James Henry Lau Jr

Biography

 James Henry Lau Jr, 67, has been appointed as the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the HKSAR Government with effect from 1 July 2017 and has joined the Board as a Non-executive Director since 4 July 2017.  He sits on the boards of several public bodies including the Airport Authority Hong Kong, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, and is the Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, and an ex-official member of the Financial Services Development Council, Hong Kong in his official capacity.  Mr Lau is also, in his official capacity, a director of Hongkong International Theme Parks Limited. Mr Lau joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer ('AO') in 1979 and was promoted through the ranks to AO Staff Grade C in April 1988.  He joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ('HKMA') in April 1993 and was the Head and Executive Director of various divisions of the HKMA until 2004.  In July 2004, Mr Lau was seconded to The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited as Chief Executive Officer until he retired in December 2012. He was the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury from January 2014 to June 2017. Mr Lau holds a Bachelor of Mathematics (Computer Science and Statistics) Honours Degree and a Master of Mathematics Degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada.  

Research Interest

 Civil Engineering