Jeremy Richard Godfrey
Government Chief Information Officer
Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr Jeremy Godfrey is the Government Chief Information Officer of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. He is responsible to formulate policies and strategies and oversee implementation of programmes and initiatives to drive the further development of information technology in Hong Kong.

Mr Godfrey has had an extensive career in the ICT sector, serving in senior positions in the telecommunications industry and as a partner in an international management and technology consulting firm. Before this, he served as a civil servant in the United Kingdom.

Mr Godfrey graduated from Cambridge University in 1984. He served as private secretary to the Secretary of State of the Department of Trade and Industry in the United Kingdom Government between 1987 and 1989.

In 1989, Mr Godfrey took up a management appointment with the Cable & Wireless Group. From 1989 to 1990, he worked for Hongkong Telecom on the regulatory strategies for the liberalisation of telecommunications in Hong Kong. From 1990 to 1994, he worked in the United Kingdom for other business under the Cable & Wireless Group. From 1995 to 1998, he returned to Hongkong Telecom, serving first as Director of Strategic Planning and then as Director of Marketing.

From 1998 to 2007, Mr Godfrey was a partner with PA Consulting Group in Hong Kong. He led strategy, e-business, IT and business change projects for the public sector and for private sector clients in the telecommunications, transportation, utilities and entertainment industries in Hong Kong and various South and East Asian economies.

Since November 2007 and prior to his acceptance of the appointment from the HKSAR Government as the Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Godfrey worked as an independent consultant advising clients on strategic issues and business change projects.

Nicholas Kwan
Regional Head of Research, Asia
Standard Chartered Bank

Nicholas Kwan is responsible for a team of 14 economists and research professionals covering East Asia’s macro economic development. His team is based in eight different locations in Asia, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore and Jakarta.

Nick was formerly with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), where he specialised in macro-economic and policy research, with special responsibility for policy issues related to international and regional organisations like the Bank for International Settlement (BIS), and Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks (EMEAP).

Prior to the seven years in HKMA, Nick was the Asia/Pacific Regional Chief Economist of Merrill Lynch, instrumental to the issuance of China’s first global bond, the first H and B shares, and the initial ranking of Merrill’s economics team in the Institutional Investor Asian poll.

Nick is an economics graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with an MBA from Warwick University in the UK and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Dominic Kwan
Head of PMO
Altira Macau

Mr. Dominic Kwan is a senior executive with more than 15 years of ICT experience in Global 500 companies having leadership roles in product R&D, high-tech marketing, regional IT transformation, business process engineering (ISO, BPR, SOX, ITIL) and global IT service outsourcing. Dominic earned his MBA from HKUST, holds a Six-sigma black belt, and provides PM, BPM, and ITIL consultancy for enterprises in APAC region. He is now the Head of PMO for Altira Macau (a NASDAQ company owned by Melco Crown Entertainment) to bring innovations with technologies and creative thinking. His current researches are collaboration principles, corporate performance management, and BI/Data warehousing.

Alvin Cheang
Product Solutioning Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific
Avocent Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Alvin is part of the APAC Product Solutioning Marketing team based in Singapore. Leveraging on his technical expertise background, Alvin is instrumental in driving the solutioning marketing of Avocent solutions in Asia Pacific including Japan regions. Alvin works closely with strategic partners, channels and regional sales team in identifying key market opportunities and drives new sales' avenue. He provides a consultative approach in support of business requirements such as sales challenges, presentation, proof of concept and training. In his role, he also has to constantly work with the Global and Regional Sales Team, Product & Program Management and APAC Marketing team to develop and execute strategic marketing campaigns on key product launches and product readiness for the market place.

Alvin joined Avocent in 2006 and has more than 6 years of I.T. experiences in Data Centre management and IT operations. Prior to joining Avocent, he is part of the Global Delivery Team from HP Singapore where he manages Asia Pacific, Japan Storage requirements.


He holds a 1^st Class bachelor's degree in Communication Engineering, from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia; Melbourne

Stephane Vidart
Regional Chief Information Officer
AXA Asia Life

After a career as Network Engineer, in 1991 Mr. Vidart was appointed CIO of Direct Assurance greenfieldlaunch, implementing a client centric IS for Direct P&C.

In 1994 Mr. Vidart became CIO for Canada. Running through mergers, he consolidated teams from 3 companies to form AXA Canada Tech. From 1998, he launched Programs for worldwide DataCenterconsolidation and IT Rationalization. He performed e-Business Strategic investments diligences through AXA network of preferred Venture Capital firms. From 2002 he performed as a Transversal Officer overseeing IT strategy and key investments in Southern Europe and since 2005 in Northern Europe. Scope includes BPO, Mergers and global Productivity programs.

As of July 2007, stephane is Regional Chief Information Officer, AXA Asia Life, running IT operations and shared Information System for 8 countries including China, India, Singapore and Honk Kong.

MS Telecom Engineering Paris and MS Statistics from Texas A&M. Currently residing in Hong Kong, Mr. Vidart is married and has 3 children.

Donie Lochan
Partner, Sydney Office
Bain & Company

Donie Lochan is a member of Bain??s global financial services practice specialising in retail banking and wealth & investment management. He is also the head of the Asia Pacific Information technology practice for Bain, originally from New York and currently based in Sydney.

He has over 19 years of experience in financial services and information technology and has worked extensively with leading companies in Brokerage, Retail Banking, Wealth Management, and Investment Banking in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Specifically, Mr Lochan has assisted financial services firms to increase Assets Under Management (AUM), undertake cost optimisation, and improve channel efficiencies.

His experience includes deep experience of large transformations, merger integrations and end-to-end solutions to align strategy and optimise client segmentation and servicing models. His applied technology expertise includes:

- IT strategy and management;
- IT organisation and operating model;
- IT global capability sourcing strategies;
- IT application, architecture and complexity reduction.

Prior to joining Bain & Company, Mr Lochan was the Global head of Wealth & Asset Management for Capgemini and the author of the Merrill Lynch / Capgemini World Wealth Report. Earlier in his career, Mr Lochan was in Private Banking with Credit Suisse in London, England.

Mr Lochan graduated valedictorian with a BSc in Mathematics/Statistics/Computing from Greenwich University and holds a Masters in Mathematical Modeling from Greenwich University.

Patricia Wong
Chief Information Officer
Baker & McKenzie

Patricia is the Chief Information Officer of Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, China and Vietnam offices since 2001. She oversee all aspects of IT/Communication Infrastructure and Systems for these seven offices. Patricia has over 20 years experience in IT, and has been involved in the development and implementation of many regional and global IT projects for Baker & McKenzie.

Robin Leung
Managing Director, Head of Global Information Technology Division
Bank of China International

- Executive Director in Morgan Stanley IT 1989-2003
- Executive Director in UBS 2003-2007
- Managing Director in BOCI 2007-now

Brian Daley
Director, Service Automation
BMC Software Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Brian Daley is the director of Service Automation for BMC Software in Asia Pacific, a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage IT from a business perspective. In this role, Daley is responsible for developing, managing, and executing a comprehensive Service Automation sales strategy across Asia Pacific. A new set of solutions offerings for BMC, Daley will oversee the introduction of the Service Automation solutions to the market with responsibilities for driving growth and demand for the new solutions across the region.

Daley joined BMC in April of 2008 with the acquisition of BladeLogic. As one of the early employees of BladeLogic, Daley oversaw the introduction and expansion of BladeLogic??s solutions in the western United States as the Director of the Western Region.

With nearly 25 years of sales experience, Daley has a history of effectively expanding sales organizations in new markets serving in multiple senior and managerial roles in high growth software organizations including Parametric Technology Corporation and Aries Technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH, USA) and has relocated to Singapore from Los Gatos, California.

Tomasz Smaczny
General Manager - IT
Cathay Pacific

Daniel Lee
Regional Director, North Asia
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Daniel Lee is the Regional Director for North Asia for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Prior to this, Daniel was the Head of Business Mobility -Asia Pacific. He joined Check Point after it completed the acquisition of the Nokia security appliance business in April 2009. In his current capacity, Daniel manages the business performance, channel development and overall customer relationship of Check Point in the Greater China and Korea markets.

During his eight-year stint with Nokia, Daniel undertook a number of managerial positions in the Asia Pacific region including: Head of Business Mobility, Asia-Pacific; General Manager of South East Asia and Korea; General Manager of Greater China.

Daniel has extensive regional sales and business development experience garnered during his tenure with Quantum and IBM. He played an instrumental role in driving Quantum’s network attached storage business in Asia-Pacific.

Among the recognitions and accolades he received, Daniel was distinguished two times with the "Regional Manager Awards, Circle of Excellence" at Nokia and the "Distinguished Salesperson Award" from the Hong Kong Management Association, nominated by IBM China/Hong Kong Corporation in 1997.

Daniel holds an honors degree in Computing and Information System from the University of Manchester.

Michael K.M. Leung
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
China Construction Bank (Asia)

Michael Leung was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Bank of America (Asia) in March 2000. In this capacity, he manages the Bank's IT function in its entirety, including business systems design and development, project management, as well as production systems support and data center operations. In addition, Mr Leung is also in charge of operations planning, product services and corporate administration departments of the Bank.

Mr Leung has over 28 years' local and international experience in information technology, specializing in the banking and finance industry. Before joining Bank of America (Asia), he was a senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank, overseeing service delivery systems as well as acquisition & merger activities for its Consumer Banking division in the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Mr Leung was the head of the Business Research and Development department at the Dao Heng Bank, responsible for developing new business models and distribution channels for retail banking products and services.

Prior to his banking assignments, Mr Leung was a managing consultant at IBM Consulting Group and Price Waterhouse Management Consulting Services in Hong Kong and Australia. Immediately after his post-graduate study in Holland, Mr Leung spent nearly 10 years with the Dutch Philips Telecommunications and Data Systems, involving in the development and pre-sales support of banking terminals and transactions processing systems.

Mr Leung holds a Master degree in Engineering from The Netherlands Universities Foundation and a Bachelor of Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In his over two decades of professional career, Mr Leung has attended executive training at London Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, an honor diploma from Graduate School of Retail Bank Management of University of Virginia, among others. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society and member of several professional bodies, and a seasoned speaker on a range of business and IT topics in regional conferences.

Joe Locandro
Director, Group Information Technology
CLP Power

Joe Locandro is Director - Group Information Technology at CLP Power and is responsible for the formulation and execution of the CLP Group IT strategy throughout the region. CLP has investments throughout the region including Hong Kong, China, Australia, India, Taiwan and Thailand.

In his role, Locandro drives IT synergy across CLP Power's investments and ensures that IT is aligned with the current and future business needs of CLP Power throughout the region.

His key focus areas include upgrades to the overall IT infrastructure, initiatives and strategies that are critical to enhancing the group's overall performance.

A veteran in IT management, consulting and marketing, Locandro's career includes positions with a number of international blue-chip organisations. Until recently, Locandro has held a variety of CIO positions in various industry sectors from energy to entertainment. He joined the utility sector in 2002, as Chief Information Officer for Yallourn Energy - Auspower Ltd in Australia until he joined CLP Power in Hong Kong in May 2004.

A native of Australia, Locandro has spent most of his working life in Melbourne with various secondments overseas. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Commerce from Melbourne University and a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Monash University. He is married with three children.

Ivan Tang
Sr. Vice President, Sales
CPCNet Hong Kong Limited

Mr. Ivan Tang joined CPCNet in February 2004 as Sales Director of General Business unit and was promoted as Senior Vice President, Sales in March 2007, supervising sales teams in both Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Prior to joining CPCNet, Mr. Tang worked for Legend Expert Limited, subsidiaries of Lenovo group, as the Managing Director of Hong Kong region. In the past 18 years, he has extensive experience of working in companies in Hong Kong, such as AT&T, Olivetti and Standard Chartered Bank. He has managed businesses of different aspects, such as e-commerce, government and education, as well as corporate market. His experience spans from banking to IT and telecommunication sectors.

Mr. Tang has graduated from the University of Toronto majoring in Computer Science.

Byron Hou
Director, IT - Asia Pacific
Cushman & Wakefield

Byron is presently responsible for managing all IT activities for Cushman & Wakefield offices across Asia Pacific. He responsible for Cushman & Wakefield's regional IT infrastructure, group email system, audit & policies, licensing and core business applications.

Apart from Asia, he works on a number of global IT integration projects with our US and Europe offices, such as Global Helpdesk Systems, Hardware standardization, Licensing & Policies implementation and act as leader on global server consolidation & virtualization.

Byron has developed a thorough experience in IT infrastructure, Audit & Compliance, Global IT policies setting.

Byron has been in the IT industry for more than 17 years. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield in 1999, Byron worked for two multi-national conglomerates; Honeywell & Chevalier.

