MBA BABS Diplôme ESSEC

Vita Wong- Kwok is an experienced professional specializing in the luxury, art and cultural business. She was educated in Paris and Hong Kong and received her master’s degree in business administration from ESSEC Business School with a special diploma in luxury brand management. 

Before joining MAA, Vita has over 18 years of experience as a senior executive at Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group. She joined Louis Vuitton as Regional Vice President of communications for Asia Pacific in 2002, managing all marketing communications and cultural projects. She established the Cultural Development Department at the company in 2010, developing and managing art spaces and cultural projects in Asia. Over those years, she has successfully launched more than 50 exhibitions at the Louis Vuitton Cultural Espace in Asia working with international and local artists and art institutions. She also developed cultural and outreach programs, as well as selecting and commissioning artworks for Louis Vuitton in the Asia Pacific region.

Vita has a proven track record of successfully building brands to achieve market leadership and market share; she has established strong relationships with local, regional and international artists, as well as international brands and regional media.

Sum Kwok is an architect educated in France and Hong Kong, with more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He has managed a variety of projects from planning to completion, taking into account all aspects of design, programming, procurement, cost control, construction and project management. Sum has worked with leading developers, consultants and corporate end-users, developing projects in Hong Kong, mainland China, and around the Asia Pacific region.

Over the past 20 years, Sum has been responsible for an extensive range of projects, including retail, commercial, luxury residential, and hotel and service apartments. Among the clients, there are Cartier, Hermes, Chaumet, International Commerce Centre (ICC), MTR Corporation Limited, DFS Group, Lane Crawford (Hong Kong) Limited, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group, and Sheraton Hotel.

Edwin Chan is an architect currently based in the United States with nearly 30 years of experience as Frank Gehry’s design partner, designing some of the most acclaimed buildings in the world. He received his bachelor’s degree of arts from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, and his master’s degree of architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. After graduation, Edwin joined Gehry Partners, LLP in Los Angeles. He has collaborated closely with Frank Gehry as a design partner on many of the firm’s most significant cultural and institutional projects, such as Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (1991–97), Opus Residential, Hong Kong (2006–12), and Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2005–12).

In 2012, Edwin Chan launched the architecture and design studio EC3, with aims of empowering cross-disciplinary collaboration and creativity. Based in Los Angeles and working globally, Edwin is well experienced in projects and programs of varying scales, from cultural and institutional buildings to residential and urban design. He has collaborated with artists in designing installations and exhibitions, as well as functional workspace systems.

Jonathan Thomson is an independent curator and essayist. He is a regional contributing editor for the international art magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. He is author of Hong Kong: Culture and Creativity (Hong Kong Arts Development Council, 2006) and more than 150 published essays and reviews.

He has many years of experience in public arts administration in Australia and Hong Kong. He was deputy director (Strategic Development) and head of secretariat at the Australia Council for the Arts, deputy secretary-general at the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, head of the academic services office at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and director of operations and academic services at the Global University Alliance.

Jonathan holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Adelaide, a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from Flinders University, and a master’s degree of philosophy in Art History from the University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics.