Gregg (Dr G 李嘉乐) Li, D.Eng., MBA
Gregg (Dr G 李嘉乐) Li, D.Eng., MBA is a Hong Kong–based Information & Technology Governance Architect and the Chief Architect of Governance at Dr. G & Co., a governance advisory practice he founded in 1993. He is a voluntary researcher and member of the HKU Laboratory for Space Research, the outgoing President and founding CEO of the Orion Astropreneur Space Academy (OASA) in Hong Kong, and a longtime Venture Partner at Fresco Capital in Singapore.
His thesis, Governance built for yesterday cannot guide tomorrow, frames four decades of work designing adaptive governance for family offices, boards, and frontier-technology ventures — now extending into the NewSpace economy.
At Dr. G & Co., Gregg has spent more than thirty years helping select great families, and their advisors extend legacy and lineage through what he calls “Future-Readiness Governance.” His practice integrates three pillars: Governance Architecture for decision-making in fast-changing environments; Innovation Governance for safe, ethical, and strategic adoption of AI, digital, and frontier technologies; and Frontier Strategy for clients positioning themselves in NewSpace, dual-use tech, and next-generation industries.
He helps families establish guardrails in venture governance and give the rising generation a safe sandbox to innovate without destabilizing the legacy business. Between 2013 and 2024, Gregg was Founder of SinoAlpha Space, a venture-building subsidiary of Dr. G & Co. that operated as a founder’s factory for space technology, producing its own ventures while supporting and investing in external startups.
Gregg was the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Orion Astropreneur Space Academy from 2019 to 2024, and served as President from June 2025 through December 2025. OASA is a Hong Kong–based not-for-profit “do-tank” that accelerates young executives, professionals, and secondary-school students toward the arrival of the NewSpace economy through action-learning and AI.
Under Gregg’s leadership, OASA developed the award-winning Young Marco Polo ™ venture-building product, established the first Space Accelerator for Hong Kong, and signed a memorandum of understanding with the HKU Academy for the Talented and the HKU Laboratory for Space Research to jointly offer the Business Economy for Space Technology (BEST) program. Since September 2024, Gregg has continued to serve OASA as International Council Chair, Coach, and Convenor.
Read Igniting Hong Kong by Grounding NewSpace in 2023 and his commentary in Investing in Outer Space — Hong Kong’s Next Frontier in 2020?
Gregg is the coauthor, with Professor Bob Tricker, of Understanding Corporate Governance in China, the first comprehensive English-language treatment of corporate governance in mainland China and Hong Kong. He is also a contributor to the Management Consultants Handbook.
His earlier writings include Governing Innovation in a VUCA World — How a Chairman Needs to Take Baby Steps in Corporate Governance Asia (2018), How Might a Board of Directors in the High Technology Industry Establish a New Committee on Humanity and Ethics? (HKU, 2018), Smart Corporate Governance Practices in an Age of Uncertainty (G. Li & Co., 2015), First Aids for Disastrous Meetings — 100 Tips on Ways to Improve the Quality of Your Meetings (G. Li & Company, 2013), Resilience-Based Corporate Governance in Corporate Governance Asia (2010), 10 Zen Lessons in Chairmanship in the Asian Corporate Governance Journal, How to Be an Effective Director? with the Asian Corporate Governance Association, and Innovation as the Basis of Ownership and Creation of Wealth? in Integrated Manufacturing Systems.
Gregg coauthored the Management Audit Systems Manual for NGOs for HKCSS and designed the four-module Post Graduate Diploma in Management Consulting and Change at the University of Hong Kong.
Between 2013 and 2023, Gregg served as a Venture Partner at Fresco Capital, an early-stage venture fund investing at the intersection of people and technology. From September 2006 to December 2011, he was Asia Pacific Head of Corporate Governance and Enterprise Risk Management at Aon, after his Glico team was acquired by Aon Global, he continued as Special Advisor (Governance and Risk) through December 2012 and served on Aon’s Global ERM Advisory team.
Between 1997 and 2000, he was General Manager of the Management Think Tank at The University of Hong Kong, where he led the turnaround of the Consulting and Executive Education Center and introduced Graduate Diplomas in Consulting and Change, Supply, and E-Commerce. Between 1991 and 1993, he served as Management Advisor at the Vocational Training Council, developing leadership-succession tools for China and Hong Kong.
At American Express, he served as Director of Management Services (1987–1990) and Quality Assurance Manager (1986–1987) across Asia Pacific, earning the American Express Quality Award in 1990. Between 1980 and 1982, he was a Researcher at the East-West Center in Hawaii, studying Japan’s declining population growth under Professor Susan Clarke at the Population Institute.
Gregg earned his Doctor of Engineering in Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick (WMG) in 2002, his Master of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management between 1986 and 1988, and his Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities from Washington University in St. Louis between 1976 and 1979.
He holds a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) credential from ISACA (2000) and a New Satellite Resources for Emergency Response certification from the UN Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), issued in January 2025 following the NDRCC Beijing program.
Gregg’s honors include FCMC Emeritus (lifetime) from IMCHK in 2024, the Faculty Teaching Award (MBA) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011, Scholar-in-Residence for International Corporate Governance at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa School of Business in 2012, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors since 2001, Ambassador to China from the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) in 1997 — in which capacity he helped establish China’s first Institute of Management Consulting under UN auspices — and Academic Fellow of the International Institute of Management in 1996.
He was recognized as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America by Who’s Who in 1977 and performed with the Hawaii State Youth Orchestra as a cellist in 1975.
Since September 2025, Gregg has served as Innovation and Technology Advisor to the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. He has been an active voice in shaping Hong Kong’s NewSpace policy discourse, calling for a pioneering space-sustainability hub in Hong Kong and outlining pathways for the post-Budget landscape in China Daily Hong Kong.
Visit his LinkedIn profile, his HKU Lab for Space Research page, and his OASA speaker profile.