Mr Chau was a banker before joining the TDC in 1984. In a career spanning nearly 25 years, he has been involved in a great variety of trade promotion activities, specialising in China trade promotion. He worked in the TDC's Beijing and Shanghai branch offices from 1986 to 1988, and has organised numerous Hong Kong pavilions and exhibitions in China.

Mr Chau led the TDC's Exhibitions and Exhibition Services divisions from 1997 until mid-2007, building the TDC's fair portfolio to 31 annual exhibitions. Under his leadership, seven TDC trade fairs are now the largest of their kind in Asia and several are among the world's largest.

In 2004, Mr Chau was also appointed to head the TDC's Trade Publications Department, which publishes 14 trade magazines and 32 supplements a year. In 2006, the E-Commerce Department was added to his portfolio, to better integrate the TDC's exhibitions, publications and online trade portal.

Mr Chau now oversees both the Product Promotion and Service Promotion Divisions, spearheading the TDC's extensive manufacturing and service industries' promotion programme in the Chinese mainland and overseas. In the coming year, TDC has scheduled more than 200 projects to enhance Hong Kong's role as Asia's leading sourcing centre and to assist Hong Kong companies tap into business opportunities around the world.

Mr Chau also oversees TDC's Design Gallery. With two retail outlets, Design Gallery promotes Hong Kong designers and creative excellence in product design.