Houghton Wan has been supporting local social enterprises, as a social business coach since 2006. In this time he has supported over 30 social businesses locally and overseas. Apart from this meaningful coaching work, he is also a Greater China Partnership Manager in Partners Worldwide as well as the Director of Fullness Social Enterprise Society.
In 2006, he developed the first Diploma in Social Business for young people. In 2008, he was invited to present at the first Asian Social Entrepreneur Summit in Korea on social impact maximization. In 2009, he was then invited to speak at TEDx about social business development in HongKong. In 2010, he was invited as a strategic advisor of Jabbok IT Solutions – sponsored by a government funded programme called Enhancing Self-Reliance through the District Partnership Programme.
Houghton attended the University of Manitoba and Hong Kong Baptist University for Computer Science and Social Science.