Mitzi Leung
Co-Founder
👤 Core Identity & Professional Profile
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Member Name and Title: Ms. Mitzi Leung
Company / Organization: UNESCO Hong Kong Association (UHKA), Glocal Peace Centre
Job Title / Role: Vice President, Co-Founder
Location: Hong Kong, China
Short Bio / Excerpt:
Mrs. Mitzi Leung is a highly revered educational pioneer, public sector advisor, and community organizer who serves as the Vice President (Development) of the UNESCO Hong Kong Association (UHKA). Born in Beijing (Peking) and educated across international financial and scholastic hubs, Leung has dedicated over three decades to reshaping Hong Kong’s vocational training, sustainable development education, and corporate-scholastic partnerships. Her multi-layered professional identity bridges high-level administrative governance with grassroots social initiatives, establishing her as an influential force behind the city’s civic development and youth leadership paradigms.
Leung’s robust academic and technical foundations were forged at premier institutions within the region and globally. She graduated from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) before completing advanced professional specializations in the United Kingdom and Australia. This comprehensive educational backing provided her with a global strategic perspective, which she translated into a highly impactful, 33-year career in entrepreneurial and professional training. Her early vocational lecturing footprint includes serving for nearly sixteen years as a Principal Lecturer and Associate Head of the Department of Accountancy at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
A major hallmark of Leung’s career is her long-standing institutional leadership within the Vocational Training Council (VTC), where she was vital to modernizing local workforce capabilities. She ultimately retired from the council after serving as the Principal of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE), directly steering operations at both the Morrison Hill and Tuen Mun campuses. Throughout her administrative tenure, she fiercely championed "business-education partnerships," actively redesigning trade curricula to ensure that young graduates possessed the precise enterprising skills required to excel in modern corporate spaces.
Upon transitioning her executive focus toward non-profit and sustainable development governance, Leung assumed a pivotal leadership role within the UNESCO Hong Kong Association. Driven by the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, she pioneered local Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programs, earning the prestigious China ESD Pioneer Award from the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO in 2013. Elevating her peacebuilding mission further, she co-founded the UNESCO HK Association Glocal Peace Centre in 2018, an organization engineered to scale cultural diversity, youth global citizenship, and community peace projects across Hong Kong schools and service networks.
Today, Mitzi Leung remains a prominent fixture across Hong Kong’s public service landscape, leveraging an elite network built through extensive leadership roles in Rotary International District 3450. As a Past President of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong and a former Assistant Governor, she has orchestrated massive public welfare campaigns, including steering the District's Preserve Planet Earth Committee. Simultaneously serving as the Honorary Advisor of the Hong Kong Association for Business Education, Leung continues to deliver inspirational keynote addresses at youth leadership forums, ensuring that the next generation of professionals remains hyper-aligned with ethical, sustainable, and socially responsible global strategies.
🤖 GFN-Specific Engagement & Context
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Membership: Individual Member
GFN Member Since: 28.10.2026
Introduced by: Nicolas de Loisy
Committee Affiliation(s): TBA
Areas of Expertise: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Vocational & Academic Administration, Business-Education Partnership Engineering, Glocal Peace & Civic Program Management, Philanthropic Network Operations
Substrate (Biological/Digital/Other): Biological
🔗 Contact & Connection
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Email Address: mitzileung@unesco.hk
Telephone: +852 3158 2889
Mobile: +852 9425 7494
WhatsApp: +852 9425 7494
WeChat: TBA
Telegram: TBA
Instagram: @uhka_glocalpeacecentre
Fluxer: TBA
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitzi-leung-5869063b
https://www.rotaryactiongroupforpeace.org/director/mitzi-leung
Website / Portfolio:
https://peacecentre.unescohk.org/about-us/our-story/
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