Wellness Club - Hong Kong 's first wellness education, training and green business consultant

Yolanda was an active organizer of community based and inter-college green educational initiatives. She is a founding member and Director of Produce Green Foundation 綠田園基金. She founded Wellness Club Ltd. in 2006 – a platform to educate general public on healthy and sustainable lifestyle (LOHAS); to empower natural products company executives on business and marketing know-how; and to inspire other business people on sustainable business opportunities.

Yolanda studied business in college in order to promote business sustainability concept in the community. Then she started her career in natural products industry in 1993 to realize her dream. She has over 10 years of hands-on experience in retail and wholesale management, merchandising, marketing, e-commerce and publishing/editing health publication.

Wellness Club Ltd. (www.wellnessclubhk.com) promotes natural lifestyle concept and offers tailor-made corporate wellness programs and educational courses on health, natural personal care / organic beauty, creative thinking skill etc. for corporations and schools.

With solid natural products business experience and dedication in greening business community, Yolanda offers business consultancy and marketing services to natural products companies and start-ups. She always shares her vision and passion with other business people on green business opportunities and socially responsible corporate citizenship. Most recently, she is focused on promoting sustainable responsible investment (SRI) concept to financial firms and individual investors. Future plan includes giving strategic advice to mainland Chinese property developers on green and sustainable property development.

Wellness Member program is launched to help consumers how to live a healthier life with simplicity and taste. Exclusive member benefits from different wellness product and service providers are offered to the members. Concurrently, Wellness Directory, Hong Kong online edition, is under planning to serve as one-stop green life resources: apparel, food, living, education, healthcare, beauty, interior decoration, travel, investment etc.

Co-author of “Green Investment in 21^st Century”, Yolanda constantly receives media interviews such as Hong Kong Economic Times, South China Morning Post and iTV. She also contributes to a number of print media and is currently an e-columnist for her Nutrition column on China Economic website in mainland China.

Joanna Charrington

Senior Management Consultant, Image Consultant

Joanna Charrington had been appointed as the CEO in high fashion industry for over 25 years, overseeing in-flight sales, Duty Free market and domestic market in 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. She handled famous brands e.g. Nina Ricci, Charles Jourdan, Polo Ralph Lauren, Escada, Escada Sport, Laurel, Kenneth Cole, Bvlgari Watch, Hermes Watch etc.

Her expertise is all-round and covers product development, merchandising, visual merchandising, sales and marketing, retail and wholesale operations, and subsidiary management. In recent years, she has actively involved in company revamp projects and brand development projects.

As a top management coach, Joanna delivers workshops on top-notch general management skills and business experiences to newly promoted managers, senior managers and other retail professionals who want to master management skills with style better than an EMBA course can teach.

Aside from general business management, Joanna is also an image consultant specialized in self-image enhancement for individuals who want to upgrade themselves for career advancement and change of life. Self-enhancement workshops and one-on-one professional image consultation service are tailor-made for senior executives and socialites.

Dr. Allan W.K. Chan

Registered Doctor of Chiropractic, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine

Hong Kong Registered Doctor of Chiropractic
Doctor of Chiropractic (Canada)
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (Canada)
Dip. Sport Injury (Canada)
Member of Hong Kong Chiropractic Association
Director / Member of Green Power (environmental group)

Since coming back to Hong Kong in 1993, Dr. Chan has been the pioneer in educating the public about the importance of keeping Acid-Alkaline balance, metabolic typing and nutritional profile in contributing to health. Dr. Chan has been a regular column writer on natural health for various Hong Kong newspapers & magazines.

Lau Yin Lun

Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner

Lau Yin Lun is registered Chinese Medicine practitioner. He is a candidate of Doctor Degree, Hu Bei Chinese Medicine Institute of China. He earned Bachelor Degree in Health Science (Chinese Medicine) at Royal Melbourne Polytechnic University of Australia.

He is an author of two published books and one CD collection in Chinese medicine. He has been a health writer for “Health and Beauty” magazine, Sing Pao Daily News and Buddhist Compassion magazine. He is also a guest speaker and/or course director for The Social Welfare Department, Hsin Ten Health (International) Enterprise, Lee Ying Choi Fungshui and Astrology Co. Ltd, Hong Kong Vegetarian Society, Club O and Blue Earth Society of Macau.

