Irene Lee

Irene Lee is the executive chairman of Hysan Development Limited and an independent director of Alibaba Group Holding Limited.

She was on the board of many listed and unlisted companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, UK and Australia. She was a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel, a member of the Advisory Council of JP Morgan Australia and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

Irene had a long career in financial services and held senior positions at Citibank in New York, London and Sydney. She was the global head of corporate finance at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and she held other senior positions in investment banking and funds management in a number of international financial institutions.

Irene received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College, United States of America, and is a Barrister-at-Law in England and Wales and a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, United Kingdom. She was awarded the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in November 2022.