Mentors

Mr. Edmond Leung

Co-founder of Bijas Vegetarian Restaurant

Co-founder of Smiley Plane
Director of The Conservancy Association
Member of the Environmental Campaign Committee

Bio

Mr. Leung graduated from the University of British Columbia, majoring in Psychology and Economics. He then started working at Goldman Sachs LLC in 2001 to put forward what he learnt in school at work.

In 2012, he attended the program “How to be a social entrepreneur” at the University of Hong Kong by Professor K. K. Tse, and in the same year, he started Bijas Vegetarian Restaurant at the University of Hong Kong with three other co-founders, establishing the first ever vegetarian restaurant on a university campus. In 2013, he further pursued his ideals for the environment and co-founded Smiley Planet with Miriam & Wilson, advocating for the public to observe deep within themselves to induce a behavioural change for the better of themselves and the planet. In 2015, he completed his Permaculture Design Course and wish to better connect human to the land via his farm designs. He believes that planting seeds in the mind is just as important as planting seeds in the soil. He is also a member of the Environmental Campaign Committee, and a director of The Conservancy Association.
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