Bio

JP Stevenson is the Head of Market Development, EiQ at LRQA, one of the world’s largest sustainability services providers. His work focuses on the use of digital technology to build out responsible sourcing practices, spanning human rights due diligence to environmental risk management. He was previously a Chief Commercial Officer at Knitup, a Fung Group company. Before launching Knitup, he led the Fung Group’s internal consulting practice, structuring many of the Fung Group’s supply chain digitalization initiatives and managing its central business intelligence unit.  

His work is published broadly, by organizations including the Harvard Business Review. He is currently a co-chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong’s Apparel, Footwear & Textile Committee. He has over a decade of experience in global trade.  

He holds an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, from which he graduated with the highest honors. He is also a graduate of Dickinson College, Peking University and Tsinghua University.