Management
Team
Walter
Sousa | Executive Chairman
Koh Boon Hwee | Executive Director
Khaw Kheng Joo | CEO
Yvonne Kwek | CFO
William Tan | Sr.VP Sales & Marketing (VoizNet)
Nah Chin Gek | Sr.VP Operations & Engineering
Technology Division
Christopher Koh | VP Sales (Worldwide) - Contact
Martin Neilsen | Sr Director Sales (Europe) - Contact
Kevin Havre | Sr Sales Manager (Americas)
- Contact
Kaushik Patel | Director of Product Marketing (Worldwide) - Contact
Ow Sin Ming | Head - Engineering
Board
of Directors
Walter
Sousa
Mr Sousa joined
the Board in October 1999 and was appointed Executive Chairman of the
Company in September 2001. Previously Mr Sousa was the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Asia/Pacific and has also been involved
in private equity investments. Prior to his appointment at AT&T
Asia/Pacific, he was the Chief Operating Officer of London Stock Exchange-listed
Astec (BSR) PLC where he was responsible for its worldwide operations.
Mr Sousa was the President of Hewlett Packard Far East in Hong Kong
from 1985 to 1991. He holds a Masters degree in Public Administration
from an American University.
Koh
Boon Hwee
Mr Koh joined the
Board in April 1998 and was appointed an Executive Director of MediaRing
on 1 February 2002. He is currently the Chairman of Singapore Airlines
Ltd and Chairman of the Nanyang Technological University Council. His
major appointments previously were Chairman of the Singapore Telecommunications
Group & its predecessor organisation (1986-2001), Executive Chairman
of the Wuthelam Group (1991-2000), Chairman of Omni Industries Ltd (1996-2001)
& Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard Singapore (1985-1990) where
he started his career. Mr Koh holds a Master in Business Administration
degree (with Distinction) from Harvard Business School.
Khaw
Kheng Joo
Mr. Khaw joined
the Board in February 2002. He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer
on 1 November 2002. Mr. Khaw was previously President of Omni Electronics
(2000-2001), a wholly owned subsidiary of Omni Industries Ltd. Omni
Industries was listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore and was one
of the largest electronic contract manufacturers in Asia; prior it's
being acquired by Celestica Inc in 2001. After the acquisition, Mr.
Khaw joined Celestica Inc as their senior VP.
Prior to Omni Electronics,
Khaw spent 26 years (1973-1999) at Hewlett Packard in a number of positions.
His last assignment there was the General Manager of the Pocket PC Division.
The Division was chartered to build the HP's Pocket PC business, based
on Window CE OS.
Khaw is currently
on the board of Total Automation, a listed company in Singapore as well
as Senoko Power. He is also a member of the advisory council for the
business school of Singapore Polytechnic. He served for a year on the
board of EDB (2001-2002).
Mr. Khaw holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from
Oregon State University, Oregon and a Master of Business Administration
from Santa Clara university, California.
Yvonne
Kwek
As Chief Financial
Officer of MediaRing, Mrs. Kwek heads the company's Corporate Finance
and Human Resource functions. Prior to her appointment at MediaRing,
Yvonne was Managing Director, Corporate Finance in the Internet Technology
Group Ltd and also Executive Director in the Crimson Funds, a US$450million
Asian Fund. At Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Singapore's leading
Telecommunications provider, Yvonne held the position of Vice President
(Corporate Finance) when it was listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Yvonne graduated from the Singapore University with a Bachelor of Accounting
degree in 1975.
William
Tan
Mr. Tan joined MediaRing
Limited in 1997 and is currently the Senior Vice-President of Sales
and Marketing (VoizNet Services). Prior to his appointment, Mr Tan was
the Managing Director of PK Electronics Pte Ltd, a manufacturer of uninterruptable
power supplies, where he was responsible for its Asian sales and operations.
From August 1992 to May 1997, Mr Tan was the General Manager of Ingram
Micro, Inc., one of the world's largest wholesale and distributor of
information technology products. In this role, he was responsible for
its Singapore operations as well as export sales to the Asian region.
From 1989 to 1992, Mr Tan was with Pacific Technology Pte Ltd, a local
distributor of information technology products, where his last held
position was Marketing Manager. Mr Tan holds a Diploma in Marketing
from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in Singapore.
Nah
Chin Gek
As the Senior Vice
President of Operations and Engineering, Mr Nah is responsble for the
planning, development and operation of Mediaring's global VoIP network
for provision of basic and enhanced voice services. Prior to joining
Mediaring in April 2002, he was the Senior Director responsible for
the planning and development of Singapore Telecom's global network using
both traditional as well as the next generation IP-based switching technology
for global voice servcies. He has extensive experience in voice services
including an overseas stint in Norway for the start up of Singapore
Telecom's wireless GSM joint venture company. He holds a Bachelor of
Engineering (Hon) from the University of Singapore in 1977.
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