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SCMP Reporter

Mike Brennan
Director of operations
Hat Pin
Mr Brennan joined Stephens International in 1992,  before moving to Alexander Mann in 1994.  He founded the British and Asian operations of the firm and played a key role in the sale of the business to Hat Pin in September 2006 and its re-branding as Akamai Financial Markets.
Wilson So
Global market manager for Hong Kong
Citi Private Bank
Mr So will manage more than 100 private banking professionals. Mr So joined Citi Smith Barney in 1996 as managing director and Hong Kong branch manager.  Previously, he was  managing director and  branch manager for PaineWebber and Kidder, Peabody.
Alex Potter
Partner, ACT practice group
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mr  Potter, a partner in the  antitrust, competition and trade  practice in London, moves to Beijing  for a year in January.  He specialises in EU and British  competition law and  has  experience in the consumer goods, retail and defence industries.
Michael Han
Counsel
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mr Han was admitted to practice in China in 1996. He joined the firm's Beijing office in 2002. Prior to that, he was  section chief of the department of treaties and law of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, now the Ministry of Commerce.
Yau Kan
President
Fujitsu Hong Kong
Mr  Kan, previously senior vice-president of Fujitsu Hong Kong,  has been appointed president. He has played a critical role in the company's growth in his more than 30 years with the firm.  Mr Kan began his career  in London at ICL, one of Fujitsu's European subsidiaries.
Ringo Cheung
General manager, services, information systems and services division
Fujitsu Hong Kong
Mr  Cheung, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and IT-related services,  returns to Fujitsu Hong Kong as general manager, services, information systems and services division.
Antony Platford
General manager
Novotel Century Hong Kong
Mr Platford has  15 years of experience in  Australia and China. He  joined Accor in  1992 and will be responsible for leading the hotel and enhancing the Novotel brand. He replaces Maarten Boers who is now the general manager of Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon.
Dr Norman Wai
Managing director
New World Telecommunications
Dr Wai  has 30 years of experience in telecommunications. He  has been a senior executive at  a number of telecommunications companies in Europe, Canada and Hong Kong  and holds a doctoral degree in electronic engineering.
Matthew Durham
Consultant, Shanghai office
Simmons & Simmons
Mr Durham is a corporate lawyer who  focuses on mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment and other corporate-commercial transactions. He is also a key member of the firm's  China Employment Group, encompassing Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Mr Cianni Fiacco
Vice-president and regional controller, Asia
Manulife Financial
Mr Fiacco joined Manulife in Asia from the company's corporate controllers accounting policy department in Toronto.  Prior to joining Manulife in 2005, he was with one of the Big Four accounting firms in the audit and advisory services group.
Brian Yatsula
Assistant vice-president, tax Asia, regional controllers, Asia
Manulife Financial
Mr Yatsula  moved to Hong Kong from the Toronto head office in 2006.  Before joining Manulife, Mr Yatsula he was a senior tax manager with one of the Big Four accounting firms, specialising in financial services taxation.
Jill Smith
Vice-president, investment operations
Manulife Asset Management (Hong Kong)
Ms Smith will  oversee  investment operations in   Greater China, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.    She brings  many years of asset management experience  in Asian equity and bond markets.
Benjamin Xie
Sales manager northern China
Martinair Cargo
Mr Xie will oversee  the commercial activities of Martinair Cargo in the northern China region. He  graduated from Shanghai Fishery University and has spent more than 10 years  in the  industry. Mr Xie has also worked for  companies such as  Dragonair and UPS.
Jime Essink
Chief executive
CMP Asia
Mr Essink has more than 15 years' experience  leading and growing B2B media businesses in emerging and developed markets throughout Asia and Europe. Previously based in Utrecht and Shanghai,  he was  chief executive of VNU Exhibitions Europe and president of VNU Exhibitions Asia.



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