Contributors

Pauline Chiou

Pauline Chiou is a CNN anchor/correspondent and the co-host of ‘World Business Today’ based in Hong Kong. 

Per Bauer

Per Bauer has over 22 years of B2B IT experience and has been with TeamQuest for over ten years. He is currently the Director of International Services for TeamQuest EMEA and Asia Pacific. Preceding TeamQuest, Per held manager and consultant positions for IFS Operations, IFS Scandinavia, and Postgirot. He graduated from the University of Gothenburg with a B.S. in Computer Science.

Pete Gable

Pete Gable is an executive coach, trainer and hypnotherapist with Reframe and Healthy Minds in HK.

Peter Bakker

As Commercial Director of King Content, Peter is responsible for the full P&L of this Content Marketing bureau servicing organisation based in Singapore. He has been with King Content since its launch into Asia in 2010. Previously, Peter worked as Publisher of Travel +Leisure magazine in Sydney, Australia and was responsible for the full P&L of the magazine and its associated digital platforms. Prior to his posting in Australia he worked as the Director of Marketing and Circulation for the Financial Times in Hong Kong as well as Director of Circulation Asia/Pacific for The Economist. Before moving to the East he worked in London as Circulation Director for The Economist UK, Middle East & Africa, as well as the Director of Circulation – Europe, based in Frankfurt. Prior to these assignments he assumed management roles at Dow Jones Courrier and DHL Aviation both in Brussels, Belgium.
 

Philip Yu

Philip Yu is the General Manager of H3C Hong Kong and Macau, responsible for expanding H3C’s business growth in Hong Kong and Macau through overall strategic planning, business and sales development. Philip has joined New H3C Group since 2006, spanning a variety of leading product marketing and sales roles across network security, hyper-convergence and cloud computing technology and more. He has solid experience in product management, sales and marketing, and operation management. Besides, he has forward-looking sensibility about technology and insights on the development trend of the IT industry.

Philip holds a Master of Science (MS), Digital Communication and Media. Multimedia from the University of Bath and a Bachelor of Science, Computer Technology/ Computer Systems Technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Plato Wai

Plato Wai is General Manager at SHOPLINE Hong Kong, a global smart commerce enabler. Prior to SHOPLINE, he worked at Lehman Brothers and Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Equipped with extensive experience in the start-up scene, Plato regularly shares his insights on The Stand News and StartUpBeat.

Rachel Catanach

Rachel Catanach is managing director, SVP and Senior Partner of international communications consultancy at Fleishman-Hillard Hong Kong.

Raju Mandhyan

Raju Mandhyan is one of the most soulful and humorous speakers in the Asia-Pacific region, For over 15 years, he has trained and coached more than 10 thousand executives and delivered Keynote addresses for over 100 major conferences across the region.

Rana Gupta

Rana Gupta is the Vice President, Asia Pacific at SafeNet.

Richard Hanson