Ms Rebecca Pun joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in July 1987. She has served in various policy bureaux and departments, including the Home Affairs Department, the Judiciary as well as the former Education and Manpower Bureau. Before joining the Innovation and Technology Commission, she was Deputy Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport), responsible for the planning and implementation of domestic and cross-border land transport infrastructure projects in Hong Kong. Ms Pun assumed the post of Commissioner for Innovation and Technology in July 2019.
Ms Pun obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Bachelor’s degree in Laws and Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Birmingham, UK, the University of London, UK and the Chinese University of Hong Kong respectively. She also completed postgraduate studies in Public Administration at Tsinghua University, PRC, Chinese Academy of Governance and Harvard University, USA.