Mr. Steve Lam was previously the Deputy Director (Finance & General Administration) of a local NGO. With his experiences in the financial profession of over 30 years and in the social service organisations, he can provide insights to NGO staff in topics relating to financial management. Prior to joining NGO sector, he had rich experiences in financial and management accounting, financial management and taxation in the commercial sector. Steve is also an experienced trainer in many similar training courses for social work professionals and is a popular speaker in many NGO seminars with topics in relation to financial management. He is now an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the Hong Kong University and currently holds the qualifications of Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Management Accountant and Certified Practising Accountant (Australia).

Mr Ngai founded Social Ventures Hong Kong(SVhk) in 2007- a non-profit venture philanthropic organization dedicated to support SE in Hong Kong. SVhk promotes young professionals’ participation in social innovation with financial, intellectual and network resources. Before founded SVhk in 2007,Francis was Assistant Vice President/ Head of Strategy in a listed technology conglomerate in HK,he is now serving a number of government advisory bodies and also a part-time visiting lecturer in universities, focusing in social innovation and entrepreneurship.