Lawrence Tsang

Chief Executive Officer

The D. H. Chen Foundation

Lawrence Tsang joined The D. H. Chen Foundation in 2024 as Chief Executive Officer. With a robust background in finance and over 30 years of corporate experience spanning multiple industries worldwide, Lawrence is dedicated to advancing the Foundation’s philanthropic mission through innovative, forward-thinking strategies, all while upholding the Foundation’s values and vision of building a compassionate society.
Before joining the Foundation, Lawrence co-founded Dream2Story, a nonprofit organisation committed to empowering under-resourced youth in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he took leadership in shaping socially responsible strategies, driving global ESG initiatives, and integrating social benefit into mainstream business practices for various organisations.

Speaker Session

15:05–16:20

Workshop Salon: Thematic Trends & Challenges

Salon 7: Blended Finance in Practice: How Philanthropy Unlocks Social Investment

Increasingly, the most urgent question in strategic philanthropy is not just what to fund, but how philanthropic capital can unlock far greater flows of capital for impact.

This session explores how next-generation philanthropists can leverage their resources beyond grantmaking, but as catalytic capital that can absorb risk, strengthen organizations, and unlock investment through tools such as first-loss capital, guarantees, impact funds, and ecosystem building.

Bringing together leaders from across the field — including practitioners working at the intersection of philanthropy and social investment — the conversation will examine how funders can move beyond traditional giving to design capital stacks that drive systems change. Speakers will explore the tensions and opportunities involved, moving beyond feel-good philanthropy to interrogate what rigorous, effective, and equitable capital deployment looks like in practice.