. Ms. Chong's practice focuses on assisting corporations and high net-worth individuals in income tax matters including the structuring of offshore trusts, estate planning, purchases and sales of businesses, and international expansions. She is a member of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants ("CICA") and the Canadian Bar Association ("CBA"). She is also a past governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, and is featured on the website of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario ("ICAO"). Ms. Chong co-chaired the Ontario Tax Conference from 2002 to 2009, and was elected a Fellow of the ICAO in 2000. She was on the editorial board of the Carswell service "Taxation of Real Estate in Canada" from 1995 to 2006, and lectured at York University. Ms. Chong is a frequent speaker and media commentator on income tax matters. Directorships: President (2000/2001) and Director (1993 to present), Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (Toronto); Hong Fook Mental Health Association (1993 to 2003); Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (1992 to 1994); Cathay Ball Fundraising Committee (1995), Mon Sheong Nursing Home. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Irene So Immediate Past Chair Irene So is a Director, Senior Vice President and Associate Portfolio Manager of RBC Dominion Securities. In 1998, Irene was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chretien to the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy. In the same year, she was appointed as a Director of the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid Corporation. In 2000, she is appointed by the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation to be a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Irene's involvement in non-profit organizations and charities include Advisor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; Board of Governors, McMaster University; Director, United Way of Greater Toronto; Director, Ontario Trillium Foundation; Honorary Advisor, Toronto Community Foundation; Honorary Chair, Taiwan Entrepreneur Society Taipei/Toronto; Director, Rouge Valley Health System; Governor, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care; Honorary Advisor, Carefirst Seniors & Community Services Association. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Justin Poy Director Justin Poy began his company, Justin Poy Graphics Inc. in 1988. After two (2) years I graphic design, the company adopted the trade name ‘Justin Poy Media’ (1990). In November 1999, Justin launched a new interactive division call Lyche Interactive, which operated as an integral part of the agency’s full complement of services, serving clients such as Deloitte Consulting, Symantec Corporation and WarChild Canada. After winning a multitude of international awards serving client in North America, Asia, Europe and South Africa, Justin Poy Media Inc’s trade name was changed to the Justin Poy Agency (2001) and realigned to focus on niche marketing services. Justin has been quoted in the media, such as Strategy Magazine, Marketing Magazine, AdNews Online and Automotive News (USA). He also sits on several Boards and participates in many philanthropic causes. In May 2002, Justin was honoured with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation’s first ever Entrepreneurship Champion Award for his service to helping young entrepreneurs in Canada. In September 2002, he was presented with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal by Senator Frank Mahovlich, for the community service and philanthropy. Currently, The Justin Poy Agency focuses on strategic creative campaigns, targeted niche market advertising and marketing technologies. In the Spring of 2002, Justin launched a new service called holoAd which invents, licenses and deploys 3D holographic marketing solutions. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Dennis J. Dunlop Vice Chair Mr. Dunlop is Senior Vice President of Middlefield Group, a merchant banking and investment management firm with over $4 billion of assets under management. Middlefield, with offices in Toronto, Calgary and London, UK, manages investment funds and assets on behalf of Canadian and international financial institutions, corporations and individuals. Services provided by the firm include corporate finance, financial advisory, and securities placement activities. Following a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and a subsequent work interval, Mr. Dunlop received his MBA, concentrated in finance and economics, from the University of Washington. At mid-career, he also completed the Western Executive Program at the University of Western Ontario. Career experience spans three industries: transportation, consumer goods, and finance. International exposure comes through a total of seven years working in several European and South American countries, and in Australia and the United States, as well as significant amounts of international business travel. In addition, having lived and worked in Vancouver, Montreal (on four different occasions) and Toronto, and with extensive business and personal travel throughout the country, he knows Canada well. Mr. Dunlop is a Past Grand Master of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He has served as a Director on the Boards of several private companies, The Independent Wine Education Guild, and the Toronto Vintners Club, and as a member of the Advisory Boards of Food Service and Hospitality Magazine and Faze Magazine. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	John Man Vice Chair As director of Asian business banking in Ontario for RBC Financial Group, Man is well-known in the community and is very active in many volunteer roles for his 3 years station in Toronto. Man was co-chair of the United Ways Leaps and Bounds 2001-2002, attended by over 50,000 participants. Currently, he serves as honourable advisor to the Taiwan Entrepreneurs Society Taipei, the Shanghai Society of Canada, the Canada Shanghai Business Association, and the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs. Man was a director of Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association and a honourable member of the advisory board of the Ontario Provincial Police. Man was the fund raising chair of the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. Man is a very experienced banker working in Hong Kong, PRC and North America. He served also other public companies in Hong Kong as a board director taking charge of finance, tax, M&A, and investment. Man had his own trading company in PRC and Hong Kong. