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Speakers 
 Mr M H Au,
Director General,
Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong
Mr M H Au has been the Director-General of Telecommunications of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since August 2003.
Before assuming this post, Mr Au was the Deputy Director-General of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA). He was responsible for managing and coordinating the work of the four branches of OFTA, namely, the Regulatory Affairs Branch, the Competition Affairs Branch, the Operations Branch and the Support Branch.
Mr Au joined the Telecommunications Branch of the Hong Kong Post Office in 1985 as Chief Telecommunications Engineer and became an Assistant Postmaster General in 1991. He was appointed an Assistant Director of OFTA upon its establishment in July 1993. In April 1997, he was appointed Senior Assistant Director (Regulatory), OFTA, in charge of the economic and technical regulation of all public telecommunications services.
Mr Au holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (University of Hong Kong), Bachelor of Laws (University of London), Master of Laws (University of Hong Kong) and Master of Finance (Curtin University of Technology). He is a Member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers in United Kingdom
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 Mr Roger Barlow,
Chairman & CEO,
RJB Consultants Limited, Hong Kong
Roger Barlow is Chairman and CEO of RJB Consultants Limited. He is based in Hong Kong and advises clients on telecommunications strategic and operational issues covering fixed and mobile networks, and international communications.
Prior to the formation of RJB Consultants Ltd, Roger has worked for Cable & Wireless, Hong Kong Telecom, PCCW and Reach. He is currently an independent non-executive director of MobileOne Limited in Singapore.
He successfully established a representative office for the Cable & Wireless Group in Hanoi in 1994 and remained in Vietnam for C&W until 2000.
Since 2003 Roger has advised a number of companies in Vietnam, both foreign and local, on issues such as market entry, strategic marketing and business planning.
He has also recently advised clients on transactions in India, Europe and North America, in addition to SE Asia.
Roger has a B.Sc. (Econ) from the University of London, and a M.A. from the University of Essex.
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 Mr Chip Barton,
Managing Director, Asia Pacific,
IDT, Hong Kong
Mr. Barton is a global executive with over 20 years of professional experience in IT and communications. He’s been based in the Asia Pacific region since 1992.
Mr. Barton is currently Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific for IDT, a global provider of retail and wholesale telecommunications services, stored value financial services and entertainment. IDT is also the largest provider of calling cards in the world and one of the three largest carriers of international voice traffic globally.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Barton served as President and Managing Director of Gain Consulting Group Limited, a global consultancy and advisory firm based in Hong Kong.
Previously, as President, Asia Pacific, AT&T International Ventures, he developed and executed AT&T’s growth strategy and investments in Asia Pacific. Mr. Barton’s initial assignment in Hong Kong was as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, where he led AT&T’s new strategy development and business expansion for the region. He also served as regional Vice President for Public Affairs. Prior to his assignments in Hong Kong, Mr. Barton served as Regional Managing Director for the South Pacific Region based in Sydney, Australia and he held various posts with responsibilities for Europe, Latin America and the US.
Mr. Barton has been a keynote speaker at numerous major industry conferences and a frequent University and MBA program guest lecturer. He has represented business and industry issues before the media. He served as chief company representative of AmCham, the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, and the Asia Pacific Internet Association (APIA), and was a past regional Company Chairman of Corporate Gifts for the American Cancer Society.
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 Mr John Baudier,
Manager, Greater Asia Region,
Intel Technology, Malaysia
John has 20 years of experience in Information Technology; 13 with Intel Corporation. During the past 13 years he’s held a variety of positions with Intel including Network Engineer, WAN Planner, Network Engineering manager and Global Engineering Team manager in Asia. He now manages Intel’s Security and Platform Enabling Services team.
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 Mr Owen Best,
President, Asia Pacific,
Flag Telecom, Hong Kong
Before joining FLAG Telecom in June 1998, Owen Best was Vice President of Telstra Japan (1995-1998) and Regional Director for Telstra Korea (1994-1996).
He has over 22 years experience in the telecommunications industry, and has worked extensively in the Asia Pacific region in various senior engineering and operational positions with Telecom Australia, Telecom Australia International, OTC, and Telstra.
Owen has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electronics/Communications), a Master of Engineering Studies, and an MBA - all from the University of Queensland, Australia.
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 Mr Marc Bodner,
President, International Strategy,
IDT Telecom, USA
Marc Bodner serves as President, International Strategy for IDT Telecom. Based at IDT’s global headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, USA, Mr. Bodner is focused on IDT’s expansion and growth in Asia and Africa, as well as new business ventures in Europe. From May 2000 until June 2005, Mr. Bodner was Managing Director of IDT Europe and Executive Vice President of IDT Telecom. Based in London for 5 years, Mr. Bodner was responsible for all phases of IDT's European operations.
Under his leadership, IDT Europe expanded its retail and wholesale businesses throughout the region, and launched Toucan, one of the UK’s leading CPS operations.
Prior to relocating to London, Marc served as Senior Vice President of Business Development for IDT's former subsidiary, Brix Communications, as well as in other business development roles on behalf of IDT Corporation. Before joining IDT in 1999, Marc was an associate at Goldberg, Corwin & Greenberg LLP, a New York City law firm, as well as having held the position of research analyst with the Edward S Gordon Company (now known as Insiginia/ESG), a large Manhattan real estate firm.
Mr Bodner holds a BA in Political Science from Queens College (CUNY) and a Juris Doctor from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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 Mr John Bradfield,
General Manager, Regulatory Affairs,
PCCW Limited, Hong Kong
John is an experienced competition lawyer, and he has worked for regulator and incumbent. John started his working life as a newspaper journalist, then later qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor in Australia, successfully representing clients in administrative, civil and criminal cases. John joined the Australian Government in 1993, working in various departments and representing the Government in various Courts and Tribunals. John joined the Australian National Competition Council in 1997 as a legal adviser on liberalising statutory monopolies. He soon joined the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as legal adviser to the Telecommunications Group, later accepting a senior management role as head of Telecommunications Enforcement where his team was responsible for making significant inroads into curbing the incumbent's market power.
John joined the Hong Kong regulator OFTA in 2001, as a senior consultant, where he advised on complaints and competition issues. In 2003 John began work at PCCW where he provides advice across the business on competition, compliance and various other regulatory issues.
