Violet founded the Inclusive Business Lab and Inclusive Business Foundation1, aiming to build a diversified ecosystem for creating inclusive opportunities and developing next generation of ethical, purpose-driven and global minded leaders of tomorrow. Since its inception in 2014, the Global Inclusive Leadership Program has impacted more than fifteen thousand young people globally, in China, Asia, UK and elsewhere, and expects to benefit 25,000 next generation and with many to be equipped to be facilitators over the next 5 years.

Violet received her PhD in Mathematics in 1998 from University of Cambridge, where she was a Croucher Scholar, and a Supervisor of Studies at Fitzwilliam College. She lectured in Mathematics & Statistics MSc program at University of Manchester from 1997-1998. From 1998 to 2011, she worked for investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International, etc, in London, New York, and Hong Kong, with focus on financial institution solutions, strategic investments, portfolio allocation and capital management for banks, insurance and pension funds in UK, Europe, USA and Pan-Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia).

She has served as an advisor & board director for a micro-finance company in China, Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University School of Social Development & Public Policy, Guest Professor at the Lushan Bailudong Sinology Academy in China, and is currently an Honorary Principal of Jiangsu Province Dagang High School in China. Violet has been a guest speaker for international conferences and workshops in Asia, Europe, UK and USA, running many leadership roundtables for tens of thousands of young people, teachers and professors at schools and universities globally, as well as leadership training for business executives of multinationals.

Ming is a co-founder of Inclusive Business Lab & Inclusive Business Foundation, aiming to develop the next generation of inclusive leaders who are ethical, purpose-driven and global minded. Since 2014, the Global Inclusive Leadership Program has impacted more than fifteen thousand young people in Greater China, UK, and Asia.

Ming oversees coordination with global institutions and works with young people from different backgrounds and disciplines to create an inclusive culture for the glocal community. He helps facilitate the Training the Trainers Leadership Roundtables (TTLR) which has been piloted successfully in China and Asia in the past nine years. He helps to develop TTLR curriculum and is the editor of the TTLR booklet which is now in its third edition. It has been translated into many languages including English, Chinese, Thai, Japanese and French. Keeping track of the growth and development of young persons and to ensure the effectiveness of the program, Ming reviews and analyses the results of the TTLR on-line dashboard in which all participants of TTLR enrol and record their reflections and stories of their leadership journey. Ming also acts as interpreter and translator for distinguished overseas visitors and keynote speakers.

Ming holds a master degree from the University of Cambridge, where he is also a PhD candidate in history. Combining his interest in history and languages, he is also researching on the historical development of the English language with the hope of developing supplementary curriculum in values and culture for the Global Inclusive Leadership Program.