Ms CHAO Sih Ming Sabrina, BBS, JP

Ms. Sabrina Chao BBS, JP is the Founder and Chairman of SeaKapital Limited and the Chairman of Charterhouse School (Asia) Limited. She graduated from the Imperial College London in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics with Management. Between 2002 to 2018, Ms. Chao ran the family business and developed Wah Kwong Group into one of the best in class shipowner globally.
Ms. Chao is a leader in the global maritime industry with influential power in Hong Kong, Asia and theinternational shipping arena. She was the President of BIMCO from May 2021 to May 2023, the largest shipping organization in the world. She was the past Chairman of Asian Shipowners’ Association and the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. She was the former member of the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board under the Transport and Housing Bureau of the HKSAR Government.
Ms. Chao is very passionate in promoting the maritime industry to the next generations. She is presently the Chairman of External Advisory Group of the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies in Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In November 2022, Ms. Chao is appointed as a member of the Vocational Training Council. Ms. Chao recently stepped down as the Chairman of Maritime Services Training Board under Vocational Training Council. She is also a general committee member of The Sailors and Mission to Seafarers Hong Kong since 2019. With her great contributions in the maritime industry, she was named Honorary President by the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) since 2009 and the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Commodore in 2018.

In addition to above, Ms. Chao is Honorary Consul of Norwegian Honorary Consulate in Hong Kong; a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Jiangsu Province; a member of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK); a member of the Council of Lingnan University; Young Global Leaders 2014 awarded by the World Economic Forum; Executive Vice Chairman of Federation of Jiangsu Community Organization; Permanent Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Jiangsu Youth. In May 2023, Ms. Chao is appointed by The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as a member of the Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development. 
Furthermore, in 2022 she is awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star and in October 2020,
she is appointed as a Justice of Peace by The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, The People’s Republic of China.