Vivien Lau takes helm at Hacis as Ken Bell becomes Tradeport's new CEO

HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), a air cargo handler at Hong Kong International Airport, has appointed Vivien Lau as managing director of its onward carriage service unit, Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Limited (Hacis).

Ms Lau, who replaces Kenneth Bell, who becomes CEO of Tradeport, a Hong Kong warehouse and logistics provider, will lead the company's efforts selling airlines and freight forwarders services between Hactl's SuperTerminal 1 and the next transit point to and from its six IATA-designated cargo depots situated throughout southern China's major industrial region.

Ms Lau has worked for various companies wholly- or partly-owned by the Jardine Matheson Group since 2000 (Jardine Matheson is the largest shareholder in Hactl). She spent the first six years in EastPoint Property Management Limited, where she was responsible for business development, marketing, brand strategy and corporate communications.

She then moved to Jardine Airport Services Group, where she was responsible for business expansion strategy in China, and helped establish the first Sino-foreign joint venture in Kunming. In 2011, Ms Lau was appointed executive assistant to the managing director of Jardine Matheson. She is an MBA scholarship winner from Henley Business School in the UK, holds a bachelor's in Social Sciences, and is a qualified management accountant.

Said Hactl managing director and Hacis chairman Mark Whitehead: "Her experience and drive will be invaluable in helping us to realise our ambitious plans for Hacis; this business will play an increasingly important part in Hactl's future growth."