Impact and making a difference
Stephen Phillips OBE
Asia specialist on trade & investment | Senior Adviser, BDO Unibank, supporting international clients | Council Member, Philippine British Business Council | Member, Advisory Council, OMFIF | Commercial & public NED
In perhaps what will be my final post as Director General of Invest Hong Kong I would like to reflect on why what we do as a team matters.
It is why we get out of bed every day. And that is simply to make a difference. A positive to difference to the community and people we serve.
Our clients are businesses and entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes. We help them, support them and welcome them to invest and then grow in our great city #hongkong.
We want each and every business we support to thrive and to grow. We want them to succeed, for them and for #hongkong.
We do this to help create new and good opportunities for the people of Hong Kong. To generate jobs: whether they be at the leading edge of their domain or creating jobs for those with lesser skills.
At the same time we want to attract the very best of breed companies to call Hong Kong home. To bring new ideas, leading edge #tech and #positiveimpact to the economy. That, in turn, has so many spillover effects across the wider economy.??It supports and drives our financial and professional services for one. It brings visitors to Hong Kong that support our wider economic activity. Our hospitality industry. Our amazing restaurants and nightlife spots. Our growing ecotourism. And so much more.
This is our very raison d’etre.
Our team in Hong Kong and around the world have #impact in its many guises at the forefront of what they do. Their satisfaction comes from playing a part in #makingadifference.?In seeing real #impact. I salute each and everyone of my colleagues for what they have done and will continue to do.
To each and everyone one of them I say thank you.
Impact. That’s what counts.
at Carbon Craft
1 年All the best and please keep in touch ??
Senior Commercial Leader | Driving Innovation for Healthcare
1 年Thanks for your inspiration and everything you have done for Hong Kong! All the best with your next chapter!
Deputy Head of Business and Talent Attraction / Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
1 年Thank you Stephen for your guidance as our DG. We will miss you at U.S. West in San Francisco.
Proud whisky enthusiast. Corporate & private functions, utilising the joys of whisky to connect people & have fun. A business coach / mentor, that gets you curious again by changing mindsets of decision makers.
1 年Stephen Phillips, our interaction was relatively brief, but I was tremendously impressed by your range of knowledge and your ability to make things happen. I genuinely look forward to remaining in touch. Best wishes for where-ever your hat lands next.
Founding Partner/Director at V Brands Limited, V Lanka Limited, V Foods - Hong Kong & Sri Lanka Brand - Tikiri Manike, Tikiri Cotswolds
1 年Thank you and All The Very Best! Your team is indeed the best and the support they have extended to our company is immense!