Laura Cha
Chinese businesswoman and politician
Laura Cha Shih May-lung, GBM, GBS, JP (Chinese: 查史美倫; born 5 December 1949) is a Hong Kong businesswoman and politician. She is a former chair of Hong Kong Stock Exchange and non-executive deputy chair of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. She served as a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2022.
Early life and education
On 5 December 1949, Cha was born in Shanghai, China. At age 2, Cha and her family moved to British Hong Kong.
Cha earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law. She was a member of the Committee of 100, a Chinese American political and cultural organisation.
Career
In 1983, Cha was admitted to the State Bar of California as Laura May-Lung Cha. Cha practised law at Pillsbury Madison and Sutro in San Francisco, California. Since 1994, Cha no longer practices law in California.
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