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 Mr David Chalmers,
Managing Director,
Teleglobe, Hong Kong
David Chalmers is currently the Managing Director for Teleglobe’s Asia Pacific Region, located in Hong Kong. With responsibility for both the voice and data wholesale business in the region, he has 30 years experience in the Telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Teleglobe he held various management positions with Telstra and REACH.
David has held roles in the international carrier business in both Sydney and Asia and has resided in Asia since 1998. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, he has lived in Singapore and Japan and has travelled extensively throughout Asia. He has extensive management in the international carrier arena and an understanding of Asia that is well regarded by his peers.
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 Mr David Chalmers,
Vice President, Wholesale Voice, Asia Pacific,
Teleglobe, Hong Kong
David Chalmers is currently the Managing Director for Teleglobe’s Asia Pacific Region, located in Hong Kong. With responsibility for both the voice and data wholesale business in the region, he has 30 years experience in the Telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Teleglobe he held various management positions with Telstra and REACH.
David has held roles in the international carrier business in both Sydney and Asia and has resided in Asia since 1998. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, he has lived in Singapore and Japan and has travelled extensively throughout Asia. He has extensive management in the international carrier arena and an understanding of Asia that is well regarded by his peers.
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 Mr Amit Chawla,
Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Company Director,
Veraz Networks, USA
Amit Chawla is Executive VP of Global Marketing at Veraz Networks. Amit has over 18 years of design, product management and market development experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Veraz, Amit was CEO of NexVerse Networks and led the merger of NexVerse Networks with ECI Telecom’s NGTS business unit to form Veraz. Prior to joining NexVerse Networks, he was VP Portfolio Management, Communications Server products at Nortel Networks for the packet-based Succession Networks.
Amit holds a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from University College, University of London, England and a Masters of Science from the University of Manitoba, Canada.
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 Mr Feng Chian,
Executive Vice President, President's Office,
Taiwan Fixed Network Co Ltd
Mr. Chian joined Taiwan Fixed Network, Co., Ltd. as Executive Vice President in September 2003. He graduated from Chiao Tung University and has solid engineering background and expansive management experiences in the telecommunication industry. In the past, Mr. Chian held several senior management positions in leading telecommunication companies in Taiwan such as Asia Global Crossing Taiwan, Global One Taiwan, Sprint International Taiwan, and ITT/Alcatel TAISEL.
He keeps up to date with the status and development of the telecommunication regulatory environment and masterminded the launchings of various telecommunication services in Taiwan. He was also involved in actively promoting value-added network services, electronic data interchange (EDI) and electronic commerce. In addition to telecommunication service industry, Mr. Chian also worked in telecommunication manufacturing industry in developing and manufacturing central office telecommunication equipment, private branch exchange (PBX) and related hardware and software.
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Victor Chiu,
Vice President, Telecom Labs,
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan
Mr. Chiu directs Chunghwa Telecom’s network strategy and planning. He has spent more than 30 years studying telecom network technology and now, he is the VP of Telecom Labs, a unique R&D organization of Chunghwa Telecom. Mr. Chiu holds BS and MS degrees from University of Colorado in Electrical Engineering.
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 Mr Anthony Christie,
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
Global Crossing
Anthony D. Christie oversees Global Crossing's marketing organization and its Agent Channel, comprising enterprise resellers and VARs. The marketing organization is dedicated to assessing customer needs, evaluating Global Crossing's position relative to competitors in satisfying those needs, and developing, positioning and managing the products and services Global Crossing offers. As chief marketing officer, Mr. Christie is responsible for product development, product management, pricing, strategic marketing and market development. In his role overseeing the Agent Channel, Mr. Christie focuses on expanding relationships with Global Crossing's Agent partners and developing new ways to support their growth.
Mr. Christie holds a B.S. in marketing with a concentration in computer science from Drexel University, an M.B.A. from the University of New Haven and an M.S. in Management from M.I.T. He resides in New Jersey with his wife and children.
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 Mr Frederick Chui,
Senior Vice President,
PCCW GLOBAL
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 Mr Gregg Creevey,
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing,
CNBC Asia Pacific, Singapore
Gregg Creevey is Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, CNBC Asia Pacific. He oversees the advertising sales, network and programming distribution, business development and marketing functions of the network. He is also directly responsible for all of the network's revenue-generating sources including advertising sales, subscription and network development.
Creevey joined CNBC Asia Pacific in 2004 as Senior Vice President, Distribution & Channel Strategy and was recently promoted to his current role. As head of distribution and business development, Creevey has contributed significantly to the growth of the network’s distribution numbers and subscription revenue.
With over 17 years of experience in the Asia Pacific broadcast industry, Creevey was one of the longest standing and most experienced executives at Turner Broadcasting prior to joining CNBC. Successful initiatives he spearheaded include the implementation of a dedicated CNN service in Japan, negotiating for CNN to be the first licensed foreign retransmission cable channel in Korea, and identifying the first mobile content deals for Cartoon Network in Asia. Creevey was also part of the pioneer team that established CNN’s distribution in Asia. Some of the first countries in which CNN has gained a distribution foothold included Singapore and Thailand (via IBC). He was originally based with CNN in London, responsible for pan-European marketing and business development initiatives as well as inflight programme syndication.
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 Mr Gregg Creevey,
Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development,
CNBC Asia Pacific
A television industry veteran with extensive experience in the Asia Pacific region, Gregg Creevey oversees the entire sales, marketing and business development operations at CNBC Asia Pacific. This includes advertising sales and subscription-based sales on distribution networks, as well as on mobile platforms. He is also responsible for expanding network and programming distribution to terrestrial broadcasters, commercial establishments, financial institutions, hotels and airlines across the region. Additionally, Creevey spearheads the development of strategic partnership initiatives with prominent broadcast media entities in the region, including TV-18 in India, Nikkei in Japan and the Shanghai Media Group, in China. He also works closely with CNBC’s strategic partners to improve the brand’s presence in all of the markets that the channel serves.
Creevey has over 18 years of experience in the Asia Pacific broadcast industry, and was previously one of the longest standing and most experienced executives at Turner International. As the Senior Vice President, Network Distribution and Content Sales, for Turner International Asia Pacific, Creevey spearheaded several successful initiatives, including the implementation of a dedicated CNN service in Japan, negotiating for CNN to be the first licensed foreign retransmission cable channel in Korea, and identifying the first mobile content deals for Cartoon Network in Asia.
