
Joe Lam
Managing Director
Pearson Greater China and India Hub
Joe Lam Joined Pearson in September 2014, after holding various managerial roles, he currently serves as the Managing Director of Pearson Greater China and India Hub.
Joe has broad management experience in the education and publishing field in China and across Asia. Ever since Joe joined Pearson and entered the education field, he has been driving the digital and service transformation of the company as well as business model innovation. His acute business insights, strong capabilities in technology transformation and business development, and excellent managerial skills made him an outstanding leader.
Joe’s career started as a cardiac surgeon in NHS Milton Keynes Hospital in UK. He then shifted from clinical practice to clinical research and joined Lancet as Scientific Consultant. In 2008, he became Managing Director of Elsevier South East Asia, a global information analytics company. After that, he moved into healthcare investment as General Manager of Medtime, a Healthcare Data Analytic company under Founder Corporate.
Joe was born in Penang, Malaysia but raised and educated in the UK. Joe Lam holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.