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Dr. Suk-Hing Yiu Secretary Suk H. Yiu is the Principal of R2B Strategies, a knowledge-based technology consulting company which she established after leaving a long career in the public service at both federal and provincial governments of Canada. Trained as an immunologist at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Yiu's interests cross the boundary between arts and sciences. She volunteered as a teacher in Chinese history and geography at the Manitoba Chinese Academy. She was one of the founders of the Manitoba Chinese Post, a community newspaper that promoted Chinese and Canadian cultural exchange. Her broad experience included organizing symposia, developing technology transfer opportunities between China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Canada, and the establishment of scientific research networks. One of these is the Ontario Genomics Institute where she served as the Interim Executive Director in 2000, promoting knowledge transfer at the scientific frontier and linking multi-disciplinary research activities. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Biotechnology Initiative and the Ontario Agri-Food Technologies. Both organizations promote technology commercialization and business development opportunities. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Lawrence S. Chan Director Lawrence Chan structures his private accounting practice around personal and small corporate clients. With 20 years experience of applying tax strategies to business operations in Canada, Lawrence has specialized in assisting the professional and small businessperson in arranging business and personal tax affairs in most efficient way allowable within tax legislation. His extensive knowledge of tax laws, accounting and profit planning is an asset to clients with an interest in estate and succession planning. His clientele is wide ranging and including farming, manufacturing, construction, e-commerce, real estate, general trading and food services. As a member of the Society of Management Accountants in Ontario, Lawrence earned his designation of Certified Management Accountants in 1992. He also sits on the boards of several corporations including the not for profit organization such as condominium corporations in residential and retails shopping malls. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Anita Kwan Director Anita started her insurance brokering career in Hong Kong with Sedgwick Chartered Insurance Brokers in 1975 and became a Marketing Manager in 1982. She joined Lombard General Insurance in Hong Kong in 1986 as assistant to the Assistant General Manager and then as Marketing Manager. In 1990, Anita and her family immigrated to Canada where she went to work for Continental Canada (now known as Lombard Canada) as head of the "Asian Desk". At that time, the purpose of the "Asian Desk" was to provide a "bridge" between the Canadian insurance marketplace and Canada's Asian immigrant community. Due to cultural differences, Asian clients' service expectations are different. Anita's role was to manage that difference so that Canadian underwriters better understood their Asian clients' expectations and could respond accordingly. At the same time, Anita encouraged her Asian clients to adjust their expectations somewhat to suit the Canadian marketplace. After 6 years at Continental/Lombard, Anita decided to return to the brokerage side and joined HKMB in 1996. She assumed responsibility for our Asian Practice in 2004 and was made a Partner of the firm in 2006. Anita has extensive experience in the property/casualty market and manages a diverse book of business that includes real estate owners, property managers, manufacturers and hospitality businesses. Anita's clients acknowledge that she is a professional with high standards. She is seen as a persistent 'driver' when it comes to what she believes makes a difference in the insurance industry managing the clients' expectations to their fullest satisfaction. With more and more North American businesses expanding their business activities into China and the Far East, HKMB's Asian Practice often acts as an advisor to clients investing in the emerging economies of these regions with respect to better managing their risk. With their work experience and network in the Far East, Anita and her Asian Practice Team are able to identify the variances in market practices and coverages so that insurance buyers from North America better understand their exposures and can take the necessary steps to manage them most effectively using insurance or other risk management tools. Anita was a recipient of the Ontario Volunteer Service Award in 2001. The Award is granted by the government of the province of Ontario in recognition of an individual's volunteer contribution as measured by their continuous years of commitment and dedicated service to a group. In 1991, Anita joined the Hong Kong Canada Business Association, Toronto Chapter, and became a Director of the Board in 1997. She was elected President for the term 2005 - 2006. In 1992, she joined the Board of the Canadian Chinese Insurance Professionals Association and was elected President for the term 1997 - 1999. Anita joined the Board of Directors of The Toronto Chinese Community Services Association in 1996 and was elected as Vice President in 2000. