Mr Leong started his career with the former telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) since 1980 where he has held engineering as well as management positions in private network engineering, business product management and international business development. In 1992, he joined the reconstituted TAS as Director (Planning) and has since held multiple management positions.

Dr Treschow came to PTS as Director of the Spectrum Department in 2000. Previously she was Director of the Swedish National Space Board and Director of the Swedish Research Council.

Since joining IDA, Mr Haire has been responsible for the formulation and implementation of policy for Singapore’s infocomm industry, driving the market access, competition, spectrum planning and regulatory frameworks for Singapore’s liberalized telecommunications market.

Mr Haire has an established and recognised background in public competition and trade policy, alliance development, market entry and technical telecommunication issues.

In his 24-year career, Jonathan has served some of the largest companies in the telecommunications sector. He has significant experience in both mobile and fixed line communications. He has worked with clients from the early days of this industries development, from privatization through the years of unprecedented growth of broadband and wireless technologies.

In addition to telecommunications, Jonathan also has significant experience in the related sectors of high technology and media. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Jonathan led the Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Consulting Practice at another major international firm. He also led their Global Media Consulting Practice and their Technology Practice in Silicon Valley.

Jonathan was the editor of the Silicon Valley Series publication and is a co-author of the book, “The Telecommunications Act of 1996: A Comprehensive Overview of the Law”. He is also a frequent speaker at major industry conferences.

Jonathan began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked on several key technologies including the Switching Systems, Signaling Systems, and the Digital Broadcast Conferencing Technology for which he earned a United States Patent.

Prior to joining IDA, RADM(NS) Tay served 25 years in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), during which he held various command and staff positions in the Republic of Singapore Navy.

He served as the Chief of Navy from 1 April 2003 to 31 August 2007. As Chief of Navy, RADM(NS) Tay led the transformation of the Republic of Singapore Navy into a naval force characterised by cutting-edge technologies and new fighting doctrines, and capable of a broader spectrum of operation.

Prior to joining Axia, Art held a number of senior executive positions in the Canadian oil patch, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Husky Oil Ltd. and Husky Oil Operations Ltd. from 1984 to 1993.

After leaving Husky, Art spent two years as Special Advisor on International Investments to the Chairman of the Board of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, as well as serving on the Board of Directors of Husky Oil Ltd. Art currently serves on the boards of Axia NetMedia Corporation and the Sunterra Group of Companies. He has served as past director of Promoting Calgary Inc., Alta Genetics Inc., Husky Oil Ltd., Lac Minerals Ltd., the World Wildlife Fund, Rawlco Enterprises Ltd. and IPSCO Inc.

Art was recently awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in recognition of his outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Mr. Wong joined IBM upon completion of the undergraduate program in 1985, and launched a business venture of his own in Canada in 1989. In 1991, he set up City Telecom Incorporation in Canada. A year later, he returned to Hong Kong to set up City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd. to provide competitively-priced IDD services.

Under the leadership of Mr. Wong, City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd. has played a major role in the liberalization of the telecommunications market in Hong Kong. The wholly-owned subsidiary, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited, is one of the major fixed telecom network operators in HK. Its network, which is the world’s largest Metro Ethernet IP network, is connected by self-built fibre backbone to provide 1000, 200, 100, 50, 25 and 10 Mbps broadband Internet access, telephony, IP-TV, corporate and mobile data services.

The group was successfully listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in August 1997 and the Nasdaq National Market in the USA in November 1999, which marked significant milestones of the company.

He is currently CEO of Stewart White Consulting, which he established in 2005. He has advised a number of telecommunications operators and is currently advising Solaris Mobile with regard to 2GHz licensing within the EU MSS framework.

From 1999 to 2005, he was the Group Public Policy Director of Vodafone Group. Originally from Australia, he moved to Europe in 1988 to join a UK based law firm where he advised on satellite related issues for Murdoch group and on the establishment of SES-Astra. 

He has worked for Etisalat on a number of issues including the successful bid for the third mobile licence in Egypt.

In the satellite sector, he has also represented CNN, PanAmSat and Thuraya.  He has been an expert to the European Commission on a number of ICT-related and other dossiers.  He also advised a number of governments on sector reform (including international regulatory aspects with regard to the privatisation of Singapore Telecom), drafting legislation and licences for newly created regulatory offices, particularly in the Middle East. 

Tristan is a highly experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive international experience in telecommunications law and regulation.

