Full Name
Lawrence Au
Job Title
Founder
Company
The LaunchPad.Biz
Speaker Bio
Lawrence Au is the Found & CEO of The LaunchPad.Biz, an independent consulting firm specialised in Asia’s financial industry and a member of The Securities Services Advisory Group.
Lawrence has been at the forefront of Asia’s financial industry for more than 35 years since its nascent development in the 1980s. He is a recognised pioneer and thought-leader in the securities services industry in the region.
For 16 years, he was the Asia Pacific CEO of BNP Paribas Securities Services and Northern Trust respectively during their formative years in the region, and was the driving force behind establishing their businesses successfully from the ground up to become market leaders.
He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Asia Asset Management in 2016, in addition to several other industry recognitions. He was also honoured as a recipient of the 2020 Vice Chancellor Alumni Excellence Award by the University of Queensland, his alma mater in Australia.
Inspired by the fascinating development of Asia’s financial industry from its infancy to today’s prosperity, he published his first book “Asia's Financial Industry 1986-2016” in 2016 capturing the industry’s memorable events during those four decades. He published his second book, “From Physical to Digital”, in October this year reviewing 25 most important developments as the industry evolved from the physical age to the digital age over the past quarter century.
Since retiring from corporate life in 2018, Lawrence has been active in business consulting, writing for business journals, guest lecturing in universities, mentoring young professionals and business start-ups, as well as supporting a number of philanthropic causes.
Lawrence has been at the forefront of Asia’s financial industry for more than 35 years since its nascent development in the 1980s. He is a recognised pioneer and thought-leader in the securities services industry in the region.
For 16 years, he was the Asia Pacific CEO of BNP Paribas Securities Services and Northern Trust respectively during their formative years in the region, and was the driving force behind establishing their businesses successfully from the ground up to become market leaders.
He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Asia Asset Management in 2016, in addition to several other industry recognitions. He was also honoured as a recipient of the 2020 Vice Chancellor Alumni Excellence Award by the University of Queensland, his alma mater in Australia.
Inspired by the fascinating development of Asia’s financial industry from its infancy to today’s prosperity, he published his first book “Asia's Financial Industry 1986-2016” in 2016 capturing the industry’s memorable events during those four decades. He published his second book, “From Physical to Digital”, in October this year reviewing 25 most important developments as the industry evolved from the physical age to the digital age over the past quarter century.
Since retiring from corporate life in 2018, Lawrence has been active in business consulting, writing for business journals, guest lecturing in universities, mentoring young professionals and business start-ups, as well as supporting a number of philanthropic causes.
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