Chris Lee
Managing Director
HKEX
As Head of Velocity, Chris is principally responsible for driving the liquidity growth of HKEX’s cash and derivatives products by establishing strategic partnerships with local and international industry partners, including but not limited to market makers, liquidity providers and Exchange Participants. He also leads a client-centric team in initiating and supporting trading and clearing infrastructure enhancements at HKEX.
Chris joined HKEX in 2014 from ABN AMRO Clearing NV, where he built and ran the Global Execution Services business as Global Head, providing infrastructure and trading services across equities, derivatives, commodities and FX. Prior to joining ABN AMRO, Chris held sales trading positions in Barclays Capital and NatWest Markets in London. He has also been Managing Director for a large independent electronic trading software vendor in the UK.
Chris was a founding trustee of Futures For Kids, a charitable London foundation that aims at helping underprivileged children around the world.