Christopher Lau () is Managing Director, XK Capital, Executive Director, Gold Peak Technology Group“Gold Peak Technology Group Limited 2024 Annual Report”, July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024. and Director, The Hong Kong Chinese Importers' and Exporters' Association.HKCIEA香港中華出入口商會 Lau was previously the chief executive officer and founder of Ecargo, an ASX listed e-commerce companyBloomberg People Profile, “Executive Profile for Christopher Lau”. Retrieved 16 January 2015. and co-chief executive officer and co-founder of WWE & Company, a China social shopping mobile platform company.ASX, “ECG ESTABLISHES NEW STRATEGIC BUSINESS TO LAUNCH CHINA SOCIAL SHOPPING MOBILE PLATFORM” ASX, 26 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Education Lau holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from the Stern School of Business, New York University, where he graduated in 2001.Ecargo Holdings Limited, IPO Prospectus, 18 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
Business
Lau began his career with Ernst & Young in New York City and subsequently spent two years in Deutsche Bank’s fixed income business in New York. Christopher Lau was the group assistant managing director and an executive director at Cargo Services Far East Limited from 2006 to 2012. He was an executive director of CS Logistics Holdings Limited from 2010 to 2012."Christopher Lau" , SDL Innovate. Accessed 27 November 2015. At Cargo Services Far East Limited, Lau founded the GAM division in 2007. He was instrumental in the transformation of Cargo Services Far East Limited to become the leading integrated retail supply chain solutions service provider based in Hong Kong, contributed significantly in the development and implementation of the LIMA platforms for many retail brands and was involved in the acquisition of Allport Limited together with HSBC’s strategic investment in CS Logistics in 2010.
Community and charity work In 2012, Lau was made Honorary Member of the Court at the Hong Kong Baptist University.HKBU Council and Court Members List of Court Members . Retrieved 16 January 2015. He is also a member of the programme and fund raising committee at The Dragon Foundation, a non-profit organisation in Hong Kong.Dragon Foundation Programme and Fund Raising Committee . Retrieved 16 January 2015.
Family Lau's father is John Lau Shek Yau, a Hong Kong entrepreneur and logistics tycoon.Australian Financial Review, “eCargo seeks to ride Alibaba wave with Aussie IPO” The Australian Financial Review, 19 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
References
External links HKCIEA香港中華出入口商會 Ecargo WWE & Company Hong Kong Baptist University香港浸會大學 The Dragon Foundation New York University Allport Cargo Services Deutsche Bank Ernst & Young