Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Yiu Ka Yan, Wilfred as Deputy Chief Executive of HKEX effective 24 May 2024. Mr. Yiu will also continue to act as the Co-Chief Operating Officer of HKEX. The SFC has approved the appointment of Mr. Yiu as Deputy Chief Executive under Section 70 of the SFO.

Alongside this appointment, Mr. Yiu will continue to hold positions as the Chief Executive of both The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, which are direct wholly owned subsidiaries of HKEX. Mr. Yiu, aged 54, has over 25 years' experience in international capital markets. He joined HKEX in April 2019 and is currently Co-Chief Operating Officer of HKEX.

Prior to joining HKEX, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Beijing Gao Hua Securities Company Limited, a strategic partner of Goldman Sachs, and also Chairman of Qian Kun Futures Co Ltd. Prior to this, Mr. Yiu was Managing Director, FICC at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Yiu has been a member of the Securities Compensation Fund Committee of the SFC since 2020. Mr. Yiu holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Washington, a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a Master of Business Administration from Stern School of Business, New York University.

The Board announced the appointment of Ms Lau Bik Yun, Vanessa as Co-Chief Operating Officer of HKEX effective 24 May 2024. Ms Lau will also continue to act as the Group Chief Financial Officer of HKEX. The SFC has approved the appointment of Ms Lau as Co-Chief Operating Officer under Section 70 of the SFO.

Ms Lau, aged 51, has over 25 years' experience in the financial services industry. She joined HKEX in October 2015 and is currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of HKEX. Prior to joining HKEX, she held various senior financial positions with Sanford C. Bernstein (Hong Kong) Limited from 2011 to 2015, Alcoa Inc. from 2007 to 2011 and prior to this, with McKinsey & Company Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers (UK).

She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Swiss Re, the global re-insurance business. Ms Lau holds a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree and a Master of Arts degree, both in Mathematics and Computation, from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom; and is a Chartered Accountant qualifying with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.