葛珮帆

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Elizabeth Quat, born 23 December 1966 and originally named Kot Yee-lei, SBS, JP, is a Hong Kong politician and vice-chairperson of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). Before entering politics she spent years in information technology and marketing, including as a general manager of sales and marketing at a multinational logistics technology company. In 2000 she founded the Internet Professional Association (iProA) and served as its president until 2006, becoming an early promoter of a local IT professional body; in 2003 she became a director of the World Summit Award, in 2004 she founded CB Strategic Investment and became its chief executive officer, in 2005 she helped found the eHealth Consortium, and in 2006 she was appointed a director of Hong Kong Education City. She has also served on the council of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A keen diver and photographer, she qualified as a scuba diving instructor in 2008 and is a vegetarian. She was a Legislative Council member for the New Territories East geographical constituency from 2012 to 2021, and since 2022 has represented the Election Committee constituency, retaining the seat in the 2025 general election; she served as vice-chairman of the LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs. Quat has focused on innovation and technology, cyber security, environmental protection, and legislation relating to women and sexual offences, and has raised issues of waste management, recycling and energy. In 2024 she founded the Greater Bay Area Low-Altitude Economy Alliance and became its founding president, promoting low-altitude transport and tourism and extending her technology background into new policy areas.