Hong Kong Business Technology Excellence Awards

Wilson heads PwC’s global technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry practice. He is also the TMT industry leader for the firm’s Mainland China and Hong Kong practice.  Wilson is based in PwC China’s Shenzhen office.

Emerging technologies and digital deployment are redefining all industries and businesses.  They also lead to rapid growth and developments of companies in the TMT industry.  Wilson has been leading and supporting the PwC global network across all lines of service - Assurance, Taxation and Advisory - to provide one-stop professional solutions and services to companies in the TMT industry, as well as to clients looking for reinventing themselves through digital transformations.

Wilson has been working in the public accounting practice in Mainland China and Hong Kong for more than 29 years. He has extensive experience in providing assurance and advisory services to companies in the TMT industry, ranging from start-ups to global tech giants, for capital market transactions, assurance engagements, systems and controls advisory, and deals.  

He is a practising member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Accountants, China Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Wilson is also an adviser to the Internet Advertising Board of Hong Kong.

Joanna is the Hong Kong Insurance Consulting Leader.  She is also a member of the Deloitte Global Insurance Management Team.  Joanna has over 18 years of insurance industry and consulting experienced in Asia Pacific and North America.  Joanna specializes in market entry, strategic transformation and innovation where she has been advising leading re/insurers on their regional and local agenda.  In recent years, Joanna has also been active in health insurance advisory where she has helped both the private and public sectors in driving the health payer and provider developmental efforts including the VHIS consultation for the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Gaurav has 23 years of experience across the financial services sector and consulting spanning multiple countries. He has worked for leading MNC banks like ABN AMRO, RBS and GE Money, and consulted multiple global banks and insurance companies over the years. As a Partner at EY he leads the Business Transformation competency focussed on the FS sector.

He has managed large projects focused on operations and digital transformation, strategic cost optimisation, customer experience, target operating model, design thinking, customer experience, systems implementation, workforce transformation, risk management, predictive analytics, shared services design/transformation and business strategy.

Jason Yau is the Asia Pacific Regional Leader of RSM International and the Head of Technology of RSM Hong Kong with 18 years of auditing and consulting experience. 

As Regional Leader for Asia Pacific, Jason works closely with RSM member firms in implementing global strategy within the region, including brand, client service, marketing, business development, training, service offerings and succession planning. He also serves on a number of RSM global committees and task force, including: 

• Global Digital Advisory Committee 
• Global Innovation Committee 
• Global Financial Services Committee 
• Global Strategy Taskforce – Action Learning Group

Jason has been with RSM since 2004 and was a member of RSM US global expat team before joining RSM Hong Kong in 2016. He was originally based in RSM New York office providing audit and consulting services to financial institutions and asset management companies. Other than the regional role, Jason currently leads the Technology and Management Consulting division in providing IT assurance, security and privacy and digital transformation services for regional and global clients. 

Jason is a US Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) by the State of New York, a member of the American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and its Working Group on Practice Management and Digitalization, a fellow member of both the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) and the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).

Adele is a Director and Head of Risk Advisory Services of Mazars Risk Advisory Services Limited (“Mazars RAS”). She has more than 15 years of experience combining external audit, management accounting, operations management, internal control
review, ESG reporting and enterprise risk assessment.
Prior to joining Mazars RAS, she was a Director of Risk
Advisory Services in a leading accounting firm.

Adele joined one of the Big Four for a few years after her
graduation, where she was responsible for supervising
auditors in a number of systems reviews and audit
assignments for both listed companies, large private
enterprises, as well as listing candidates (i.e. IPO
assignments). Adele also worked in the commercial field
at the internal audit department of a large hotel group
and a large property development company in Hong
Kong.

Adele has extensive experience in risk advisory services.
She has got substantial exposure in internal control
system reviews (including IPO assignments (PN21, PN2
& PN15), internal control review of resumption of trading,
AUP review, financial due diligence, corporate
governance review, enterprise risk assessment, and
assistance in write-up of the ESG report) which are
including but not limited to the fields of trading,
manufacturing, retailing, food and beverage,
telecommunications, construction engineering, property
development and hospitality industries in Hong Kong,
Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.

Adele has a degree of Master of Laws (International and commercial law) and a degree holder of Bachelor of Business (Major in Accounting and Banking and Finance), a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("CPA") and the CPA Australia ("CPAA"). She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Putonghua.