Mr Leung has more than 17 years of experience in retail management. Previously, he spent more than six years at Ikea. He has also worked at Marks and Spencer in Britain and Hong Kong.

Andy Farrow

Executive vice-president and Hong Kong project director

B&Q Asia

Previously, Mr Farrow managed the biggest retail acquisition in China of OBI Asia in 2005, which involved turning 13 OBI Asia outlets into B&Q China Warehouses.

Alexander R.Y. Chu

Country executive Hong Kong

ABN Amro

Mr Chu joined the bank in 1998 as treasurer in Hong Kong. Before ABN Amro, he spent six years at UBS in Tokyo as the head of trading and sales, treasury. He started his career at Citibank.

James Schaeffer Jnr

Chief executive

New World CyberBase

Mr Schaeffer previously worked with John T. Boyd for 28 years. He was also executive director, Asia-Pacific, and was technical adviser on China Shenhua's initial public offering in 2005.

Eric Cherneff

Principal, risk management

HLB Hodgson Impey Cheng

Mr Cherneff will oversee quality control, regulatory compliance, in-house training and technical research. He joined the company as a director in 2005.

Kevin Chan

Vice-president, marketing and product management

Sun Life Financial

Mr Chan has more than 20 years of experience with life insurance companies such as Winterthur and Eagle Star.

Peter C.P. Yam

Senior associate

Ronald Lu & Partners

With more than 15 years of architectural experience, Mr Yam has handled a variety of institutional, educational, commercial and industrial, hotel and resorts, as well as residential projects.

Bryant H.Y. Lu

Associate director

Ronald Lu & Partners

Mr Lu joined the firm in 2000 and has responsibility for regional operations, in particular, project administration and business development.

Edwin Ying Lin-kwan

Executive director

VTech Holdings

Mr Ying joined the group in 1986 then left in 2004 before rejoining as group chief operating officer in December 2006.

Kent Savage

Vice-president and general counsel

Sun Life Financial

Mr Savage joined the firm in 1997, initially as senior counsel in Sun Life Financial Toronto, and later becoming assistant vice-president, law.

Tim Wang

Senior associate, corporate

Clifford Chance Beijing

Mr Wang focuses on capital markets, corporate mergers and acquisitions and non-performing assets. He was also in-house counsel at China Huarong Asset Management.

Jung Wenning

Vice-president

Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors

Ms Jung was previously with the California Public Employee's Retirement System as investment officer in the real estate department.

Pang King-fai

Executive director

VTech Holdings

Mr Pang joined the group in 2004 as chief technology officer. He has more than 20 years of experience in design engineering for consumer electronics products.

Oscar Chow

Managing director

Chevalier iTech Holdings

Mr Chow joined the Chevalier Group in 2000. He is the vice-chairman of the Environment Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

James Chapman

Senior associate, finance

Clifford Chance Hong Kong

Mr Chapman specialises in project finance transactions including cross-border infrastructure projects.

Keen Yim

Strategist

Euro RSCG Shanghai

Mr Yim joined the firm from Ogilvy in October last year. He worked on the Johnnie Walker Black Label account as a senior account director.