Mr. Jimmy Lo, Part-time Lecturer of HKU SPACE

Mr. Jimmy Lo has over 7 years of teaching, training and educational consulting experience at the corporate, university and various educational levels and settings in Hong Kong, China and Asia. As a Part-time Lecturer of HKU SPACE, Jimmy is currently teaching Management Information Systems for the Advanced Diploma in Business Management programme. With a background in psychology and human resources management (University of Hong Kong) and applying the psychological studies to postgraduate studies in management (University of Edinburgh), digital business (HKUST Business School) and education (Oxford and Cambridge), Jimmy is experienced in applying psychometric tests and tools to provide career advice and consultation to students and working professionals. With a specialised background in professional communication, applied linguistics and English pedagogy, Jimmy also lectures at Hong Kong Baptist University (College of International Education) and Open University of Hong Kong, and is responsible for teaching professional English courses at an international language institute. Jimmy is also a co-founder of an e-learning and training company in Asia, and has conducted business skills training at numerous National Key Universities in China and corporations (e.g. Singapore Stock Exchange). Prior to embarking on educational entrepreneurship and lectureships, Jimmy was an international management trainee at Standard Chartered Bank, and had years of experience in the field of commercial banking and wealth management. During his international banking and managerial career, Jimmy was a recipient of a sales and marketing award by the Hong Kong Management Association. Jimmy is completing an MSc in applied linguistics and teaching English in university settings (Oxford), with a focus on the psychology of language learning. In addition, he has obtained an MSc in Management with distinction (University of Edinburgh) and an MSc in Information Systems Management (HKUST Business School), a BSocSc in Psychology with minors in Human Resources Management and Applied Child Development (University of Hong Kong) and Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA, Grade B) (University of Cambridge English Language Assessment).