Alan Lau

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CBO at Animoca Brands; previously CEO at Tencent WeSure; Senior Partner at McKinsey. Board at Tapestry/Coach. Vice-Chair at M+ museum, Asia Co-Chairs at Tate and Guggenheim @ Animoca Brands
Alan Lau's Location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, United States
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About Alan Lau

Business builder, with expertise in Tech, FinTech, Culture, and Art. 10 years of corporate finance, and 20 years of Internet & Tech experience with McKinsey, Tencent and Animoca. Museum board chairs at M+, Tate, Guggenheim and ParaSite. Board and advisory roles at Burberry and Coach. Two decades of experience in digital experience, AI, Big Data, product design, growth marketing. Co-founded McKinsey Digital and headed the Asia operation. Built a FinTech startup within Tencent which became a $1bn ARR enterprise. Currently building businesses that mass-onboard web2 users to web3 at Animoca, and operating a 400+ company-ecosystem deploying blockchain technology.

Alan Lau's Current Company Details
Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands

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CBO at Animoca Brands; previously CEO at Tencent WeSure; Senior Partner at McKinsey. Board at Tapestry/Coach. Vice-Chair at M+ museum, Asia Co-Chairs at Tate and Guggenheim
Alan Lau Work Experience Details
  • Animoca Brands
    Chief Business Officer
    Animoca Brands Jul 2022 - Present
    Southern District, Hk
    Animoca Brands is a leading Web3 company in digital entertainment, blockchain, gamification, and artificial intelligence. Its subsidiaries include The Sandbox, Quidd, Gamee; and it owns stakes in Yuga Labs, Sky Mavis, Dapper Labs, OpenSea, etc. As Chief Business Officer, I will oversee its portfolio of 300+ companies, and lead M&A and Business Development.
  • Tapestry
    Member Board Of Directors
    Tapestry Apr 2023 - Present
    New York, New York, Us
    Tapestry is an US multinational luxury fashion holding company, and the owner of 3 major brands: Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. As a member of board of directors, I provide counsel and oversight on Tapestry's overall strategic direction, particularly in its Asia/China and digital strategies
  • Tate
    Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Acquisition Committee
    Tate 2010 - Present
    London, England, Gb
    Tate is one of the world's top-3 contemporary art institutions. As Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Acquisition Committee, I lead the selection of Asia artworks to be acquired by Tate every year, to help further build what already is one of the world's biggest contemporary art collections.
  • Guggenheim Museum
    Co-Chair, Asia Art Circle
    Guggenheim Museum Mar 2019 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Guggenheim is one of the leading, truly global museums in the world. Together with the museum director, I helped set up and become the first Co-Chair of the new Asia Art Circle, which focus on supporting Guggenheim’s Asia artwork acquisitions and programs
  • West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
    Vice Chairman, M+
    West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Apr 2022 - Present
    Kowloon, Hk
  • West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
    Member Board Of Directors, M+
    West Kowloon Cultural District Authority 2014 - Mar 2022
    Kowloon, Hk
    M+ is Hong Kong’s new museum for visual culture, covering art, design, architecture, and moving image from Hong Kong, China, Asia and beyond. It is part of the West Kowloon Cultural District. As board member, I advise on strategy direction, audience engagement, and collection acquisition to build M+ into a globally-significant art institution.
  • Para Site
    Chairman
    Para Site Aug 2009 - Present
    Quarry Bay, Hk
    Para/Site is Hong Kong's very first independent non-profit contemporary art space. It has curated multiple exhibitions including the Hong Kong Pavilion in the 2009 Venice Biennale. As Chair, I am in charge of strategy, fund-raising and board governance.
  • Wesure
    Executive Chairman
    Wesure Jan 2021 - Jun 2022
    深圳市, 广东省, Cn
    WeSure is Tencent's Internet Insurance platform. Operating within the WeChat ecosystem, WeSure provides affordable, innovative insurance products to a billion WeChat users. In 3 years, it has accumulated 100m registered users, and is ranked #1 InsurTech firm globally by InsurancePost, and #1 Internet Insurance Platform by China's Hurun Research Institute. As CEO, I recruited the team, obtained relevant licenses, defined strategy, and ran daily operation. Subsequently as Executive Chairman, I continue to oversee WeSure's operation, and expanded my mandate to greenfield-build new insurance businesses for Tencent, including a successful HK reinsurance company launched in 2021, which works closely with WeSure. I also led InsurTech investments for Tencent, and invested in and sat on the board of Clark (Germany's #1 insurtech), Qumata (insurtech analytics startup).
  • Wesure
    Chairman & Ceo
    Wesure Dec 2016 - Jan 2021
    深圳市, 广东省, Cn
  • Tencent
    Fintech, Insurance
    Tencent Dec 2016 - Jun 2022
    Shenzhen, Guangdong, Cn
    Tencent is a large Internet company in China, with leading positions in social, gaming, advertising, and finance. To expand the scope of financial services provided to a billion WeChat users, I started a greenfield FinTech business in Internet Insurance, and designed the business model, recruited the team, and led the daily operation of WeSure.
  • Mckinsey & Company
    Senior Partner
    Mckinsey & Company Sep 1997 - Nov 2016
    Us
    McKinsey is the world's leading management consultant. As an ‘intrapreneur’ within McKinsey, I built 3 new divisions, including most recently McKinsey Digital which has 1,800 UX designers, IT developers and BigData experts globally. I served large Internet leaders in China on big data, user experience, product design, marketing and M&A, and helped incumbents in finance, telecom, and retail build digital capabilities and new online businesses.Partner (2004-2012); Senior Partner (2012-2016)Asia Pacific Head for McKinsey Digital (2014-2016); Greater China Head for TMT Practice (2011-2014); Asia Head for CFO Practice (2008-2012); Asia Head for Media Practice (2006-2009); HK Head for Corporate Finance Practice (2004-2007)
  • Citibank
    Investment Banking Analyst
    Citibank Jul 1996 - Feb 1997
    New York, New York, Us
    As an Investment Banking Analyst Intern, I focused on company coverage, financial analysis and deal support in the Automotive Sector.

Alan Lau Education Details

  • University Of Oxford
    University Of Oxford
    Economics And Management
  • St Joseph'S College
    St Joseph'S College

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Alan Lau works for Animoca Brands

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Alan Lau's current role is CBO at Animoca Brands; previously CEO at Tencent WeSure; Senior Partner at McKinsey. Board at Tapestry/Coach. Vice-Chair at M+ museum, Asia Co-Chairs at Tate and Guggenheim.

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What schools did Alan Lau attend?

Alan Lau attended University Of Oxford, St Joseph's College.

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