The Hon Anna Wu is a lawyer and a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, an organ for assisting the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong government in policy-making. She is the current and founding chair of the Competition Commission. Ms Wu is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Hong Kong and chairs the Academic Board for Postgraduate Certificate in Laws of the University of Hong Kong. She is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.

Ms Wu previously served as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and in that capacity initiated the Equal Opportunities Bill leading to the current laws prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of gender, disability, family status and race.

She previously served as the Chairperson of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Consumer Council and the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong. Ms Wu was also a member of the Law Reform Commission, a member of the Hospital Authority, a Non-executive Director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited and of the Securities and Futures Commission. She was also a former member of the Women’s Leadership Board of the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.