Mr Howie Lau is Chief Corporate Development and Synergy Officer for NCS Group, with oversight of marketing, communications, partnerships, M&A, post-merger, sustainability, innovation centres, government relations and organisational development. He is also responsible for the business in China and Hong Kong.

Prior to this, he was the Assistant Chief Executive of Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore, a government agency responsible for the technology, telco and media industries as well as Singapore’s digital economy. He was previously the Head of Consumer business and Chief Marketing Officer at StarHub, and Chief Marketing Officer for Lenovo Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific/Latin America.

He serves on a number of boards and advisory committees with a focus on youth development and technology. Howie graduated from National University of Singapore and has a postgraduate MA in Asian Art History from Lasalle College of the Arts and Goldsmiths University of London. He has been recognised as IT leader of the Year 2020 by Singapore Computer Society, and the Philip Kotler marketing excellence award 2018 and NUS outstanding alumni award 2009.