The Team

Mr Bill Chang is the current Chairman of Bridge Alliance. He was appointed CEO, Digital InfraCo, Singtel’s new standalone infrastructure unit, on 1 June 2023. Prior to that, Bill was the CEO, Group Enterprise since 16 July 2012 and assumed the role of CEO, Regional Data Centre Business on 1 July 2022.

Bill joined Singtel in November 2005 as Executive Vice President of Corporate Business and subsequently became Managing Director, Business Group.

Bill is the Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Technology’s Board of Trustees and a board member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ International Advisory Technology Governance and Innovations Panel. He co-chaired the Future Jobs and Skills Sub-committee of the Committee on the Future Economy of Singapore from 2016 to 2017.

For his contributions to Singapore, Bill was awarded the Public Service Star in 2017 and the Public Service Medal in 2007. He also received the Singapore Computer Society’s IT Leader of the Year award in 2017 and the honorary Fellow of the Society in 2014.

Bill graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University, Australia and attended the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Mr Sharat Sinha is the CEO of Airtel Business.

In this role, he spearheads the Airtel Business team in expanding its rapidly growing diverse portfolio of future-ready solutions that enable enterprises in driving their business growth.

Championing over three decades of global experience, Sharat leads Airtel Business to enhance its leadership of being the most preferred technology solutions partner for businesses with its cutting-edge solutions spanning secure connectivity, cloud and data centre services, cyber security, IoT, Ad Tech and cloud-based communications.

With successful experiences across Fortune 500 technology companies like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, VMWare and Ericsson, Sharat joined Airtel from Check Point Software Technologies where he was President of the Asia-Pacific region.

Sharat holds a Doctorate in business management from the University of South Australia, a Postgraduate degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from IET, Lucknow.

Mr. Pratthana Leelapanang is Chief Consumer Business Officer of Advanced Info Service Plc., focusing on marketing and sales for mass segments as well as digital product and services and all retail shop.

Pratthana has been with Advanced Info Service Plc. for 22 years. He worked as an engineer for six years (1996- 2002) and was responsible for planning GSM and NMT switching network infrastructure, and value added network infrastructure. In 2003, he moved on to the new role in marketing area as the Wireless Service Planning & Development Manager. After that, he was promoted to the Vice President Value Added Service Business and the Senior Vice President Digital Product & Service in 2008 and 2012 respectively. One year later, he was appointed as the Executive Vice President Marketing. He has been the Acting Chief Marketing Officer since 2016 and then the position changed to be Acting Chief Consumer Business Officer. Until October 2017, he got promoted to be Chief Consumer Business Officer.

Pratthana graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from Kasetsart University. He received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in System Science and Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Mr Frederick Chui was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of PCCW Global in 2024, taking on the role to drive the integrated global communication solutions business.

Mr Chui joined HKT in 1991 and has held various key positions in solutions design, product management, product development and marketing. He was the Senior Vice President of PCCW Global’s International Products and Solutions division, overseeing PCCW Global’s product management and development activities, as well as marketing and presales support activities around the world. In 2008, he was appointed head of Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania sales and business development operations. He also served as the Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Sales and Senior Vice President, Global Data Sales and Presales in 2011 to 2018, and was the Chief Commercial Officer of PCCW Global from 2019.

Before joining HKT, Mr Chui engaged in product and solutions development for a number of telecoms operators serving the Asia-Pacific region. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from The University of Nottingham and an Executive MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

In addition, his industry influence extends to board memberships, notably on the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Board since 2018 and as a Board member of Bridge Alliance from October 2022. Locally, he served as a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Services Advisory Committee from 2019 to 2023

Mr Carl Raymond R. Cruz is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, particularly in general management and marketing. Mr Cruz is currently Globe’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

His extensive career includes serving as the CEO and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, one of the largest and most significant Airtel operations in Africa. Before this, he was the Managing Director of Unilever West Africa and MD/CEO of Unilever Nigeria, where he led operations in Nigeria, Ghana, and Francophone Africa. Mr. Cruz’s career at Unilever spanned 30 years across various countries, including the Philippines, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and West Africa, and he is recognized for his expertise in leading and transforming organizations in developing and emerging markets.

Mr Cruz holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management from De La Salle University.

Mr. Goh Seow Eng (‘GSE’) is presently the Chief Executive Officer of Maxis Berhad, and a director of Maxis’ operating subsidiaries. Maxis is Malaysia’s leading converged solutions provider, providing high quality digital services and connectivity services.

Prior to Maxis, Mr Goh was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) in Thailand. In his previous role with Singtel in Singapore, he served as Managing Director, Home, where he ran Singtel’s fibre broadband, pay-TV and fixed line businesses. Before joining Singtel in November 2010, he served as Chief Operating Officer, Consumer Group, at Astro Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s largest pay-TV operator. Prior to that, he headed various corporate and consumer banking units at Citibank in London, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Tokyo and led credit card marketing for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco.

Mr Anthony Shiner joined Optus in October 2024 as Managing Director of Customer Solutions.

He has a deep breadth of experience in the telecommunications industry having worked for almost three decades in commercial, digital and transformation telco operations in Australia and overseas.

Anthony was most recently the Group Chief Commercial Officer of Airtel Africa based in Dubai and prior to that was Chief Customer, Channel & Digital Officer of Du Telecom.

He knows Optus and Singtel well, having held senior customer and commercial roles including as Chief Revenue Officer, Digital at Singtel and General Manager, Consumer Channels; General Manager, Optus Country and Vice President, Broadband, NBN, TV & Content for Optus.

Anthony holds a Bachelor of Sports Science (Exercise Science) from the University of New South Wales, Australia, Post-Graduate in Business Administration, MGSM, New South Wales, Australia and a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University, CA, USA.

Mr. Sanghyuk (Will) Cho is VP and Head of Strategic Partnerships at SK Telecom. SK Telecom is South Korea’s leading mobile network operator holding close to 50% market share, with a diverse ICT business portfolio ranging from telecommunications to new ICT businesses including media, security, commerce and mobility.

Mr Cho is responsible for strategic partnerships at SK Telecom and its subsidiaries. Prior to this, he led strategic partnerships at SK Planet, an affiliate of SK Telecom from 2011 to 2018 where he played a key role in corporate development and new business development.

Mr. Cho holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Korea University. He also obtained a Master of Public Policy from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management.

Jamie now serves as President at Taiwan Mobile and Chairman & Partner at AppWorks, the Greater Southeast Asia leading startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded by Jamie in 2009.

Taiwan Mobile and AppWorks formed a strategic alliance in January 2019, resulting in Jamie taking over as the President of Taiwan Mobile.

Before Taiwan Mobile and AppWorks, Jamie was an entrepreneur. In 1999, he co-founded Hotcool.com that eventually evolved into Intumit, a successful AI software-as-a-service company. In 2006, he co-founded Sosauce.com that evolved into Muse Games. He received his BS in Engineering from National Taiwan University and an MBA from NYU Stern. His blog, MR JAMIE, has provided inspiration to millions of readers in the startup community since 2009.

Mr. Nugroho (Nugi) was appointed as the President Director of Telkomsel on 8 December 2023. Previously, he served as the Director of Network at Telkomsel (2021-2023) and held various strategic positions, including Senior Vice President of Business IT Delivery Telkomsel (2019-2021), Vice President of IT Customer Care and Charging Group Telkomsel (2017-2019), and Vice President of IT Customer Care and Billing Solution and Management Group Telkomsel (2014-2017).

Nugroho pursued his education in Electrical Engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology and later earned a Master’s degree in Information System Development from the University of Hertfordshire, England.