Prof. Simon S.M. Ho is President of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. He is a certified public accountant in the UK, Australia and Canada. Previously, he was Vice Rector (Academic Affairs) of the University of Macau (UM), Dean of the School of Business of the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), and Director of the School of Accountancy of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Currently he is Chairman of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Community Relations and Member of the Advisory Committee on Corruption, The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong. He is Editor of the Asian Journal of Business Ethics (by Springer).

He developed and taught the first university master’s course on corporate governance in Hong Kong at CUHK in 1993. In 2004, he developed and launched the world’s first MSc Programme in Corporate Governance. In 2005, he co-founded the biennial ‘World Business Ethics Forum’ organised jointly by HKBU and UM. In 2007, he was the key person in developing the Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Awards, organised jointly by CHKLC and HKBU.

In recognition of his contribution to corporate governance and stakeholder model, he was awarded the Faculty Pioneer Award by the Aspen Institute, USA (being described as the Oscar of the business school world by the Financial Times). He was elected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere.