Shri Rakesh Kumar Agarwal has done his B.E. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1973 and then M.Tech in Communications from IIT Delhi in 1975. Thereafter he joined Department of Telecommunications and worked in various fields of telecommunications. He did installation of C-400 Cross Bar Exchanges till 1983. He was sent to France for training for the installation of Digital Electronic Exchange of E-10B make in 1983 and thereafter worked as Deputy General Manager (Installation) for E-10B Exchanges in MTNL, Mumbai from 1983 till 1991.

He was DoT representative for the System Selection Committee set up to finalise gateway switches for VSNL. During 1990 he represented India for APT Conference in Indonesia. He was also deputed as Project Director, TCIL to Sultanate-of-Oman from 1991 to 1996 where he handled all the projects related to setting up the external plant network for copper cable and Optical Fibre Network in Sultanate-of-Oman. From 1996-98 he worked as Chief General Manager, Andaman & Nicobar Telecom Circle and thereafter handled the charge of Jaipur Telecom District, Rajasthan from 1998-99. He was posted as General Manager (Development) in Pune in 1999 and was incharge of complete planning and installation of all switching and transmission network in Pune District. He was also in-charge of computerization as well as introduction of new services in the network in Pune.

He was closely involved with planning, evaluation of tender as well as implementation and maintenance of GSM Mobile Services in Maharashtra since 2002. As Chairman of the Validation Committee he successfully carried out the validation of mobile switch for West Zone installed at Pune. He was in-charge of all the Central Platforms for GSM Mobile Services for West Zone installed at Pune namely pre-paid platform, billing system and value added services for mobile. Later on he finalized expansion of mobile network in West Zone for 4 million lines and was involved in the commissioning and maintenance of GSM Mobile Network. He was also closely involved with the setting up of Call Centre at Pune for handling Customer Care and Marketing of Mobile Services till May, 2006.In June, 2006, he was posted as Chief General Manager, BSNL Bihar Telecom Circle. He has taken over the charge of Director (Planning & New Services) in BSNL Board w.e.f. 11th April, 2008.

Benjamin Ho joined Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd in 2003 and is currently Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development . Prior to joining FET, he was Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Motorola Asia Pacific Ltd , where he led the company's consumer marketing activities, including sales and product strategy, branding and advertising, business development, customer insights and relationship management in the Asia Pacific rim, including China, Hong Kong, South East Asia, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Additionally, Benjamin has extensive experience in international marketing and advertising industry. He is seasoned in marketing planning, new business development and strategic consulting. Prior to joining Motorola Asia, Benjamin held executive positions at BBDO Worldwide Greater China and Dentsu Young & Rubicam International.

After joining Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd, Benjamin led FET to achieve numerous global, regional and local marketing and advertising awards such as the 19th London International Award, the 8th Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, the LongXi Asia Pacific Award, the China Times Click Awards and the 28th China Times Award. When Far EasTone Telecommunications and KG Telecommunications merged in 2004, Benjamin also led FET to gain a special recognition from GTV for the Best Merger & Integration Marketing Campaign Award.

Mr Andrew Kwok is the current Chairman of Conexus Mobile Alliance. He has served as a board member of the Alliance since its establishment in 2006. As Chairman, Andrew continues to focus on enhancing members' competitiveness in international roaming and corporate mobile services within their own countries/regions and across Asia-Pacific.

Andrew is a veteran in the international telecommunications industry with more than 25 years of experience. He has assumed outstanding leadership in the development of international business for a number of telecommunications giants in Asia.

Currently, Andrew is the Senior Vice President of International Business Division at Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (“HTHKH”), a leading integrated telecommunications service operator based in Hong Kong. Since joining the Company in 2002, he has been the head of International Business Division, and presently oversees the international voice and switched services and international fixed-line business of the Company. Andrew has played a pivotal role in extending the Company’s worldwide reach and establishing its strong foothold in Asia, North America, and Europe with more than 17 overseas offices. Today, HTHKH continues to rise in stature as a prominent global telecommunications operator.

Prior to this, Andrew was the Vice President and Managing Director (Asia) of Teleglobe, managing its operations in more than 15 countries in Asia. He also held various management positions at MCI International in Asia, Hong Kong Telecom International and Cable & Wireless (HK).

Mr. Laszlo Barta has held senior positions in different companies such as Ericsson Hungary Ltd, Philip Morris Hungary Ltd before joining Grameenphone Ltd, Bangladesh (Telenor Group). At Grameenphone Ltd, he helmed many senior posts ranging from management, sales to business marketing strategy for 6 years till 2007. He became the Sales Director of Grameenphone Ltd, Bangladesh (Telenor Group) between 2007-2009. He was subsequently promoted to Deputy CMO & Marketing Director and then Deputy CMO & CRM Director from 2009 to 2010. Mr Laszlo joined Indostat in May 1, 2010 and is currently the Director and Chief Commercial Officer of Indosat.

Mr. Laszlo Barta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from UK as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Budapest.

Dr. Won-sic HAHN is currently Senior Vice President in KT, responsible for Mobile Data Business. Under this role, he is in charge of mobile data planning, messaging, roaming service, mobile contents, mobile convergence, and so on.

Dr. HAHN started his career in IT industry at KT in 1985, and has vast experience and expertise in convergence and FMC service. After becoming VP in 2002, he has been in charge of ubiquitous convergence service. He also worked in the financial management office after the merger of KT and KTF in 2009. In 2010, he became the head of Mobile Data Business of Personal Customer Group currently.

Mr. HAHN mastered MBA course in Seoul National University, and received Ph.D in Physics in Univ. of Paris 6, France.

Mr. Kuldip Singh is Chairman & Managing Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.  He also holds the charge of Director (Technical) and is responsible for the long term and strategic planning as well as induction of technologies.

Mr. Singh has been on the Board of MTNL for more than 5 years.  Earlier to that he has worked in various capacities in the Department of Telecommunication, National Informatics Centre in their computer networking project and Overseas Communication Service (now VSNL).

Mr. Singh has more than 35 years experience in telecommunication and IT that includes Computer Networking, Digital Switching, Telecom Training, Development of Telecom Software etc.  He was actively involved in implementing the liberalization policy of the government for the telecom sector.

Mr. Singh holds Engineering and Master in Business Administration degrees.

Hajime Kii became Managing Director of Global Business Division at NTT DOCOMO INC. in June 2010.

He joined NTT DOCOMO in July 2007, when he was named General Manager of Mobility Design Business Group, Corporate Marketing Department I. Then he has transferred as Deputy Managing Director of Global Business division in July 2008.

Prior to this, Mr. Kii held a number of positions at the parent company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT). From July 2002, he served as General Manager of Global Business Strategy Group, and when the group was reorganized into Global Business Strategy Office in December 2005, Mr. Kii continued to oversee the unit as General Manager.

In July 1997, he was appointed as Vice President of NTT America, Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corp., the international and long distance service arm of NTT.

In April 1994, he became Deputy Manager of Human Resource Department of NTT, after serving as Senior Manager of the Tokai Regional Communications Sector from February 1992, and Manager of Human Resource Department from June 1990.

Mr. Kii joined NTT in April 1983 after graduating from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor’s degree in law. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from the School of Business, Yale University, USA, in June 1989.

Mr. Alejandro O. Caeg is Head of International and Carrier Business Division of SMART Communications, Inc., the Philippines' leading wireless services provider. He is also the concurrent First Vice President/Head of the International and Carrier Business Group of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, the largest and most diversified telecommunications company in the Philippines.

His expertise include mobile services distribution, fixed broadband services, overseas telco ventures, fixed lines and international services, mobile VAS and MCommerce trade, vendor negotiations, emerging revenue generators as MVNOs and mobile broadband.

He was part of SMART as Group Head for Customer Care back in 1997 before transferring to Sales and Distribution in 2002. He has experience in sales and marketing management, C-level relationship management, product and business development for new markets, customer service interface and customer retention, project management, business operations and continuity, trade alliances, as well as business risk management.

After his previous stint with SMART, he became the Chief Commercial Strategy Officer of PT Smart Indonesia, a 100%-owned telecom subsidiary of one of Indonesia’s biggest conglomerates (the Grup Sinar Mas) that rolled out a nationwide CDMA network together with an EVDO Rev. A data implementation.

