Ms. Ka Shi Lau completed a 25-year tenure with BCT Group (a key player in the pension and asset servicing industries) in June 2024, having served as Managing Director & CEO for 22 years and Senior Advisor for 2 years. During her tenure, she led the group to new horizons with transformations, driving innovation and responsible growth. With a sense of purpose and in service of the greater good, Ka Shi now focuses on enhancing corporate governance, sustainability, financial / retirement protection, community wellbeing and advancing Hong Kong's status as a leading IFC. Currently, she is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Trustees’ Association, Vice Chairman of the Asian Corporate Governance Association, and INED of Citibank (Hong Kong) and also actively serves on public / professional bodies, including MPFA, SFC, Our Hong Kong Foundation, Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association and HKICPA. Her public role included Hospital Authority, Minimum Wage Commission, Women’s Commission, CIIF and Independent Commission.
In recognition of her public service, Ka Shi was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the HKSAR Government in 2013. Among multiple awards she garnered, she was the first woman to win the “Director of the Year Award” in the “Private Companies, Executive Director” category from The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, and the “Lifetime Achievement Award – MPF” at the Asia Asset Management’s 2021 “Best of the Best Awards”.
Ka Shi holds an MBA from Cornell University and “Executive Leadership Programme in Global Finance” certificate from the Global Economics and Finance of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was awarded Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI) and a Fellow of both the Chartered Governance Institute (FCG) and the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKFCG).