Many CEOs of foreign firms in town for trade show

Many CEOs of foreign firms in town for trade show

By Leslie Goh SEVERAL chief executives of foreign companies are among the more than 30,000 overseas delegates in town to attend the Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) trade show.

They will visit the exhibition at the Singapore Expo, hold business meetings and deliver speeches.

The CEOs include Mr Simon Bureau, 45, of Vectis, which provides consulting services to companies planning to move into South Korea’s competitive Web or mobile arenas.

He spoke at the BroadcastAsia show, part of imbX, on South Korea’s experience in developing its mobile and Web sectors, and the lessons to be learnt from it.

He said that the imbX events are ‘fairly comprehensive’ and of good value.

Another CEO who is here is Mr John Humphreys, managing director of Global Innovation Centre, which is involved in high-tech design, manufacturing, electronic and infocomm technology capabilities.

His mission is to drum up business for his company and sign contracts with business partners.

Other CEOs attending the trade show include:

Mr Bill Barney of Asia Netcom, a submarine cable subsidiary of China Telcom.

Ms Zai Banu of Singapore-based Oak3 Films. She is a panellist for a BroadcastAsia conference discussion group on mixing live action with animation; and

Mr Ricky Wong, co-founder and chairman of Hong Kong telco City Telecom (HK). He is a panellist at the CommunicAsia conference discussion on industry structure and value creation in Asia.

Source: The Business Times, 20 June 2007

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