Li Jingtian

Lee King Ting is a Hong Kong music entrepreneur and music education advocate. He was formerly the Chief Executive of Tom Lee Music, the largest music store in Hong Kong, and is currently a director of the Tom Lee Music Foundation, also actively engaged in music education in Hong Kong.

Biography

He is the son of prominent Hong Kong music businessman Lee Tsz Man, with ancestral roots in Zhenhai County, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and was born in Hong Kong. He immigrated to Canada at an early age and graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1979 with a Bachelor of Engineering in Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits. After graduation, he worked in the semiconductor industry in North America. In 1992, he took over Tom Lee Music’s Canadian operations, serving as the regional director in Canada. In 1994, he returned to Hong Kong to head the headquarters of Tom Lee Music. He later became Chief Executive of Tom Lee Music and Chairman of the Tom Lee Music Foundation. He was later succeeded by his brother, Lee King Shing. He currently serves as a director of the Tom Lee Music Foundation and an independent non-executive director of Tom Lee Music.

After stepping down from leadership in the family business, he devoted himself to music education in Hong Kong. He is currently Chairman of the Finance and Staffing Committee of the School of Continuing and Professional Education at the Hong Kong Institute of Education; a member and chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Music Department of Hong Kong Baptist University; a board member and advisory committee member of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; and Vice Chairman of the QTSA eLearning Committee. He is also Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund.

Honours

• In 2011, he was awarded a Commendation Certificate by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government.
• In 2013, he was conferred the title of Honorary Fellow by the Hong Kong Institute of Education.