Professor Joseph Wing-On Tam is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Pangenia Group, and Chairman of the Board. Professor Tam is a research pioneer with over 30 years of teaching and research experiences in the biotechnology and diagnostics sector. Professor Tam was a Visiting Professor at UCSF School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Medical College of Georgia. He was also a Scientist of National Institute of Health and an Honorary Associate Professor at School of Biomedical Sciences of The University of Hong Kong. He is the Founder and President of the Hong Kong Biochemistry Association.
Professor Tam has been working in DNA research field in Hong Kong during the late 1970s. With the support of UNESCO, Professor Tam organized and trained the first group of scientists in China and Asia Pacific Region on recombinant DNA research in 1983. Professor Tam invented and US patented the “flow-through hybridization technology”, which is currently the fastest hybridization process that is applied in DNA macro- and microarray development.
Following his passion for Molecular Diagnostics, Professor Tam established DiagCor Bioscience Incorporation Limited in 2006, which is the important foundation of the Pangenia Group. He strives to influence and inspire the next generation talent in Hong Kong’s biotechnology industry.
Dr. Desmond Hau obtained his M.Phil. in
Biochemistry from The University of Hong Kong and Ph.D. in Research &
Development Division of School of Chinese Medicine from Hong Kong Baptist
University. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Pangenia Holdings Limited and
also the Founder of Bio-Gene Technology Limited. Dr. Hau has more than 25 years
of experience in marketing and management, specializing in scientific and
clinical laboratory markets in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China.
Dr. Hau has also served as External Grant
Assessor at the
Knowledge Transfer Office of City University of Hong Kong and was a member of
the Faculty of Science Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Baptist University.
Working with the School of Chinese Medicine of Hong Kong Baptist University,
Dr. Hau developed and introduced a series of Chinese Medicinal health food
products into the market through the branding “BU Health”.
Mr. Anthony Wong was trained in Medical
Laboratory Sciences at the Institute of Pathology in Hong Kong and obtained a
degree in Genetics and Biochemistry at University of Leeds UK and Master of
Science in Clinical Chemistry at CUHK. He received post-graduate training in
Cytogenetics at the Paediatric Research Unit at Guy’s Hospital in London. After
he returned to Hong Kong, he took the position of Scientific Officer (Medical)
at Tsan Yuk Hospital, where he led the laboratory team for prenatal diagnosis.
With the great accomplishments, Mr. Wong was the Director of Medical Genetics
Laboratory Limited in provision of prenatal genetic laboratory services. He
also contributed an integral part in establishing the first non-hospital base
assisted reproductive laboratory in Hong Kong.
Mr. Francis Tam is currently the Vice President of Pangenia Group and is in charge of Sales and Marketing Strategy. He is also board member of a few affiliates’ biotechnology companies in Hong Kong and China.
Mr. Tam studied Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of California Davis and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSLA) there. He continued his studies at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, receiving his Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Executive Master of Innovation Leadership (EMIL).
Mr. Jones Lo has been the Group Financial
Controller of Pangenia Group since April 2017 and has over 10 years
of experience in corporate finance and audit. Before joining the Group in
December 2015, he was a senior manager of KPMG. Mr. Lo received a Bachelor of
Business Administration in Financial Services of The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University in 2007. He is also an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute
of Certified Public Accountants since September 2010.
Ms. Lucy Lai is the Director of Sales and
Marketing of Pangenia Group. She leads a multinational team that
strategizes and promotes our in-vitro diagnostics products to over 35
international markets (including Africa, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and
Asia). She supports the development of new products with her in-depth market
intelligence. She is also responsible for the launch of advance genetic tests that applies next-generation
sequencing (NGS) to the local market.
Ms. Lai received her B.Sc. in Molecular
Biotechnology, and M.Sc. in Marketing from The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
and she obtained her MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Guo has over 15 years of solid experience in research and clinical laboratories. Previously, she worked as a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow in National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH). She received her Ph.D at School of Biological Science of The University of Hong Kong, her M. Sc. at Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, and her MBBS in Department of Clinical Medicine, Hebei Medical University. She published 12 journal articles and conference abstracts.