After graduating BA (Japanese) and LLB(Hons) from Auckland University, Tristan commenced his career as the Wellington High Court Judges' Clerk, before going on to practice law with several leading international law firms. He then joined Vodafone Group PLC, where he occupied a number of senior leadership positions, including Legal and Regulatory Director - Asia-Pacific Region and Governance Director - Europe Region.

Zaid Hamzah is an author of 5 books on technology and the law & a former Director at Microsoft, Zaid has over 23 years of professional work experience spanning commercial technology transactions, strategic technology & intellectual property licensing, strategic government engagement. More recently at Telekom Malaysia, Zaid focuses on telecommunication regulatory management and NGN2 (next generation network) regulations and legal strategies. 

Prior to his role in Infrastructure and Services, Mr Khoong held a wide set of portfolios in IDA in areas such as Industry Development, Cluster Development and Manpower Development.

A Harvard Business School alumnus, Mr Khoong has had an exciting 25 years career in international business management and development of high technology systems in both government and the private sector. With Masters Degrees in both Engineering and Business Administration, his previous roles included Director (Research and Development) at Mentor Graphics Singapore, where he spearheaded patented R&D, and subsequently, Director of Engineering and General Management at Mentor Graphics Corporation (USA).

Tim Cowen is a senior member of BT Group's Legal and Regulatory team. As General Counsel and Commercial Director for BT Global Services, he led the Commercial, Legal and Regulatory teams across continental Europe, the US and Asia Pacific.

Tim joined BT in 1991 from private practice. He has held responsibility for all aspects of EU law and Telecommunications Regulation affecting the BT Group and later for deregulation and worldwide alliances in the team involved in BT’s first wave of international expansion.

Before this appointment, Mrs. Tan was the Vice President (Access and Transmission Engineering) of Singapore Telecommunications (“SingTel”), Singapore and Optus, Australia teams. Besides being Vice President of several departments in SingTel since 2001, she was also the CEO of SingTel Aeradio Pte Ltd from 1996 to 2001.

With many years of experience under her wings, Mrs. Tan serves on the board for several companies such as C2C AsiaPac Pte Ltd and Southern Cross Cables Holdings Limited. She is also currently the Chairman of the Southern Cross’ group of companies.

David leads Nucleus Connect to create a vibrant Retail Service Provider (RSP) environment offering comprehensive and flexible services that will help all RSPs select and deliver broadband connectivity services to their target markets quickly and seamlessly, bringing a more enriching experience to the end users. Nucleus Connect, a wholly-owned subsidiary of StarHub that was incorporated on 14 April 2009, is responsible for designing, building and operating the active infrastructure of Singapore's Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN).

David was with StarHub since 1997 and worked during the licence tender phase. After the successful bid, he was put in charge of the fixed network implementation. As Head of Integrated Network Engineering, David was responsible for the day-to-day operations of StarHub's fixed, mobile and cable networks, and charts the division's strategic technology directions. He also heads International Carrier Relations and Domestic Wholesale services which focus on the provision of communications infrastructure, facilities and services with other carriers and service providers.

Pak Lum is also the managing director of 1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd, the broadband exchange offering broadband connectivity, hosting and IT managed services.  Pak Lum has been heading the company since its inception in May 1997.

In addition, he is an exco member of the Digital Media Chapter, elected council member of the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation and a member of the advisory committee, School of Engineering, Nanyang Polytechnic.

Peter spends his time between Sydney and Hong Kong, where he is a consultant to Arculli Fong & Ng (in association with King & Wood). Peter is recognized as one of the leading communications lawyers in Asia Pacific. In Chambers and Partners Global report for 2006, commenting on China/Hong Kong telecommunications sector, says Peter Waters is "the first choice lawyer for regulatory work bar none."

In 2008, Peter was named in the Best Lawyers International list. He has worked on regulatory, interconnection, wholesale contracting, numbering, IP peering and spectrum licensing issues throughout the region. He has been the principal external adviser on interconnection arrangements and regulation to Optus Communications in Australia, and Hong Kong Telecom in Hong Kong, and CLEAR in New Zealand. During 1998-9 Peter was seconded to Cable & Wireless plc in London as acting Director of Regulation, with responsibility for the Group’s global regulatory affairs.

Peter has experience in complex structuring issues which require an understanding of the intersection between technical, regulatory, competition law and commercial issues. He has been involved in the establishment of large scale telecommunications and IT joint ventures, including the deployment of the world’s first large scale HFC local broadband network, in major telecommunications-related mergers in Asia Pacific and in Europe and 3G network deployment in Australia and Europe.

