Dr. Matthew Au

He began in technology. At Bell Canada (Ottawa) and IBM Canada (Toronto), he contributed to the development of early electronic mail systems, database technologies, and first-generation smart phone research — foundational work that would later inform his approach to financial systems and, ultimately, legal platform design.

Joining Bank of America in Hong Kong, he began in the IT department as head of the Electronic Fund Transfer System group, representing that function on the bank's global banking system migration team across Asia. He subsequently moved to the Global Payment Services business unit, progressing from Senior Product Manager to Consulting Product Manager, delivering payment services and corporate treasury solutions across Asia-Pacific.

At Goldman Sachs, as Executive Director, he held a sequence of leadership roles across nearly a decade: heading Asian Treasury Operations across Hong Kong and Singapore, then leading Asian Private Client Services, before serving as Head of Client Risk Management within the merged Private Wealth Management Department (Asia). During this period he participated in landmark IPOs for PetroChina, China Mobile, Southern Airlines, and Bank of China (HK), and was seconded to the London offices to participate in the Euro currency conversion and Y2K remediation programmes.

He returned to academia briefly as Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, teaching Trade and Investment Law of the PRC, before entering legal practice in Hong Kong. His practice covers company law, trust law, commercial transactions, and technology law — with active work in Limited Partnership Funds (LPFs), corporate and fintech trust structures, and cross-border advisory for US, Hong Kong, and Mainland China clients.