Ms Alexa Lam is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the SFC and Executive Director of its Policy, China and Investment Products Division. Her major role covers the development of overall policy for the SFC as a whole, with a particular emphasis on the market development in mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as the regulation of the retail investment products market in Hong Kong.

Major initiatives led by Ms Lam include:

• Enactment of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
• Reformed margin financing rules and industry practice.
• Actively developed Hong Kong as an international asset management centre, including the launching of retail hedge funds, development of Hong Kong as the second largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) trading market in Asia, as well as the implementation of cross-listings of ETFs in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
  

On mainland policies, Ms Lam has been representing the SFC in different forums with mainland Chinese government, regulatory agencies and business leaders on macro economic, market development and regulatory issues on a regular basis. Ongoing efforts have also been made by Ms Lam to promote co-operation in financial strategies between the mainland and Hong Kong. This includes her participation in the formulation of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement between the Mainland and Hong Kong (CEPA) and her acting as a member of the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) Experts Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). In addition, under Ms Lam's leadership, the SFC has entered into regulatory co-operation agreements with China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to enhance regulatory co-operation between the mainland and Hong Kong.

On international efforts, Ms Lam is on Standing Committee 5 of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Before joining the SFC, Ms Lam had over 20 years' experience in corporate and commercial law practice in New York and Hong Kong. She had also provided legal advice to a number of multinationals on their direct investments in mainland China.

Outside the SFC, Ms Lam performs a wide range of public duty. She is member of the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law - Asian Institute of International Financial Law Advisory Board, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council - Financial Services Advisory Committee and the Asian Financial Forum 2009 and 2010 Steering Committees.