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Mrs. Anna LAI
Executive Director and Member of Strategic Committee, Hong Kong Ideas Centre
Director, Prime Prime International Ltd.
Former Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Mrs. Anna LAI is the Director of Prime Prime International Ltd., a Hong Kong-based business strategy and training consultancy firm. Before that, she was the Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, where she had worked for 30 years taking charge of various departments, including research, industry promotion, international conferences, e-commerce, communications, advertising and human resources. Her contributions to the support of small and medium enterprises were especially note-worthy.
Mrs. LAI has extensive experience in the China and overseas markets. She is a popular speaker. She obtained her Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1972, completed an Executive Program in the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University in 1994, and a Public Bodies Executive Development Program in the National School of Administration, People’s Republic of China in 1997.
Mrs. LAI is currently serving as a Member of the Lingnan University’s Social Sciences Advisory Board and a Management Committee Member of the Hong Kong University’s Azalea (1972) Endowment Fund. Previously, she had served as a Trustee Member of Epson Foundation, a Member of the General Support Program Vetting Committee of the Innovation and Technology Fund, the Small and Medium Enterprises Committee and the Statistics Advisory Board of the HKSARG.