Gary Lau Executive Director Free Town Watch Products Limited

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FHKI Titles

• Deputy Chairman
• Member, Chairman’s Committee
• Chairman, Group 22 (Hong Kong Watch and Clock Council)
• Chairman, Belt and Road Committee 
• Chairman, Committee on Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility

Experiences & Awards

Mr Gary Lau joined his family business, Free Town Watch Products Limited under Renley Watch Group upon graduation and has devoted himself to the development of the watch and clock industry. Led by Mr Lau, the company promoted Swiss and local watch brands to the global and Greater China markets in several years with over 200 sales and distribution networks all over the world. In recent years, the Group has expanded its business to emerging markets such as the Middle East and tapped into the high-end watch market in Saudi Arabia.  

In pursuit of sustainable growth of his family business, Mr Lau introduced smart factory and automated assembly production lines from Switzerland to factories in Hong Kong and mainland China and successfully established an original, local fashion watch brand to enhance overall corporate competitiveness. Furthermore, Mr Lau led the company to launch an online custom-made watch e-commerce platform in 2018, receiving overwhelming response from the consumer market.

 

Mr Lau was awarded the Social Caring Youth Leadership Award in 2017 and the Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong in 2020.

 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

Mr Lau graduated from the University of Kent, UK with a Bachelor degree in Business Administration.

Public Services

• Member, Vocational Training Council
• Chairmanship of the Watches & Clocks Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
• Committee Member of Watch and Clock Industry Working Committee for the Recognition of Prior Learning Mechanism
• Honorary President, Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association
• Lay Member of Barrister Disciplinary Tribunal Panel
• Member, Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology Advisory Board
• Member, Programme Management Committee, BUD Fund
• Executive Committee Member of The Hong Kong Shippers’ Council
• Member of The Watch & Clock Industry Training Advisory Committee, Qualifications Framework Education Bureau
• Former President, Rotary Club of Kwai Chung