All nominations will be reviewed by this select judging panel, who will rate each section of the questionnaire in order to determine the final list. These responses will also form the basis of the profiles of 50 CIOs, which will be revealed in 2021. Let’s meet the judges.
Editor of CIO Middle East
As Middle East editor based in Dubai, Andrea Benito complements the global CIO.com brand and audience by proving localised content and insights. Andrea profiles CIOs and business technology leaders across Middle East, offering insights into business strategy, innovation and leadership. Prior to CIO, Andrea spent three years at IDG Spain, as Editor of Computerworld.
Vice President of IT (Asia Pacific), Korn Ferry
Bridget Gray is Vice President IT of Korn Ferry, responsible for leading digital and technical transformation talent acquisition capabilities and solutions across Asia Pacific.
Bridget is passionate about supporting clients navigate the ever-evolving global technology and digital ecosystem and has spent the past two decades partnering with them to address their current and future talent requirements. Although her career has been varied in nature, technology has always been a central focus.
Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Bridget was in an executive role for 11 years at a global recruitment and outsourcing organisation where she launched the Asia Pacific business and held accountability for recruitment, executive search and offshore solutions. Prior to this, she led various talent businesses across APJ and Europe.
Bridget is also a Management Committee member of Females in IT and Telecoms, a well-established not-for-profit organisation in Australia. She is also an advisory board member for digital intelligence business Which-50.
Head of Technology Operations, Charter Hall
Christopher Johnson has been working in the field of Information Technology for more than 25 years. He has industry experience in marketing, telecommunications, publishing, professional services, media and filmed entertainment.
Chris has held multiple “Chief Information Officer” and “Head of IT” roles throughout his career, and in his current position, he leads the Asia Pacific IT group for Hollywood’s largest film studio – the iconic, Twentieth Century Fox (A Walt Disney Company). Chris also holds multiple board positions in the not-for-profit space. Chris is also a CIO Executive Board Member.
Managing Director, &How Intelligence / CIO50 ASEAN 2019
David Robinson (Singapore), Managing Partner at &How Intelligence, Cloud & Cybersecurity Specialist, Keynote Speaker, Mentor & Advisor. David is an energetic, highly motivated, and skilled individual who brings a diverse range of managerial, consultative, and technical skills developed over the years in his various roles. David has worked in the financial, mining, state government, the federal government, and public sectors across Asia Pacific and the US.
Former Editor of CIO New Zealand
Divina Paredes (@divinap) is a business technology writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. Divina has been covering the ICT sector for more than 20 years, most recently as Editor of CIO New Zealand.
Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) / CIO50 ASEAN 2019
Dr Kwong Yuk Wah is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Information Systems and Analytics within the School of Computing at National University of Singapore (NUS).
Prior to this role, Yuk Wah was CIO of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), NTUC Club & NTUC First Campus as well as the Chief Data Protection Officer of NTUC and its affiliated unions. She has worked in Singapore public sector for 25 years and held various management positions in Infocomm Development Authority (IDA).
Under her leadership, NTUC was recognised as winner of the National Infocomm Awards (NIA) 2014 for the Most Innovative Use of Infocomm Technology in the private sector which is Singapore's highest accolade for infocomm innovation.
Yuk Wah was also awarded in the inaugural CIO50 in ASEAN 2019 by IDG, recognising the top 50 senior technology executives driving innovation and influencing rapid change. She is in the inaugural Singapore 100 Women In Tech list (2020) compiled by Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Singapore Computer Society (SCS).
Yuk Wah currently sits on the Executive Council of SCS and holds Vice President role., this is in addition to being a member of AI Ethics & Governance Advisory Committee which is a joint initiative of IMDA and SCS launched in October 2019; and she chairs the SCS’ AI Ethics & Governance Certification Committee.
Former IT Director (Southeast Asia and Pacific) Adidas / CIO50 ASEAN 2019
Recognised during the inaugural CIO50 ASEAN in 2019, Eva Wang is an unconventional IT executive with demonstrated business strategy driven deliverables in sporting goods and consumer industry. Eva operates as a result-oriented executive with strong expertise in IT roadmap development, digital strategy implementation, business intelligence and multi-channel realisation.
Editorial Director (Asia Pacific), IDG Communications
As Editorial Director of Asia Pacific, James Henderson is responsible for developing the content, audience and partnership strategy of CIO, CSO and Channel publications across the region. James specialises in converting global technology trends into local insights, with a specific focus on ASEAN markets.
Director, National Library Board (NLB) / CIO ASEAN 2013
Lee Kee Siang is the Director of Resource Discovery & Management (RDM) at the National Library Board (NLB) in Singapore. In this role, he oversees the division that manages the library resource acquisition, cataloguing, processing, delivery, warehousing storage as well as digitisation of library and archives materials and digital preservation.
Concurrently, Kee Siang is also Chairman of Library & Archives Solutions (LAAS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the NLB. LAAS is the sole distributor of NLB’s products and services. LAAS offers library and archives related consultancy services, training services, operational management services and digitisation services locally and internationally.