After graduation in 1992, he joined CL computer, which is total solutions services provider. He gained extensive experience in handling large scale IT projects, such as setting up IT infrastructure, data migration and application developments.

Byron holds a B.Sc. in Computer Studies from The Baptist University of Hong Kong and received his MBA from The Open University of Hong Kong in 2001.

Linda C. Brigance
CIO, Asia Pacific
FedEx Express

Linda C. Brigance is Vice President of the Information Technology Division and Chief Information Officer for the Asia Pacific Region of Memphis-based Federal Express Corporation, the world!|s largest express transportation company. She was named to her current position in September 1999 after serving as Director of Information Technology Division in Singapore.

As Vice President and Chief Information Officer Asia Pacific (APAC), Linda Brigance is responsible for all software development as well as the support and network infrastructure for this region.

Ms. Brigance joined Federal Express Corporation on March 14, 1983 as a programmer in the Information and Telecommunications division. In 1990, she became manager of International Customer Automation group and moved to Brussels in 1992 to start up the European development group. In 1996 she moved to Hong Kong to start up the Asian development group for the Customer Technology group. She was promoted in 1998 to Managing Director of the Information Technology Division in Singapore and in 1999 to Vice President/CIO for the Asia Pacific Region. In that role, she and her staff were responsible for the development and deployment of the all APAC systems as well as the network infrastructure and the Singapore Data Center. Prior to joining Federal Express, Brigance was a programmer analyst for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Memphis.

A native of Tennessee, Ms Brigance earned her A.S. in Computer Information Systems from State Technical Institute in Memphis. She received her MBA through a joint program with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Kellogg-Northwestern. Linda is also the 2008 Chair of the Information Technology & Telecom Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Eric Tsoi
Technical Consultant
Fortinet

Eric Tsoi is the Technical Consultant for Fortinet HK & Macau.

His charter includes driving a security solutions selling approach from the technical point of view in terms of leading solution designs, optimizing implementations and integration to increase revenue. Other aspects of his job include partnering with sales and marketing to drive new business opportunities and manage overall technical aspects to build successful, long term partnerships. In addition, Tsoi is tasked to ensure customer satisfaction with key accounts in the territory.

Prior to Fortinet, Tsoi has more than half a decade of experience with key players in the industry in pre-sales and consultative roles. He was also actively leading and managing IT deployments of varying sizes for Fortune 500 companies.

Tsoi holds a Bachelor of Computer Science Degree with specialization in Software Development from University of Wollongong and has been awarded as Top 5% of students in the Faculty of Informatics. Moreover, he is a member of ISACA and holds IT security certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CEH, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA and ICE.

Joseph Reger
Chief Technology Officer
Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Joseph Reger is Chief Technology Officer of Fujitsu Technology Solutions. As CTO, Joseph is responsible for understanding and predicting IT and technology trends that will benefit customers most, as well as for their implementation in the company’s strategy. His role is paramount in helping the company to choose wisely when deciding on technology directions.

Joseph is working in close alignment with the entire Fujitsu Group. Recently, he has been a key driver of the Dynamic Infrastructures concept which is at the heart of Fujitsu's future IT architecture.

A renowned industry expert, Joseph was appointed CTO in 2002, and has steered the company as well as customers in real-life implementations of e.g. Dynamic IT and Mobility topics. Joseph joined the company in 1998, as the Head of Technology Marketing from IBM where he acted as Executive Consultant and Chief IT Architect.

Joseph started his career in academic research (physics and computer sciences). He studied in Budapest, Hungary and Trondheim, Norway, earned his first academic degree in Budapest, his PhD in Cologne, Germany and spent 3 years as visiting scientist at the University of California in Santa Cruz, USA, engaged in interdisciplinary research of complex systems. Subsequently, he obtained the highest German academic degree (habilitation) at the University of Mainz, Germany.

Andrew Sampson
General Manager, Hong Kong and Macau
Hitachi Data Systems

Andrew Sampson is responsible for overseeing Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)!| business and devising direct and channel business strategies for Kong and Macau.

A veteran of the local Information Technology and Telecommunications industries in Hong Kong, Andrew has held various sales, marketing and general management roles during his 15 years stint in the territory.

Prior to joining HDS, he was the Managing Director of NetStar Hong Kong. He has also taken up a regional Product Marketing position at Level(3) and was General Manager of Sales at New T&T previously. Andrew started his career in Hong Kong with IBM where he spent nine years in various sales roles.

