Steven Lo (羅傑承) |
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Born |
Hong Kong |
8 June 1959
Occupation | chairman, BMA Investment, and South China AA Football Management Committee |
Spouse(s) | Canny Leung |
Website | http://www.southchinafc.com/ |
Steven Lo Kit-Sing (Chinese: 羅傑承, born 8 June, 1959) is a Hong Kong and Macanese businessman, investor, filmmaker, and philanthropist.
Born in Hong Kong, Steven Lo had his upbringing and education in Macau. After graduation from high school, he worked in a Portuguese bank and subsequently started up a European car dealership business, exclusively trading and selling brands like Volvo, Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche and Lancia. Since 1985, he had businesses and investments in real estate and food and beverage sectors and wholly owned and operated the only two department stores in Macau. Lo earned recognition as a young successful entrepreneur and was the President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Macao.
Lo returned to Hong Kong in the 1991 and was involved in a variety of investments primarily in the film production and cinema circuits but also real estate and financial projects. At the end of the 1990s, he established the entertainment company BMA Entertainment Holdings Limited with a wide variety of entertainment businesses including records, movie production and artist management. bma has since expanded into an investment company – bma Investment Group Limited, under which includes property development, finance services, large-scale performance, sports entertainment, books publication, marketing promotion and public relations services.
Steven Lo is active in the Hong Kong football scene since 2006. As the convener of the South China Football Club, he has overseen the winning of the Domestic Treble in the 2006–07 playing season. The team has won a record 40 First Division League titles and is one of the seven clubs in the world achieving this feat. In the 7 years management under Steven Lo, South China has won five league champions, and has reached the semi-finals of the 2009/2010 AFC Cup.
Lo is the Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association and served as an advisor and team manager for the Hong Kong Football association at the 2009 East Asian Games where the Hong Kong Football Team became the first Hong Kong Football to win gold in any major international sporting event.