Mr Jeremy 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 Hong Kong 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 businesses in the Cable & Wireless Group. From 1995 to 1998, he returned to Hong Kong 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.

As the Director of IT International, Tim is responsible for ensuring Boeing International has the IT products and services necessary to meet their business goals and objectives, and drive a single IT work placement strategy that is aligned with Boeing's business units and functional organizations and drives value with our global partners.

Tim has 26 years of technical, management and executive experience in the aerospace industry. Prior to his current assignment, Tim led IT Engineering Systems for Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Test & Evaluation Systems. Prior to this, Tim supported Boeing Capital Corporation as Director of Information Systems. In this role, he was responsible for all computing systems and initiatives.

Tim started his career with Rockwell International in 1984 where he held numerous technical and management positions at Rockwell's North American Aircraft Operations and Rocketdyne divisions.

Tim has a BS degree in Mathematics from Briar Cliff University in Iowa and a BA degree in Theology from the University of Louvain in Belgium.

Edge Zarrella is a Senior Advisory Partner within KPMG's China practice. He brings a career spanning more than 20 years. His specialisations include Business and IT strategy, Business and Finance Transformation, outsourcing and offshoring. His key clients have included companies in Australia, Asia-Pacific and North America. Edge has also significant Asia Pacific experience in the countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and China. He has worked across the region for over fifteen years. He is the global and regional lead partner for some of the firm's largest financial services and technology companies.

Edge had led many global and regional projects assisting clients in transforming their business and operations. He is a trusted advisor to senior executives and boards on the strategic use and development of information technologies. He has led many complex business and IT projects which involved significant change. He is well versed in helping a client navigate through complexity and change.

After starting his career in retail management, Andrew made the switch to a focus of technology 20 years ago. He has served as the CIO for Grant Thornton in Hong Kong for 15 years and has recently taken on a regional role in addition to his domestic responsibilities. Within the Hong Kong firm he oversees all aspects of technology usage, although he considers strategy, policy and governance to be the areas in which he can add most value. His regional role is concerned with facilitating collaboration between member firms in each country and encouraging the adoption of global standards and shared services. Assisting the China firm with IT strategy formulation and implementation is another key function.

Daniel Lai is a seasoned IT professional with 40 years experience in information technology in Hong Kong and Australia. He is responsible for providing a vision for and strategic directions on IT at MTR. Prior to joining MTR in 1999, he held various senior IT managerial positions with The Hong Kong Jockey Club. He is currently Chairman of Hong Kong CIO Board, and President of China CIO Forum.

Daniel graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Management and Computing Studies and from Griffith University with a Master in Technology Management. Daniel has led many innovative and large scale IT projects and managed large computer installations. He has developed and implemented IT governance, programme and project management, and outsourcing frameworks.

Daniel contributed significantly in promoting and developing the application of IT in Hong Kong and the region, he has held many positions in public services and educational institutions.

In recognition of his contribution to the development and promotion of IT in business and community, he was awarded Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in 2004. He was awarded CIO Awards (Asia CIO Magazine) three times in 2003, 2005 and 2008, CIO of the Year by ZDnet in 2006, China Distinguished CIO Award 2007, nominated a Computerworld Honour Laureate's in 2004, and named by MIS Magazine in 2004 one of the most influential IT leaders in North Asia.

Henk ten Bos is Chief Information Officer at Ageas (formally Fortis) and since 2009 responsible for managing the IT activities of the life insurance company in Hong Kong. He also provides regional support on Operations and IT to the joint ventures of Ageas in Asia.

Before moving to Hong Kong his previous assignment in Asia has been for Etiqa Insurance & Takaful (a joint venture between Ageas and Maybank) in Malaysia where he has setup a Business Analyst department to support a large IT transformation plan.

Prior to joining Ageas Henk has worked for IG&H Consulting & Interim, a specialized consultancy firm in The Netherlands, where he had a special focus on implementing Front End and Straight Through Processing solutions for Insurance companies. Henk has been active in the Insurance industry for almost 20 years with an ongoing focus on business/ICT alignment.

