Vanessa Lau

Vanessa Lau joined the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) in 2015 as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and became Chief Financial Officer Hong Kong in 2017. She has been the Group Chief Financial Officer since 2020. She was recognised as a key contributor in the strategy development activities at HKEX over the past few years. Before joining HKEX in 2015, she worked as a Vice President & Senior Research Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein starting in 2011. Prior to that, she was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Alcoa Inc’s Global Rolled Products Group in New York from 2007 to 2011. She held various positions at McKinsey & Company, London and Hong Kong, from 2001 to 2007, incl. Associate Principal from 2005 to 2007. Vanessa Lau started her professional career in 1994 at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK and in the period up to 2000, held various professional positions including Senior Tax Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions Tax Group.