Teresa Cheng, HKIAC chair
We speak with Teresa Cheng GBS SC JP who has replaced
Huen Wong as Chair of the Hong Kong International Arbitration
Centre (HKIAC).
- What are the key challenges facing you as chair of the
HKIAC?
The HKIAC is a homegrown arbitral institution, an icon for
arbitration in Hong Kong, and will reach its 30th anniversary next
year. As the chair, my main role is to work with the HKIAC
Executive committee under the supervision of the HKIAC Council to
develop Hong Kong's position as an eminent arbitration and
dispute resolution centre.
They say that challenges are what make life interesting;
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. My challenge is
ensuring that my role is fulfilled through the capitalisation of
soft power as well as the consolidation of the vast experience in
arbitration in Hong Kong – and then connecting that with the
future development of arbitration and dispute resolution
internationally.
