Kenneth Kwok
Founder, KidsforSDGs
Kenneth Kwok is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Citizen Capital, an impact venture focused on education, technology and healthcare. He is also the Founder and Chief Education Officer of KIDsforSDGs, a not-for-profit whose core mission is to empower and enrich the future of education, skills and business for next-generation leaders through a three-pronged approach of #impact, #innovation and #inclusion.
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 conducts his social impact work through Better Together Foundation and Asia World Anti-Aging and Well-Being Association (“AWAWA”). As a Global Schools Advocate, he advances the United Nations and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) wherever possible, and is a UN Global Compact SDG and Climate Ambition Accelerator, a UNDP Accelerator Labs mentor, a Youth Council member at the World Humanitarian Forum and UPenn Class Board Member. At the World Economic Forum, Kenneth is an innovator and engagement champion at UpLink, the Forum’s SDG focused community, a Global Innovator and Davos Agenda contributor.