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An alumnus of Cambridge and Oxford Universities and IMD where she was the first woman to graduate on the Dean\u2019s List, Su-Mei serves on the Equal Opportunities Commission of Hong Kong and is a member of the EOC\u2019s Policy &amp; Research Committee. She is a non-executive director of HKEx-listed Natural Beauty Bio-technology Limited, a board member of Opera HK and a Council Member of The Cheltenham Ladies College, her alma mater. \u00a0Su-Mei writes on women\u2019s issues for the South China Morning Post. Her recent speaking credits include the Women\u2019s Forum in 2014, the UN Regional Forum on Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship in April 2013, and the IMF &amp; World Bank Annual Meetings in 2012 where she chaired a panel on women in the private sector. 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