Max Chan, Chief Information Officer, VF Asia Limited As CIO of VF Corp in Asia, Max partners with the regional management team to ensure alignment of business objectives and technology solutions. His responsibilities include providing guidance and thought leadership in systems and process, and functioning as a change agent in the implementation of new technology solution and innovation. Prior to joining VF Corporation, Max held several senior management positions both regionally and globally, including at Johnson Controls. Max specializes in business technology strategies, technology innovations, project management and complex system implementation; and continues to look at ways to commercialize internal technology solutions to contribute to the top line growth.

Michael Leung was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Bank of America (Asia) in March 2000 . Supported by a team of over 200 associates, he manages the Bank's IT function in its entirety, as well as operations planning, products support and corporate services departments of the Bank.

Mr Leung has nearly 30 years of local and international experience in information technology, focusing largely in the banking and finance industry. Before taking up his current position, he had worked with a number of regional banks in senior IT and business development positions. The earlier part of Mr Leung's career was in business consulting and sales support roles with three leading international firms in Europe, Australia and Hong Kong.

Mr Leung is a Master graduate from The Netherlands and a Bachelor from CUHK. He has attended several executive programs at LBS and MIT Sloan, and holds a 1st-honor diploma from Retail Banking Graduate School at University of Virginia, among others. A Fellow of the HK Computer Society, Mr. Leung is a seasoned speaker and panelist on a range of topics. Outside of work, he serves a number of charity and community organizations.

Pabs Medrero is currently the Senior Director, Information Technology (IT) - Asia of CB Richard Ellis, the global leader in real estate services. Pabs is based in Hong Kong and manages all aspects of the IT services and support for CBRE's business across the Asian region. He has overall responsibility for the development of the IT plans for Asia and the successful deployment of its IT production environments and underlying CBRE technology infrastructures. Pabs similarly oversees the operational processes and project deliveries pertaining to CBRE's IT operations and support activities for the company's Asia clients.

Pabs has more than 20 years IT management track record throughout Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, and the Middle East. He has extensive expertise in leveraging technology within the real estate industry. Besides CB Richard Ellis, he has worked for another global real estate services company in a regional VP capacity, and as the global head of IT & Operations for a private equity fund, specializing in real estate investments.

Some of his notable accomplishments within the real estate business are:

• Regional implementation of a wide range of real estate solutions;
• Programme managing a regional transformation initiative focused on achieving SOX compliance;
• Overseeing an enterprise wide technology platform integration and consolidation of regional IT services / support following a company merger
• Development and deployment of a transformation roadmap for a global IT function.

Mr. Raymond Ngai is currently Head of IT Infrastructure responsible for managing and developing the Club's IT infrastructure in the areas of hardware platform, network, storages, web infrastructure, network security, systems software and desktop services to support the Club's mission to deliver world-class horseracing and betting services to the Hong Kong public.

Mr. Ngai has over 18 years in the information technology industry, including experience in telecommunications, networks, Internet and data communications.

Prior to joining the Club, Mr. Ngai was Director, Business Enabled Solution Practices at Nortel Networks (Asia) Limited, where he established the Business Enabled Solution business and built presales and delivery capability in the Asia Pacific region.

From 1993 to 2000, he worked in a number of sales and business management positions in Digital Equipment HK Limited and Compaq Computer Limited, including several appointments which took him to China.

Mr. Ngai graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA with a Bachelor of Science degree and gained his Master of Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He completed the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program in April 2006.

Sim has more than twenty years of experience in Information Technology. He is originally from Malaysia and worked and lived in Australia for sixteen years before relocating to Hong Kong where he has been based since 1998. Sim has worked for the Victorian Government in Australia, Federation Insurance, Monsanto, Campbell Soup, and is currently the Asia Pacific Regional CIO for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) where he has served for nearly ten years.

