Alpha Lau

Ms Alpha Lau has been Director-General of Invest Hong Kong, the government department responsible for attracting and facilitating direct investment into Hong Kong, since November 2023.

She serves on the government’s Trade and Industry Advisory Board, International Business Committee, Expert Advisory Group on Legal and Dispute Resolution Services, Air Silk Road Task Force, Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board, Market Development Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, Task Force on Promoting and Branding Hong Kong, Mega Events Coordination Group, Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development, and on the Task Force on External Relations.

Prior to joining the government, Ms Lau held various senior roles in multinational and Chinese financial institutions, with experience in personal wealth and corporate coverage, risk management, fintech, transactional banking and M&A project management.

Ms Lau holds Bachelor and Master (Hon.) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Certificate in further education from Tsinghua University, Beijing.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

InvestHK is the investment promotion agency of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Developments of green industries is a major international trend and key to addressing global climate change. The combination of green finance and green technology will accelerate the build-up of multi-faceted industry clusters, thereby creating huge business opportunities and financial needs and making contributions to green transformation and growth. InvestHK has established a sustainability team to nurture and build up a green economy and sustainable business ecosystem in Hong Kong . We aim to attract more companies related to ESG and sustainability to HK and expands all over the world.