Dr Edmund Lee is the Executive Director of Hong Kong Design Centre, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising Hong Kong’s profile as a design hub of creativity and innovation, driving value creation through design and innovation. Dr Lee is a Companion of Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Dr Lee currently serves as Board of Director of PMQ, Joint Convenor of the annual Business of IP Asia Forum, Member of the Design Council of The Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Advisory Committee on Design, Licensing and Marketing of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Advisory Committee of the Institute of Active Ageing of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Design Council of IE School of Architecture and Design (Spain), Arts and Culture Advisory Committee of Hong Kong International Airport, and Art Advisory Panel of MTR. He also serves as Co-opted Member, Task Force on Harbourfront Developments in Kowloon, Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing of the Harbourfront Commission. He is also Past President of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Financial Centre and honorary member of Rotary Club of Innovation Hong Kong. Other public duties include membership of a number of professional bodies and service organisations. Dr Lee received his PhD in biotechnology from King’s College London and MBA from Warwick Business School. He has also completed advanced training in non-profit management at Harvard Business School on HBS Club Scholarship.
