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Peter Lau

October 22, 1969 - September 15, 2022

An employee of Instinet for over 25 years, Peter most recently served as CTO for the last 12. Peter was much more than a colleague and friend. Peter was perhaps the nicest person anyone who had the fortune of knowing him will ever meet. A man who had time for everyone, Peter would willingly give up his time - or the shirt off his back - for friends and strangers alike. Peter made this world a much better place and he will forever be missed for his warmth, generosity, compassion, and sense of humor.

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Fabien Sola 2022-09-23 15:12:06 wrote:

My deepest condolences to Peter’s family and friends. I was as much lucky as honored to be part of his extended family like you all and we are all missing him so much… I could also benefit his warm care of every instants, always thoughtful of each and everyone’s birthdays, celebrations and festivals. He was there despite working 24/7 while never leaving behind his home nor any of us. He was one of my biggest support in my difficult times while still enjoying my happy times even when himself was under the weather or with fatigue. Peter enlightened me with his deep knowledge of English literature and his experience as grad school student in King’s college from 14 years old. This experience made him a great lover of England and Europe. He was proud to hold “Peter” as a name, “Pierre”: the cornerstone name and he fully deserved it at all instants. As a food lover he appreciated French cuisine and was always curious to know about my culture. And from his Chinese roots he gave me so many expressions, all full of wit, intelligence and wisdom. Peter also amazed me with his musical knowledge and his own creations he could play on his piano. Chats with Peter were music to my ears… As per work, Peter opened his arms and was the cornerstone of the bridge between Instinet and Nomura. He always supported me and the Nomura team getting help for everyone. I could appreciate how much he cared for Instinet’s IT and was their true leader. His experience as technologist and scientist was just astronomical and he was instrumental to all Nomura group IT. We shared the same love and respect for people. Peter would not only care for all of us, family, friends, colleagues, but also care and respect absolutely everyone. I remember having several discussions on how he wondered if he was normal greeting each and every person in a shop, each and every person from the top to the bottom of the society. I told him that he was right to do so and that He was the “normal” person. If there is one action we should remember to do, from his way of being, for us all, is to never be indifferent to anyone, never forget to consider, greet, respect and care for every people we happen to meet in our busy days. We are all busy, but so was Peter, and probably he was even more so. The word “rest” is really not one that Peter would understand nor practice. I remember his confused reaction when I jokingly said to enjoy “resting, doing nothing but slowly do so”. After a long day of work and chores, he would not sit to rest but sit to resume discoveries, discussions and learning. He would continue discover new books, new music, new video games and study the best strategies to play each game. He never felt there was enough time in a day to discover more from our world. So dearest Peter, I wish you to rest and freely discover all what you always wanted to learn, in peace.

Fabien Sola 2022-09-23 15:12:06 wrote: My deepest condolences to Peter’s family and friends. I was as much lucky as honored to be part of his extended family like you all and we are all missing him so much… I could also benefit his warm care of every instants, always thoughtful of each and everyone’s birthdays, celebrations and festivals. He was there despite working 24/7 while never leaving behind his home nor any of us. He was one of my biggest support in my difficult times while still enjoying my happy times even when himself was under the weather or with fatigue. Peter enlightened me with his deep knowledge of English literature and his experience as grad school student in King’s college from 14 years old. This experience made him a great lover of England and Europe. He was proud to hold “Peter” as a name, “Pierre”: the cornerstone name and he fully deserved it at all instants. As a food lover he appreciated French cuisine and was always curious to know about my culture. And from his Chinese roots he gave me so many expressions, all full of wit, intelligence and wisdom. Peter also amazed me with his musical knowledge and his own creations he could play on his piano. Chats with Peter were music to my ears… As per work, Peter opened his arms and was the cornerstone of the bridge between Instinet and Nomura. He always supported me and the Nomura team getting help for everyone. I could appreciate how much he cared for Instinet’s IT and was their true leader. His experience as technologist and scientist was just astronomical and he was instrumental to all Nomura group IT. We shared the same love and respect for people. Peter would not only care for all of us, family, friends, colleagues, but also care and respect absolutely everyone. I remember having several discussions on how he wondered if he was normal greeting each and every person in a shop, each and every person from the top to the bottom of the society. I told him that he was right to do so and that He was the “normal” person. If there is one action we should remember to do, from his way of being, for us all, is to never be indifferent to anyone, never forget to consider, greet, respect and care for every people we happen to meet in our busy days. We are all busy, but so was Peter, and probably he was even more so. The word “rest” is really not one that Peter would understand nor practice. I remember his confused reaction when I jokingly said to enjoy “resting, doing nothing but slowly do so”. After a long day of work and chores, he would not sit to rest but sit to resume discoveries, discussions and learning. He would continue discover new books, new music, new video games and study the best strategies to play each game. He never felt there was enough time in a day to discover more from our world. So dearest Peter, I wish you to rest and freely discover all what you always wanted to learn, in peace.

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