
Su Kiang Lau
Executive Director - Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance
SC Ventures
Su Kiang or SK joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2014 as the Head of Legal & Compliance, Commercial Clients, UAE & MENAP. In 2015, he moved to Singapore to work for the Group Legal & Compliance team covering Commercial Clients. Since his moved, he has also covered Standard Chartered’s Group Special Assets Management and Credit Portfolio Management. Currently, he is now covering SC Ventures where he is responsible for providing advisory coverage to all activities in SC Ventures including the helping to enable new business ventures, supporting the investment fund and exploring new business models. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, SK was the Regional Counsel of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China covering ICBC’s operation in the Middle East region. He was also the designated Compliance & MLR Officer for both the ICBC’s operations in DIFC and Abu Dhabi. In addition, he was a member of the team tasked with setting up ICBC’s operations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He also has substantial private practice banking experience in UAE prior to moving in-house. Originally, SK was trained in New Zealand where he has accrued experience in the banking industry both from private practice and working in-house before moving overseas. His experience covers the areas on capital markets, corporate and commercial banking, international banking (trade and project financing) and private banking.