Dr. Fung is the Chairman and CEO of the ACDEG Group of companies. He has partnerships in forest products, biomass energy, chemicals, electrical power cogeneration, agric-foods, marine equipment, OEM parts manufacturing and packaging wastes recycling in North America, Europe and Asia. He obtained his Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees in chemical engineering from McGill University in Montreal and completed the senior business executive program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

His operating experience includes deploying unit trains, terminals, marine vessels and trucking fleets to become the world’s largest distributor of merchant sulphuric acid, a major industrial chemical. He was the research manager and managed the chemical research laboratory of one of the largest chemical companies in Canada. Subsequently, he became the president of a global engineering and proprietary equipment company with five divisions on four continents and chemical plant projects on six continents. Dr. Fung was part owner and operator of one of the largest propane distributors in British Columbia. His joint venture with one of the largest pulp and paper traders in the world was a major shipper of wood pulps into China. His current businesses use strategic investments, technology integration and global partnerships to deliver value to their customers.

Dr. Fung is currently co-chair of the Members of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, vicechair of the Canada China Business Council, member of the Strategy for Partnership and Innovation Advisory Committee of NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada), senior fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation and past president of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. He is also a member of the national board of directors of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (immediate past chair), Canadian Standards Association Group (CSA), Canadian Green Chemistry & Engineering Network, International Science and Technology Partnership Canada (chair of China Sub-committee), CentrePort Canada Inc. and the Western Canadian Transportation System Strategy Group.