Chairman
The Honourable Mrs Carrie LAM, GBS, JP, Chief Secretary for Administration
Mrs Lam became a Principal Official on July 1, 2007 when she was appointed as Secretary for Development. Before assuming the post, Mrs Lam had served the Government as an Administrative Officer for about 27 years. She joined the Administrative Service in August 1980, and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006.
Mrs Lam has served in various bureaux and departments. She was Director of Social Welfare from August 2000 to October 2003, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands) from November 2003 to May 2004, and Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London, from September 2004 to March 2006. She was Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs before her appointment as the Secretary for Development.
Mrs Lam was appointed as the Chief Secretary for Administration on July 1, 2012.
Non-public Officer Members of Board
The Honourable Ronald Arculli, GBM, GBS, JP
Mr Arculli is the Senior Partner of King & Wood Mallesons, the Hong Kong Office of one of the largest law firms in Mainland China and Australia. He chairs The Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Limited, the Honorary Advisory Committee of SVHK Foundation Limited and the Common Purpose Charitable Foundation Limited. He is a Director of Asia Art Archive Limited and is also a Trustee and Director of IFRS Foundation.
Mr Arculli has a long and distinguished record of public service. He was a Non-Official Member (November 2005 - June 2012) and later appointed as Convenor of the Non-Official Members (December 2011- June 2012) of the Executive Council of the HKSAR Government. He was also a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988-2000) and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club between 2002 and August 2006. He has served on many commissions and boards including the Board of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Board of Governors of the London Business School.
Mr Fung is a renowned architect and ink-painter. He has won the Ten Outstanding Young Persons' Award, the Ten Outstanding Designers' Award and Home Affairs Bureau's Certificate of Commendation. He has also received five Annual Awards of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, as well as 50 major awards in visual arts, architecture and interior design. Mr Fung is currently the Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Architecture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a member of the Art Museum Advisory Panel and the Museum's Honorary Advisor. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Revitalization of Historical Buildings and the Advisory Committee on the Appearance of Bridges and Associated Structures.
Mr Ip is a member of Yau Tsim Mong (YTM) District Council. He serves as Chairman of Traffic and Transport Committee of the YTM District Council, as well as the Chairman of the Arts and Culture coordinating Committee of the YTM District Council. He is also a member of Liquor Licensing Board, member of Hospital Governing Committee of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, member of Ethics Committee of Hong Kong East Cluster and the member of Yau Tsim Mong District Fight Crime Committee.
Mr Leo KUNG Lin-cheng, BBS, JP
Mr Kung is a professional in banking and financial services. Currently, Mr Kung is Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ocean Park Corporation and a member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. He is also Convener of the Trustees of the Helping Hand Charitable Trust and Director of the Board.
The Honourable Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, GBS, JP
Mr Lam is a veteran industrialist who has a broad range of experience in areas such as industrial and business promotion to innovation and technology support. His past and present public service covers, amongst others, the fields of transport, vocational training, trade promotion and anti-corruption. Mr Lam is a non-official member of the Executive Council and a member of the Legislative Council of HKSAR.
Mr Andrew LAM Siu-lo, JP
Mr Lam is an experienced urban design planner. During his tenure as an Executive Director of the Urban Renewal Authority, Mr Lam pioneered the concept of public engagement in urban planning and design. Mr Lam has served on the Committee on Museums and is now a member of the Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings, and the Chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board.
Professor LEE Chack-fan, GBS, JP
Professor Lee is Director of HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education and Chair Professor of Geotechnical Engineering of The University of Hong Kong. He is highly esteemed in the engineering field internationally. He has served as technical adviser to the World Bank, the United Nations Development Plan, the Asian Development Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Professor Lee was Chairman of the Harbour-front Enhancement Committee and the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust. He is currently member of the Commission on Strategic Development.
Dr Victor LO Chung-wing, GBS, JP
Dr Lo was a member of the Consultative Committee on the Core Arts and Cultural Facilities of the WKCD and the Convenor of the Museums Advisory Group. He is Chairman and Chief Executive of the Hong Kong-listed Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Ltd. He currently serves as Chairman of Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Design Centre, Chairman of CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee, as well as Chairman of Board of Directors of The Hotel ICON Limited, which is the teaching and research hotel under The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also a non-official member of the Economic Development Commission and the Convenor of its Working Group on Manufacturing Industries, Innovative Technology, and Cultural and Creative Industries. Dr Lo has interest in a wide variety of visual arts forms and is dedicated to the development of design and innovation.
