Tammy Tam

Tammy Tam has been the Publisher of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) since December 2025, overseeing its editorial and business strategy as well as operations to drive the publication’s global expansion and commercial growth. Tammy is committed to continue driving SCMP’s digital transformation to ensure its competitiveness and healthy development amid rapid technological disruptions. Prior to that she served as the Editor-in-Chief of SCMP from 2016. During the past 10 years, Tammy played an instrumental role in SCMP’s ongoing journey of digitisation which has turned the Hong Kong’s newspaper of record into a digital-first global brand with growing worldwide influence. With credible and fact-based content and digital products, SCMP has transformed from a local newspaper with regional impact to a digital news brand globally recognised as the credible go-to source for China information. Tammy is committed to journalistic excellency, professionalism and education. Before joining SCMP at the end of 2011, Tammy had risen from frontline reporter to media executive, having covered major news events in Hong Kong, mainland China and around the world for both print and television. She served in various key news and corporate positions at three major broadcasters in Hong Kong, responsible for news gathering and planning as well as corporate China and regional development strategy. Tammy was appointed by Hong Kong’s Chief Executive as a member of the city’s Law Reform Commission in 2025. She is the elected chairperson of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong and also served two terms as the chairwoman of the Hong Kong News Executives Association from 2021 to 2025. She is currently a member of the APAC committee of the World Association of Newspaper and Publishers.