Vanessa LAU

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Updated : 09 Jun 2025

Vanessa Lau 2024

Vanessa LAU

Chief Operating Officer

Joined in October 2015

Other positions held with HKEX group

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited – chief executive

Past offices

HKEX - Group Chief Financial Officer (2020-2025), Co-Chief Operating Officer (2024), Chief Financial Officer, Hong Kong (2017-2020) and Deputy Chief Financial Officer (2015-2017)
Sanford C Bernstein (Hong Kong) Limited - vice president and senior research analyst (2011-2015)
Alcoa Inc - group chief financial officer, global rolled products group (2007-2011)
McKinsey & Company Inc (2001-2007):
various professional positions including associate principal, Hong Kong (2005-2007)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (UK) (1994-2000):
various professional positions including senior tax manager, mergers and acquisitions tax group (1999-2000)

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics and Computation) and Master of Arts (University of Oxford, UK)
Associate (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales)