Kin Lau

Mr Lau is a technology entrepreneur in Southeast Asia who founded his first technology company when he was 23 and has since taken three technology companies public. Mr Lau began his career as the co-founder and Managing Director of Viztel Solutions Berhad (Viztel), a telecom and mobile Internet software start-up. In 2007, Mr Lau co-founded Cellsafe Biotech Group, a regional biotechnology business group focussing on non-controversial technologies for harvesting and cryogenic preservation of stem cells. Cellsafe is now a leading stem cell bank network in Southeast Asia, with operations across four countries. In 2008, Mr Lau led a takeover of the Oriented Media Group Berhad (Omedia), a publicly traded digital media company in Malaysia, of which he was later appointed its Executive Chairman. He was also a faculty research staff an a PhD candidate at the Imperial College, London. Mr Lau frequently supports entrepreneurial campaigns in colleges and universities and is a regular judge at innovation and start-up competitions in Singapore.