P.Y. Lai, male, Han nationality, is a native of Malaysia. He was born in 1944 and graduated from Taiwan University in 1968.
Lai spent most of his career working for high tech companies in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. He spent six years in senior management positions at Intel Malaysia before he transferred to Intel headquarters in the USA, where he served as a manager. In 1983 he returned to Malaysia to server as General Manager.
In 1994, Lai joined Motorola. He was promoted to senior vice president of Motorola Inc. Lai is active on several boards and is a director of the Zhongling Middle School in Penang.