Elizabeth Quat

Elizabeth Quat, BBS, JP (Chinese: 葛珮帆, born 23 December 1966[1]) is a Hong Kong politician associated with the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. She is a co-founder of the scandal-rocked Internet Professional Association (iProA), a director of the World Summit Award and chief executive officer of CB Strategic Investment. All three of her "degrees" were awarded by defunct diploma mill Greenwich University, Hawaii.[2]

The Honourable Elizabeth Quat BBS, JP
葛珮帆
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2012
Preceded by	Lau Kong-wah
Constituency	New Territories East
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-23) 23 December 1966 Hong Kong
Political party	DAB
Alma mater	Greenwich University, Hawaii (BBA, MBA, PhD)
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Elizabeth Quat
Traditional Chinese	葛珮帆
Simplified Chinese	葛佩帆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gě Pèifān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping got3 pui3 faan4

Quat was elected in 2012 to represent New Territories East in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. She has also served as an elected member of the Sha Tin District Council from 2008 to 2015.

Background

Quat received her Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Greenwich University, Hawaii (which has never been recognized by an accrediting body of the federal Department of Education in the United States and later relocated to Norfolk Island).[3] In 2008, she was certified as a scuba diving instructor and is supporting photographer in a research group within the Ocean Geographic Society.[4][5]

In 2000, Quat founded the Internet Professional Association and was president of the group until 2006. She became the director of World Summit Award in 2003. Quat founded the company CB Strategic Investment in 2004 and has been the CEO since then. In 2005, she help founded eHealth Consortium. She was appointed as director for Hong Kong Education City in 2006. In 2007, she found and became the president for the Energy Saving & Environment Concern Alliance. Quat also founded Green ICT Consortium in 2009 and is the chairman of the organisation. She is currently a master student at the University of Hong Kong for marriage and family therapy.[6]

Honours

Quat received Ten Outstanding Young Persons and Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons awards in 2001, and named The Most Successful Women 2002.[3]

References

1. Quat, Elizabeth (14 August 2012). "Elizabeth Quat Election Platform" (PDF).
2. "E. Quat's degrees don't equate". webb-site. 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
3. "Elizabeth Quat (Dr), Advisor". SC Fulfil. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
4. "Dr. Elizabeth QUAT (EQ)". Elysium Epic. 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
5. "E. Quat's degrees don't equate". webb-site.com. 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
6. "Elizabeth Quat, President and Co-founder of Internet Professional Association" (PDF). Hong Kong IRC. 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

External links

• Elizabeth Quat LinkedIn profile

Political offices
Preceded by Stephen Fong	Member of the Sha Tin District Council Representative for Chung On 2008–2015	Succeeded by Yip Wing
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Lau Kong-wah	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 2012–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Ip Kin-yuen Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Poon Siu-ping Member of the Legislative Council