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Napalinga Danilo,
Consultant, Technology Processes and Key Account Management,
Digitel Philippines
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 Mr Stuart Dobbin,
Vice President, Global Carrier Services, Asia,
Cable & Wireless, Hong Kong
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 Mr Sturt Eastwood,
Director, Voice and Satellite Services,
REACH, Hong Kong
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 Tunde Fafunwa,
Chief Consultant,
Bayan Telecommunications, Philippines
Tunde Fafunwa has more than 20 years of senior management experience in the Telecommunications and Information Technology field. He has led startups, mid-size companies as well as major initiatives in Fortune 500 companies.
Currently as Chief Executive Consultant, he has led the competitive repositioning and growth of Bayan Telecommunications Inc., a leading Internet and competitive fixed line provider in the Philippines. At the Bayantel, Tunde leads the 1,600 person, $180 million a year full service provider. The company has been competitively repositioned to deliver data and Internet revenue growth of 30% a year, with a significantly lower cost structure.
Previously he was Vice President, Marketing at Verizon subsidiary, where he was responsible for the product bundling of Landline, Cellular, Video and Internet to over 2 million customers with combined revenues of over $1 billion.
In addition, Tunde has held senior IT management positions in the financial and computer consulting industries. He is the founder of Resourcery Limited the largest network integrator in West Africa.
He is a frequent speaker and panelist addressing Internet and telecom infrastructure issues at international conferences. His articles and papers have been published in leading industry magazines and on the Internet.
Tunde has both a Masters in Technology Policy as well as an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
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 Alessandra Fratini,
Partner, Competition,
O'Connor and Company, Belgium
Alessandra is a partner with O’Connor and Company, where she is responsible for the EC competition and communications practices. She is admitted in Italy, is a member of the Brussels Bar and an IBA (International Bar Association) member.
After some years in-house with RAI in Rome, where she had particular responsibilities for regulatory affairs, corporate strategy and international partnerships, Alessandra moved into private practice in Brussels and she is currently advising on a number of EC competition and regulatory issues in the area of broadband, mobile and media across Europe. In electronic communications, she specializes in the application of EC (and Italian) law and regulation to new market entrants. She has represented major operators before the European Commission and the European Courts on a wide range of competition issues applied to communications. She is currently completing projects on the deregulation and re-regulation of other public sector utilities including postal services and transport.
Alessandra teaches network industries law and regulation at LIUC University in Italy; she is a frequent speaker at international conferences on the application of competition law to the telecoms sector and is a regular contributor to telecoms publications.
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 Mr Mark Gilroy,
Chief Operating Advisor,
Mabuhay Satellite Corporation, Philippines
Mark Patrick Gilroy is a self-motivated, creative sales & marketing professional with special skills in penetrating new markets and establishing new ventures.
Throughout his career, Mark has repeatedly been the top sales performer (most recently, the Orion President’s Club). Mark’s most notable skill is the capability to launch new companies, offices, ventures and products and services. His ability to establish long-lasting, successful business partnerships and understand market trends in the emerging and established marketplace has enabled CyberStar to enter new communications markets.
During the past five years Mark has successfully created and managed the sales, marketing and operations organization in Singapore, with responsibilities for the entire Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean Region. Under his leadership the company penetrated henceforth-closed markets in the Internet and VSAT industry and established a market presence in nearly half of the countries covered. During that time revenues grew consistently by more than 27% per annum.
Mark has established excellent relationships and contacts within the telecommunications and broadcasting industry, particularly with the national telecommunications carriers and local telcos, satellite broadcasting networks and satellite operators across the Asia Pacific and European regions (Satellite Services Associations) during the past four years.
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 Mr Ofer Gneezy,
President and CEO,
iBasis Inc, USA
Ofer Gneezy is President and Chief Executive Officer of iBasis, a leader in international long distance, VoIP, and prepaid calling cards. As co-founder of iBasis in 1996, Mr. Gneezy is one of the true visionaries of the IP telephony industry and a recipient of Pulver.com's Industry Pioneer Award. He was an early believer in the power of the Internet to change global telecommunications and quickly established iBasis as the first provider of toll-quality Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service.
Many of the world's largest carriers, including AT&T, Cable & Wireless, China Mobile, China Unicom, MCI, Sprint, Skype, and Telefonica are iBasis customers. iBasis carried approximately 5 billion minutes of international voice over IP (VoIP) traffic in 2004, and is one of the ten largest carriers of international voice traffic in the world.
For four consecutive years service providers named iBasis the best international wholesale carrier in ATLANTIC-ACM's annual International Wholesale Carrier Report Card.
Prior to founding iBasis in 1996 Mr. Gneezy was president of Acuity Imaging, Inc., a multinational leader in industrial automation technology. Mr. Gneezy is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration and has an M.S. in engineering from M.I.T.
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 Paul Gregory,
Director, Business Support,
Cable & Wireless, Hong Kong
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 Satyen Gupta,
Advisor,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, India
Mr.S.N.Gupta, Born 1957, graduated with Hons, in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1979 from Kurukshetra, University, INDIA. From 1979 to 1980 he completed his post graduation iln Electronics Design Technology at CEDT, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and was appointed as Project Manager of ETDC complex of HARTRON.
In 1981 he joined Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing of Ministry of Communication and was posted as Officer-in-charge of Wireless Monitoring Station, Srinagar and Secretary, Regional Advisory Committee of SACFA for J&K and HP.
In 1983 he joined IRSSE Cadre of Western Railway. Since 1985 to 1989 he held various positions on that Railway including one year tenure as Senior Project Manager for Passenger Reservation Computerisation System at Bombay.
From 1989 to 1994 he worked with Indian Railways Institute for Signal Engineering & Telecom as a faculty for signalling, Telecom and Computers. At this centre he was involved in developing and conducting courses in advanced Telecommunication technologies for senior Railway officers from India and Abroad.
Since August 94 he worked with IRCON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED as Additional General Manager and was involved in the execution of optical fibre and other projects dealing with modern telecommunication systems at National and International level.
Up to August, 2000, he was Heading IRCON’s first “BUILD-OWN-OPERATE” based Optical Fiber Project between Mumbai and Delhi and also the ISP Project.
