Alice Poon spent a total of 20 years in the real estate industry, 17 of which were with two property developers in Hong Kong. She worked for 8 years as a Personal Assistant to Kwok Tak Seng, the late Chairman and founder of the Sun Hung Kai Properties Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, she joined another property developer, Kerry Properties, and was responsible for land and property valuation and acquisition. She was also involved in rezoning application and lease modification procedures. In 2000- 2001, she worked as a senior financial journalist, analyzing the property companies and market in Hong Kong. Since the autumn of 2003 she has been living and working in British Columbia, Canada.
