SY Lau

Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent and President of its Online Media Group

SY oversees Tencent Online Media Group which includes Tencent Media, Tencent Video, Tencent Weibo, Tencent Weishi and a diversity of mobile media products such as Tencent News and Tencent Portfolio. His main mission is to build OMG into a world-class media company. Under his leadership, Tencent Online Media Group has evolved from a single internet portal into a highly integrated media matrix with a pre-eminent position in China. As a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of experience in the media and marketing industry, SY is an actively sought-after industry opinion leader in the area of digital economy, internet trends, and digital marketing. In addition to regular appearances at various global signature media events such as BoAo Forum for Asia, SY also speaks at multiple executives programs of Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Oxford University et al. In 2015, SY was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the prestigious Fudan University. In 2011, SY was honored globally as “The World’s 21 Most Influential People in Marketing and Media” by New York based Advertising Age. In 2015, SY received another global award when he was announced as "Media Person of the Year" by Cannes Lion Festival of Creativity in France, making him the first recipient from China that received such recognition. In 2014, SY has been appointed an Honorary Ambassador to the City of Brisbane, Australia to recognize his contribution as, in the words of Brisbane's Lord Mayor, "a world leading global entrepreneur."