Presently, he is working as Advisor with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India at the level of Joint Secretary and is heading the Converged Network Division dealing with Regulatory, Technical and Economic aspects of Data Networks and Services including VOIP, Internet Services, IPv6, Broadband, International Leased Circuits and NGN.
Mr. Gupta was awarded the Minister of Railways award for the outstanding performance during 1995-96.
He retired as a Major from Railways Engineers Territorial Army and is also a Grade I Radio Amateur.
He is widely traveled abroad to Europe and Asia being Chairman of various Experts’ Groups of Asia Pacific and South East Asia in the field of VOIP, Internet Telephony, ICT and Domain Names. He was also deputed as an ITU expert on an UNDP assignment on Internet Exchange and International VOIP Gateway for Bangladesh.
He is a Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecom Engineers and a member of its national Technical Programme Committee. He is also a Life Member of Institution of Railway Signal and Telecom Engineers and also member of Institute of Rail Transport and also the member of Chartered Institute of Transport. He is a member and trustee of PTC India Foundation.
He has also been conferred the title of Chartered Engineer by IETE (India) and included in “Asia – Men & Women of Achievement” by Reguerdon, Malaysia.
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 Mr Taro Hashimoto,
Chief Executive Officer,
Softbank Broadmedia, Japan
Taro Hashimoto serves as CEO of SOFTBANK Broadmedia (SBBM) since the company foundation in 2000. He oversees the business and R&D activities of SBBM and its subsidiaries, utilizing his profession in IP industry, broadcasting industry, and financial industry background.
Seeing great potential in the content distribution business while acting as Director and Executive Management at JskyB and Japan Digital Broadcasting Services (current SkyPerfect Communications), he led his team at SBBM to develop and launch “BBTV” in 2003, the first IP-TV service in Japan.
Hashimoto joined SOFTBANK Corporation in 1996 as Head of Corporate Investment where he acted as advisor to CEO, managed major M&A and joint venture transactions such as the establishment of JskyB with News Corporation. From 1982 to 1996 he held management positions in M&A and other investment banking business at Nomura Securities, a dominant financial group in Japan. Hashimoto holds B.A in Economics, Keio University.
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 Mr Matthew Healy,
National Executive, Regulatory & Government,
Macquarie Telecom Pty Ltd, Australia
Matt Healy joined Macquarie Telecom as National Executive, Regulatory & Government. His responsibilities include government liaison and the management of regulatory issues in Australia and Asia-Pacific.
Matt is a Director of the Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) and a Board Member of the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF).
Prior to joining Macquarie Telecom, Matt held the position of Director Enforcement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He has also held corporate roles in the Aviation and Energy sectors.
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 Mr Bernard Hill,
Head, Competition Affairs,
Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong
Bernard Hill is the Head of Competition Affairs at Hong Kong’s Telecommunications Authority. His department is responsible for the enforcement of the competition law provisions of the telecommunications regime which includes the investigation and analysis of mergers and acquisitions in the sector. This department also investigates the economic and commercial impact of specific regulatory policies, such as the licensing of VoIP services.
Bernard has over 25 years experience in the practice and administration of competition law. As Director Special Duties in the New Zealand Department of Trade & Industry in the early 1980’s, Bernard was responsible for the investigation of mergers and takeovers and the development of competition law legislative policy which culminated in the introduction of a major reform of New Zealand’s restrictive trade practice and merger law in 1986.
Subsequently, Bernard was for many years, a partner in one of New Zealand’s principal commercial law firms, where he was closely involved in the leading competition law cases which accompanied the economy wide deregulation initiatives implemented in New Zealand in the 1990’s, including telecommunications. Bernard also has extensive commercial transaction experience in telecommunications and the media. He has represented many international companies, and has appeared as an advocate in New Zealand’s Court of Appeal and the Privy Council in the United Kingdom. He is the author of two publications on New Zealand’s competition and fair trading laws.
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 Mr Ferrie Hu,
Chief Scientist,
China Motion Telecom International
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 Ms Perla Ignacio,
Vice President, Carrier Services,
Digital, Philippines
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 Mr Osamu Inoue,
Member of the Board and Executive Vice President, Global Services Division,
NTT Communications Corporation, Japan
Osamu Inoue is Executive Vice President and a Member of the Board of NTT Communications (NTT Com). As the head of Global Services Business Division, Mr. Inoue oversees the global business of NTT Com. In this role, while focusing on Asian business, he also directs NTT Com’s efforts to expand its global reach to the U.S. and Europe
Mr. Inoue served as the Managing Director of NTT Europe Ltd. from 1999 to 2003. Prior to this, he was Vice President of the Global Business Headquarters at the head office and was responsible for overseas investment projects. From 1994 to 1996, He was Executive Vice President of NTT America Inc. He started his career with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (NTT) in 1973.
Mr. Inoue received his Master’s Degree in Electronic Physical Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
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 Mr Tesh Kapadia,
Director Solutions Specialist,
Telarix
Tesh Kapadia joined Telarix in June 2003 as a Director Solutions Consulting. He is considered a global resource that supports World Wide Sales from a business process and technical perspective. Tesh provides advice on best practices within the IBO (Interconnect Business Optimization) arena. Prior to Telarix, Tesh held Senior Positions within Sales and Marketing at Portal Software, where he was responsible for Portal’s billing solution strategy in the Wireline, Data Services, and Interconnect markets.
Tesh has been in the telecommunications / internetworking and technology field for over a decade, where he held positions as Manager of Technical Support Services and Senior Network Design Consultant with Sprint Canada, a subsidiary of Call-Net Enterprises. Earlier on, Tesh held technical positions with Ontario Hydro, SwitchView, Husky Injection Molding Systems, and ISM (Information Systems Management).
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 Mr Jason Kowal,
Managing Director,
Telegeography Research
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 Wilfred Kwan,
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,
Asia Netcom, Hong Kong
Wilfred Kwan is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Prior to the acquisition, Kwan was Senior Vice President of Network Operations at Asia Global Crossing since joining the Company in June 2002.
