Howard Lee

Chief Investment Officer at Hong Kong Monetary Authority

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Mr. Howard Lee is Senior Executive Director at Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
He is responsible for monetary management, financial stability surveillance and financial infrastructure including payment systems.
He also oversees the HKMA’s Fintech Facilitation Office.
He joined the HKMA in 2009 as a Division Head in the Banking Policy Department.
He also worked in the Corporate Development Division before his appointment as Executive Director (Corporate Services) in 2010.
He took up the position of Executive Director (Monetary Management) in May 2013 before he was appointed to his current position on 26 February 2016.
Prior to joining the HKMA, Mr Lee was an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong SAR Government and had worked in different policy bureaux and departments with responsibilities for policy formulation, regulatory issues, and administration.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Hong Kong Monetary Authority General GovernmentGovernment Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is the government authority in Hong Kong which was established in 1993 by merging the Office of the Exchange Fund with the Office of the Commissioner of Banking. The HKMA reports to the Financial Secretary and is responsible for maintaining Hong Kong's monetary and banking stability. Based in Hong Kong, the Authority aims to keep the Hong Kong dollar stable by managing the Exchange Fund (Hong Kong's official reserves) in a sound and effective way, to promote the safety of Hong Kong's banking system and to develop Hong Kong's financial infrastructure to enable money to flow smoothly, freely and without obstruction. The Exchange Fund's statutory roles include affecting the exchange value of the currency of Hong Kong and maintaining the stability and integrity of the monetary and financial systems, with a view to maintaining Hong Kong as an international financial center. The HKMA manages the Exchange Fund, ensuring that the fund meets its statutory roles and actively managing the fund's assets, mainly held in the form of foreign denominated interest-bearing instruments and equities. To meet the operational needs of the Government, part of the Exchange Fund is also held in Hong Kong dollar denominated securities. The Exchange Fund is managed as two distinct portfolios. The first is a Backing Portfolio to ensure that the monetary base related to the Currency Board operations is fully backed by highly liquid, short-term U.S. dollar denominated interest-bearing securities. The second is an Investment Portfolio to preserve the fund's value for future generations in Hong Kong.	Chief Investment Officer	-
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) (HKMA-IM) is the investment management division of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's central banking institution which was founded in 1993 when the Offices of the Exchange Fund and the Commissioner of Banking merged. Headquartered in Hong Kong, HKMA-IM aims to keep the Hong Kong dollar stable by managing the Exchange Fund.	Corporate Officer/Principal	26/02/2016

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Hong Kong Monetary Authority General GovernmentGovernment Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is the government authority in Hong Kong which was established in 1993 by merging the Office of the Exchange Fund with the Office of the Commissioner of Banking. The HKMA reports to the Financial Secretary and is responsible for maintaining Hong Kong's monetary and banking stability. Based in Hong Kong, the Authority aims to keep the Hong Kong dollar stable by managing the Exchange Fund (Hong Kong's official reserves) in a sound and effective way, to promote the safety of Hong Kong's banking system and to develop Hong Kong's financial infrastructure to enable money to flow smoothly, freely and without obstruction. The Exchange Fund's statutory roles include affecting the exchange value of the currency of Hong Kong and maintaining the stability and integrity of the monetary and financial systems, with a view to maintaining Hong Kong as an international financial center. The HKMA manages the Exchange Fund, ensuring that the fund meets its statutory roles and actively managing the fund's assets, mainly held in the form of foreign denominated interest-bearing instruments and equities. To meet the operational needs of the Government, part of the Exchange Fund is also held in Hong Kong dollar denominated securities. The Exchange Fund is managed as two distinct portfolios. The first is a Backing Portfolio to ensure that the monetary base related to the Currency Board operations is fully backed by highly liquid, short-term U.S. dollar denominated interest-bearing securities. The second is an Investment Portfolio to preserve the fund's value for future generations in Hong Kong.	Government
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) (HKMA-IM) is the investment management division of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's central banking institution which was founded in 1993 when the Offices of the Exchange Fund and the Commissioner of Banking merged. Headquartered in Hong Kong, HKMA-IM aims to keep the Hong Kong dollar stable by managing the Exchange Fund.	Finance