Albert Lai

Who is Albert Lai?

Ir Albert Lai is the current chairman of The Professional Commons and the founding chairman of the Hong Kong People’s Council for Sustainable Development. He is also the Vice-chairman of the Civic Party, a member of the Strategy Sub-Committee, Council for Sustainable Development, HKSAR Government.

Lai has played an active role in the engineering sector and in the environmental movement for over thirty years. Having led the Hong Kong NGO delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, he has taken a leading role in advocating the implementation of sustainable development strategies in Hong Kong.

He is a primary mover in a range of civil society initiatives in the fields of environmental protection, urban planning, heritage conservation, poverty alleviation and sustainability reporting.

He also led the Hong Kong NGO Delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007.

Lai is a chartered engineer by profession. He co-founded the China Water Company, an infrastructure investment firm backed by international investors, in 1996 and served as its Managing Director until 2004.