With more than 16 years of experience in the telecom industry, Kwan's experience ranges from software development and integrated circuit design to product development, network planning and operations. Kwan joined the company from WorldCom Asia Pacific, where he was the Director of Operations responsible for overall operational efficiencies such as MTTR, on-time delivery and operations cost. He also led the implementation of ISO 9000 and cross-departmental processes for quality assurance at WorldCom. Kwan has also held various management positions with Global One, Lucent Technologies, Motorola and Nortel. Since 1999, Kwan has served as an advisory committee member to OFTA in Hong Kong.
Kwan has an MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, where he also received his undergraduate degree in the same discipline.
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 Mr Andrew Kwok,
Vice President, International Business,
Hutchison Global Communications, Hong Kong
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Mr Andrew Kwok,
Vice President,
Hutchison Global Communications
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 Mr Calvin Lee,
Vice President, Asia Pacific and Middle East,
Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions
Calvin Lee is responsible for T-Systems’ carriers’ carriers business, International Carriers Sales & Solutions (ICSS), for the Asia Pacifc & Middle East region. Mr Lee joined the Deutsche Telekom group in Singapore 1997. Since then he has steered the growth of the business, and increased local presences in the region with set-up of sales offices in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. Under his lead, sales has quadrupled.
Prior to joining the Deutsche Telekom group, Mr. Lee was with Corporate Access, where he was involved in international VSAT service satellite communication for enterprise and carriers in the South and South East Asia regions. Mr Lee started his career in sales with IBM Singapore for IBM’s Global Services.
Mr. Lee earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and obtained an Honours Degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
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 Mr Karsten Lereuth,
President, Global Telecom Markets, BT Global Services,
BT, Germany
Karsten Lereuth is the BT Global Services President for Global Telecom Markets (GTM). To reflect its evolving strategy, the unit changed its name in July 2005 from Wholesale Business to GTM. Karsten has been actively involved in the successful development of the German internet economy since the mid-90s. After his university degree in engineering in 1990 he joined an IT system house as director of sales. In 1994 he worked for a Japanese hardware manufacturer as director of sales and marketing in Germany.
In 1996 Karsten joined the Internet provider UUNET, the Internet division of WorldCom, as a member of the EMEA management team in several key functions, including managing director. In May 2001 he moved to Group 3G, the UMTS joint venture of Telefonica and Sonera, in Germany, where he was responsible for marketing, products and services.
A senior executive in BT's Global Services division since December 2002, Karsten has headed Wholesale Business and now GTM since May 2004. He is interested in the arts, motor racing and soccer. His mother tongue is German; he also speaks French and English.
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 Mr Eric Li,
Regional Sales Director Asia Pacific,
Microsoft Corporation
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 Ms Eva Lindqvist,
President,
TeliaSonera International Carrier, Sweden
Eva Lindqvist, President of TeliaSonera International Carrier, has held a long line of positions within the telecom industry.
Eva was previously employed by the Ericsson Group, where for 18 years she held leading positions in Japan, Australia and the US. Back in Sweden in 1998, Eva was nominated R & D Director for Corporate Technology at Ericsson.
After a year as Managing Partner at Sandberg & Trygg B2B advertising agency, Eva joined Telia in 2000 as Senior Vice President and project leader for broadening the ownership of companies in the Enterprises Business Area. The following year she was appointed Head of the Equity Business Area and became a member of Telia’s Group Management.
Early in 2002, Eva left Equity for Telia Mobile where she was assigned Senior Vice President with special responsibility for all staff units and overall strategic business development. In September 2002 Eva Lindqvist was appointed President of Telia International Carrier. Presently, Eva is responsible for all international carrier activities within the TeliaSonera Group and President of TeliaSonera International Carrier.
Eva Lindqvist was born in 1958 and holds a Master of Science, Engineering degree, in Applied Physics from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, and a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Graduate School of Management, Melbourne University, Australia.
TeliaSonera International Carrier, fully-owned by the TeliaSonera Group, provides wholesale, capacity and IP services to network and service providers. The services are based on the wholly-owned European and trans-Atlantic fibre network, and the IP network with peering points in Europe and in the US. The international voice business is focused on international interconnect agreements and bilateral routes.
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 Diarmid Massey,
Managing Director Asia Pacific,
Nextone Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore
Diarmid Massey has been working in the international telecommunications industry since 1984 mainly as a service provider but also as an equipment vendor. In 1995 he moved to Singapore from New Zealand, and was General Manager for Atlas Telecom - a USA based vendor of enhanced services platforms for PTTs. His previous employers had included BT and New Zealand Telecom.
Diarmid moved to ITXC in July 1998, and was responsible for establishing ITXC in the Asia/Pacific region, as well as building and expanding ITXC's relationships with the major regional telecommunications service providers. ITXC became the US’s largest dedicated wholesale international phone carrier and the world’s largest international VoIP carrier.
In April 2004 Diarmid joined NexTone Communications as regional Managing Director for Asia/Pacific to establish NexTone’s customer base and presence across the region. NexTone now has offices and Tier 1 Carrier customers throughout Asia Pacific
Diarmid currently lives in Japan.
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 Mr Russell Matulich,
Managing Director, Asia Pacific Sales,
Tyco Telecommunications, USA
Russell Matulich is a 20 year veteran in global telecommunications. He spent his first decade in telecommunications while at MCI and has held executive sales positions in North America, Europe and now Asia. Recently Mr. Matulich has managed the Asia Pacific Region for Tyco’s Global Network (TGN). In this position he led the region in exceeding all performance goals set for capacity sales on the TGN Pacific system. Building on this success, Russ expanded his role to lead all TGN Asia Pacific sales and operations during the next 2 years. Russ has a MBA from St. Mary’s College in California and resides in Napa Valley where he is testing his skills as an amateur wine maker (Petit Syrah) and has two boys, ages 5 and 3.
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 Mr Manoj Menon,
Partner and Southeast Asia Managing Director,
Frost & Sullivan, Sydney
Manoj Menon directly manages Frost & Sullivan’s operations in South East Asia. In addition, he also spearheads the ICT Practice research and consulting business at Frost & Sullivan throughout Asia Pacific.
Manoj started at Frost & Sullivan in the mid-1990s as one of the pioneers when the company was just beginning its trajectory into Asia. He has, since then, successfully grown the company’s presence and business in Asia Pacific by manifold.
