Adeline Chan is the CEO and Co-Founder of AAL INNOVATION, Hong Kong’s first specialized AI transformation consultancy in AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry, she leads the firm’s mission to create impact across all three scales of AEC: professionals, businesses and industries by connecting AI supply with market demand.

As a NEC4 ECC accredited project manager and a UK licensed architect (ARB UK RIBA), Adeline combines industry experience with a forward-thinking vision to challenge the status quo. Her insights are grounded in two years of research engaging 200+ industry stakeholders and mapping pain points against a landscape of 100+ AI startup,this deep analysis allows AAL to precisely bridge the gap, deploying targeted solutions for project management, tendering, and contract administration to future-proof the industry—from AI literacy training to strategic implementation roadmaps.

Adeline guides a team of young professionals globally (Hong Kong, Mainland China, UK, Kenya) addressing critical inefficiencies in project management, tender processes, and contract administration — future-proofing the industry starting with AI literacy training to AI implementation roadmaps by referencing FinTech and LawTech parallel transformations.

A catalyst for ecosystem growth, Adeline amplifies her impact through thought leadership and community. A featured speaker at 60+ global events (2024-2025), she also co-curated the AI-themed ‘TECHFORMANCE’, the 2025 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale. She co-organizes Merakis Creative AI, a 450-member community that fuels the local supply of AI talent and collaboration.

Adeline further shapes the future as a part-time lecturer in Computational Animation at Shue Yan University. Her drive was forged in a past life as a Hong Kong athlete in the 2016 Olympic Qualifiers.