Award-winning architect Nicholas Ho currently serves as Chairman of hpa (Ho & Partners Architects), a leading multi-disciplinary architectural practice headquartered in Hong Kong, and a Strategic Partner of HKTDC’s Belt and Road-related initiatives.

With years of design experience across Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East and his wealth of knowledge and insight, Ho is the Hong Kong, China (HKC)’s representative to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC), member of the HKSAR Youth Development Commission, member of Hong Kong Trade and Industry Advisory Board, member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Belt and Road & Greater Bay Area Committee, and council member of Lingnan University.

With landmark projects across 50 cities in 12 countries totaling over 1 billion square feet of construction footprint, hpa has firmly established itself as an international and technologically advanced advisory platform for four decades. Since 2016, hpa has also spearheaded numerous SMART Cities initiatives through partnering with and investing in dozens of tech partners and solution providers globally, actively nurturing an ecosystem for technology development.