He graduated at the De La Salle University with a degree in Applied Economics and took up MBA from the same university. He is also a Management Development Program candidate of the Asian Institute
of Management, Manila.

Chan Kin Hung is a board member of Conexus Mobile Alliance, Asia's largest mobile alliance which was formed in April 2006 to enhance members' competitiveness in international roaming and corporate mobile services in their own countries/regions and across Asia- Pacific. In his own capacity at StarHub, Chan Kin Hung is responsible for the strategic planning, development and management of all products, services and content that are provided on StarHub's multiple platforms. These offerings which include mobile, pay TV, broadband and fixed services, are targeted at consumers, households and businesses. He is also in charge of customer lifecycle management and business planning and analysis.

Kin Hung joined StarHub as Head of Mobile Services in 2001, bringing with him more than 15 years of product development, marketing, sales and general management experience in the computer and telecommunications industry. Prior to joining StarHub, Kin Hung was the Managing Director of UUNET Singapore Pte Ltd, an MCI WorldCom Company where he was tasked to start and build up the Singapore operations from scratch and had succeeded in establishing UUNET in the local market as the key player in the wholesale and corporate Internet marketplace.

Kin Hung received a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Supoj has joined True Group, the only quadruple and convergence player in Thailand, since 1998. He has gained various experiences in telecommunication industry in various functions from being assistant to EVP and subsequently the current President/CEO of True Group in leading Strategic Development and Corporate Planning teams, and managing Corporate Wholesales Sales organization, Treasury Operations, and International Roaming business unit. Supoj’s current responsibilities have been expanded into all other international related services, including physical international capacity, international data and voice services in both wholesale and retail markets, and in any technologies.

Before joining True Group, Supoj worked for IBM World Trade Asia Corporation in Japan, IBM Thailand Co. Ltd., and Thai Airways International PCL. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering from Chulalongkorn University and Master of Business Administration from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in cooperation with Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Mr Lam Hoang Vinh is Vice President of VNPT and Managing Director of VinaPhone, with over 26 years of experience in the Vietnam telecommunications industry. He currently oversees VinaPhone's 2,000 staff-strong operations which, since launch, has captured over 31% of the Vietnam mobile market, with over 23 million mobile subscribers. Mr Vinh was instrumental in launching VinaPhone's 3G services in Vietnam – the first operator to do so in the country.

Mr Vinh started working for Vietnam Post and Telecommunications group (VNPT) in 1983. He became deputy managing director for Vietnam Telecom International Company from 1990 and then director of International Business Co-operation, VNPT from 1996. He has been VNPT Vice President since 2004 and became VinaPhone's current managing director from 2008.

Katsuyuki Takagi is the executive director of global business division at NTT DOCOMO. His responsibility is a strategic investment & alliance including the CONEXUS Mobile Alliance. Prior to his current assignment, he worked at NTT DOCOMO USA based in New York. Before joining NTT DOCOMO, he had been responsible for various divisions of NTT group such as corporate sales and personnel management. Mr. Takagi holds a Bachelor’s degree in law from Keio University, Japan. In addition, he earned an MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Enid has over 20 years of solid experiences on sales & marketing in a variety of industries including telecommunications, e-commerce, retailing, property & international marketing. As the Assistant General Manager of the mobile corporate section of Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited, Enid is leading the team to identify market trends, explore growth opportunity and formulate policy objectives. Prior to Hutchison Telecommunications, Enid had worked for Hong Kong Telecom CSL & SmarTone Communications. She had also worked for a property company in Singapore as an associate director for 4 years. Both local & international experiences make her to be the professional in telecom industries.

Enid is appointed as the Chairman of the Corporate Service Work Group (CSWG) in Conexus Alliance in Aug 2009.

Kenneth Soon is the newly appointed Director of International Services at StarHub. He has been in StarHub for more than 10 years and have worked in Wholesale Department for 8 years before moving into International Services doing roaming & carrier work for more than two and a half years. He will continue to oversee a growing portfolio of more than 300 roaming and carrier agreements globally.

Kenneth holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from National University of Singapore. He had also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing with the Marketing Institute of Singapore.