Sustainable Schools

24. Kenneth Kwok - We as a community have to call upon both public and private sector to “build back better”, and change education to meet the climate emergency through the SDGs and the Agenda 2030

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Kenneth Kwok​
Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital

Mr. Kenneth Kwok is the Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital, an impact-oriented multi-family office venture based out of Hong Kong focused on healthcare, technology, renewables and education. He is also a serial entrepreneur, co-founding the MXA Group and Family Mask (for-profit), and Better Together Foundation, Asia World Anti-Aging and Well-Being Association, and KIDsforSDGs (non-profit).

Kenneth has worked 15 years in the finance industry, serving as the CIO to a large Chinese listed conglomerate as well as a financial professional at UBS AG and Deutsche Bank in the investment banking and equities divisions. He has a cum laude dual degree from University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business, speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese and conversational French. He has lived in Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Tokyo, Vancouver, Philadelphia, New York and London.

He is passionate about social impact work through his Better Together Foundation, which supports minority communities and youth entrepreneurship related initiatives across Asia, and about health and well-being through his Co-President role at Asia World Anti-Aging and Well-Being Association ("AWAWA"). He is deeply passionate about the United Nations and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and is a United Nations Global Compact member, a UNDP Accelerator Labs mentor, a Youth Councilor at World Humanitarian Forum, a World Economic Forum member in Global Innovators and UpLink communities, as well as UPenn Class Board Member.


Speaks About

  • We are in the Decade of Action, and the time is now. Collectively, KIDsforSDGs have launched a series of in-person and online workshops on how to transform society through learning with Education and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Asia. Our ongoing for-profit and non-profit work, focused on experience-based learning, with schools, other educational organizations and youth communities in the region have been recognized by the UN SDG Action Campaign.

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tragic impact on human life around the world: killing hundreds of thousands of people, causing global economic decline and school closures in over 180 countries. It has challenged the structures of our societies and our ways of life. This disruption also presents a historic chance to redesign our societies and reroute from the current path. Adding on systemic inequalities which have prevented the fair and equitable distribution of educational resources to all, this issue is exponentially compounded for the marginalized communities.

  • We as a community have to call upon both public and private sector to “build back better”, and change education to meet the climate emergency through the SDGs and the Agenda 2030. We should reassess what we learn, where we learn and how we learn to ensure we develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that enable us to make informed decisions and actions on global problems such as the climate crisis and the COVID-19 crisis. This is done through Impact = Innovation x Inclusion principle of KIDsforSDGs, by open-sourcing technology generously contributed by Fortune 500 companies and start-ups alike, and making them available, accessible and affordable to all.
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