Throughout his tenure at Frost & Sullivan, Manoj has consulted on multiple strategic and syndicated projects for leading multinational companies, regulators and government bodies such as SingTel, Siemens, Telekom Malaysia, Avaya, Lucent and VSNL.
He is today one of the region’s most sought-after speakers and thought leaders, wherein his expert opinions have been heard at private client seminars and industry conferences in the region. Manoj is also frequently featured in leading business and trade media, namely Channel News Asia, CNBC Asia, BBC, Telecom Asia, Singapore Business Times, The Straits Times and Malaysian Business.
Manoj continues to drive Frost & Sullivan’s expansion in the region,
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 Mr Christian Michaud,
Vice President, Marketing,
Teleglobe Canada ULC, Canada
As Teleglobe’s vice-president of marketing, Christian Michaud is responsible for developing the corporate marketing strategy as well as products, and product management for the company’s three lines of business: voice, data/IP and signaling.
Christian Michaud has more than a dozen years of international telecommunications experience, including eight with Teleglobe. Prior to his appointment as vice-president—
marketing in June 2003, Christian Michaud held a number of senior positions in sales, marketing and regulatory affairs and was a key member of the team that positioned Teleglobe in international markets.
Christian Michaud holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in economics from the Université de Montréal.
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 Mr Marvic Molina,
Head, International Business and Carrier Markets,
Bayan Telecommunications, Philippines
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 Mr Shih Mu Piao,
Vice President, Mobile Business Group,
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan
Mu-Piao Shih is Vice President and Spokesman of Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
In 1979 he joined Telecommunication Laboratories, DGT, MOTC, and took the position of a Chief Research Engineer in 1993. He was appointed as Managing Director of Mobile Communications Department, Mobile Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom Co., in April 1997 and promoted as Deputy Chief Engineer, Chief Engineer and Vice President of the business group on October 2000, October 2001 and March 2005 respectively.
Mr. Shih received his M. S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1983 and was a Ph.D. candidate of National Central University in Electrical Engineering. He is registered professional engineer of electrical engineering, electronic engineering and telecommunication engineering. His major interests are in the areas of wireless communications, satellite communications and mobile communications. He was awarded The Ten Outstanding Employees of Chunghwa Telecom in 1999. He is currently the chairman of “Mobile Service SIG” in the 3G Club formed by the five 3G operators.
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 Mr Simon Naylor,
Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan,
Sonus Networks Inc
As Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan, Simon Naylor is responsible for the company’s sales, marketing and business operations throughout the entire Asia Pacific region, including Japan. In this role, Mr Naylor is focused on generating a greater awareness of Sonus Networks and the advantages of class-leading voice over IP (VoIP) solutions throughout the region. He is also responsible for forging strategic partnerships with industry-leading telecommunications providers, while building a network of resellers and channel partners.
Mr Naylor brings more than thirteen years experience in the Asia Pacific region to his position at Sonus. Prior to joining Sonus in 2000, Mr Naylor was Vice President, Asia Pacific for RSA Security, where he was responsible for the company’s operations throughout the region. With Mr Naylor at the helm, RSA Security Asia Pacific’s revenues quadrupled in the three years since 1997 when Mr Naylor was running the company. The company’s distribution channels also grew from 16 partners in six countries in 1997, to 65 partners in thirteen countries in 2000. In addition, new offices were set up in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Sydney, and an R&D centre was also set up in Brisbane.
Mr Naylor began his career in Asia in 1989 with Case/Dowty Communications, ending his tenure there in 1992 as General Manager (GM) for Asia Pacific. In 1992, he joined ITS (now named Equant) as General Manager, South Asia and was later promoted to Sales Director, Asia Pacific, in addition to the South Asia GM role. In 1995, Mr. Naylor was further promoted to Managing Director, Asia Pacific, for ITS, a post he held until his departure from the company in October 1997. While at ITS, Mr Naylor was instrumental in ITS meeting its revenue targets every year, with revenues quadrupling from US$20 million to US$80 million and with 400 staff in 11 countries across Asia Pacific.
Mr Naylor holds a BA in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK.
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 Mr Jean-Louis Nicolle,
Sales Director, Global Carrier Services, Asia,
Cable and Wireless, Hong Kong
Jean-Louis Nicolle has been with Cable & Wireless for fourteen years, the last seven years in Carrier Business in the UK, the USA, Japan, and Hong Kong. Jean-Louis is responsible for Carrier Sales Asia. The main development for C&W in Asia is related to Carrier IP growth, either in the data segment through Carrier_MPLS or in the voice segment through Carrier_VOIP. Jean-Louis holds an engineer degree from the University of Strasbourg, France, and an MBA from the University of Warwick, UK.
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 Mr John Paitaridis,
Regional Director, Asia,
Telstra Global, Hong Kong
During John’s tenure, Telstra Global Business Asia has become a strong regional leader in telecommunications and IT services solutions, with deeper market penetration, more sophisticated customer service and solution orientation, and fundamentally more cost-effective network services to customers.
Under John’s leadership, Telstra has established local sales and supporting offices across North and South-East Asia over the past four years, now serving hundreds of multi-national corporates and service providers in Asia. Telstra operates one of the largest and most diverse high-speed cable networks in Asia-Pacific, offering an unparalleled range of data network solutions.
Telstra recently acquired the KAZ Group, a leading IT service company in Asia and has integrated the IT service with it’s traditional telecommunication services, creating true ICT solutions to customers in Asia.
Graduated from Monash University, major in Economics, John holds directorate in several Telstra’s overseas vehicles, including Telstra Japan KK, Telstra Singapore Private Limited, Telstra India Private Limited, KAZ Computer Services HK Ltd, KAZ Computer Services (SEA) Pte Ltd and Damovo HK Ltd in addition to his regional director role of Telstra Corporate.
Before joining Telstra in Asia, John served a range of senior positions in Telstra Corporate including sales, marketing, business development and product management capacity in Australia and Europe. He has been in the industry for more than 15 years.
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 Mr Stephen Panizza,
Executive Director, Structured Capital Markets, Asia,
ABN AMRO Bank NV, Hong Kong
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 Ms Claire Paponneau,
Executive Vice President,
France Telecom, France
Claire Paponneau is Executive Vice-President of International Carrier Services and Sales for France Telecom’s carrier wholesale division that provides Open Transit® Bandwidth, Internet, Voice and Mobile services.Before taking up her current position in December 2001, Claire was Executive Vice-President of Networks and Services Operations, managing international operator services, audio and video transport services and transmission and added value switched services.