The Honourable MA Fung-kwok, SBS, JP
Mr Ma is the Legislative member of the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Constituency and the former Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. He has deep knowledge of the operation of local and overseas performing arts groups as well as different modes of governance of performing arts venues. He was a member of the Consultative Committee on the Core Arts and Cultural Facilities of the WKCD, and Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
The Honourable SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP
Mr Sin is a Legislative Councilor representing the geographical constituency of Hong Kong Island. He serves as a board member of Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Financial Reporting Council. He is also a member of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Programme Advisory Panel.
Mr Sin has a long public service record. He served as a member of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Operations Review Committee and the Witness Protection Review Board Panel from 2007 to 2012, a member of the Council for Sustainable Development from 2009 to 2013, and Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council from 2009 to 2013. Mr Sin also served as a member of the Housing Authority from 2001 to 2009 and a board director of Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited from 1999 - 2009. Mr Sin is a member of the Court and was a Council Member of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 - 2007. Mr Sin also sat on the HKSAR Government's Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee which is the mastermind of the HKSAR government blueprint for ICT policies from 1999 to 2008.
Professor So is Professor of Fine Arts and Director of the Art Museum, the Institute of Chinese Studies (since Aug 2013), at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Harvard University. Before her return to CUHK in 2001, she was Senior Curator at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., responsible for all research and exhibition programmes of its collections of ancient Chinese art. She is currently an Expert Advisor for the Hong Kong Museum of Art and a member of the Advisory Board for the Asia Society, Hong Kong Center.
Mr Tsai is an Audit Partner and a Member of the China Governing Board of Deloitte. He is a Past President of the HKICPA, a Non-Executive Director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, a Member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, a Director of the Urban Renewal Fund Limited, a Director of Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, a Member of the Vetting Committee of the Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme, a Member of the Women's Commission, an Advisor of the Ombudsman, Hong Kong and a Member of the Registration Committee of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange.
Mr Tsai is the Chairman of the Hospital Governing Committee of the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Services, the Chairman of the Governing Sub-committee of the Hong Kong Bone Marrow Donor Registry, a Director and Member of the Council of the Hong Kong Red Cross and a Member of the Dress Special Day Organising Committee of the Community Chest.
Ms Yip has been Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta since 2002 and has been guest conductor of various orchestras around the world. She was a member of the Performing Arts and Tourism Advisory Group of the Consultative Committee on the Core Arts and Cultural Facilities of the WKCD. She was bestowed "Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the Ministry of Culture and Communication of France in 2007 and was conferred as a Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM) in 2010. She is also a member of the Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
An international renowned experimental art pioneer, Mr Yung is a founder cum Co-Artistic Director of Zuni Icosahedron, an epitome of the professional experimental arts company in Hong Kong. He is also Chairperson of the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture and the Convener of the Chinese Creative Industries Forum. His endeavour in multi-disciplinary arts and cultural policy reform in the past thirty years has opened up new dialogues, possibilities and perspectives in the field of arts and culture. He was bestowed the Merit Cross of the Order of Merit on Ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany in 2009 in recognition of his contributions towards arts and cultural exchange between Germany and Hong Kong.
Dr the Honourable Allan Zeman, GBM, GBS, JP
Dr Zeman is the Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Holdings Limited. Having lived in Hong Kong for over 40 years, Dr Zeman has been very involved in Government services as well as community activities. Besides being the Chairman of Hong Kong Ocean Park since 2003, he is also a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and a Board member of the Star Ferry Company Limited. He is also a member of the Commission on Strategic Development and the Food Business Task Force of Business Facilitation Advisory Committee. Besides public services, Dr Zeman also serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd, Sino Land Company Ltd and Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Ltd. Dr Zeman sits on the Board of Wynn Macau where he is the Vice Chairman. He is also the member of the newly formed Economic Development Commission Working Group on Convention and Exhibition Industries and Tourism.
Public Officer Members of Board
The Honourable TSANG Tak-sing, GBS, JP, Secretary for Home Affairs
Mr Tsang was appointed the Secretary for Home Affairs in July 2007. He had worked in the journalistic field for nearly 30 years before he joined the Government as a member of the Central Policy Unit.
The Honourable CHAN Mo-po, Paul, MH, JP, Secretary for Development
Mr Chan was appointed the Secretary for Development in July 2012.
Mr Chan is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a former President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a former Chairman of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Hong Kong.
Before joining the Government, Mr Chan held a number of public service positions including elected member of the Legislative Council; Chairman of Legal Aid Services Council; Board Member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; non-official member of the Strategic Development Commission; Council Member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and member of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Relations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Professor the Honourable K C CHAN, GBS, JP, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Professor Chan was appointed the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in July 2007. Before joining the Government, he was Dean of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Chan has also served on the Consumer Council, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, the Commission on Strategic Development, Commission on Poverty and the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation.