Manager Trainee Programme

If you ask me what defines the HKMA – I would say the people without thinking for more than a second.

As an engineering graduate, I received a lot of guidance, care and mentoring from seniors and colleagues.  Everyone here is very willing to teach and answer my (sometimes somewhat simple) questions.

MTs are expected to be versatile when rotating across departments. I worked with colleagues who are extremely experienced in their fields and learnt from their expertise.  This enabled me to immerse myself into the diverse set of work under the HKMA’s mandate – from developing central bank digital currencies to managing Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund.

To me, the career at the HKMA is a treasure chest of opportunities.  Take two interesting projects that I worked on as examples.  While ESG is gaining ground in recent years, I had the honour of taking part in developing and promoting the Alliance for Green Commercial Banks in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation.

Another meaningful project that I have been involved in is the Focused Review on Incentive Systems of Front Offices in Retail Banks, which forms part of the Bank Culture Reform in promoting sound culture in the banking sector.  While the tasks that these two projects entail are fundamentally different, one may perceive it as a challenge to adapt.

Every coin has two sides, all these challenges turned out to be a golden opportunity for me to steepen my learning curve, to hone my horizontal skills in various aspects, and more importantly, to make impacts!