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SCMP Reporter

Kam Poon

Vice-president, Business Market

Wharf T&T

Mr Poon will be responsible for  sales and operations,  serving primarily  small and medium-sized enterprise customers.  He  has a strong entrepreneurial mindset and  extensive experience in serving the SME sector.

Phillip Duncan

Chief administrative officer

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Mr Duncan will oversee all human resource functions  as well as organisational design and development, succession plans and span of control for all levels of  management. Since 2005, he  had run his own human resources consulting firm.

Charles Allen

Partner, Hong Kong complex commercial litigation practice

Sidley Austin

Mr Allen is among the 36 associates and counsel elevated to partnership in the firm.  He conducts high-value, complex commercial litigation and arbitration for clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Raj Bhalla

Vice-president of general procurement

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Mr Bhalla will play an integral role in  reducing the cost structure and improving profitability targets through  strategic sourcing mechanisms.  He had been Nortek's vice-president of strategic sourcing  for  five years.

Lisa Lee

Senior vice-president, international communications

The Nielsen Company

Ms Lee will be  responsible for corporate and marketing communications outside North America.  She was executive director, corporate and marketing communications, for Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Raphael Young

Principal consultant  for Asia

Molten

Mr Young  will play a key role in driving  the company's expansion in Asia and shaping the insurance consulting practice. Previously, he was with HSBC and Accenture  doing strategic planning for their Asia-Pacific  operations.

Catherine Tseng

Managing director, market head, focusing on the Greater China region

Julius Baer

Ms Tseng will be responsible to further grow the company's client base in the region.  She joins Julius Baer after 13 years at Credit Suisse, most recently as team head for the Taiwan market.

Ying Chengping

Chief engineer in coal geology and exploration

Kiu Hung International Holdings

Mr Ying has  more than 25 years of  coal exploration experience.  He had been  a senior geological engineer at the China General Bureau of Coalfield Geology and  a chief and chief engineer  at the Northeast Bureau of Coalfield Geology.

Song Yuzhu

Director and chief engineer in mining operation

Kiu Hung International Holdings

Mr Song  has over 25 years' experience in coal-mine design and operation. Prior to this appointment, Mr Ying was the deputy chief and chief engineer of open-pit mine at Huolinhe Bureau of Mines.

Fan Weikang

Chief engineer in pit exploitation

Kiu Hung International Holdings

Mr Fan  has over 41 years of experience in coal mine and pit exploitation.  Prior to joining the group, he was a member of coal-mine safety investigation panels and participated in coal-mine productivity evaluations in a number of mainland mining areas.

Karthik Srinivasan

Managing director for Asia-Pacific

Palm Inc

Mr Srinivasan will lead  the Asia-Pacific operations including sales, marketing and overall business strategy  and  product lines. He  is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience.  He served previously as  director of finance and operations for  the region.

Gregory D. Puff

Head of Asia M&A

O'Melveny & Myers

Mr Puff has relocated to the firm's Hong Kong office from Tokyo to take on his new role.   He has been involved in a wide array of public and private transactions, including both US and cross-border tender and exchange offers, contested mergers and hostile transactions,  as well as joint ventures.



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