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	May Lee Director May Lee was born and educated in southern China. Before being involved with family business, May worked as a consultant for DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Educational Services in both the Beijing and Shanghai offices in the 1990s. May moved to Toronto with her family in 2002. She has a healthy dose of interest in arts and culture, and has a decade of character dance training background. She has also taken art courses at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Catherine A. Pawluch Director Catherine is a partner in the national law firm of Davis LLP. She specializes in aviation, competition (antitrust) and foreign investment laws. She has advised clients extensively in the context of mergers and acquisitions on competition (antitrust), foreign investment and transportation regulatory approvals required under Canadian legislation. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Patrick Poon Director As a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a member of the Southern Ontario Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Patrick Poon manages a global portfolio of Software Projects in the Technology Sector. He is a Software Program Manager for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Corp., a semiconductor company based in the United States. Working closely with the allocation of budgets, resources and scopes for the company's software development, he is responsible for creating strategic directions for company's projects. He also earned his Certified Associate in Project Management designation from the George Washington University School of Business. As an active member in the community, Mr. Poon is involved in various community organizations including the Heart and Stroke Foundation in 1999-2006 and is a member of the the University of Toronto Alumni Association. He started as a volunteer with the Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation in 2002, held position as the Organizing Committee Member at the Foundation's 15th Anniversary Grand Reception in 2009 and is appointed as a director of the Foundation in 2011. He appreciates Chinese work of arts and is interested in Chinese cultural development in Canada. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Peggy Poon Director Peggy is a Chartered Accountant and currently holds the position as an Assistant Controller for The Jaymor Group, a real estate investment/development and property management company. She has extensive knowledge in corporate accounting for various industries including distribution, retail, real estate, property management, manufacturing, professional services, printing and publishing. Peggy has also earned her designation of Certified Public Accountant in the United States. Recently, Peggy attained the designation of Certified Information System Auditor and is a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. She obtained her Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Toronto. Peggy has been involved with the Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation since 2002. She was also actively involved with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario on their fundraising programs from 1998 to 2006. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Dr. Chen Shen Director Chen Shen joined the ROM in 1997 as the first Bishop White Curator of Far Eastern Archaeology, an endowed curatorship. Chen began his archaeological fieldwork in China in 1984, followed by excavations in the U.S. and Canada. Currently he leads several projects in Pleistocene archaeology in northern China. His work focuses on discovering the origins and lifeways of our early ancestors in East Asia, and the cultural interactions leading to the peopling of America. As a museum curator, Chen is responsible for the ROM's Chinese prehistory and Bronze Age collections, galleries and exhibitions. Chen is a professor in the Anthropology Department and in the Eastern Asian Study Department at the University of Toronto. He has a Doctor degree in Anthropological Archaeology from the University of Toronto. He has published in many academic and popular journals/magazines in both English and Chinese. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Dr. Angela Sheng Director Angela Sheng has learned much from her wide-ranging career, as a curator in charge of Asian textiles at the Royal Ontario Museum (1985-94), a professor teaching Chinese history, art history, and contemporary Asian cultures in Asian and Canadian universities (1993-99), a fundraiser for schools in both Japan and Canada (1994-2004), and a longtime cross-cultural communications consultant fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and French, with such clients as the National Film Board, Hydro Quebec, Radio-Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Foreign Service Institute, Reuters TV in Tokyo, Inter-FM Tokyo, and many museums worldwide. She also enjoyed working on Bertolucci's film "The Last Emperor," writing a fashion column in Chinese for China Times Weekly, and giving talks on the arts and films of Asia and the Silk Road. Sheng joined the School of the Arts at McMaster University in 2005 where she teaches theories on visual literacy and the visual cultures in Asia and Canada. Sheng continues her research on Intercultuality in relation to her vision of and commitment to Sustainable Peace and Sustainable Community through the arts, education, and healing. [ Back ] [ Top ]
	Newton Wong Director Newton Wong is a lawyer who practices in the area of corporate law and corporate litigation. Mr. Wong is also a trademark agent and a member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. He has been the past President of the legal section of the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals of Ontario. He has been on the Board of Governors of George Brown College for two terms and has been a past instructor in Corporate Law and Estate Planning & Administration for the Bar Admissions courses of The Law Society of Upper Canada. Mr. Wong is presently an honourary legal advisor to the Federation of Chinese Canadians in Markham and honourary legal advisor to Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association. [ Back ] [ Top ]