Vanessa Lau Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive, independent)

Vanessa Lau was elected to the Board of Directors of Swiss Re Ltd in 2023. She is a member of the Audit Committee.

Professional experience

Vanessa Lau is Chief Operating Officer at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). Since joining HKEX in 2015, she has held a range of senior roles, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer Hong Kong, Group Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Operating Officer. She has been recognised as a key contributor to HKEX’s strategy development in recent years. Before joining HKEX, she served as Vice President and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein starting in 2011. Prior to that, she was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Alcoa Inc’s Global Rolled Products Group in New York from 2007 to 2011. Between 2001 and 2007, she held various roles at McKinsey & Company, in London and Hong Kong, including Associate Principal from 2005 to 2007. Vanessa Lau started her career in 1994 at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK and in the period up to 2000, held various positions including Senior Tax Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions Tax Group.

Educational background

• Master of Arts, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Computation, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

External mandates

• None