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SCMP Reporter

Peter Ryan-Kane 
Head of portfolio advisory Asia-Pacific 
Watson Wyatt
Mr Ryan-Kane will be responsible for driving investment solutions for clients in Asia, and will sit on the firm's global investment committee and will chair the regional portfolio construction group. This is a newly created role for the region.
Timothy Liu 
Regional director 
Greater China Sophos
Mr Liu will be responsible for driving Sophos' business development and channel strategy throughout China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He  has  more than 17 years of  sales management experience and   has held similar roles with McAfee and Novell.
Joyce Chan 
Vice-president, general counsel and chief compliance officer 
New York Life Hong Kong
Ms Chan will oversee the company's legal and compliance functions. She joined New York Life in 2004 with special responsibilities for corporate and commercial law, insurance practice as well as corporate compliance.
Yee Nin Lee 
Vice-president and acting chief financial officer 
New York Life Hong Kong
Ms Lee will be  responsible for supporting the company's goal to provide first-class products and services to the market by managing its financial strength and stability.
Derek So 
Director 
Gammon Construction
Mr So is responsible for the company's construction services business and oversees Gammon's in-house engineering consultancy, Lambeth Associates. He has more than 22 years of experience in design and construction involving projects across the region.
Yu Sai-yen 
Executive director 
Gammon Construction
Mr Yu is responsible for overseeing the company's civil engineering operation and its future growth and development. He was the chairman of the civil division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and has more than 30 years' experience in large-scale civil engineering projects.
Ami Bhatt Hardy 
Managing director   
Boyden China
Ms Bhatt Hardy was a senior client partner in one of the top international global search firms and has  18 years of experience in the industry. At Boyden, she is a practice leader for consumer goods, retail and media/entertainment practices covering Greater China.
Harry Li 
Deputy general manager 
BusinessWeek/China
Mr Li  will be responsible for defining and implementing business strategies targeting key Asian markets, while continuing to oversee the sales and marketing team.
Joanne Vu 
Senior account manager 
BusinessWeek/China
Before  joining the company, Ms Vu held various sales positions with Hotel Kunlun, Ismay Publications and Dow Jones. Ms Vu is a graduate of the Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University. She will be based in Beijing.
Zili Shao 
Asia managing partner 
Linklaters
Mr Shao succeeds Giles White, who is retiring from the partnership at the end of the month.  He has been the firm's managing partner for Greater China since 2003  and is a specialist in  China-related mergers and acquisitions,  corporate restructuring and direct investments.
Umesh Kumar 
Partner 
Linklaters
Mr Kumar is a member of Linklaters' Greater China financial markets regulatory practice, based in Hong Kong. He advises  financial institutions including investment and commercial banks, asset managers and insurers on the regulatory issues relevant to their businesses.
Samantha Thompson 
Partner 
Linklaters
Ms Thompson has a strong reputation in Hong Kong in domestic and cross-border transactions including those that require expertise in Hong Kong listing rules and, particularly, the Hong Kong takeovers code.
Jiro Toyokawa 
Partner 
Linklaters
Mr Toyokawa joined Linklaters' corporate/ mergers and acquisitions practice in Tokyo at the time of the firm's Japanese merger in 2005. He advises international clients on Japanese law transactions in Japan, as well as Japanese clients on non-Japanese law transactions.
Hyunwoo Barton Lee 
Senior vice-president 
Yorkville Advisors HK
Mr Lee will primarily focus on originating and structuring transactions in Korea and other Asian markets. He was  vice-president, global capital markets, at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for origination and execution of equity offerings.



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