Annie Chen is leading the drive toward sustainable investing in Asia. She is the chair of RS Group, a family office that pursues both philanthropic and impact investing strategies, putting its focus squarely on sustainability, and in particular on addressing climate change. The daughter of Hang Lung Group’s former chairman Thomas Chan, and the cousin of its current chairman Ronnie Chan, she formerly worked as a tax lawyer in the US.

After working with her siblings in their family office, she struck out on her own in 2009 with RS Group. The organisation incubated the Sustainable Finance Initiative, which promote sustainable finance in Hong Kong, and has invested in projects including a hazelnut farming venture in Bhutan and an organisation that works to secure land rights for impoverished farmers around the world. She is also a director of Social Ventures Hong Kong, which incubates socially conscious start-ups, and of think tank Civic Exchange.