New appointments at the Directorate rank have been made with effect from 1 September 2023.
Mr TAM Chi-hang Keith
Mr TAM Chi-hang Keith has been appointed as Assistant Executive Director. He assumes the role of Vice Principal of the Hong Kong Design Institute & the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee), and concurrently as Deputy Academic Director of the Design Discipline.
Prior to this appointment, Mr TAM had served as the Head of Department of Communication Design at the Hong Kong Design Institute. He is active in the design industry associations and sits on the committees of various professional bodies including the Institute of Print-media Professionals, the Hong Kong Open Printshop, the Design Trust Greater Bay Area Advisory Council and the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee at CreateHK.
Mr TAM holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Design from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Canada) and a Master’s Degree in Typeface Design from the University of Reading (UK), and holds an honorary appointment as Distinguished Research Fellow at Shanghai University. Mr Tam has received a number of awards including a Red Dot Design Award, Design for Asia merit awards, a bronze award at the China Print Awards and Hong Kong Design Association’s Best Design Educator Award.