Sim successfully built the regional Asia Pacific IT organisations for both Campbell Soup and Sony Pictures Entertainment from the ground up. Sim has been instrumental in driving SPE towards stable, standard, easily-supported global systems and infrastructure, which allows his team to concentrate on business partnership and add value by delivering on projects to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Despite being responsible for the entire Asia Pacific region, Sim believes in maintaining a small, tight staff where teamwork and information-sharing is the key to success. Sim's message to his team is that they work for the business, not IT, and this can only be achieved through a deep understanding of business processes.

Sim is married with two children and enjoys pursuing photography in his spare time.

Mr. Steve Siu, Director and Chief Information Officer of Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd (OOCLL) and Chief Executive Officer of CargoSmart Limited (CS), has been in the logistics industry and technology profession for over 20 years. He had held product development and consulting positions at Cable & Wireless and Jardine Logica Ltd before joining the Oriental Overseas Group.

Mr. Siu has a Master degree from the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program, a Master of Science degree in Telematics, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Essex of United Kingdom.

Under his role as the Chief Information Officer of OOCLL, Mr. Siu oversaw the development and refinement of the business model and infrastructure of IRIS-2, the company's object-based client/server information systems. In 1999, OOCLL was a Computerworld Smithsonian Award finalist for its innovative object-oriented information systems. Two other international liner companies had actually acquired IRIS-2 for their operations because of its functionality.

Under his role as the Chief Executive Officer of CS, a wholly own subsidiary of the Orient Overseas (International) Ltd, Mr. Siu has conceptualized and overseen the development and evolution of CS's online portal since it was launched on October 11, 2000. CS is now one of the most advanced applications and integration services providers offering software as a service (SaaS) for the ocean container transportation industry. More than 45,000 members including importers, exporters, and transportation intermediaries are using CS to help managing their shipments with multiple carriers throughout the shipment cycle. CS's shipment management products include tools to help its users plan, process, monitor, and share their shipment information so that they can manage their shipments at ease with full visibility for planning. Mr. Siu will continue devoting his energies in modeling a complete end-to-end solution for supply chain management.

For the past 20 years, Mr. Siu has been successful in sustaining the leading edge for the Orient Overseas Group in information technology through alignment of IT solutions for all systems users. In the years to come, Mr. Siu will be continuously leveraging new technologies for developing new quality business software applications for enhancing the competitive advantages of the Group.

As community responsibility is one of OOCLL's core values which has enabled the company to achieve various recognition from the industry as well as from the community over years, Mr. Siu had initiated a sponsorship for the Corporate Project of the HKUST Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management in 2006. Under the corporate partnership with HKUST, OOCLL colleagues had supervised teams of HKUST top students with dual background in business and technology working on some innovative technology projects. The collaboration has been well received so far as it has help widening the horizon of the students through true global business exposure. Mr. Siu, who has been appointed as the Adjunct Associate Professor by the Schools of Engineering and Business & Management of HKUST, will continue to devote himself in programs helping the development of local IT professionals with global exposure in the years to come.

Steven Yau is currently the VP & CIO of Walmart China, with overall responsibilities for all systems strategy, implementation and support. He has been with Walmart for over 5 years, and was with Walmart Global Procurement before his transferred to Walmart China in February, 2008.

Before joining Walmart, Steven was working for multinationals such as Gap, Nike and UD&V in Asia. Prior to that, he had spent 8 years working in Europe before returning to Asia.

His background is in Supply Chain, Process Re-Engineering and Change Management, where he has led major initiatives for fortune 100 companies prior to joining Walmart in beginning of 2005.

Jessica currently leads the regional technology team to support 300+ users in 13 Asia countries. She is in charge of light on support (trading and settlement systems), business contingency plan (BCP) and DRP, manage regional office's budget, workflow efficiency improvement and to ensure all entities are complied with corporate policy/standards and pass SAS70/SOX and internal audits at AIG Asset Management.

On top of her current role, she have expanded to be the IT program manager of a US $25M global program. The objective of the program is to reduce complexity and increase consistency of AIG Chartis by consolidating systems and centralizing information, within the program there are 13 independent projects with total team size of 50+ people.

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