He graduates from Kellogg-HKUST Executive Master in Business Administration Program (EMBA) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics.

Egidio Zarrella
Global Partner in Charge, IT Advisory
KPMG

Egidio (Edge) is the Global Partner in Charge of the IT Advisory Practice. The Global Practice represents over 300 partners and 7,500 staff, a business with fees in excess of US$1.5B.

Edge brings a career spanning more than 20 years in Business and IT advisory. His specialisations include IT strategy and governance, sourcing and projects. His key clients have included companies in Australia, Asia-Pacific and Globally. Edge has been an advisor in numerous areas including business and IT Strategy, off shoring and outsourcing, IT architecture and performance.

Edge has also significant Asia Pacific experience in the countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, Thailand, Philippines and China. Edge is committed to proactive thought leadership and is the trusted advisor of many regional and global companies?? executives. He is a keynote speaker at many conferences worldwide in the sourcing and IT strategy and governance space.

Edge is one of KPMG's quoted partners globally in the press in regards to technology. Edge has written numerous articles and has appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, radio, internet sites, blogs, and television globally. Topics have included new technologies, outsourcing, IT Governance, audit, project management, and IFRS. Edge is a sought after commentator on global business and IT issues. Below are listed some of the media coverage Edge has received in his role.

Edge's areas of experience include:

- Assisting client develop new IT strategies including architecture platforms, infrastructure etc
- Involved in the development of IT strategy policy, programme management and framework for government departments;
- Actively involved in managing large and complex projects;
- Advised many clients on the integrations of their IT acquisitions and on IT strategy; and
- Assessing and implementing new systems

Nick Price
CIO & CTO
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Nick Price joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in January 2000 as CIO/CTO. A newly created position, the appointment is in line with the Group's objective of strengthening its corporate and specialist core competencies in areas most critical to success. With more than 19 years experience in IT and emerging technologies, Nick brings to Mandarin Oriental, an in-depth understanding of current and emerging technology trends and their commercial application. Nick reports directly to the Group's Managing Director, Edouard Ettedgui.

Nick joined Mandarin Oriental from Dairy Farm Group a leading Asian retailer headquartered Hong Kong, where, since 1996, he held the position of Group Technical Architect, responsible for technology planning and infrastructure strategy. Prior to joining Dairy Farm in 1995, he worked throughout Europe as an IT consultant and from 1991 to 1993 as Technical Director, Europe for UNIX International. Prior to 1991, Nick held technical positions with a number of large systems manufacturers developing UNIX-based systems, enterprise networks and systems software. A British national, Nick holds an Honours degree in Computer Science from University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom.

At Mandarin Oriental, Nick is responsible for a broad range of digital, or soon-to-be digital technologies and services, including traditional hotel IT, enterprise networks and infrastructure, Internet presence, PABX and telephony, hotel networks, in-room technologies , and audio visual systems.

Nick has a keen interest in technology and believes the hotel industry is ready for change as its customers drive it towards an ever more customer-centric and hence technology-dependent future.

Steven Lee
Manager, North Asian
Micro Focus

Steven Lee is the North Asian territory manager of Micro Focus, the leader in providing innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Prior to joining Micro Focus, he spent 8 years at Mercury where he was the Director of Channels Development for Greater China. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Paul Wang
IT Area Solution Delivery Director - Greater China Region
Microsoft Information Technology

Paul was appointed as the Area Solution Delivery Director for Greater China Region to lead GCR Solution Delivery team since February 2007. The Area Solution Delivery is accountable for area process & data improvement; Area IT & initiative planning & benefits management; advising on how process, tool & data can support GCR business needs. Prior to ASD director, Paul was the Regional IT Director for North Asia(Greater China & Korea) at Microsoft since November 2004, responsible for Microsoft IT infrastructure function in North Asia region. In this capacity, Paul’s role is to provide a technology and service environment across North Asia that enables a productive workforce by using Microsoft technology. Paul is also responsible for ensuring that Microsoft IT strategies are well aligned with the increasing demand in IT business in the region.

Paul has more than 20 years IT experiences in various industries including aerospace, retailing, cruise, and transportation. Paul holds a MBA and a BA degree in Management Information Systems. Paul relocated to China from Redmond, WA USA since 2004 to lead Microsoft Greater China Region IT business and currently resides in Beijing with his family.

