{"id":67128,"date":"2025-02-06T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=67128"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:00:12","slug":"dr-patrick-poon-my-learning-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/dr-patrick-poon-my-learning-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Patrick Poon talks about his learning journey and leadership style"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"67128\" class=\"elementor elementor-67128\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>6 February 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Dr Patrick Poon, Governor and Chairman of the Fundraising and Donation Committee at HSUHK, was invited by the Centre for Teaching and Learning to speak at the fifth \u201cMy Learning Story\u201d talk on 6 February 2025 on his lifelong learning journey and pathway to CEO leadership.<\/p><p>Dr Poon highlighted that the significant role teachers play in shaping students\u2019 learning through their guidance and words. He encouraged students to discover and develop their personal interests, as this is key to ensuring their personal success. In sharing his leadership journey, Dr Poon talked about how he continues to learn from his staff and team members. He emphasised that leadership is not dictatorship; that leadership is about inspiring a collaborative spirit and providing support to team members to cultivate a harmonious company culture.<\/p><p>Dr Poon has over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, and has served as the CEO of various multinational insurance companies. He is the first Hong Kong born citizen to obtain full actuarial professional qualifications from the Institute of Actuaries in the UK.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfc17d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfc17d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a2762d\" data-id=\"0a2762d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65282da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65282da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Photo-caption-1-1140x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Photo-caption-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Photo-caption-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Photo-caption-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Photo-caption-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dr Patrick Poon (right) shares his experience at the \u201cMy Learning Story\u201d talk, moderated by Dr Ben Cheng, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning. \n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":67129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[79,10,444],"tags":[],"topics":[228,229],"month":[426],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67128"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67138,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67128\/revisions\/67138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67128"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=67128"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=67128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}