Curriculum Vitae (Updated 2018-05-08)

Professor , GBM, GBS, JP 林鄭月娥 Honorary Professor Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes Faculty of Architecture, The University of

Education

Prof Carrie Lam joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer upon graduation from the University of Hong Kong in 1980. Whilst in the government service, she attended a one-year Diploma Course in Development Studies in the University of Cambridge in 1981-82 and received a Fulbright Fellowship on attachment to a US federal agency for several months in 1988.

Awards and Honours

Awards 2016 Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM), conferred by the HKSAR Government 2015 Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, conferred by the French Government 2010 (GBS), conferred by the HKSAR Government 1997 Justice of the Peace (Official JP), appointed by the HKSAR Government

Honorary Professorship and Degree 2016 Honorary Professor, Division of Architectural Conservation Programme, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong 2013 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Social Science, Lingnan University

Honorary Memberships 2013 Honorary Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists 2013 Honorary Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Civil Engineers, Hong Kong Association. 2012 Honorary Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 2012 Honorary Member, Hong Kong Institute of Architects 2011 Honorary Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers 2010 Honorary Member, Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects

Conservation Achievements

In her five-year tenure as Secretary for Development and the Antiquities Authority, she implemented the 2007 built-heritage conservation policy through a number of conservation initiatives under the framework of sustainable development, or what is termed “sustainable conservation”. Two high-impact initiatives, “Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme” and “ Conserving Central,” introduced a social- oriented adaptive reuse approach to the conservation of heritage buildings in Hong Kong.

From 2008 to 2010, she lectured regularly in the postgraduate curricula of the Architectural Conservation Programme (now the Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes) in the Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, specializing in the policy and legislation aspects of built-heritage conservation, which gave students a wider understanding of the professional demands of built-heritage conservation.

In 2010, she supported the establishment of The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON), the first professional body in Hong Kong (and Mainland ) dedicated to built-heritage conservation professionals.

In 2013, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Hong Kong’s built heritage conservation, she was conferred an Honorary Fellow by the Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationist. Government Service

During the early part of her career, Prof Lam served in various bureaux and departments covering medical and health, district administration and security and worked on two special assignments relating to Hong Kong’s electoral arrangements and the securities market.

In the 1990s, she spent almost seven years in the Finance Bureau, involved in budgetary planning, expenditure control and the government’s capital works programme, initially as Principal Assistant Secretary and subsequently as Deputy Secretary for the Treasury.

She was appointed the Director of Social Welfare in August 2000, managing a HK$30 billion welfare portfolio. Her three-year tenure as the Director of Social Welfare coincided with a period of high unemployment and severe fiscal deficits in Hong Kong, highlighting the need for ensuring the financial sustainability of a social security safety net for the disadvantaged. During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong in early 2003, Prof Lam together with three other senior civil servants in their personal capacity, set up the We Care Education Fund, raising over HK$80 million to meet the long term education needs of children whose parents have died of SARS.

In November 2003, Prof Lam was appointed Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), and held the position of Chairman of the Town Planning Board.

In September 2004, she took up the position of Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London. As head of this overseas office based in London, she was responsible for promoting Hong Kong’s trade and economic interests in the United Kingdom and 16 Central and Eastern European countries.

On 8 March 2006, Prof Lam returned to Hong Kong and took up the position as Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs. As part of her sports portfolio, she took part in Hong Kong’s preparation for co-hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics Equestrian Events. She was also responsible for cultural policy and helped mapped out plans for the West Kowloon Cultural District.

On 1 July 2007, she left the civil service and was appointed a Principal Official in the Third Term of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, taking up the position of Secretary for Development and assume the position of Antiquities Authority – the highest official responsible for heritage conservation. In her five-year tenure as Secretary for Development, she pressed ahead with various initiatives in pursuit of diversified, balanced and sustainable development. These initiatives included a new heritage conservation policy with the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme and Conserving Central being two of the highlights; a new Urban Renewal Strategy aiming at putting people first; a range of new building legislation and support schemes such as the Operation Building Bright to ensure building safety; policy measures to promote green buildings, and the creation of Hong Kong’s first Zero Carbon Building; a new policy to revitalize Hong Kong’s industrial buildings leading to Energising Kowloon East aiming at creating another CBD in Hong Kong; harbourfront enhancement, strengthening of urban design, greening and tree management and efforts to build up a quality construction industry in Hong Kong.

On 1 July 2012, Prof Lam was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration in the Fourth Term of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. On 12 January 2017, she resigned as Chief Secretary to campaign for the 2017 Chief Executive Election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

On 26 March 2017, Prof. Lam was elected the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.