Mr. Charles Chau
Managing Partner and Chief Strategist of IF Asia Strategist Limited

  • Elected as the :CEO of the Year 2005; by the Capital Magazine in 2006
  • Former Managing Director of MTV Networks North Asia
  • An Advisory Board Member of the London Business School (LBS)
  • The first Asian to be elected to the International Alumni Board of LBS
  • Speaker in the Global Leadership Forum, the China Daily CEO Roundtable in 2004, and the Cable & Satellite Association Research Forum in 2003
  • Visiting Associate Professor at the MBA Program of University of Hong Kong
  • Lecturer at the Department of Journalism and Communication in Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Brett King
CEO of American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM)

  • 20 years of experience in financial services sector
  • Chairperson for the Asian Internet Awards judging panel (sponsored by VISA)
  • Board-level advisor to multiple Asian businesses
  • Assisted a number of major projects for multi-national financial institutes including HSBC, Prudential, Citibank, Manulife, AIA, GE Capital, etc
  • Lecturer for AGSM・s MBA program and Professor of City University
  • Speaker at Industry forums such as the American Chamber of Commerce, Sun e-Banking summit, The Economist CFO Forum, etc
  • Papers published in numerous business and industry publications (Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, FEER, AsiaWeek, BusinessOnline, Media Magazine, etc)

Dr. Guan Seng Khoo
Head of the Innovation Unit at the Singapore Exchange (SGX)

  • Former Group Chief Risk Officer at RHB Capital, Malaysia
  • Published over 70 publications including on risk management topics, and has spoken at leading events in Asia-Pacific
  • Chief Representative for the US-based Academy for Business & Financial Services (ABFS), 2003-2005
  • Regional Director for Professional Risk Management International Association, 2003-2004
  • Adjunct Professor at the Singapore Management University (SMU)
  • Deputy Director, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Center for Financial Engineering
  • Holds a PhD in Data-Mining & Mathematical Simulation of Materials Science from NUS with post-doctoral studies in Pasadena, Boston and Tokyo

Mr. Erik Laykin
Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, LLC
Past President and Pacific Rim Director of the FBI・s Infragard Program

  • Participates in a number of advisory boards including the California Judicial Council and the Electronic Commerce Council
  • An internationally accredited expert in the reactive investigation, analysis of cyber-crime, electronic commerce, electronic fraud, corporate espionage and other information technology disputes
  • Successfully solved/resolved cases valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of Fortune 100 companies globally
  • Speaker at industry conferences and for the media including CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS

Mr. Cedric C.M. Chan
Vice President, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

  • Over 24 years of experience in sales, marketing and business management
  • Former CEO of the Singapore Business Federation
  • Former President of Informatics Holdings Ltd
  • Former Managing Director of US Information Technology multinationals - EMC, Adobe, Autodesk, Sun Microsystems.
  • Held senior management positions in Hewlett Packard.
  • Master of Business Administration from University of Hull, U.K in Strategic Marketing
  • Guest speaker in various industry forums and universities

Mr. Charles Mok
Chairman, Snappa International Ltd

  • Ex-officio member and immediate past president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF)
  • Chairman of Internet Society Hong Kong
  • Co-founder of HKNet, one of Hong Kong・s earliest Internet service providers
  • Member of Central Policy Unit, HKSAR
  • Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee Member
  • Election Committee of the First Legislative Council
  • A member of many key government advisory boards

Prof. Jerome Yen
Professor, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

  • Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Chair Professor at Hunan University
  • Former Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Risk Officer at Cathay Financial Holdings (CFH), the largest financial holding company in Taiwan, one of Forbes World 500 firms
  • Developing the .quant・ team to support compliance of Basel II
  • Providing consultation to the top government organizations in Hong Kong including Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) and Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK)
  • Has published more than fifty journal papers in respectable journals and also a active column writer for top newspapers like Economic Journal

 

Prof. Koon Keung Lee
Vice-chairman, Service Quality Standard Institute

  • Founder & Training Director, Six Sigma Institute, Hong Kong
  • Founder, APBEST Award
  • Executive Member, Hong Kong Quality Management Association
  • Director, Hong Kong 5 S Association
  • Director, Business Administration Program (International Program), Bulacan State University
  • External Examiner, Asia International Open University (Macau)
  • Editorial Committee, Quality Magazine, China Quality Association