Director of HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education and Chair Professor of Geotechnical Engineering.

Professor Lee graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering in 1968, and a Master degree in 1970. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1972, in the field of geotechnical engineering. He taught at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, before starting a long career with Ontario Hydro in Canada, where he worked on a variety of projects that included water resources management, hydropower and nuclear power. He joined the University of Hong Kong in 1994 as a professor of the Department of Civil Engineering. He served as a pro-vice-chancellor between 2000 and 2008.

He has published over 270 journal papers and 5 books, and has served as technical advisor to the Work Bank, the UNDP, the ADB, the IAEA and the Canadian International Development Agency over the years. He has also participated in the feasibility and design reviews of numerous water resources management, hydropower, nuclear power, bridge and other major infrastructure projects in China. He was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Science in 2001, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2003.

For volunteer and community services, he has served as the President of the Fuhui Charitable Foundation since 2003. The Foundation has donated towards the completion of some 300 schools and hospitals in the mountainous areas of Western China. It also supports about 2000 students of universities and teacher training colleges in such areas annually, through scholarships and bursuries. He is also the Chairman of the Board, the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture; Chairman of the Harbourfront Enhancement Committee; Chairman of the Veterinary Surgeons Board; Chairman of the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust; Director of the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole; member of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; etc. He previously served on the Culture and Heritage Commission and the Strategic Planning Commission. He was appointed a Justice-of-the Peace in 2003 and awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2005. He served as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in 2005, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 2006.