Contributors

Laura Houldsworth

Laura Houldsworth is the Managing Director for South East Asia at SAP Concur. She has more than 12 years of experience in helping corporations of all sizes manage their travel programmes effectively and drive value in their travel and expense budget.

Laura has been living and working in Asia for more than 15 years. Prior to joining SAP Concur, Laura was the Regional Sales Director for BCD Travel Asia Pacific and in the last 7 years she has been with SAP Concur to grow the Southeast Asia markets.

Laura holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Marketing Management from Bournemouth University, United Kingdom.

Laurence Pitt

Laurence Pitt is the Global Security Director for Juniper Networks. He joined the firm in 2016 and is the security subject matter expert for the corporate marketing team. He has over twenty years of cyber security experience, having started out in systems design and moved through product management in areas from endpoint security to managed networks.

In his role at Juniper, Laurence articulates security clearly to business and across the business, creating and having conversations to provoke careful thought about process, policy and solutions. 

Prior to joining Juniper, Laurence was director of Global Solutions Marketing at Symantec. Previously he was product management director of Managed Security at NTT and Endpoint Computing at Novell.

Lawrance Lai & Jack Wong

The writers are Lawrance Lai and Jack Wong, Partner and Director for Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services at EY respectively.

Lawrence Chia

Lawrence Chia is the Group Chairman and CEO of the Hong Kong-listed Pico Far East Holdings Limited (752.HK). Founded in Singapore in 1969, Pico is a global leader in total brand activation with a proven track record of more than five decades. Experience-led, digital-first thinking and capabilities matter more than ever in today’s fast-changing world. Pico merges experiential, communication and technological talent to create extraordinary experiences and powerful activations engineered for superior results, engaging target audiences everywhere. Pico’s uniqueness and strengths lie in the diversity of some 2,000 inspired professionals working in over 30 cities worldwide, backed by about 90,000 sq. m. of production facilities. In financial year 2021, Pico Far East Holdings Limited reported revenue of nearly US$521 million and a market capitalisation of nearly US$205 million.

Chia was educated in the United States, graduating from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with highest honours. In 2006, he received the International Executive in Sport and Entertainment Award from the University of South Carolina in the United States. In 2016, Chia received the University of Tennessee Outstanding International Alumni Award.

Before assuming the Chairmanship of Pico Far East Holdings Limited, he was the Managing Director of the Pico Group of companies in Europe and North America, and was based in London for six years. With more than three decades of experience in the event marketing industry, Mr Chia embodies a forward-looking vision to continuously drive the growth of the company – particularly in the areas of business process innovation and digital transformation.

In 2022, the Pico Group won the Gold award for ‘B2B Agency of the Year’ and Silver for ‘Event Agency of the Year’ presented by Marketing Magazine in Hong Kong. The Group won ‘Company with Most Investment Value’ and ‘Best ESG’ awards at the China Financial Market Awards 2021.

Lawrence Loh

Lawrence Loh is associate professor of strategy and policy at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. He is also affiliated to the School’s Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations.

Lawrence Yeo

Lawrence Yeo is the CEO & Principal Consultant of AsiaBIZ Strategy

Le Tuan

Le Tuan is Managing Director for ASEAN & Korea at Orange Business Services, a Orange Group division for worldwide enterprise services, and a market leader in Information &Communications Technology. In this role since Jan 2011 as the ASEAN Head of Sales and Operations, Tuan provides the leadership and strategic direction to ensure that Orange Business Services stays competitive in line with its focus on growth in the emerging markets. Tuan is responsible for operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. He is based in Orange Business Services Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. Prior to this role Tuan was the Asia Pacific Director of Channels at Orange.

Before he joined Orange in 2009, Tuan was General Manager at F5 Networks responsible for sales in Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. His career also includes nine years in Microsoft in sales and management positions. Tuan is an Australian citizen and a Singapore permanent resident.

Leanne Nettleship

Leanne Nettleship is a Manager at the Contracting Division in Robert Walters Singapore. She recruits for specialist positions in the shared services sector across the financial services and commercial markets.

Leas Bachatene

Leas Bachatene, CEO of ethiXbase, has over 15 years of experience establishing and leading commercial organisations in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a High Diploma in Marketing, and a Master’s in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Lee Hawksley

Lee Hawksley joined Twilio in January 2021, and he is responsible for overseeing and building Twilio’s growth in the Asia Pacific & Japan region. With over 20 years of international experience in SaaS, digital transformation and a trailblazer in digital engagement and customer experience, Lee is well-positioned to grow Twilio’s business regionally, while positioning it as a leader in the cloud communications space. Twilio is a leading cloud communications platform and a service company that allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, and perform other communication functions using its web service APIs.