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Allen Shyu Partner Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Shyu joins Orrick's sizeable team of corporate and capital markets lawyers. Qualified to practise in the United States, he will continue to focus on international debt and equity securities offerings and transactions concerning cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

David Plekenpol Chief strategic officer AAC Acoustic Technologies

Plekenpol has 16 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked at Lucent Technologies and Alcatel and founding two Silicon Valley start-up companies. He will develop and implement customer loyalty strategies and awareness among new customers.

Michael Ziemer General manager The Excelsior

With more than 24 years' experience, Ziemer began with Mandarin Oriental in 2003 as resident manager of Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. He was made general manager of the Munich operation in 2004 and moved to the former Mandarin Oriental, Macau in 2007 as general manager.

Bede Barry General manager Grand Lapa, Macau

Barry has more than 17 years of international experience in hotel management, mostly gained with Hyatt Corp. He joined the group in 2007 as the resident manager of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. Before this he was based in Chicago, as the director of marketing operations for Hyatt.

Grace Teo Associate Walkers

Teo joins Walkers' Singapore office from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in London, where she advised investment banks on capital markets deals and structured finance. Before that, Teo was with Allen & Gledhill, advising on real estate investment trusts, acquisitions and divestments for property companies.

John Johnson Chief agency officer Prudential Hong Kong

Johnson will oversee a team of more than 4,500 financial consultants and the various support teams including agency development, agency training and agency operations. He was the chief partnerships distribution officer for the company in Hong Kong, a post he held since January 2006.

Jean-Sebastien Py General manager Sophis

Based in Singapore, Py's objective is to build Sophis' presence in South Asia to deliver best practice in terms of consulting, support and implementations for clients. In addition, he will be looking to leverage Sophis' standing in Australia and Singapore as well as exploring new markets such as India and Vietnam.

Jeremy Bellinghausen President HotelClub

Based in Sydney, Bellinghausen joins from RH Donnelley, where he served as vice-president of advertiser products and general manager of Business.com. Bellinghausen holds degrees from UCLA Anderson School of Management and Washington University in St Louis.

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