Ir Andrew Young has over 35 years of executive experience in senior positions, including Director of Partnership Development for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), and Chief Commercial Officer of Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation.
In his current capacity as Associate Director (Innovation) for Sino Group, he has overall responsibility to explore and identify innovations and technologies for application in the Group and explore investment opportunities in technology ventures.
He has developed closely knitted and professional working relationships with leading and renowned institutions and innovation nodes in Hong Kong and around the world, including Imperial College, University of Oxford, University of Waterloo, Stanford University, etc.
He is a Fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; a Chartered Profession Engineer and a member of the Institutions of Engineers Australia; an Adjunct Professor with the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; a member of Knowledge Transfer Committee and Electronics Engineering Departmental Advisory Committee of the City University of Hong Kong; he serves on Advisory Committee of School of Optometry of PolyU. He also sits on various committee in leading commerce and industry associations and is active within the start-up and VC community.
Start-up and investment fund
Management consulting
R & D commercialization