Mr Lau is Chief Business Officer of Animoca Brands, a $6bn blockchain company with investments in gaming, infrastructure, AI, and DeFi. Animoca tokenises virtual and real-world assets to mass-onboard users to Web3. In his role, Mr Lau is in charge of running the 600+ majority and minority invested companies, plus leading M&A and Partnerships with the world’s largest brands. He serves on the board of Anchorpoint, the JV with Standard Chartered Bank and HK Telecom that targets the HKD stablecoin opportunity. Before Animoca, Mr Lau is CEO of Tencent WeSure, China’s top-3 FinTech insurance businesses. Backed by Tencent, Fubon Insurance and Boyu Capital, WeSure works with insurance and technology companies to develop affordable protection products for WeChat users. Mr Lau founded WeSure in 2016, and built the startup to a 500-strong team over 4 years. WeSure was set up as an AI-first company that use analytics to manage everything from risk assessment, marketing, to customer support. WeSure was named #1 InsurTech company in multiple industry rankings, including China’s Hurun and UK’s InsurancePost. To-date, WeSure served over 100m users. Before WeSure, Mr Lau was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co, and was part of the team that created the Firm’s Asia Corporate Finance Division in the late 1990s. He was later promoted as Asia Pacific Head for McKinsey Digital, leading digital transformations and projects in AI, Big Data, Digital Marketing, and User Experience Design. Beside his full-time role, Mr Lau currently serves on the board of US-listed Tapestry (NYSE: TPR), a $20bn fashion brand that owns Coach and Kate Spade. In addition to sitting on the audit committee and technology board, he is the main advisor on China, digitalisation, and GenZ trends. He is a founding board member of AI Association of HK which promotes AI adoption and policies across retail, finance to industrial sectors. He advises both Oxford University and HK University on AI, Ethics & Creativity. He also served on HK Insurance Authority’s Industry Advisory Committee, where he advised on topics including Greater Bay Area opportunities and digital insurance. Outside of his technology work, Mr Lau contributes actively to arts development. He is Vice-Chair of M+, a new visual arts and culture museums in HK. He also Co-Chairs the Asia Pacific Acquisition Committee of Tate and the Asia Art Circle of Guggenheim, to help the 2 institutions build a global art collection. He served also the HK Government, and sat on LCSD’s Museum Advisory Committee. Mr Alan Lau graduated from Oxford University with a MSc in Engineering in 1997. He has 12 years of work experience in Finance, and 15 years in Internet & TMT.
