@asia.society: “What’s important to me is that my children and the future generation of Asian leaders can look up and say, ‘It is possible,’” said HSBC Private Bank CEO and Asia Society Trustee Ida Liu, who recently accepted Asia Society LA's 2026 AWE (Asian Women Empowered) Game Changer Award. In her speech, Liu reflects on the dual weight of the glass ceiling and the bamboo ceiling she has navigated throughout her career in finance as a Chinese American woman, and on the importance of paying it forward and lifting others up as leaders. Watch her full speech on our YouTube channel.