Charles Ko Email & Phone Number

Hong Kong Sar

Worked in Risk and Portfolio Management for the Infrastructure and Financing Securitization Division (IFS) of HKMC. This division was responsible for the securitization of infrastructure: which involved pooling income-generating assets into a financial instrument (securities). This process typically involves the creation and sale of bonds or other debt instruments backed by the cash flows or collateral value of the infrastructure projects.• Produced spreadsheets in conjunction with macros for Portfolio Management of specific countries.• Researched, compiled, and organized data and spreadsheets for monitoring folders for specific relevant industry sectors to IFS. • Wrote and edited annual and quarterly reports documents for specific sectors and projects.• Developed proficiency in Bloomberg Terminal to analyse market and financial information for projects.

Hong Kong Sar

Participated in the project: “Degradation Study of EV Battery for Stationary Energy Storage” which tackles repurposing EV batteries for stationary energy storage.• Assigned to design a scaled-down portable solar-powered emergency station that incorporated these batteries using CAD modelling.• Learned about the solar technologies incorporated and relevant environmental technology development.• Developed a variety of skills including computer aided design.

Hong Kong Sar

• Monitored Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) compliance for various sustainability projects.• Attended forums, meetings, technical tour visits, and workshops to learn about different applications regarding resilience infrastructure, smart systems, sustainable communities.• Had the opportunity to fully understand the technology development cycle from R&D, planning and funding, implementation, and commercialization perspectives.Worked as a summer apprentice on sustainability issues supervised by Dr Thomas Tang.

Hong Kong Sar

Participated in a project aiming to use a novel photoelectrochemical technology for energy-neutral biogas polishing and sulfur recovery from saline Sewage Treatment Works (STWs).• Investigated different bioenergy processes such as bio-methanation in saline anaerobic digestion (AD) and assisted experimental designs. • Utilized analytical tools used in Big Data Analytics and Bioinformatics, such as the ‘Mothur’ coding program. • Produced a video animation for publicity to communicate project goals to the general public.Supervised by Prof Kaimin Shih, the President of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Greater China Section

(Che1) Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Sub-Plan, B.A.Sc.(Class Of 2024), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: • Varsity Squash Team [2021-2022] • Varsity Esports Team (Valorant A&B Team)• Graduated with Dean Scholars.

Ib Diploma

Activities and Societies: • Team captain for Sha Tin College squash team, and for the Hong Kong School Sports Federation Interschool.