Overview

Gender

female

Laura is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She is an independent non-executive director of HSBC Holdings plc and China Telecom Corporation Limited, as well as non-executive deputy chairman of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Asia Pacific subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. She is also a senior international advisor for Foundation Asset Management AB and a Hong Kong delegate to the 12th National People’s Congress of China.

Laura became the first person outside mainland China to join the Chinese Central Government at the vice-ministerial rank when she was appointed as vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission in 2001. She stayed in that post until 2004. Previously, she worked in the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong from 1991 to early 2001.

Laura was educated in the US with a BA from the University of Wisconsin and a JD (Juris Doctorate) degree from the University of Santa Clara.

Laura has also been recognised for public service by the Hong Kong government, which awarded her a Gold Bauhinia Star in July 2009 and a Silver Bauhinia Star in 2001.