Garrick Lau

Garrick specialises in driving organisational change that creates business value alongside positive impact through the Creating Shared Value (CSV) strategy.

His 20+ years of experience and expertise cover real estate and hospitality asset management, organisational development, corporate sustainability, impact measurement and management, social intrapreneurship, NGO management, charitable fundraising, and grant management.

In his current role with a leading private conglomerate in Hong Kong, Garrick leads efforts to embed sustainability and shared value principles across the group’s operations and value chain through a Sustainability-as-a-Service approach. A core responsibility of his team is to implement new solutions that support commercial tenants in achieving their sustainability goals through green and social leases, to continuously enhancing the company’s competitiveness. In addition, his team oversees voluntary reporting related to decarbonisation and climate, nature, governance, and green financing.

For the wider industries, he advocates for the implementation of impact measurement, through thought leadership and consultancy engagement, to enable the continuous improvement of the effectiveness of corporate impact funding with transparency and accountability. These efforts extend beyond the local market and have received unprecedented recognition from global platforms, including the Shared Value Award and Social Value Award.

In addition to his professional role, Garrick serves on a voluntary basis as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Graduate Employment at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Vice President of CareER (a charity supporting employability for students with special needs), and a Board Member of Junior Achievement Hong Kong (a charity promoting youth employability).