People

Lilybeth R. Deapera was the Consul General at the Philippine Consulate General in Macao and held the post from January 2015 to 15 January 2021. Born 24 July 1960, she grew up in Quezon City, which is part of Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. She speaks fluent Tagalog, English and Spanish.

Ada Chio de la Cruz is Vice President of Destination Marketing & Brand Strategy at the Grand Lisboa Macau. She speaks English, Shangainese, Cantonese and Mandarin.

António Conceição Junior is a prolific artist with a diverse resume: an illustrator, painter, photographer and writer, he is also a designer of graphics, fashion, jewelry and coins.

Born in Macao on 10 May 1961 – his mother is Chinese and his father is renowned Macanese writer Henrique de Senna Fernandes – Henrique Miguel Rodrigues de Senna Fernandes is a Macanese lawyer, playwright, and theatre director.

Lio Man Cheong is one of Macao’s most renowned painters, having designed award-winning postage stamps and exhibited internationally. His works are owned by private collectors in mainland China and Japan.

Rui Leão is a Portuguese architect and co-founder of LBA, Arquitectura e Planeamento Lda, with Francesca Carlotta Bruni. He is also President of the International Council of Portuguese Speaking Architects (CIALP).

Fortes Pakeong Sequeira is a musician, graphic designer, illustrator and founder of Sparrow Music Culture Ltd.

Carlos Marreiros – architect and city planner – is also a university professor, painter, writer, poet, and government consultant for the city’s heritage preservation and urban planning committees.

Guy Lesquoy is Director of Entertainment at The Parisian Macao’s Streetmosphere and has been working for Sands China Ltd. for the past decade.