LAU Ming Wai

Chairperson of Steering Committee

Ming Wai Lau
  • Mr. Ming Wai Lau is the Director of MWYO, a youth-oriented think tank.  He is also the Chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited and the Vice Chairman of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, an independent policy think tank.
  • Mr. Lau is active in public affairs. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Youth Development Commission.  He is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ocean Park Corporation, a Council Member of the City University of Hong Kong, a non-official member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development, and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee.  He is awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) for his meritorious public and community service in 2017.
  • Mr. Lau holds LLB, LLM, and PhD degrees from King’s College London and the London School of Economics, University of London.  He is also a registered attorney in the State of New York and a CFA Charterholder.  He has been a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Law School since 2014.