Peter Lam

Lam is the current chairman of Lai Sun Development, Media Asia Entertainment Group Holdings, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), Crocodile Garments, and deputy chairman of Lai Fung Holdings. He received the Gold Bauhinia Star award in 2015 for his outstanding contributions.

Lai Sun Group & Hospitality

In 1989, Lai Sun Group entered into the hospitality business with several hotel acquisitions and a partnership with the Delta Hotels Group. The partnership expanded Lai Sun Group's access into North America. In the early 1990s, Lai Sun Group expanded into China through the acquisition of the Chains Hotels Group. In 1995, the company was subsequently renamed Lai Sun Hotels International Limited.

The group currently owns and operates the Ocean Park Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong, the Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the Fairmont St Andrews in Scotland, as well as Lai Fung Group’s hotel and serviced apartment operations in Shanghai and Hengqin in China.

Lam's father, Lim Por-yen, died in 2005 at the age of 90. He had 8 children, including Peter Lam Kin-ngok, Pearl Lam, Matthew Lam Kin-hong 林建康, and Lam Kin-ming 林建名 who died on January 8, 2021, due to lymphoma.

Lam married Taiwanese actress Hsieh Ling-Ling 謝玲玲 in 1980, the couple had five children, Lester, Emily, Evelyn, Eleanor, and Lucas; Eleanor (林心兒) and Lucas are fraternal twins. The couple filed for divorce in 1993; after two years the couple officially divorced.

Hsieh Ling-Ling and Peter's eldest son, Lester 林孝賢, who graduated from Northeastern University in the United States, is currently the executive director and CEO of Lai Sun Group. In one interview, Lester stated that he admired his father and spoke about how to manage a family business so that he can be considered as the successor of the future Lai Sun Group.

Their eldest daughter, Emily Lam-Ho 林恬兒, graduated with a double degree from the University of Southern California in 2006 and a double masters from Columbia University in New York City in 2016. Emily is the CEO and founder of Empact28, director of business development at Sing Tao Daily News Corporation, and the CEO and co-founder of EcoDrive. She married Kent Ho, son of Charles Ho, in 2014.

In 2000, Lam's then-girlfriend Monica Chen Yi-ping 陳浥萍, a model, socialite, and businesswoman from Taiwan, gave birth to their baby daughter Lyann Angelique Lam 林利兒, his youngest child. When news of their split broke, Lam and Chen issued a joint public statement pleading with the public for space and privacy out of respect for their daughter's young age. She has maintained a relatively private lifestyle despite media interest.

Peter Lam has also been involved in an ongoing legal dispute concerning the estate and wills of his late father, Lim Por-yen, founder of the Lai Sun Group. In April 2025, Hong Kong High Court ruled that a 2004 will signed under what the court described as “highly suspicious circumstances” was invalid, finding that Lim Por-yen lacked the mental capacity to execute it due to moderate-to-severe dementia. In its judgment, the court stated that “the 2004 will was the product of negotiations and jockeying between the beneficiaries, with no involvement of Mr Lim.” The court further found that Lim lacked sufficient “knowledge and approval” of the will’s contents, while legal commentary on the judgment noted that the disputed will had been drafted based on instructions from Peter Lam and a senior Lai Sun Group executive rather than directly from Lim himself. The ruling also reportedly questioned the credibility of certain witnesses supporting the 2004 will. The court reinstated an earlier 1973 will, reshaping the distribution of Lim’s estate by restoring inheritance rights to his third wife, Koo Siu-ying, and daughter Pearl Lam. Peter Lam stated that the ruling would not affect his control or management of the Lai Sun Group.

In August 2026, it was reported that Lim Por-yen’s estate had appealed the 2025 High Court decision invalidating the 2004 will. The appeal challenges, among other matters, the court’s findings on Lim’s testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval of the document.

A July 2026 costs judgment, Hong Kong High Court stated that there was “no dispute” that Peter Lam had funded the proceedings and that he stood to benefit by receiving a greater share of the estate than under the earlier will.

Our Hong Kong Foundation

Lam is a counsellor for the Our Hong Kong Foundation. This foundation is a Hong Kong non-profit organization registered in September 2014, with an aim to promote the long-term interests of Hong Kong through policy research, analysis, and recommendation. Pooling together local, mainland, and international talent, it studies Hong Kong's development needs, offering multidisciplinary public policy recommendations and proposing solutions to foster social cohesion, economic prosperity, and sustainable development.

Hong Kong Tourism Board

Lam was appointed the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) for three years from April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2016, succeeding James Tien Pei-chun. He was further re-appointed the Chairman for three years from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019.

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)

In 2019, Lam was appointed chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).