Mr. Hauman Yeung

Director, Ascent Partners Advisory Service Limited

Mr. Hauman Yeung obtained a Master’s Degree in Finance from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since 1988, he has been actively involved in the environmental movement in Hong Kong.

In 1997, he served as a special consultant for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the Kyoto Protocol. In 2008, he co-founded Ascent Partner Group Service Limited. In 2016, he established the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) department and has since overseen the production of over 400 ESG reports for listed companies in Hong Kong. As a result, Ascent Partners has become one of the leading players in the ESG field.

In December 2019, Mr. Hauman Yeung was invited as a trainer for a program organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), specifically a National Workshop on Capital Market Development and Green Bond Issuing in Bhutan. He collaborated with the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong to develop an ESG framework for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong, utilizing data from various commercial providers such as MSCI, SASB, FTSE, Sustainalytics, and Syntao. Since 2021, he has also served as a technical consultant on the judging panel for the ESG Recognition Award, a collaborative initiative by The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong and Master Insight.

In 2022, Mr. Yeung was engaged by the United Nations as a special consultant for UN ESCAP to contribute to the development of the Asia Pacific Green Deal project. Furthermore, in 2023, he was appointed as a member of the Programme Advisory Committee for the MSc in Sustainable Global Business at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, serving a two-year term.