Peter understands of the IT and communications environment has also allowed him to provide strategic legal advice to new economy businesses, such as portals, PKI providers, xDSL service providers, electronic cash and smartcard applications and Application Service Providers. Peter has worked on the early life cycles of many new economy firms, focusing on helping them realise and bring to market their technology.

The GSA website www.gsacom.com is a leading source of facts, information and objective analysis for the communications industry and in 2008 was used by approaching 57,000 professionals from 198 countries.

Previously Alan was on the senior management team of a UK PCN/GSM 1800 operator and involved in the start-up, launch, and expansion phases. He assisted key stakeholders and overseas regulators to establish 1800 MHz as a mainstream band internationally for cellular services. He also assisted in discussions to assist the establishment and market entry of new mobile businesses. He represented the company in key UK industry fora, and internationally at ETSI, the GSM Association and the UMTS Forum.

During his IT period, he was responsible for the Data Communication R&D unit at Philips Data Systems and the Retail Banking Application development at Business Center Financial Industries, Digital Equipment.

In 1994 he joined Ericsson where he created and established a international In-building Coverage organization.

In 2001 to 2003 he was heading the Ericsson Technical Sales Support hub in Kuala Lumpur supporting the Asia Pacific region. During 2003 to 2007 he was managing different Ericsson initiatives to address the challenges of increased mobile voice and data penetration in developing markets.

Robin Mersh joined the Broadband Forum as Chief Operating Officer in July 2006 and is the senior full time executive.

He has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 14 years, starting in sales and sales management for Cable & Wireless and then moving on to BT before meeting his wife and moving to the US in 1999. He now lives in North Carolina.

Robin has worked in business development and alliance management for various OSS software companies in the United States, mainly in network and service provisioning and activation for companies like Astracon, TTI Telecom and Evolving Systems, where he negotiated and managed several large OEM agreements.

He has 25 years of telecom. experience with global corporations including ITT, Siemens, Lucent and Motorola.

He is currently holding the position as senior solution consultant of Huawei’s CTO Office of Asia Pac. Marketing Division. His major contribution includes helping operators plan, develop, and deploy next generation wireless networks, deliver unique customized solution and ensure optimized network performance.

Stephen Hire is Director of Marketing for Aeroflex Asia with responsibility for the Company’s product marketing, research and strategy including development of test solutions for wireless handset and base station applications.  Apart from GSM, WCDMA and CDMA, he also has worked on TD-SCDMA projects since 2002 and the progression through to the latest developments with TD-LTE.

Aeroflex is a leading manufacturer of test and measurement equipment for the communications industries. It’s R&D and manufacturing test solutions are widely used by the world’s leading handset and equipment vendors to accelerate time to market and increase manufacturing productivity and return on investment.

Tina is the Regional Director for South East Asia of the CDMA Development Group (CDG) responsible for supporting the CDMA2000® carriers in the region with their adoption and evolution of 3G CDMA wireless systems, focusing primarily on devices.  Asia-Pacific represents the largest world region in terms of CDMA subscribers, and leads in the deployment of the latest innovative services and applications.

In addition, as former Chairman of the International 450 Association (IA450), she now Chairs CDG’s industry initiative the CDMA450 SIG (Special Interest Group), which was formed as a result of the unanimous vote by IA450 members to merge with the CDG in June 2008.   The CDMA450 SIG supports the evolution and global deployments of CDMA450.  

Takehiro Nakamura joined NTT Laboratories in 1990. In 1992, he transferred to NTT DOCOMO, Inc. He is now Director of the Radio System Design Group of NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

Mr. Person brings an extensive background in wireless and broadband communications to his work at the CDG, with previous international assignments for Qualcomm and Copper Mountain Networks, a provider of IP-based broadband communications products.

Garth collaborates extensively with governments, regulators, operators and device manufacturers, sharing a common vision of enabling an open mobile broadband network and connecting millions more users to the Internet.

Most recently, Garth was the driving force behind the creation of UQ Communications that is rapidly reshaping the Mobile Internet industry in Japan. Previous to Intel, Garth was 5 years with PCCW

Where most recently, he was the Executive Director of UK Broadband leading the start-up of one of the first non-line of sight broadband wireless services. Other roles with PCCW included Director of Corporate Strategy, Director of Corporate Finance /Investor Relations and Vice President of Strategic Planning.

Stuart has worked closely with the ITU over the past fifteen years. He has published the exhibition catalogue for many World Telecom exhibitions and regional Telecom events in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He is a member of the Forum Advisory Committee of the ITU Telecom Board and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the ICIN conference.