Tina Barrat: Vegan Cuisine Visionary

It’s lunchtime in a gourmet restaurant just off Graham Street in Central. You’re sitting at a varnished wood table with gilded cutlery when your first course arrives: a tin of ‘caviar’ flecked with gold leaf, served with blinis and sour cream on the side. The salty richness of the dish’s

Jill Robinson: Championing Animal Rights in Asia

Traditional medicine (TM) in Asia is infamous for using animal parts as supposed cures for ailments: pangolin scales, rhino horns, tiger bones, the list goes on and on. The demand for these often questionable medicines has been devastating to wildlife populations, contributing to declines of 90% or more. Worse still,

Sidhant Gupta: Inventing Technology to Forge a Better World

From our earliest days, we humans have always been an innovative, technological species. From the simple stone tools of our Ice Age ancestors, we have gone on to invent the wheel, the combustion engine, electricity and the internet, among many other things. This technological savvy has allowed us to shape

Astrid Andersson: Queen of the Cockatoos

It’s early evening and in Hong Kong Park in Central, most of the visitors are slowly making their way towards the exits to go home. But high up in the park’s observation tower, Astrid Andersson has only just arrived. Indeed, this brief period of twilight is exactly the right time

Grace Lant: Trailblazing the Sustainable Fashion Runway

Imagine you had a passion for something. Imagine being so passionate about this topic that you choose to spend five years studying it at university, plus an extra masters year. Imagine pouring your soul into it, crafting your whole future career around it, and having the time of your life

Vitasoy CEO Roberto Guidetti- Hong Kong’s business leader committed to incremental improvement at work and in life

“Graziano, my brother!,” Roberto exclaims as he reaches out for a warm Italian embrace. He is arriving for an afternoon drink with a friend at Ciak, a laid-back Italian restaurant in the heart of Hong Kong’s central district. “Right this way, my friend,” Graziano says leading the way to a

Craig Leeson: Filmmaker Intent on Jolting Humanity into Action (before it’s too late)

On a bright morning in Paris, France, Craig Leeson sits down at his kitchen table and pops open his laptop to check his email. He has many things to get to; from responding to inquiries related to the charities and NGOs he works with, checking in with colleagues from his

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WWF’s Andy Cornish: Saving Sharks and Restoring Hong Kong’s Waters

Imagine this scene... Pristine blue water. Small fish swimming about colourful coral that hugs the coastline. Along the ocean floor, small sharks and crustaceans peruse for their next meal. Further from shore the bottom dips away into deeper waters. Fish of all shapes and sizes swim about. Giant grouper, schools

Annabelle Bond- Adventurer and Philanthropist Inspiring Women to Reach New Heights

It was a stunning day on the mountain. The vast blue sky surrounded the climbers making their final push to the summit. Among the brave mountaineers from Chile is a lone female climber, the clamps on her boots grip into the frozen ground. “Crunch, crunch, crunch.” With the summit in

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Co-Owner and Group CEO NiQ Lai- How purpose and competitive fire fuels HKBN’s innovative leader

中文版，看這裏！ The bright morning sunlight pours into the meeting room at HKBN’s headquarters in Kwai Chung. The newly renovated room gleams with a fresh new look. Along the walls are images of HKBN’s recent product launches, its locations across Asia and perhaps most important, the company mantra’s… “Change or Die,”

Powered by Purpose: Room to Read Founder John Wood’s Inspiring Life Journey

中文版，看這裏！ In the year 1999 John Wood had it all- a prestigious job with a global corporation, a company sponsored apartment, a car and driver, and a comfortable personal life. Utilizing his gifted mind, persistent hard work, and knack for networking, he had built a career that many would envy.

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Green Monday’s David Yeung- Creating a Sustainable Future through Compassionate Leadership

中文版，看這裏！ If you haven’t heard of David Yeung, it’s about time you have. David’s meteoric rise in the food industry has been supercharged by two recent announcements- his company’s inclusion in the “Change the World List” curated by Fortune, and the successful raising of 70 million USD in funding led

Tanja Wessels: Eco-activist encouraging others to embrace being quirky

In this exclusive WELL, WHO? interview we introduce you to Tanja Wessels, upcoming speaker at TedxTinHau Countdown on October 17th #JoinTheCountdown #CountdownHK. Get to know her eclectic background and free flowing journey that lead her to become an eco-activist and artist. Her intriguing story is one that shows how out-of-the-box

Mark Agnew – Hong Konger braving the Artic for a chance to enter the explorer record books

Hong Konger Mark Agnew is attempting to etch his name in record books by crossing the Northwest Passage on rowing power alone. Dangers abound in the unpredictable artic, where he and his crewmates will have to contend with unstable weather, shifting ice packs, the pernicious cold and – perhaps the

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An Artful life with Magdalena Klim

In this exclusive WELL, WHO? profile we are excited to share the story of one of our employees! Over the past year Magdalena Klim, Maggie as we call her, has been working hard behind the scenes supporting a wide range of efforts to help our online magazine grow. As head

Mindful Mindset with Olivier Courret

At WELL, we believe that practicing mindfulness is the epitome of great self-care. This month we got to sit down with Triathlon Champion, Oliver Courret, and learn all about how he's been able to train his mind to achieve greatness. Our discussion with Olivier took place in WELL,'s preferred ZEN

Dr. Christina Dean: Standing Up for Sustainable Fashion

Years ago, I stumbled across a TedTalk featuring Christina Dean. Listening to her speak about fashion in a way that I’d never once considered was a major turning point in my life. Her words and message were so impactful that they inspired me to think about clothes in a completely

The Evolution of Gilbert Yeung

中文版，看這裏！ You may know him as the Owner of Hong Kong’s most iconic nightclub, Dragon-i or as the son of Albert Yeung, Chairman of the Emperor Group.Gilbert was once quoted for saying “I’ve always been known as a rebel, and for doing naughty things”, but since his last public interview

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