Dr PAK YIN LEUNG
Hospital Authority
Chief Executive
Hong Kong
MBBS (NSW), M Sc (Occupational Medicine)(Singapore),
FFPH, FRACMA, FHKCCM, FHKAM (Community Medicine)
Chief Executive, Hospital Authority
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Dr Leung began his career in public health and administrative medicine in 1985. He was appointed Deputy Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene in 2000 and Deputy Director of Health in 2002 in the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government. He set up and became the first Controller of Centre for Health Protection in 2004. As Controller, he was responsible for disease prevention and control as well as public health emergency (including major infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics) planning and response in Hong Kong.
Dr Leung joined the Hong Kong Hospital Authority as Director of Quality and Safety in 2007 to lead, plan and launch initiatives to enhance quality, patient safety and risk management. He was appointed Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority in 2010 and is responsible for the overall management of 41 public hospitals and other healthcare institutions, 58,000 staff and an annual recurrent budget of over US $ 4.5 billion.