Linda So Ka-pik

Biography

 Linda So Ka-pik, 50, has been the Corporate Affairs Director and a Member of the Executive Directorate since September 2015. She is responsible for overseeing stakeholder engagement, external communications and corporate responsibility. Ms So has extensive administrative and public relations experience. She worked in the Hong Kong Government from 1989 to 2013 in various policy bureaux and departments including the Eastern District Office, Constitutional Affairs Branch, Transport Branch, Security Bureau and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. Ms So also served as the Press Secretary to the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary from 1999 to 2001 and acted as the Spokesman and Coordinator of the HKSAR Government team sent to Thailand in 2004 to assist Hong Kong residents affected by the tsunami. Before she left the Administrative Service, Ms So was the Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development (Commerce & Industry) from 2009 to 2011. After taking up a contract position as Director of Marketing and Business Development in the Heritage and Museums Division of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department from 2012 to 2013, she took up the role of the Director General of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. Ms So holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (subsequently a Master of Arts degree) from the University of Cambridge. She is currently a member of the Hong Kong Public Libraries Advisory Committee.  

Research Interest

 Civil Engineering