Carly Fiorina – CEO, Hewlett-Packard (1999 – 2005)
One of the most high-profile business leaders in the world, Carly Fiorina led the reinvention of a Silicon Valley icon. Under her leadership, HP became an $80 billion technology powerhouse with 150,000 employees in over 150 countries. Prior to joining HP Fiorina directed Lucent's 1996 IPO and spin-off from AT&T, one of the largest and most successful IPOs ever.




Chief Executive Officer, Marketspace and Professor, Harvard Business School
Jeffrey Rayport is the world’s most influential expert on the impact of technologies on companies' service and marketing strategies. Rayport established the world’s first MBA-level e-commerce curriculum at Harvard — where the business plan for Yahoo! was developed. He coined the term “viral marketing”.




Author / MD Boulton & Associates
Chris has worked in the private equity and venture capital industry since the early 1990s – initially with 3i Group in a career spanning the UK, Japan, and latterly SEA. He is currently a consultant to HSBC Private Equity (Asia) which is investing two funds: a US$700m private equity fund and a US$100m venture fund. Chris is co-author of Entrepreneurship (Wiley’s Mastering Business in Asia Series, 2005) and serves on SPRING Singapore’s Finance Action Crucible Committee and the Investment Committee of the Seeds Fund.




Founder / Vice Chairman, The Hour Glass
One of Asia’s best-known and successful women entrepreneurs, Jannie Tay is the Founder and Managing Director of The Hourglass. Starting out as a single retail outlet she has built the business into a thriving regional network of luxury watch boutiques that is listed on the main Singapore Exchange.




Research Fellow, Gartner Inc
Bob Hayward is Senior Vice President and Research Fellow Asia/Pacific and Japan for Gartner, Inc, the world’s leading technology research firm. A leading authority on IT development policy Bob serves as an advisor to IT Ministers in Australia, Singapore, India, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Taiwan and Japan.




Fellow, Templeton College, Oxford University
Loizos Heracleous is Fellow in Strategy and Organisation at Templeton College, Oxford University. An expert in corporate governance, strategic thinking and planning and organizing for the future, Loizos has authored several best-selling books and is frequently published in journals including Harvard Business Review, Business Strategy Review and Sloane management Review.


Director for Global Accounts and Head of Asia Pacific, Infosys 

Srinath Batni joined the Board of Directors of Infosys in May 2000. Since then he has been responsible for driving the phenomenal growth of Infosys business units in Automotive & Aerospace, Resources, Energy & Utilities, Hi Tech Manufacturing and Engineering Solutions. He is also a board member of Infosys China and Australia.


Chief Executive Officer, DHL Express Asia Pacific
Since joining DHL in 2002, Scott Price has substantially increased DHL’s market share from No.3 to the current No.1 position. Mr Price joined DHL from The Coca-Cola Company where he had amassed a wealth of knowledge on the Asian business environment and culture, working in countries such as Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macau.




Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company
Mayank Parekh is the Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company Singapore and leads the firm's Southeast Asia Corporate Finance Practice. Mayank's primary industry expertise is in financial institutions covering strategy, M&A and corporate governance. He has worked with leading global banks on M&A and aided government restructuring agencies throughout the region. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mayank worked for GE in the US and Singapore.




Best-selling author
Expert in Asian corporate practice

Michael Backman is an author and business analyst specialising in Asian corporate practice. Singapore's Prime Minister praised him in his National Day Address and he has been described in the Australian Financial Review as 'the brilliant writer on regional business strategies.' His international bestseller, Asian Eclipse, was named by the Economist as one of the finest books of the year. He writes for The Age, The Times of London, International Herald Tribune and Asian Wall Street Journal.




Partner, Bain & Company
Ed Lin is a partner and founding member of Bain & Company Singapore. Since joining the global consulting firm’s San Francisco office in 1990, Ed's work has included a wide range of industries throughout the region, with a particular focus on financial services and private equity. He heads Bain's Financial Services practice in Southeast Asia and has also worked with major corporations and private equity firms on many of the largest acquisitions in the region.




Dean, Office of Executive Education, Singapore Management University
An expert in International Finance and Risk Management, Prof Annie Koh has consulted and taught several companies over four continents.  Industries range from financial institutions, hospitality, telecommunications and healthcare.  Prof Koh is also a much sought after speaker, moderator and panelist in major regional conferences.





Managing Director & Senior Country Officer, JP Morgan
Eugene Lai oversees the core businesses, which include investment banking, securities, credit and rates, treasury services and corporate banking, of the 40-year old Malaysian operation. Besides banking, Eugene has been in a few other industries - he was the Managing Director and CEO of The Ascott Group, the largest serviced apartment company in the world outside the U.S.; he was a Partner and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, Asia, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. Eugene was also an attorney for 10 years, based in New York and Singapore.
 




VP & GM, Lenovo International, Greater China
Janet Ang leads marketing, direct sales and channel sales along with business partners and is responsible for the ThinkPad notebook and ThinkCentre desktop business across the PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Prior to Lenovo, Janet had worked with IBM for 23 years at various senior level positions across Asia Pacific, before moving to Beijing to head up the Personal Systems Group for IBM Greater China. Janet served as VP of Singapore InfoComm Technology Federation and Singapore Computer Society, she is a board member of SingPost and the Singapore Tourism Board, as well as a senior member of the Singapore Computer Society and the International Women's Forum.  Janet also serves on the Advisory Council of NUS Business.

 


Research Fellow, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Claus Jacobs is Research Fellow at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Visiting Associate of Templeton College, Oxford. An organization and strategy consultant by training and an alumnus of Imagination Lab Foundation, his expertise includes extensive work with companies in exploring and employing innovative forms and aspects of strategy development. His research has been published in journals including Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Organizational Change Management and Sloan Management Review.

