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Honorary University Fellows

Ms Karen CHEUNG Tih Loh
2022 Honorary University Fellow
Ms Karen CHEUNG Tih Loh
Biography

Ms Karen Cheung Tih Loh is currently the Trustee and Chief Strategist of The D. H. Chen Foundation and the Executive Director of Vervain Resources. She is from a distinguished Hong Kong family renowned and respected for its philanthropy, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Leadership from Claremont McKenna College in the United States.

Ms Cheung’s grandfather, Dr Chen Din Hwa, was the founder of the Nan Fung Group and The D. H. Chen Foundation, and her mother, Ms Vivien Chen, is the Honorary Chairman of the Group, Chairman of The D. H. Chen Foundation, and the founder of the Chen Wai Wai Vivien Foundation. Ms Cheung joined The D. H. Chen Foundation in 2007 to continue the family tradition of social advocacy.

As a firm believer of education, Ms Cheung established The D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarship Program in 2015 to support outstanding students from the University of Hong Kong and other local universities.

At HKU, she has supported the development of the Master of Buddhist Counselling programme in the Centre of Buddhist Studies, and the establishment of The D. H. Chen College, a residential College for students that shares compassion-based values and philosophy rooted in Buddhism.

She was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021 in recognition of her significant contributions to the community.

Dedicated to serving the Hong Kong community, Ms Cheung is a Board Member of Ronald McDonald House Charities Hong Kong and the Centre of Heritage, Arts and Textiles. She is also a member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital as well as the Chair of the Campaign Committee of OneSky for all children. 

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