Woo was educated in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom before earning a bachelor's degree in architecture from Princeton University, US.
[citation needed] In 2010, he was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree (EMBA Programme) by The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Business School and The Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.
[citation needed] In 2016, he was awarded the honorary doctorate by Savannah College of Art and Design (Hong Kong).
[citation needed] Woo worked in financial services and real estate prior to joining the Group in 2005.
He was appointed a managing director of Wheelock in July 2013, and became chairman in January 2014.