ShawKwei & Partners appoints Brian Lau as Executive Director
Hong Kong – 4 November 2015: ShawKwei & Partners (“ShawKwei”), the Asian private equity firm focused on mid-market manufacturing and service companies, has announced the appointment of Brian Lau as Executive Director in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Brian Lau brings deep operational and strategic expertise to ShawKwei, drawn from his experience running businesses in the technology and manufacturing sectors. He was formerly a Partner at boutique investment bank and advisory firm Prometheus, where he specialised in cross-border advisory and investment collaboration. Prior to his time in investment banking, Brian spent 19 years in executive roles at Celestica and Texas Instruments, with positions in Canada and Hong Kong.
In addition to leveraging his operational expertise into ShawKwei’s portfolio companies, Lau will also contribute his transactional expertise to the firm’s deal flow and asset transactions.
Commenting on Lau’s appointment, ShawKwei Managing Director Kyle Shaw said: “Brian brings the ideal combination of deep operational expertise coupled with the experience required to get deals done. He is a proven industrial manager with strategic vision in the manufacturing space and embodies our hands-on management approach to our portfolio companies.”
Brian Lau added:
” ShawKwei is an unique mid-market firm with its focus on hands-on operational management. At a time when business in Asia is changing rapidly, perhaps most dramatically in the manufacturing and industrial sectors, Kyle and the team at ShawKwei are transforming their portfolio businesses into high-margin market leaders. I’m delighted to be to join such a high-performing firm.”
