Joan Lau Sau Chee

Ms. Lau was appointed as an Independent Director of the Group on 1 May 2019. Ms. Lau started her banking career in Overseas Union Bank Limited (“OUB”) in May 1974 as a Personnel Officer and subsequently as an Assistant Company Secretary. In 1990, she joined the corporate finance industry as Assistant Vice President in OUB and left as an Executive Director in United Overseas Bank Limited (“UOB”) in April 2008 (OUB merged with UOB in 2002). In June 2008, she joined Hong Leong Finance Limited as Senior Vice President heading its Corporate Finance department and retired as an Advisor in March 2016. Ms. Lau is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.