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SCMP Reporter

Frankie Sum

Area sales leader, Asia-Pacific North

EDS

Mr Sum  used to be managing director of Cisco Systems (HK). Based in Hong Kong,  he will work closely with  Asia-Pacific country leaders, industry groups and consulting resources to further develop EDS business.

Vincent Fok

Director

Ferrier Hodgson

Mr Fok has for the past eight years played a key role in a wide variety of assignments, taking charge of  administrations in Hong Kong and China.  He will lead the growth and expansion of  business lines focusing on insolvency management and restructure and turnaround.

Tracy Lord

I-Spa director

InterContinental Hong Kong

Ms Lord brings to InterContinental  her vast experience working in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Most recently, she worked at the Sopwell House Country Club and Spa in St Albans, Britain.

Paul Hebditch

Partner

Ernst & Young

Mr Hebditch will advise clients and staff  of the technical department on accounting  matters, with emphasis on Hong Kong and international accounting standards.  Before joining  the firm in Hong Kong in 1996,  he worked at its offices in Eastern Europe and Britain.

Mabel Chan

Partner, tax services

Ernst & Young

Ms Chan  has more than 15 years of experience as an adviser providing tax  and planning services to local and multinational firms in Hong Kong. She also serves a large number of  listed companies in Hong Kong as well as other private concerns and individuals across a broad spectrum of industries.

Gary Fielding

Regional president, Asia-Pacific

Clariant International

Mr Fielding joined the company in 1986. After holding a variety of positions, he became head of Masterbatches Asia Pacific in 2001. He has more than 10 years of regional experience in the specialty chemical industry. This experience was recognised in his appointment as regional president for Asia-Pacific.

Kelvin KW Ip

Associate director

Ronald Lu & Partners (HK)

Mr Ip joined  the firm in 1996.  He is an expert in the planning, design and construction of large residential, institutional and comprehensive projects.   He liaises  with  in-house design teams and  clients, external consultants, contractors and government offices.

Simon Bell

Senior associate

Clifford Chance

Mr Bell joins the Hong Kong corporate practice as a registered foreign lawyer.  He had worked for Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in London and New York  and has  experience in cross-border  mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint ventures.

Justin Wilson

Senior associate

Clifford Chance

Mr Wilson joins the corporate practice in Beijing after having worked in both London and Singapore. He has advised extensively on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and investment funds.

Claus Pedersen

Director, food and beverage

InterContinental Hong Kong

Mr Pedersen  most recently served as director of operations at the Hilton Otaru and as director of food and beverage at Hilton Nagoya in Japan.  A native of Denmark, he has more than 15 years of international hotel experience.

Timothy Shen

Chief financial officer

Universal Holdings

Mr Shen has more than 20 years experience in accounting, finance and investment advisory with Merrill Lynch, Coopers and Lybrand, and other firms. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

William Klein

Executive vice-president, business planning and development

BEA Systems

Mr Klein  joins from Hewlett-Packard, where he  was vice president and chief financial officer of HP's Inkjet business.

Eisuke Sakakibara

Member of Japan advisory board

Lehman Brothers

Mr Sakakibara is a professor at Keio University and a former Japanese government  finance vice-minister for international affairs.

Phillip Georgiou

Senior associate

Jones Day

Mr Georgiou  was previously an associate with Baker & McKenzie's Hong Kong construction team since  2000. For the past 10 years,  he has provided specialist construction, engineering and project related legal advice  to Asia-Pacific clients.



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