Mr Mason Wu Shang-tun 伍尚敦先生

Year of Award

2017

Biography

Mr Mason (Shang-tun) Wu is a highly regarded financial analyst, a philanthropist, and a venture capitalist for social start-ups. In 2009, Mr Wu founded his own asset management company, Prudence Investment Management, and leveraged on his risk management savvy to grow the value of his clients’ business portfolios, and scored remarkable achievements in the finance industry. Mr Wu believes it is his responsibility to give back to the society. He made use of his expertise to finance new start-ups, especially “social start-ups”, and has been actively involved with Social Ventures Hong Kong. Mr Wu prioritises cultivating bright, young talent for the insurance industry. For the Risk and Insurance Management (RIM) programme at Lingnan, he has liaised with the AR Charitable Foundation to establish a HK$10 million scholarship scheme and helped outstanding RIM graduates to pursue Master’s degrees at City University, London. He also mobilised his network in insurance in providing different mentorship, internship and job placement opportunities for RIM students.