Dr. William Yu is currently Chief Executive Officer of World Green Organisation (WGO). Dr. Yu is an energy economist and climate professional by training and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom as well as earned an Executive MBA degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in the United States. Additionally, Dr. Yu has gained valuable regional management experience by working at US multinationals. He has lectured EMBA at the City University and Chinese University of Hong Kong and has refereed climate and renewable energy articles for several energy journals. Dr. Yu is currently the Adjunct Professor of the CityUniversity of Hong Kong.

　　Currently, Dr. Yu sits on the Energy Advisory Committee and Environmental Campaign Committee under the Environmental Bureau and the Waste Recovery Projects Vetting Sub-committee under the Environment and Conservation Fund. Also, Dr. Yu is a member of the expert panel on Industry Standards and Research under The Hong Kong Green Building Council. He belongs to the stakeholder advisory panel at the World Resources Institute on the GHG Protocol as well as several key business corporations. Dr. Yu sits on the Project Management Committee to oversee the Carbon Smart Program in collaboration with four key Chambers of Commerce. He was a co-host for an environmental program on numerous TV and Radio Channels. Dr. Yu was also a member of the support group for the Climate Project under the Council for Sustainable Development.

　　Dr. William Yu is the former Head of the Climate Programme at WWF-Hong Kong and responsible for leading both public and business engagement programmes on climate change. He directed policy advocacy strategies and research. Dr. Yu writes articles for multiple newspapers on the low carbon economy, low carbon city and infrastructure.