Adi Lau Tin-Shing

Mr Lau joined the Company in 1982 and has held various management positions related to the design, construction, operations and maintenance of the Company’s railway system in Hong Kong and the Company’s rail business in the Mainland of China. He has been the Managing Director – Operations and Mainland Business since 1 January 2020 and a Member of the Executive Directorate since 1 May 2016. Prior to his current position, Mr Lau took up the positions of General Manager – Shenzhen Line 4 in December 2007, Chief of Operating in October 2011 and Deputy Director – Operating in August 2013, and was the Operations Director between May 2016 and December 2019. Mr Lau was also the Chairman of Ngong Ping 360 Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, between January 2012 and December 2017.

Mr Lau is responsible for managing and overseeing the Company’s railway related operations in Hong Kong and its rail and property businesses in the Mainland of China. He is also responsible for overseeing railway operations standards and ensuring mutual sharing and learning of best practices among all the Company’s railway operations globally.

Mr Lau is the president of the China Hong Kong Railway Institution, vice president of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Asia-Pacific Committee and the former chairman of the UITP Asia-Pacific Urban Rail Platform.

Mr Lau is a Chartered Engineer, a Corporate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in the United Kingdom and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He is also a Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong. Mr Lau holds a Bachelor of Science (Honour) degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Hong Kong and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan in the United States of America.