Our Team

Meet our multi-disciplinary team behind the Rooftop Republic urban farming movement

Andrew Tsui, Co-Founder

Having grown up in both Hong Kong and Singapore, Andrew undertook roles in both the public and private sectors before he began his social entrepreneurship journey. He brings his background in realestate and civil engineering to realise the potential of urban spaces in densely built-up cities such as Hong Kong. Andrew is also active in the social entrepreneurship community in Hong Kong, serving as mentor and advisor to new start-ups, enterprises, including a business summary judge and trainer for the Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge since 2011, and a consultant to HKUST SIGHT Programme on Design Thinking.

Hear more from Andrew: Stand News, Smile CEBU Pacific

Michelle Hong, COO & Co-Founder

Michelle is a city kid born and raised in Singapore, and found out the hard truths of our food system after having pursued growing her own food after moving to Hong Kong. Previously from the communications and advertising sector, she believes that reviving the organic farming movement and building a sustainable food system can start right here in the heart of cities and now channels her time and energy towards promoting the urban farming movement, encouraging people to start growing their own food, so as to nurture a generation of consumers connected with their food sources and local producers. Michelle is also a fellow of the global Vital Voices GROW Fellowship 2020.

Hear more from Michelle: Financial Times, SCMP

Vincent, Board Advisor & General Manager

Vincent is a veteran from aviation, logistics and tourism, having held senior positions in various corporations, including COO of a local airline and CEO of an airport services company in Shanghai. Committed to the company’s mission of creating sustainable cities via urban farming, Vincent aims to work with the team to scale the impact of urban farming and community connections for city resilience.

Doris

Doris loves owls and birds in general. She likes strolling in the countryside. Upon retirement, Doris left her HR career in the manufacturing industry and joined Rooftop Republic. She believes that with a team taking care of each other and cooperating fully, we have a rich resource of positive energy.

Fiona

Fiona is a certified horticultural therapist, passionate about community farming and promoting great inclusion across different communities. Fluent in sign language, she is the lead instructor for Rooftop Republic's workshops and events with the hearing impaired and the elderly.

Hillary

Hillary has a background in Horticulture and Landscape Management, has developed a deep appreciation for nature in Hong Kong from a young age. Inspired by her love for the environment, Hillary aspires to raise public awareness and concern about the Hong Kong environment and promote sustainability.

Isabella

Having a diverse career and academic backgrounds from local NGOs, media and communications, aviation and architecture, Isabella has developed a mixture of ideas about how a green and sustainable city should be like and she wishes to disseminate these concepts to the public with her expertise in marketing.

Joanna

Joanna has more than 25 years all-rounded experience in finance and accounting with diverse industry experiences covering property acquisition, solutions for property projects, headquarters of listed companies, China & HK retail supermarkets.

Joyce

Joyce has been focusing in the business development field for more than 5 years. She is skilled in building Win-Win relationships with clients, sales and marketing, leasing and property management. She worked in different types of companies - F&B, Green IT and vending machines business before joining Rooftop Republic. Joyce brings her can-do attitude to our team and promotes sustainability in Hong Kong.

Mattuda

Mattuda brings her passion in floral design and a background in operations and strategy to the team, and hopes to play a role in inviting more people to indulge and interact with nature, connect with their food sources and to educate the next generation in a circular food system.

Ruby

Ruby has been working in NGOs for a few years and has gained experience in project management, especially for the Environmental related aspect. She believed that nature is connected to everything on earth and human beings have the responsibility to manage nature well. She hopes to engage people to participate in nature through workshops and programs.

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