Paul Serrano
Sr. Director Marketing, APAC & Japan
Riverbed

Mr. Serrano has more than 30 years of experience in the networking and security arena and has extensive experience in sales, marketing and business development. Prior to Riverbed he served as VP of Marketing APAC for CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing Corp). Mr. Serrano performed as Director for security products marketing for Juniper Networks via the acquisition of NetScreen Technologies where he held a variety of senior management positions, including Sr. director of product management (USA) and Sr director of marketing APAC. Prior to NetScreen, he was director of business development at Bell Labs Research.

Serrano also co-founded and served as CEO for Network Tools. He served in senior positions in sales, marketing and product management at start-up SynOptics Communications/Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel). He was vice president at the HSBC banking corporation as well as serving in senior management roles at JP Morgan Bank and Citibank. Serrano spent nine years with the US Air Force and was responsible for the planning, design, installation and deployment of large-scale communication systems, including satellite systems, fiber optics, voice and data systems, cryptographic systems and wireless communications. He is a member and participant in the IEEE and IETF forums.

Avi Raju
Director, Asia Head of IT
Savills (HK) Property Firm

Avi Raju has over 14 years experience working in the IT industry including over 9 years with the Savills group of companies in the Asia Pacific region. He began his career working in implementation of MIS systems for manufacturing and service related industries.

He started with the Savills Group of companies working for Byvan (property management arm of Savills Australia) being involved in development and maintenance of various in-house IT systems.

He transferred to the Savills Hong Kong office in November 2001 and became involved in analysing, designing and developing Savills MIS systems for the Savills group of companies in the Asia Pacific region.

In February 2004, he was promoted to the role of Director and is currently responsible for overseeing all MIS projects in the Asian region.

Education/Professional Affiliation
Master of Business Administration Richard Ivey School of Business
Bachelor of Commerce University of Auckland

Jenny Fong
Managing Director
Singapore Telecom Hong Kong Limited

Jenny Fong was appointed Managing Director of SingTel Hong Kong in May 2006.
She oversees the sales and operations functions of SingTel Hong Kong, one of the key SingTel Global Offices worldwide. Her other key responsibilities include positioning SingTel as the choice communications provider for enterprises in North Asia and gateway partner into Greater China.

Jenny joined SingTel Hong Kong in 1997 and has held positions of Sales Manager, Carrier Business Manager and Director of Business Development. She is one of the pioneers of SingTel Hong Kong and has seen the development and deregulation of the telecommunications market in Hong Kong.

Jenny graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a double major in Economics and Political Science. She also holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mark Ross
Vice-President and Chief Information Officer
Sun Life Financial Asia

Mark joined Sun Life Financial Asia in September 2007 to oversee all IT development and support in the Asia region. He is also responsible for setting the IT strategy for the region and for ensuring the success of all IT investments. Mark joined SLF Asia from Thomson Financial in London, where he was Chief Architect for Europe and Asia.
Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University.

Sunny W K Lee
Executive Director, Information Technology
The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr Sunny W K Lee joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club as Executive Director, Information Technology in July 2006. Mr Lee heads a team of over 430 IT professionals, to provide innovative technology solutions that contribute significantly to the Club's mission and strategic objectives.

Mr Lee has extensive IT experience gained in both Hong Kong and overseas. Prior to joining the Jockey Club, he spent 10 years at the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) where he was an Executive Committee Member and held a number of key positions at the Company, including Chief Information Officer of the Group and Chief Executive Officer of two strategic diversification businesses, iCare.com Limited and Towngas Telecommunications Company Limited.

Between 1990 to 1996, Mr Lee was Vice President and Systems Director of the Bank of America in Hong Kong, where he played a key role in building up IT capabilities to support the Bank!|s business expansion in Asia. He has also previously held key IT positions in the financial, management consulting and manufacturing industries in the USA.

Mr Lee takes time to serve in many high level advisory committees in the academic, professional and community arena, and is currently President of the Hong Kong Computer Society as well as a member of the Hong Kong SAR Digital 21 Advisory Committee. In 1999, he was a recipient of Hong Kong!|s Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons Award for his contributions to IT. He has received two CIO Awards from CIO Asia Magazine, the first in 2002 and again in 2007 for the Club!|s Veterinary Management Information System. Mr Lee is also a recipient of the 2007 China Top CIO Award, awarded by CEOCIO China Magazine and IDC (China).