Angus has practises law in Hong Kong as a solicitor in many branches of the law but his recent focus is on intellectual property and personal data privacy. For many years he has been a member of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance which includes him into a worldwide group of colleagues in 70 jurisdictions worldwide.
Angus has been a member of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries for many years and has had a keen interest in the arts of China about which he has written the following:-

1. “Five Chinese Jade Figures, the Study of the Development of Sculptural Form in Hongshan Jade Working” Orientations Magazine May 1990.
2. Neolithic Chinese Jades in “JADE” Consultant Editor Roger Keverne, Anness Publishing Limited London 1991.
3. “Jades from China” Catalogue of an Exhibition of Chinese Jades at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England 1994.
4. “Ships of the Silk Road – The Bactrian Camel in Chinese Jade” – Philip Wilson Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2019.
5. “Celestial Beings and Bird-Men – Human Flight in Chinese Jade” about Flying Apsaras, Kinnaras, Garuda and Anthroponotic Head Ornaments in Chinese Jade – Philip Wilson Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2019.

Angus is currently working on the first volume of what will be three volumes on the subject of the representation of the human figure and face in Chinese jade over 5,000 years of which the first volume dating from the Hongshan period in 4,000 BC extends up to the Sanxingdui Shu culture in Sichuan Province at the late Shang Dynasty c. 1,200 BC.

Dr. Knothe studies and teaches the history of decorative arts in the 17th and 18th centuries with particular focus on the social and historic importance of royal French manufacture. He has long been interested in the early modern fascination with Chinoiserie and the way royal workshops and smaller private enterprises helped to create and cater to this long-lasting fashion. Dr. Knothe is currently working on the scientific developments of glassmaking in Qing China, bringing together results from both historical and chemical analysis.

Dr. Knothe started his career at The Metropolitan Museum of Art focusing on European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Before joining The University of Hong Kong, where he now serves as Director of the University Museum and Art Gallery, Dr. Knothe was the curator of European glass at The Corning Museum of Glass overseeing the European and East Asian departments. There, he organized an exhibition on East Meets West, and afterward, lectured internationally on cross-cultural influences in art and workshop practices in Western Europe and East Asia.

Sarah Ward is Dalian Maritime University’s first Professor of Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage. Educated at the Universities of Southampton and Southern Queensland, she is an internationally recognised, Asia-capable Australian expert with a 24‐year career in maritime, coastal, and underwater cultural heritage. Ward’s work emphasises collaborative, transformative, systems‐based partnership approaches to the investigation, preservation and management of Asia’s submerged legacy, enhancing the connection between people and the sea while advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Ocean Decade actions. She is the Executive Director of the Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage Association, Consultant Foreign Expert to China’s National Centre for Archaeology, Co‐Director of the China‐Cambodia Underwater Cultural Heritage Cooperation, and Chair of the Asian Regional Underwater Cultural Heritage Workshop series. Based in China since 2018, Sarah is a sought‐after guest lecturer at leading institutions across Asia and beyond.

Steven teaches equity and trusts and property law subjects. In 2013, Steven introduced a course on art, antiquities, cultural heritage and law for the LLM programme. His academic work includes 10 individually authored book titles, including Protecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong (2021), and more than 100 academic articles, conference papers and other pieces on topics associated with property. For Hong Kong’s professional sector, Steven has presented over 500 continuing professional development courses for solicitors in Hong Kong. Steven’s research interests include the law affecting art, antiquities and cultural heritage, Chinese custom and law, legal history, and property law. In 2023, Steven published the first treatise on Digital Technology and Law. He is not a technologist. 

Toby has a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts Valuation, as well as a MSc in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management and a post graduate certificate in art authentication. Toby has extensive knowledge in forensic art authentication methods and the more theoretical and academic studies surrounding art fraud. Toby has received specialist training in the prevention of illicit trafficking of artworks and cultural heritage protection from the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as well as in provenance research and the recovery of looted assets from The Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP). He is multi-published in this field and has lectured to industry and academia around the world. From 1993 to 2025, Toby served in the Hong Kong Police Force. In 2014, Toby founded TrackArt, Hong Kong’s first dedicated Art Risk Consultancy. He is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars and holds the Freedom of the City of London. In September 2025, Toby joined CUHK’s Faculty of Law as a Doctoral Candidate.