Catherine is a seasoned impact investor, a serial entrepreneur and a public policy advocate in sustainability and ESG. She founded the AvantFaire Group companies with a strong presence in China, Hong Kong and Singapore focusing on impact investing and providing impact solutions to professional investors. Her investment interest spans across a variety of themes from decentralized finance platform to sustainable fashion and other initiatives that create economic and social impacts. Catherine also holds strong connection to the regional sustainability development in Asia. She is very active in advocacy especially in China concerning environmental protection, climate change and carbon footprint, and is keen on building multilateral collaboration with both public and private sectors.

Prior to her work at AvantFaire, Catherine helped run her family business in Asia and managed various projects on the Belt and Road Initiative. She also worked in prominent financial institutions in China and Canada such as Noah Holdings and Royal Bank of Canada and advised ultra-high net worth clients and family offices on investment and asset allocation strategies.

Catherine is passionate about promotion and education of ESG and sustainability, and frequently hosts seminars as the Chair of the Education Committee in Women in Finance Asia and in various green industry events. Her most recent play is hosting a finance channel in a China social media platform aiming to bring general public’s attention to environmental protection and green finance.

Catherine graduated from University College London with majors in economics and statistics and holds an MBA from the University of Toronto. She is keen on continuous education and is currently studying a master’s degree in international relationship in King’s College London and concurrently a graduate program in Chinese medicine in the University of Hong Kong. Catherine also has deep appreciation in art and culture and serves as an advisor to TESSA, an innovative artwork platform in Korea, and a director in the Hong Kong - Cambodia Advancement Association which promotes the cultural art of the country.

先行投資管理有限公司創始人兼首席執行官陳欽若女士

陳欽若（Catherine) 是一位經驗豐富的影響力投資者，創業家及綠色金融倡導者和領軍人。她創立了香港先行集團，業務覆蓋中國、中國香港、加拿大和新加坡，專注於影響力投資並為專業投資者提供影響力解決方案。她的投資領域涉及多個主題，從去中心化金融到可持續時尚服裝以及其它能創造經濟和社會長期價值的項目。欽若與亞洲區綠色金融發展的工作緊密合作。她活躍於亞洲地區特別是中國的環境保護、氣候變暖和碳中和議題的推動和發展，並非常熱衷於與公共和私有機構建立多邊合作關係。

在創立先行集團之前，欽若管理和「一帶一路」相關的各種項目。她還曾在中國和加拿大的著名金融機構工作，例如諾亞控股和加拿大皇家銀行，為超高淨值客戶和家族辦公室提供有關投資和資產配置策略的建議。

欽若對促進ESG和綠色金融的宣傳和教育充滿熱情，並經常以亞洲金融女性論壇的教育委員會主席的名義和專業研討會議成員的身份主持各種綠色產業的活動和會議。她近期聚焦在中國媒體平台提高公眾對環境保護和綠色金融的關注。欽若畢業於英國倫敦大學學院，主修經濟學和統計學，並擁有加拿大多倫多大學的工商管理碩士學位。她熱愛持續進修，目前在香港大學攻讀中醫學研究生課程。欽若對藝術和文化見地頗深，她目前擔任TESSA（韓國創新藝術品平台）的顧問，以及香港柬埔寨進步協會的董事，推廣柬埔寨的文化藝術。