It was August 2018

I joined Fusion Bank as Chief Marketing Officer. The Bank had just got a virtual bank license from Hong Kong Monetary Authority and would be launching its service in months. 

The Bank was backed by Tencent, the tech giant based in Shenzhen while the Bank was going to do business in Hong Kong. 

Covid-19 swept the world and everything is history. 

All our developers worked in Shenzhen while the commercial and operation teams in Hong Kong. We had our launch in December 2019, which was uneventful. We soon welcomed thousands of customers. 

For more than 2 years, I worked with the developers in Shenzhen remotely. We had thousands of meetings over Tencent Meeting (the equivalent of Zoom in China). The developers worked days and nights, during vacations.

I still remember vividly that on 31 December 2019, we fixed a bug at 23:59. We all celebrated the New Year’s Eve virtually together, but in fact NO ONE on the call was in office. 

One of my developers told me later on he was then staying in London for his permanent residence status. 

All these have been an eye-opener for me. The world has tranformed and the meaning of “work” and “life” has also changed completely. 

My Career

I started my career as Management Trainee for Cathay Pacific / Dragonair. We are in a pretty well-established industry back then. I still remember when I first saw colleagues using Blackberry to reply emails. 

A bank is a heavily regulated entity, but we managed to have remote teams (working from God know where) to do a launch, building everything from scratch. Many of my developers have never seen in person those machines that really keep the bank going. 

We are not just talking about remote work. We are going through a transformation and paradigm shift. 

Work anywhere anytime. Live anywhere anytime.

Who am I? 

I am a seasoned corporate executive. 

I started off my carrier as management trainee for Cathay Pacific / Dragonair.

I was Chief Operating Officer, Asia Miles, one of the largest airline loyalty programs with 12 million members worldwide.

I was Chief Marketing Officer, Fusion Bank, a digital bank based in Hong Kong backed by the tech giant Tencent and biggest bank ICBC.

I co-founded RaSpect, a startup which offers edge-cutting technology for buildings and infrastructure maintenance worldwide.

I am now working to transform i-CABLE, one of the telco groups in Hong Kong. 

I have sit on and am now sitting on various government bodies in Hong Kong, Broadcasting Authority, Communications Authority, Housing Authority, Consumer Council, Competition Commission…

All these have taught me ONE THING…

The world is transforming itself every day and so is your work and life. 

WORK-LIFE TRANSFORMATION 

This is what I want to share with you and let you know what options we have in life. As technnology evolves, we have numerous ways to earn a living. Enjoy your work-life transformation.