Entrepreneur. Author. Sustainability Advocate.
Connecting finance and sustainability — building open-source AI/MCP tooling for ESG, valuation, and accessibility.
I've spent my career at the intersection of finance and sustainability. As a CFA Charterholder who became Vice Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong's leading environmental NGO on a pro bono basis, I've learned that lasting change requires both financial rigor and environmental conviction.
- 🏢 Founder & CEO, Ascent Partners Group — corporate valuation & ESG advisory (200+ listed companies served)
- 🌏 Founder, Ascent Partners Foundation — conservation across Asia-Pacific
- 🎓 B.Sc. Mathematics & Computer Science, McGill University
- 📜 CFA · CMA · MIPA · Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
- 🌐 simonmak.com · LinkedIn
Practical, rigorous tools for ESG, valuation, accessibility, and AI-agent automation.
| Project | What it is |
|---|---|
| vision-driven-design | Spec-driven development methodology + MCP server (8 phases, 7 gates, bi-directional traceability) |
| startup-valuation | 80+ startup valuation formulas + MCP server + AI-agent skills |
| intangible-valuation | Intangible-asset valuation library + MCP server |
| hkex-filing-scraper | HKEx regulatory filings → SurrealDB with PDF extraction & graph linking |
| opencode-workbench | One-command reproducibility for an AI-agent workstation |
| primary-sources-mcp | Free primary-source APIs for AI agents (SEC, World Bank, GDELT, FRED, HKMA…) |
| depression-sensitive-web-content | Cognitive accessibility & emotional-safety auditing skill |
Published to the official MCP Registry under io.github.simonmak-ascent/*:
startup-valuation · intangible-valuation · hkex-filings · esg-hub · vision-driven-design · opencode-workbench
The bridge between two worlds.