Prior to taking on the portfolio as Director, RDM and Chairman of LAAS, Kee Siang was CIO of NLB, providing leadership in formulating IT strategies and adoption of IT which transformed the organisation’s services capabilities. Under Kee Siang’s leadership, NLB won several ICT awards and accolades both locally and internationally, including the ASEAN CIO Award from IDG in 2013.
Kee Siang has more than 35 years experience working in the IT Industry before making the shift to undertake more business centric portfolios. He is the Honorary Auditor of the IT Management Association and Fellow of the Singapore Computer Society.
CIO Executive Council Board
Nicola Dorling is CEO of ThinkTransformation, a Sydney-based strategy development and transformation specialist company. Prior to this, Nicola was global CTO of Cardno where she was responsible for developing a new digital strategy as a foundational element of the company’s future plans, whilst building, developing and standardising technology solutions and delivery across the global organisation.
Previously Nicola was the Digital Director of University of New South Wales (UNSW), driving alignment of the digital across all aspects of the university to drive improvements in student, academic and researcher experiences. Nicola has a strong finance and technology background and has held a number of roles from Head of Strategy, CFO, management Consulting and also Technology Director of Sydney Trains.
Nicola is also Chair of the Advisory Board of the CIO Executive Council and is passionate about enabling strategic change with leading edge technology application and using data to inform better customer experiences.
CIO Executive Council Board
Peter Nevin was formerly the CIO of AUB Group, CIO of Geneva and is currently on the CIO Executive Council as director, board of advisors.
Peter has more than 30 years international experience bridging information technology, business strategy, change management, operations and executive leadership. He has held senior executive roles across both public and private sector organisations; from start-ups, SMEs to ASX listed corporations and multinationals.
He is recognised for possessing a rare talent for turning around failing operations, successfully integrating mergers and acquisitions and digitally transforming organisations to achieve international expansion and competitive advantage.
Former Vice President of IT, AMOS Group / CIO50 ASEAN 2019
An esteemed IT professional, Quinny Lei has more than 20 years experience in international IT management, with roles ranging from Regional to Global Head of IT and most recently Vice President of Group IT at AMOS Group.
Quinny has a successful track record in managing large-scale IT contracts and projects for international businesses including BP, Western Digital, Lafarge, Wyeth Nutritionals, Fraser & Neave, RS Components, Donaldson Filtration and IMI Precision Engineering.
In 2019, Quinny was recognised as one of the top 50 senior technology executives driving business innovation, leadership and influencing rapid change during the inaugural CIO50 ASEAN.
Vice President (Asia Pacific), IDC
Simon Piff is Vice President of Asia Pacific at IDC, based in Singapore. He advises both technology and business leaders, as well as IT suppliers on digital transformation, the CIO agenda and digital trust, as they relate to the ability of organisations to gain improved returns on their IT investments around hybrid cloud infrastructure, mobile productivity, the value of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI).
With a broad background across enterprise IT due to his experience over the years, from building an online business in Hong Kong in the 90's, to consulting in the early days of the internet (including designing ISP and intranet infrastructure) for Digital Equipment Corporation.
His years with Microsoft, whilst focused around Business Intelligence, exposed him to a range of application development, infrastructure and end user challenges and issues. At IDC, his portfolio has encompassed data management, hybrid multi-cloud architecture and more recently the coverage of blockchain technology and security has allowed him to focus on business issues and C-Suite needs and how these can support Digital Transformation initiatives.
CIO50 ASEAN 2020
Tommy Hor is a seasoned executive with diverse experience in IT, graduating with a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong in 1985.
Tommy served as Director of IT and Chief IT Officer at the National University of Singapore (NUS) for 18 years before stepping down in 2020 to pursue his own professional interests. During his career at NUS, Tommy led the organic growth of IT for teaching and learning, cutting-edge research and university administrations – he played a vital role in digital transformation and business innovations in supporting the faculty, staff and students.
Tommy’s thought leadership and expertise in enterprise architecture, high-speed networking, virtualisation, cloud computing, cyber security, identity management and data analytics have enabled him to be an effective leader, mentor and coach for staff development.
Recent achievements include receiving a National Day Award, Public Administration Medal in 2017, and placing in the top three during CIO50 ASEAN in 2020. He is currently an independent consultant.
CIO Leader
Tony Yortis is a highly experienced C-level executive with over 25 years professional experience. He has delivered cultural transformations and has a track record of successfully leading organisations through large scale digital transformations, building new products and services and significantly improving overall organisational performance and profitable growth.
Tony has successfully implemented large business transformation change programs, ERP/CRM systems and digital capabilities that have transformed organisations, delivering revenue growth, improved operational performance and profitability.
Having held various senior global leadership roles in the engineering, industrial and professional services, health, public sector, fast-moving consumer goods, telecommunications and technology industries, Tony has developed multi-disciplinary skills
that have driven valued strategic and operational alignment of technology services and risk management.