Miranda Fung

Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner

Miss Fung Mei Yan, Miranda - Graduated from Australia Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with Bachelor Degree in Health Science (Chinese Medicine) in 2001 and Hong Kong Baptist University with degree on Chinese Medicine in 2001. She is a postgraduate student of Guangzhou TCM University, major in Dermatology. She completed further training in famous TCM universities in mainland China and has gained membership in Chinese Academy of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Hong Kong Academy of Acupuncture-Moxibustion. She has exquisite skills in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and good knowledge of western medicine. She has over 6 years of experience in the treatment of various diseases such as: acne, eczema, alopecia, skill pigmentation, hemorrhoid, insomnia, neurasthenia, migraine, obesity, quit smoking, etc…. She specializes on acupuncture treatment for all kinds of ailments.

HK Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner No. 004445
Registered Chinese Medicine /Acupuncture Practitioner of Victoria, Australia
Specialized in Dermatology/Gynecology/Pain-Relief/Acupuncture-moxibustion

Jenny Li

Registered Nutritionist (US, UK), Homeobotanist (US, NZ), Organic beauty therapist (Canada, NZ)

With a background in pharmacology and beauty therapy, Jenny has worked for a number of international cosmetic companies before focusing on natural therapy and nutrition. She earned a professional qualification in Clinical Nutrition in the UK and US.

Since 2000, Jenny has been the guest speaker and writer on holistic health for various organizations and publications.

Anita S. K. Cheung
Certified Holistic Health Counselor (AADP), Certified Image Consultant (AICI), Certified NLP Practitioner

Integrative-Living was founded by Anita S.K. Cheung, Integrative Lifestyle Coach. She is Hong Kong’s first graduate of the New York based Institute for Integrative Nutrition and a Certified Holistic Health Counselor by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP). She is an internationally recognized Certified NLP Practitioner trained in NLP, hypnosis and Time-Line Therapy. She has over 10 years of experience working in senior positions in the fashion industry and is a Certified Image Consultant by the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). She gives public talks and contributes to a number of publications in Hong Kong. She is also an active member of the Hong Kong International Coaching Community (HKICC).

Kent Ip

Le Club des Chefs des Chefs

Kent Ip, the CEO is also the MCGI of City & Guilds, Chefs des Chefs, Hong Kong Chapter Chairman of World Master Chefs Society, Master Chef of France, Professional member of Food Service Consultant Society International, Conseiller Culinaire of Chaine Des Rotisseurs, Kent has won numerous international awards over his years of career in food business including the 2002 Personality of The Year in Gastronomique (The impressive list of winners in 1988 which included such notables as Margaret II, Queen of Denmark).

CEO, Munch restaurant
Conseiller Culinaire of the Chaine Des Rotisseurs
Master Chef of France
Les Disciples D’ Auguste Escoffier
Les Toques Blanche (Chef White Hat Association)
World Master Chefs Society – Hong Kong Chapter Chairman
Vice President of Hong Kong Food Hygiene Administrators Association
Professional Consultant of Food Service Consultant Society International
Professional Member of International Association Culinary Professionals
Professional Member of Hotel and Catering International Management Association
Tutor of Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Professional Member of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Man Kei Cheah

Raw Food Chef, Instructor

Man Kei is a graduate of Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in California, USA where she received her certification as a Raw Culinary Arts Associate Chef and Instructor. She has recently completed her advance study in recipe development in Ethnic Flavour and Spa Fusion following a period of internship in one of the raw deli in San Francisco bay area.

She teaches raw culinary arts classes in Hong Kong and in Asia. Besides running her own business and launching her organic, gluten and dairy free decadent desserts series, she is also available for restaurant consulting, Spa Cuisine and designing meal plans for cleansing and detoxification programme in holistic centres as well as catering for retreat programmes.

David St. Maur Sheil

Director and Co-Founder of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)

David has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over twenty years, working mainly in the field of sustainable development and socially responsible investment. He started his career with Standard Chartered Bank, and then helped found an environmental design consultancy which worked with several leading corporations and government bodies in Hong Kong and the Asian region. In 2001 he jointly founded the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA). ASrIA is a not for profit, membership association dedicated to promoting corporate responsibility and sustainable investment practice in the Asia Pacific region.

David manages the ASrIA website, which provides updated news on SRI funds, research and events and has over five thousand subscribers to its regular e-bulletins. He has also conducted consultancy and training on Sustainable Finance for the International Finance Sector (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, for the Association of Development Finance Institutions of Asia Pacific (ADFIAP) and other major finance institutions.

He has also been actively involved in several community and life-style oriented projects including an organic farm, a health food shop and bakery, an organic restaurant and a handicraft business. He recently completed a master degree in Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University.

W. T. Yan

Investment Advisor, Author and Director

WT Yan is a director of a listed company, member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Having earned his BSocSc from the HKU and MA from Warwick in Economics, he started his career in the investment field. He was a registered dealer and investment adviser for more than ten years. He was a fund manager and founder and managing director of a brokerage house.

