Our Team
Steph Ng Founder & CEO
Steph founded Body Banter in 2016 after realizing the powerful role that discussion and advocacy played in her own eating disorder recovery journey. Through providing opportunities for community-building, advocacy, and open discussion, she hopes that Body Banter can amplify the voices of individuals and empower them to be the driving forces behind creating a more accepting and accommodating world.
Her fascination with the relationship between language and mental health has led her to her current Ph.D. studies in a joint program between the University of Hong Kong and local mental health charity Mind HK, where she is exploring how storytelling shapes the ways we view mental illness and recovery in the Hong Kong context.
Her work is internationally recognized, and has been featured on media platforms such as BBC, TEDx, Channel NewsAsia, Tatler Asia, NowTV, and Deutsche-Welle. She is the winner of the Young Changemaker Award at the American Chambers of Commerce Women of Influence Awards 2023, and the recipient of the Youth Award at Jessica Magazine's Most Successful Women Awards 2023.
DMCC, The University of Hong Kong, PKK Institute of Management
BA in Management Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Noel Lam COO
Noel Lam is the founder of Third Sector Connect (TSC), a social enterprise that serves as a "corporate companion" for non-profits. TSC helps these organizations tackle complex challenges in their operations and leadership development.
With over 30 years of experience in both the financial services and non-profit sectors, Noel is a seasoned practitioner in many fields, including ontological, Enneagram, and growth edge coaching; nonviolent communication; and Theory U. She currently holds board, executive board, and senior executive roles at various local non-profit organizations. Noel's dedication has been recognized with the "Ira Dan Kaye Community Award" from the Charitable Foundation Board of Trustees of The American Chamber of Commerce in 2018. She is also the founder of the Inner Development Goal (IDG) Hong Kong Community Hub and IDG Asian Wisdom Network.
For Noel, working at Body Banter is especially meaningful because it helps young people develop a positive self-identity while on their journey to discovering their life's purpose.
Sonal Govila Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Having lived and grown in communities of individuals with diverse identities and experiences, Sonal joined Body Banter in 2020 to engage in and create room for conversations that take into account the lived experiences of individuals with varied gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, disabilities, etc. She is passionate about conversations around how to be at peace with ourselves and our bodies as we exist, while discussing the racist, capitalistic, and patriarchal systems invested in diverting us from this aim.
As our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director, she works alongside the team to ensure that we cultivate an inclusive, liberating, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist environment for all stakeholders. She also works to ensure that DEI is centred in our programs and organisational plans.