Innovation for the Greater Good

Paul specialises in technology (including telecoms and data protection), and advises clients on both non-contentious issues and disputes. Paul is head of the TMT practice, and works across Asia spending time in China, Singapore and Japan. He's a regular speaker on technology matters, most recently advising organisations what they should to if they suspect they have been the victim of a data breach, and is often quoted in the press for his views on legal developments in the technology sphere.
Paul has extensive experience of advising in relation to commercial contracts, outsourcing arrangements, complex IT and telecoms projects and the disputes that can arise from these. Paul is especially known for providing level-headed, commercial advice in pressured environments, as well as his personal interest in technology and technological developments. He lectures regularly in Asia, most recently on the topics of restrictive covenants, cyber security cloud computing, data protection and social media.

Susan Evans is an entrepreneur, consultant and lecturer in innovation and design. Her vision, practice and research are focused on regenerative eco-systems to drive next-economy business and society. Susan started her career as a mathematician, computer scientist and statistician with proven creative leadership expertise.
Her previous experience includes: being member of prestigious EU research and development projects, Fraunhofer institute; a VP in global advertising with world leaders including Saatchi and Saatchi and Publicis London, FCB and Young and Rubicam San Francisco; and CMO and strategic consultant for Silicon Valley digital start-ups and world leaders including Intel, Volvo, Pepsi-co. More recently she was featured in the Guardian 50 global social-entrepreneurs and received extensive media coverage for her work in China where she founded a social enterprise to create market and demand towards regenerative and healthier society.
Evans is known as a frequent speaker, researcher and peer reviewed writer on innovation, leadership and systems regeneration.

Björn Segerblom is engaged in selected board, advisory and project assignments primarily in nanotechnology, food safety, floating wind power technology and independent organisations, with main focus upon Hong Kong, Asia and Scandinavia.
Based in Hong Kong has has, for the last 12 years, been associated with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, a statutory body with the goal of transforming Hong Kong into the regional hub for innovation and technology, as Overseas Representative in Europe. Previously, Björn Segerblom gained extensive international industrial management and marketing experience in senior positions for major Swedish corporations, followed by 15 years in Asia Pacific chief executive positions for SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance of Switzerland, then based in both Geneva and Asia. His wide experience spans chemical, turnkey contracting, industrial explosives and mechanical engineering industries as well as certification, inspection and verification services for industries and governments, plus extensive exposure to international incubation and start-up communities in several high-tech and life science sectors, including also extensive interaction with government and business agencies in Hong Kong and Europe.
Björn Segerblom has also served many years on the Board, including as Chairman, of Sweden-based Royal Sweden Hong Kong Business Council, later upgraded to The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Sweden. Now spending most of his active time in Hong Kong and Asia, Björn is its Honorary Chairman and Hong Kong Representative. An overseas Swede for more than 30 years and permanently based in Hong Kong since 2001, Björn Segerblom is married, and his wife of 25 years is from Hong Kong. With a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Björn Segerblom is fluent in English and has good command also of German and French.

Pol Fàbrega is the co-founder of Rooftop Republic. He has been pioneering the urban farming movement in Hong Kong for the last six years. Originally from Barcelona, Pol started his career in the non-profit sector and in 2012 he relocated to Hong Kong where he has been working to help transform the way we grow, consume and think about food. Within the first three years of operations, Rooftop Republic has transformed over 45,000 square feet of underused space into 45 urban farms across Hong Kong and China and has organised more than 350 events around organic farming and sustainable living.