He is the founder of Organic Living and just finished his MSc in Environmental Management in HKU. The title of his dissertation is “Developing a sustainability index for companies listed on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing.”

He is the author of “How to invest in Unit Trust”, the first Chinese book on mutual fund investment and the co-author of “How to invest in Internet Stock”, also the first Chinese book on this topic in HK. He was trained in organic farming and as well as ecotourism.

Dr. Simon Chau

Chair of Green Living Education Foundation

Simon S.C. Chau, leading veteran in the local Green Movement and icon, was born and grew up in Hong Kong. After graduating from the Hong Kong University in 1970, he worked as school teacher, editor, graphic designer, instructional television producer and presenter, newspaper columnist, radio talk-show host, and free lance translator and interpreter, and taught at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong before joining the Hong Kong Baptist College to design a degree course in translation. His career in social activism began in the early 1970s, and continued with renewed vigour on his return from Britain in 1984, after the University of Edinburgh awarded him a doctorate for his thesis on Translation Pedagogy.

He co-founded Greenpower (1988), an influential green group, Produce Green Foundation (1989) which set up the first commercial organic farm in Hong Kong, and the Vegetarian Society of Hong Kong (1994). He gives speeches and seminars regularly to professional bodies, social groups, schools, and international gatherings locally and abroad, and is frequently interviewed by the press on issues ranging from environmental protection and animal rights to health and spirituality. Among the 124 books he published so far (including original as well as translated works) are those on topics ranging from green philosophy to organic farming, vegetarianism, ethics, education, diet , green recipes, healing, concern for the South, feminism, marriage, social criticism, translatology, meditation, qigong, and fables for adults and children. After teaching translating at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic, he helped the Hong Kong Baptist University to create a state-of-the-art Translation Programme.

In the recent years, his interest in Deep Ecology led to a dedicated search into spiritualism, as he started practicing qigong, vegetarianism, fasting, meditation and healing. In 2005, he treated himself to an early retirement from full time teaching and focused his energy on the launching of the Green Living Education Foundation. As the founding chair of Club O, a project of that registered charity, he presides over Zen Luncheons and Zen Suppers (where guests eat in a meditative state) every Saturday to charm members and visitors at its Mongkok headquarters. He writes regular columns for several magazines and periodicals and runs the Green New People Show every Monday live at Radio-Television Hong Kong.

After publishing over 9,000 pictures to illustrate his own and other writers’ essays in newspapers and magazines, the Sunday painter is now painting T-shirts, pullovers, curtains, table cloths, table mats, and hand bands for charity sale.

Among the angels who keep him sane are his cat, his dogs, his Japanese carps, his painting and sprouting chores, and his harmonicas--- in no particular order.

Beatrix Kwan

Buzan Licensed instructor of Mind Maps®

Ms Beatrix Kwan is the Founder and Director of Archway Green Limited and she is a Buzan Licensed instructor authorized to promote Buzan Learning Programmes in Hong Kong and other countries. During past two years, Beatrix had organized many mind mapping workshops in schools and colleges to introduce mind mapping techniques to younger generation. She believes that children are our future. Equip them with the right learning and thinking tools will benefit their lifetime – ultimately, a treasure to our society. Besides, Beatrix also conducted private seminars for corporations and charity groups. In the near future, Beatrix will continue to introduce other higher order thinking tools such as Philosophy for Children (P4C) and Icon Learning. Beatrix is also a SAPERE certified P4C practitioner.

Beatrix graduated from Imperial College, University of London, with a Degree in Computer Science. As an IT professional for 18 years, she had worked for many international financial institutes such as State Street Bank, Fidelity and Charles Schwab in the US, Prudential-Bache, ABN AMRO Bank and EDS in Hong Kong. Her past roles include programme/project management, team management and consultancy. As team manager in EDS, Beatrix was responsible for the educational training and career development of the entire Application Development Team. Beatrix has strong project and people management skills and extensive experience in investment banking and financial services industries. She is passionate about nurturing individuals (both children and adults) to reach their full potential.

Paladin Chan

Environmental Educator

Paladin Chan, Ping Man,[M.Sc.(Env. Manag.), P.Cert.Ed.] is an environmental educator with more than 16 years of diversified experiences. He is currently a part-time course tutor in Hong Kong Institute of Education. While being connected with the frontline research work in environmental protection, he is also knowledgeable with how to implement environmental protection in different aspects of our daily life.

The Challenge for being an Asian woman in the new century, is how to locate our family to the link of new Global platform with that space that can create in order to protect our history, our identify and love as the same time to share and grow along with the hunger and desperation that brought from the new globalization movement. Growing 'Green', the attitude that provide basic living resource to our need is the only exist for human future. Let’s work together.