 


COO and Country Head

Ashish is the COO and Country Head of Evalueserve and is also one of the founding members of the company. Prior to his association with Evalueserve, Ashish was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co. where he worked with clients in India, the US, Europe and China. He was also a core member of the firm's e-commerce practice. Ashish pursued his MBA at Carnegie Mellon University and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

 


President, Asia Pacific Cadbury Schweppes PLC

Rajiv has extensive general management experience and success in the FMCG – foods sector gained over 30 years in UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific in two companies, Cadbury Schweppes and Hillsdown Holdings (Premier Foods). With qualifications in economics and accountancy, he started out in audit, then management accounting followed by marketing before moving into general management. He has outstanding experience in creating above-average sustainable growth in both emerging and developed markets. Since 2003 he has held the position of President Asia Pacific, a division that in 2005 reported £1050 million turnover and has 12,400 employees across 10 countries in the region.

 


Senior Director Marketing, Juniper Networks Asia Pacific

Andy Miller leads the Asia Pacific marketing team for Juniper Networks. Prior to this appointment in 2003 he was the company's Director of Strategic Business Development for Asia Pacific. Before joining Juniper Networks, Andy was the Director, Strategic Business Development for Asia Pacific at Unisphere Networks. The company is acquired by Juniper Networks in July 2002. Andy has held a number of senior international roles including sales, product design, product management, software development and marketing, working in New Zealand, Australia, England and the USA.

 


VP Growth Consulting, Frost & Sullivan

Chris de Lavigne is Frost & Sullivan's VP for Growth Consulting and leads the South East Asia Industrial Practice. Chris advises many of the top-performing companies in the region on sustainable and profitable growth strategies . He has led numerous projects for both MNC and Government clients covering Corporate and Industry Strategy, Market Expansion , M&A, Distribution and Supply Chain, Technology Introduction and Organisational Design. Chris’s work has spanned many countries and industries across the region, giving him valuable insights into effective growth in Asia.

 


Chairman, Vickers Financial Group
Acting Chairman, Media Development Authority, Singapore

Dr. Finian Tan is Chairman of Vickers Financial Group, an international private equity and merchant banking house. Prior to assuming this position in 2003, Dr. Tan was Managing Director and head of the Credit Suisse First Boston group of banks in Singapore and before that Partner and Managing Director of the Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Eplanet, in charge of their Asia Pacific Operations. Dr. Tan currently holds the position of Acting-Chairman for Singapore's Media Development Authority and serves as a Board Member for various Singapore government agencies and international companies.

 




Host, Talk Asia, CNN

Lorraine Hahn is host of the popular ‘Talk Asia’ weekly programme on CNN which has seen her interview a long list of world leaders, business icons and international celebrities. She holds a bachelor's degree in business and English literature from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Prior to joining CNN Lorraine worked as a senior producer for CNBC and as anchor in Hong Kong for TVB (Television Broadcasts Ltd), where she developed the station's first English-language business program, focusing on China.

 


Co-Founder & CEO, Merittrac Services Pvt Ltd

Madan Padaki is the Co-Founder & CEO of MeritTrac, India's Largest Skills Assessment Company. After working with a number of IT firms, including Infosys and Wipro, Madan decided to set up Merittrac with some friends in August 2000. Since then MeritTrac has assessed around 800,000 candidates for clients including Accenture, Dell, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. MeritTrac currently has over 165 employees, is headquartered in Bangalore and has a presence in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai & Hyderabad. MeritTrac operates in North America, UK and Mauritius.

 


CEO, Indochine Group

Michael Ma is the ambitious 37-year-old entrepreneur who founded the IndoChine Group of Restaurants and Bars. Apart from the 17 outlets in Singapore, the business has expanded internationally with venues in Malaysia and Germany. In total, the IndoChine Group operates 23 award-winning bars, cafes, clubs and restaurants globally. The IndoChine Group has significantly influenced the F&B industry in Singapore today and Michael’s undying passion for life remains a force to be reckoned with as he continues to further expand the Group’s business regionally.

 


General Manager Customer Relations and Marketing, Microsoft

Oliver Roll is responsible for understanding and working with Microsoft’s customers and partners in Asia Pacific, is also responsible for Microsoft’s overall corporate communications in the region, leads the regions CSR efforts, and is one of Microsoft’s leading spokespeople in the region. Before taking on his leadership role in Asia Pacific in August 2002, Oliver was the Director of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Microsoft UK. Prior to joining Microsoft in 1992, Oliver was based in Munich with Siemens-Nixdorf.

 


UBS Investment Bank Vice Chairman, Asia

Robert Tomlin was appointed Vice-Chairman, Asia of UBS Investment Bank in September 2003. Prior to joining UBS in 2000 Mr Tomlin was CEO of Dane Court Pte Ltd, an investment advisory firm he founded, and CEO of Schroder International Merchant Bankers Ltd where he was responsible for the management of its Singapore. Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia operations. Previously a council member of the Stock Exchange of Singapore and Chairman of the Merchant Bankers Association, Mr Tomlin has served on various Singapore government committees.

 


CEO, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre

Mrs Tan Chee Koon is the CEO of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre which promotes the spirit of giving in Singapore. NVPC is a founding member of the Singapore Compact for CSR. Chee Koon sits on the Advisory Council of World Vision Singapore and the Board of the International Association of Volunteer Effort (IAVE). She is also a Member of the Tsunami Reconstruction Facilitation Committee.

 
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