MAO Yu Lynn Yuan Serves as Independent Consultant to United Nations Global Marketplace

20 April 2026 (Hong Kong SAR, China) — MAO Yu Lynn Yuan serves as an Independent Individual Consultant (IC No. 1208379) to the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) on a long-term basis as of April 2026. Drawing on her professional expertise in sustainable development and multinational social enterprise operations, she provides professional consulting and support for UN-related cooperation projects and affairs with eligibility to tender.

FANIQUE, the multinational social enterprise founded by MAO Yu Lynn Yuan in Toronto, Canada in 2013 and later registered in Hong Kong SAR, China in 2023, has completed the registration as an official service supplier on the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM), with the enterprise supplier number: 1208419. As a multinational social enterprise focused on building sustainable value, the enterprise will participate in and tender for UN-related procurement and cooperation projects through the UNGM platform to support the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) in regions and communities.

In her capacity as an Independent Individual Consultant with the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM), MAO Yu Lynn Yuan discharges her functions solely in her personal professional capacity. She adheres strictly to the principles of neutrality and independence, does not represent the position of any national government, does not express political viewpoints on behalf of any country, nor does she assume any representative functions at the national level.  All her work is conducted in accordance with the relevant statutes, code of conduct, and international public affairs norms of the UNGM, upholding the principles of professionalism, objectivity, and neutrality in the performance of her duties.

About MAO Yu Lynn Yuan

MAO Yu Lynn Yuan is a practitioner for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, award-winning film director, multinational social entrepreneur and TEDx speaker, with professional practice at the intersection of art, technology, business and social innovation. As an Independent Individual Consultant (IC No. 1208379) to the UNGM, she focuses on advancing sustainable supply chains and sustainable innovation leadership practices. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art Management from the University of Toronto and a Master of Social Sciences in Sustainability Leadership and Governance from the University of Hong Kong, with cross-cultural perspectives and a professional academic background spanning Eastern and Western contexts. Her experimental art film Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism applies AI voiceover technology in a pioneering manner to address the underrepresentation of women’s voices, with a focus on gender equality as a public social topic, and has received awards and nominations at multiple international film festivals. She serves regularly as an entrepreneurship mentor for Futurpreneur Canada, a national entrepreneurship organization, and The FORUM, a Canadian public charity, as well as the mentor and guest award presenter at the UNICEF-HKU Human Rights Case Competition, continuously supporting the development of youth and women. As the founder of FANIQUE, a multinational social enterprise, MAO Yu Lynn Yuan takes “building sustainable values” as the core philosophy, promoting the integrated development of business, society and environment by supporting the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through professional practices.