Claire joined France Telecom in 1984 and has been involved in the management of networks, services and video planning as well as finance, planning, information systems, human resources, industrial relations and social affairs.Previously, she worked as IT project manager in a small company, then as research manager on radar and spent one year analyzing the evolution of the oil trading market.Claire graduated from France’s Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ecole Nationale des Télécommunications and the Ecole Nationale des Mines de Paris. She also holds a research degree in Mathematics.
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 Ms Claire Paponneau,
Executive Vice President, International Wholesale Solutions,
France Telecom, France
Claire Paponneau is Executive Vice-President of International Carrier Services and Sales within France Telecom’s carrier wholesale division, providing quality services for carriers, mobile operators, ISPs and content providers.
Before taking up her current position at the end of 2001, Claire was Executive Vice-President of Networks and Services Operations, managing international networks, operator services, audio and video transport services and transmission and added value switched services.
Claire joined France Telecom in 1984 and has been involved in the management of networks, services and video planning as well as in finance, planning and information systems. She also worked in human resources at the corporate level as the head of industrial relations and social affairs.
Previously she worked as IT project manager in a small company, then as research manager on radar, and spent one year as an oil trading market analyst.
Claire is a graduate of the French National Telecommunications School and the Ecole Nationale des Mines de Paris. She also holds a research degree in Mathematics.
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 Ms Olga Rumyantseva,
Commercial Director,
Rostelecom, Russia
In 1992 Olga Rumyantseva graduated from the Moscow State Technical University, department of "Automatic control systems of the production process", majoring in "automated designing systems". Since 1996 till 2004 she worked with Sovintel, where she step by step assumed positions as Customer Support Manager, Sales Manager, Senior Sales Manager, Head of Sales Department and hereinafter Sales Director.
In October 2004 Olga Rumyantseva was appointed Deputy Commercial Director – Head of Marketing Department with JSC Rostelecom. Since April 2005 she filled the position of Commercial Director of JSC Rostelecom.
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 Mr Robin Russell,
Chief Executive Officer,
Australia Japan Cable, Bermuda
Robin Russell holds a long-time interest in the Asian telecommunications sector.
Before heading up the Australia Japan Cable operation, Mr Russell was Telstra’s Group Manager for Indonesian wholesale and international activities between 1998 and 2000. He was also a Director and Commissioner for MGTI, helping to reorganise operations throughout the later part of the 1990s.
Mr Russell joined Australian Japan Cable in October 2000 to manage the company and ensure a US$550 million, 12,000-kilometre submarine fibre optic cable is delivered on schedule.
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 Mr Mark Russell,
Vice President,
MCI International, Singapore
Mr. Mark Russell was appointed as Managing Director of MCI Asia Pacific and Vice President of MCI International in July 2002. He is responsible overseeing all sales, sales support and customer services functions in Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific region encompasses the country operations of Australia/New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, India and the Philippines.
Prior to this position from May of 1999 Mr. Russell was initially responsible in for growing the business in Singapore as de-regulation occurred in 2000 and then also took responsibility for developing and growing the company's business in the South Asian region.
Mr. Russell joined MCI in January 1998 in London with our UK business as a Global Account Director responsible for some of the largest accounts MCI across Europe.
Prior to joining MCI, Mr. Russell was with Cable & Wireless for over ten years. Whilst in a variety of roles, his last role was to manage one of Cable & Wireless' most successful outsource businesses, a global network for the UK legal community.
Mr. Russell was educated at Wrekin College, Shropshire
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 Dr Tony Seeto,
Director, Business Development,
Hong Kong CSL Limited, Hong Kong
Dr Tony Seeto is the Director of Business Development, Hong Kong CSL Limited. His current responsibilities include forging and managing content and technology partnerships, formulating product strategy and driving product development. His particular focus is on mobile data and 3G applications for both the consumer and enterprise markets. He is responsible for many innovative service launches which are first in Hong Kong, Asia and the world. These include data services such as bilingual multimedia messaging, true tones, video news as well as voice services such as voice SMS, single number multiple SIM, and recently video sharing and mobile TV etc.
Before joining CSL in 1998, Dr Seeto was with Telstra in Australia since 1986 and had held several senior positions in research and development, product development and business development.
Dr Seeto received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in Australia in 1975 and 1983, respectively. He has been involved in the telecommunications industry for over twenty years and has worked in Australia, the US and Singapore before returning to Hong Kong.
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 MR. Nikhil Shah,
Vice Chairman, Data Networking Group,
MFA Forum, USA
Mr. Nikhil Shah brings more than a decade of industry experience to Lucent where he is part of Product Management team and CTO office of Network Solutions Group. His current focus includes multi-service IP/MPLS convergence, mobility backhaul transport, IMS, and standards and solutions development while working with Lucent's strategic partners including Juniper Networks, Riverstone and Dorado. He also manages partners for CALA, Canada, and key accounts in NAR (including Bell-south, SBC/ATT, Time Warner) in both wireline/wireless solutions.
During his past experience, many global carriers have acknowledged his efforts and recommendations in designing large-scale multi service networks, particularly in the areas of scalability, QoS, and traffic management.
Mr. Shah is also veteran participant in industry standards bodies and also serves as the Vice-Chairman for the MPLS Application and Deployment Working Group of MFA Forum since July’03. MFA Forum is the global standard body resulted from merger of MPLS, Frame Relay and ATM Forum. He has participated and presented at various industry conferences and events. Prior to Lucent, Nikhil held various engineering and management positions at Zeitnet - an ATM switching start-up, Cabletron Systems, Tata Consultancy Services - India, and ISRO – India.
Mr. Shah received his Bachelor and Masters degree in Computer Science from Gujarat and Bombay Universities, India. He also holds diploma in Business Management from Bombay and also completed Greater Boston Executive Program at MIT Sloan School of Cambridge, MA.
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 Dr Mohammad Shakouri,
Assistant Vice President, Business Development,
Alvarion Inc, USA
Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri, AVP of Business Development of Alvarion, has 20 years of experience in wireless system, microwave and fiber optic networks.
