Undersecretary for Health Libby Lee Ha-yun will head the Hospital Authority as the new chief executive from August, steering reforms of the city’s public hospitals.

Authorities said on Wednesday that Lee, who previously served with the Hospital Authority’s senior management, would take over the new role after current chief executive Tony Ko Pat-sing stepped down when his term ends on July 31.

Lee, who will leave her current post on July 14, was appointed for a term of three years for her new role.

Cecilia Fan Yuen-man, currently a consultant in family medicine at the Department of Health, will succeed Lee as the new undersecretary for health from July 14. She will work alongside health minister Lo Chung-mau.

Fan, 57, had worked in the department for more than 30 years.

Lee had previously been with the public hospitals body before leaving in 2022 to join the Health Bureau.