Tony Lee Kar-Yun

Operations Director at MTR

Dr Lee joined the Company in 1991 and has held various management positions related to the design, construction, operations and maintenance of the Company’s railway system in Hong Kong. He has been the Operations Director and a Member of the Executive Directorate since 1 January 2020. Before his appointment as Operations Director, Dr Lee took up the position of Chief of Operations Engineering in September 2013 and was appointed as Deputy Operations Director in November 2019.

Dr Lee is responsible for managing the Company’s railway related operations in Hong Kong.

Dr Lee is a Chartered Engineer and is a Member of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, The Institution of Engineering and Technology and The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He is also a Member of the Electrical Discipline Advisory Panel of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, a Member of the Engineering Discipline Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education and an Honorary Advisory Board Member of the Theme-based Research Scheme Project on “Safety, Reliability, and Disruption Management of High Speed Rail and Metro Systems” of the City University of Hong Kong. Dr Lee holds a Doctoral degree in Engineering and a Master degree in Philosophy both from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Open University of Hong Kong.


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