Previously, Shakouri spent three years at Lucent and was responsible for managing, building and developing network solutions for European and South American broadband wireless markets. Shakouri also spent 14 years in technical and management positions with Hewlett Packard developing microwave and fiber optic communication components and systems. He co-founded the wireless systems division, where he was responsible for engineering team developing low cost residential digital wireless systems for US and Asian markets.
Shakouri earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University on Subpicosecond GaAS Wafer Probe Systems. He is WCAi and WiMAX Board member and IEEE MTT-SVC Chair.
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 Mr Daniel Sjoberg,
Head,
TeliaSonera International Carrier, Sweden
Mr. Sjoberg joined Telia AB in June 1996 as Vice Director IP Networks where he developed the strategies for International expansion, business development, new ventures and strategic alliances. His primary work was to make sure that Telia had a sufficient infrastructure and connectivity in the US to achieve competitiveness in Europe.
In September 1998 Daniel started working as Director IP Product Development for Telia North America. Moving back to Sweden 2002 he becomes Head of Technology office responsible for TeliaSonera International Carriers long term Network Strategy. Since July 2003 he is Head of Strategy at TeliaSonera International Carrier.
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Mr Daniel Sjoberg,
Head, International Strategy,
TeliaSonera International Carrier, Sweden
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 Mr Rohit Sobti,
Director, Asia Pacific, Telecoms Equity Research,
Citigroup, Hong Kong
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 Mr Jeffrey Soong,
Chief Executive Officer,
Broadband Network Systems Ltd, Hong Kong
Jeffrey Soong is the CEO of Broadband Network Systems Ltd, a leading Asia-focused IPTV enabler providing service operators with technology integration, content aggregation and strategy consulting.
Mr Soong has over 20 years of experience in the fields of entertainment, technology, and international finance, and is a recognized expert on the subject of entertainment and technology convergence.
Prior to co-founding BNS, he was CEO of Vodexa Networks, a U.S. technology company with major Hollywood studio clients. Over the course of his career, he has also held senior management positions with SVP International, a TV program production and distribution company, and CSSV Media Ventures and World Entertainment Network.
Mr Soong holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and undertook Ph.D. scholarship studies in Computer Science at Caltech.
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 Jayne Stowell,
Independent Non-Executive Board Member,
Apollo, UK
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 Mr Thomas Tai,
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific,
VSNL International, Hong Kong
Thomas Tai is VSNL International’s Senior Vice President for the Asia Pacific Region. Joined VSNL in 2005, he is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and all sales and marketing efforts targeted to the carrier and enterprise markets in Asia. Tai plays a key role in the global strategy initiatives taken by VSNL as it expands its customer facing activity in key global markets.
At VSNL Asia, Tai is building a team that will provide direct support, Asia regional and India specific expertise, to multinational corporations in Asia as well as large carriers that offer global services. His combined visionary leadership and ability to take action are valuable assets to the VSNL organization.
Tai has garnered 18 years of experience in the Asian telecommunications industry. Previously Vice President, North Pacific Region of Asia Netcom, he was responsible for all the sales and marketing functions in the region. In addition to leading all the country Enterprise and Carrier sales teams, Tai also launched and oversaw the company’s wholesale voice business. Prior to Asia Netcom, he was the Managing Director of Concert’s International Carrier Services unit in Asia for bilateral carrier market. Before the formation of Concert, Tai was the Regional Sales Director of AT&T’s Carrier Market for Asia. During his 12 years tenure at AT&T, Tai held various management positions in market research, carrier relations, corporate sales and systems engineering.
Tai holds a first-class honor Bachelor of Sciences degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa in Canada. He also attended the Advanced Telecommunications Management Program at the University of Southern California.
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 Sue Taylor,
Vice President and General Manager,
NDS Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Sue Taylor is Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific, based in the Hong Kong regional headquarters. Ms. Taylor has overall responsibility for NDS Asia Pacific operations, and she has direct input in the corporate strategy as a member of the NDS Executive Committee.
She has led the NDS Asia Pacific sales efforts to "win the footprint" as the growth of digital broadcasting has increased in the region, with a focus on deploying NDS end-to-end digital broadcasting systems to change the way viewers are informed and entertained.
Under Ms. Taylor’s leadership NDS has reached a significant milestone in the Asia Pacific pay-TV market with four million active subscribers using NDS conditional access systems. This achievement makes NDS the leading conditional access provider in the Asia Pacific region.
Ms. Taylor joined NDS Asia Pacific in 1995 and supported STAR TV during the transition to digital broadcasting as it implemented NDS digital conditional access and digital broadcasting compression systems. She continues to work closely with STAR and other NDS Asia Pacific customers to leverage their investment in digital broadcasting systems to grow their pay-TV businesses.
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Mr Brian Tellam,
Partner,
Gryphon Partners, Australia
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 Mr Park Yeon Sik,
Director, Internet Business,
DaCom Corporation, Korea
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 Allen Yeung,
Human Resource Services, Greater China,
Pricewaterhousecoopers, Hong Kong
Allen is the practice leader of Human Resources Services, China and Hong Kong, and a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was one of the founding partners of a reputable Hong Kong based management consulting firm before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Allen has helped many multinationals and local clients, including financial institutions, insurance companies, large conglomerates, utilities, telecom companies, NGOs and the Hong Kong Government, in strategies planning, process redesign, organisation restructuring and change management assignments. He was the Strategic Advisor to the Hong Kong Government’s HRM initiative between 1995 and early 2000.
Allen had more than 25 years of senior executive experience working with major financial institutions in the United States and Canada. He completed his executive trainee program with a regional bank in the United States in 1976 and later assumed various management positions in Treasury, Lending and Operations functions with major Canadian financial institutions. He was Vice President in Credit before returning to Hong Kong in 1985.
Allen was Area Head of Human Resources of an international bank which has major operations in Hong Kong and Asia prior to founding his consulting business. Whilst at the bank, he was responsible for developing and implementing the HR Strategy in the early 1990s to enable the bank to optimize its human resources to win in the fast changing banking environment in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia.
He was appointed to initiate and lead the Bank’s Total Quality Management journey in 1991, and was successful to help inculcate a customer-focused culture and services-oriented work environment.
A Certified Management Accountant, with an MBA from Portland State University, he is well experienced in managing both financial and human resources at the strategic level.
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Mr Allen Yeung,
Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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