Agenda for IACCT (China) Seminar on 26 November 2021

* IACCT (China) will strictly comply with all COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Government of the HKSAR.
Note: There is a limitation on the number of guests we can invite for the seminar. Enrollment will be on a first come first served basis.

Seminar Agenda (subject to further update)

Ms. Gogo Yung Lai KO
President of IACCT (China)

Deputy General Manager
Finance Department
Yue Xiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited

Gogo is responsible for overseeing the YUEXIU Group’s financial management functions. During her 23 years with the YUEXIU Group (with total assets exceeding RMB666 billion), she has been dealing with different businesses including corporate finance, IPOs, securities, very substantial acquisitions, real estate investment trust, corporate restructuring and acquisition of a bank in Hong Kong at a cost of HK$11.4 billion.

Prior to working for YUEXIU, Gogo worked for Arthur Andersen & Co in Hong Kong and Sydney. She graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is a qualified fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA), the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and the Hong Kong Securities Institute (HKSI).

She is the Chairlady of the CIMA Hong Kong Branch in the year 2016 and Vice Chairlady in the year 2015. She is currently a Member of the CIMA North Asia Regional Advisory Panel. She is the President of the International Association of CFOs and Corporate Treasurers (China) (IACCT (China)); She is serving as a member of the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) Steering Committee. She is the Guest Professor of the Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics School of Accountancy. She is the Vice-director of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation – Finance & Accounting Professional Committee.

Dr Patrick Lau
Deputy Executive Director
Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Dr Patrick Lau has been Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) since 2019. In this role, Dr Lau helps create opportunities and facilitates deals for Hong Kong businesses. His portfolio covers the promotion of Hong Kong’s service sectors, merchandise trade and innovation, as well as the HKTDC’s external relations, corporate communications and marketing and its network of 50 offices worldwide.

Dr Lau has diverse experience in executive management, business development, commercial law, funds and investment banking, covering a range of sectors including property, telecom, infrastructure, technology and life sciences, among others.

From 2001 to 2014, Dr Lau was based in Hong Kong where he worked as a lawyer at international law firms Baker McKenzie and Skadden Arps, and later became an investment banker at UBS AG and China Construction Bank (CCB) International where he held progressively senior posts until becoming Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Assistant Head of Investment Bank. Between 2015 and 2018, Dr Lau was the CEO of a digital infrastructure company, Director of Investments at the Malaysian Government’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, and Board Director and Investment Committee Member of venture and private equity fund Xeraya Capital.

Dr Lau has successfully handled numerous commercial transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and capital market exercises, and is recognised as a seasoned banker, investor and dealmaker in the region. He has deep knowledge of Hong Kong, Mainland China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) markets and has also worked with many clients and parties from Europe, the Americas and Middle East.

Dr Lau graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Laws with first-class honours from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where he attended medical school and law school concurrently. He has been admitted as an advocate or solicitor in Hong Kong, Australia, England, Wales and Malaysia. He was Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Economics of Monash University and part-time Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Water Cheung
Senior Partner
CEO, Asia Pacific
StormHarbour Securities (Hong Kong) Limited

Water Cheung has close to three decades of extensive global investment banking experience. He is currently the Senior Partner and CEO, Asia Pacific, at StormHarbour Securities. StormHarbour is an independent merchant banking partnership with offices in New York, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Dubai and Tokyo. The firm had been awarded “Boutique Investment Bank of the Year” by The Banker Magazine. Cheung is an Executive Board Member of Treasury Market Association (TMA), an industry body sponsored by Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Cheung is also an Advisory Board member of Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts (HKSFA) and a member of the Young President Organization (YPO) – Hong Kong Chapter.

Mr. Poh Chua
Senior Managing Director, Head of Aon IP Solutions
Aon US

Poh is a seasoned IP lawyer, named a Top 300 IP Strategist by Intellectual Property Asset Management Magazine. Prior joining Aon, Poh is the former General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel at Geely Group in Hangzhou, China and TCL Multimedia in Shenzhen, China. He is the Top 1000 global patent practitioners.

Mr. Chris Rees
Managing Director, Cyber Solutions
Aon Singapore

Chris holds the highly regarded Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), CREST Certified Simulated Attack Specialist (CCSAS) and CREST Certified Tester Infrastructure (CCT-INF) qualifications and has conducted numerous security assessments and penetration tests during his career, covering applications, mobile and infrastructure for UK government and multinational organisations.