Contributors

Marjet Andriesse

Marjet Andriesse is General Manager and Vice President for Red Hat Asia Pacific.

She is a seasoned leader, with more than 25 years’ experience in driving customer satisfaction, sales and revenue growth, leading companies through transition as well as organizational management for technology and professional services firms across Europe and Asia.

As the general manager and vice president of Red Hat, Marjet is instrumental in driving the next phase of growth for the company in the Asia-Pacific region and leading initiatives to enable customer success with open hybrid cloud technology. In this role, Marjet also manages the engagement with enterprise customers and the emerging technologies sales and support capabilities across the Asia Pacific region.

Marjet’s experience spans industries including logistics and telecommunications as well as HR services in a variety of leadership positions. Before joining Red Hat, Marjet was the managing director of Telstra in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering the company’s corporate strategy in the region. Prior to Telstra, Marjet’s career also included working with Randstad and KPN NV in national and international management positions spanning Europe and Asia.

Marjet is a Dutch native and holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Marjet Andriesse

Marjet Andriesse is the Managing Director in APAC and responsible for leading and driving the growth strategy and customer relationships for Telstra’s Enterprise and Wholesale business across the region. Marjet is also a leader on Telstra’s Diversity and Inclusion council, where she advocates and leads inclusion initiatives within and on behalf of the company.

She has more than 25 years’ experience spanning industries including telecommunications, logistics as well as HR Services in a variety of leadership positions. Marjet has particular expertise in driving customer experience, revenue and profitability growth, leading companies through transition as well as organizational management for technology and professional services firms across Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Telstra, Marjet served as Managing Director across Randstad’s businesses in Eastern Europe, the Netherlands and Japan. Marjet is a Dutch native and holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Mark Billington

Mark Billington is the ICAEW Regional Director for South East Asia.

Mark Charman

Mark Charman is the Group CEO of Faststream Recruitment Group.

Mark Chew

Mark Chew is a High Performance Leadership Coach in Leadership Management Singapore, and a PSME 500 2013 Business Luminary. He is also the founder of Giants Learning Technologies Pte. Ltd and the author of ‘Discover Your Leadership Style’.

Mark Dixon

Mark Dixon is the Group CEO and Founder of Regus. He is one of Europe’s best-known entrepreneurs. Since founding Regus in Brussels, Belgium in 1989, he has achieved a formidable reputation for leadership and innovation.

Mark Eyers

Mark Eyers is Chief Content Officer at Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc., he oversees the acquisitions, programming and original production.

Mark Jansen & Tan Shong Ye & Fridah Mugambi

Mark Jansen and Tan Shong Ye, both partners at PwC Singapore, lead the Technology and Data Solutions practice around Risks and Controls. With a combined experience of over 37 years, they have both led regional assignment for top-tier companies in the region, and supporting clients in improving the quality, governance, security and controls of their IT processes and systems. Fridah Mugambi leads the business development in Technology and Data Solutions and is responsible for quality support and adding value to both regional and global clients.

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson is a 30-year veteran of the enterprise business software and services industry. As Head of APAC at Message Systems, Mark is responsible for all customer-facing business operations across the region including sales, marketing, business development and customer service.

Mark Kidd

Mark is the Research Director of Ipsos. He has 17 years of research experience. He started his career in an agency in London, where he honed his skills on conjoint analyses and customer satisfaction studies, working primarily for public service organisations. He has spent 11 years working in Asia.