Speakers

Speakers at the Asia Video Summit 2020 are among the foremost experts of our industry.

Be sure to visit this page regularly to see who else will be joining us this year!

Michael Rehfeld, MD, Digital Strategy, Accenture Strategy

Michael is a Managing Director at Accenture's Strategy Consulting practice. He has more than 13 years’ experience in advising industry leaders across Asia Pacific on their competitiveness and growth agenda. Michael is an industry leader in applying digital strategy, business transformation and sales and marketing strategy. Outside Accenture, Michael supports a number of start-ups in different capacity, from co-founder, to independent advisor, seed capital investor.

Ken Xu, Lead Architect (Media), Alibaba Cloud Singapore

Ken Xu is currently a Lead Architect (Media) with Alibaba Cloud. Previously worked as Solution Architect and Senior Consultant with IBM GBS Cloud Application Services Service Line. His expertises lies in design and develop enterprise applications and complex system integrations. He received an honours degree and master in Information System from NUS. He is certified for Alibaba Cloud ACP, AWS Solution Architect Associate and others.

Gaurav Gandhi, Director and Country GM, Amazon Prime Video India

In his role at Amazon, Gaurav is responsible for driving the overall business of Prime Video in India. With over 20 years of experience in the Media & Entertainment sector, Gaurav has the unique distinction of having operationally managed almost all aspects of the Broadcast & Digital Video Streaming business over the years. Before Amazon, Gaurav has worked with media companies like Viacom18, Star Network, Turner International amongst others in key functional and general management roles.

Anthony Dobson, VP, Media Partners Asia and MD, AMPD Research

Based in Singapore, Anthony heads Media Partners Asia's (MPA) consumer Insights division; AMPD Research. With over 25-years specialising in media insights, Anthony has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States, where he has conducted studies spanning content development and branding, advertising ROI. Anthony has pioneered MPA's passive digital audience measurement platform that provides unparalleled insight into the digital ecosystem and consumption metrics for OTT and VOD services across the APAC region.

Joe Nguyen, Consultant, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Joe Nguyen is presently a Consultant, Advisor, Speaker, Ex-Officio of IAB Southeast Asia and India, and APAC Board Member of Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). His roles have spanned from Chief Operating Officer to Chief Technical Officer to leading Sales & Marketing. Until recently, Joe was the Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific at comScore, Inc. Joe has over 20 years of senior management experience in Asia Pacific media, measurement, analytics and eCommerce.

John Medeiros, Chief Policy Officer, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

John Medeiros is the Chief Policy Officer of Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) as well as Senior Government Relations Advisor to the Board. He leads the Association’s program of engagement with governments and the policy community inside and outside Asia. AVIA’s advocacy of members’ interests, and ongoing dialogue with a wide range of regulatory officials on behalf of the pay-TV industry are under his direction. He also coordinates the Association’s research, education, and intellectual property enforcement activities.

Louis Boswell, CEO, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Louis Boswell is the Chief Executive Officer of Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA). As CEO, his remit is to lead the industry through championing all broad based initiatives that result in a more vibrant and healthy video ecosystem. This includes being at the forefront of industry research, supporting evolving business models, understanding the role of technology, representing the industry in conversations with regulators and taking a leading role in eliminating piracy.

Neil Gane, General Manager, AVIA Coalition Against Piracy (CAP)

Neil Gane is the General Manager of Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) which represents the major platforms and television channels in SE Asia. He previously spent 12 years with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) where he held various senior executive positions in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong and was responsible for developing and implementing content protection and advocacy strategies in 13 countries.

Agnes Rozario, Director of Content, Astro

Agnes Rozario has been a core part of Astro’s growth and positioning as the top entertainment destination for Malaysians. She leads the company’s content team, which covers all vernaculars, regional and Hollywood content, sports and film businesses. Agnes was key in driving the success of Pay Per View and VOD services, which in 2018 had garneredover 50 million downloads and engagements. She also spearheads Asian originals via regional partnerships.

Lee Choong Kay, VP, Chief of Sports, Astro

Lee Choong Khay (CK) was instrumental in developing Astro’s sports services into one of the top sports proposition s in ASEAN. This includes Astro Arena, the first domestic sports channel in the region. CK also spearheaded eGG Network, a dedicated 24/7 esports channel for ASEAN. eGG Network is more than a channel, it is a 360° marketing platform engaging esports fans, talents, sponsors, game developers and publishers through tour naments, events, and social media

Andrew Stewart, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Australia

Andrew Stewart leads the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group in Australia and the Firm's Global Digital Media & Copyright Content practice Business Unit. He is also a member of the Firm's Asia Pacific Intellectual Property & Technology Steering Committee. Andrew has significant in-house experience in one of Australia's most successful television networks, giving him an insight into the media environment in Australia and is an advisory board member of the Melbourne University Centre for Media and Communications in the Law.

Lex Kuo, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Lex Kuo is a registered foreign lawyer in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Lex has deep expertise in the technology, media/entertainment, sports and telecom industries, with a particular focus on Greater China. He advises on regulatory and transactions projects relating to technology, intellectual property, cybersecurity and data privacy, including tech and IP licensing, cybersecurity and data protection assessments, global terms of services and privacy policies, new media content licensing agreements, as well as e-sports transactions.

Ryan Shiotani, SVP and GM, South and South East Asia, BBC Studios

Ryan Shiotani is the Senior Vice President & General Manager for South & Southeast Asia at BBC Studios. He leads the Branded Services, and Distribution businesses in Southeast Asia and India. Ryan manages a multi-disciplinary team responsible for creating and operating BBC Studios’ branded services across Asia – including channels, branded blocks, and OTT services. Ryan has been directly involved in building the company’s portfolio of Branded Services to include BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle, BBC First, CBeebies, BBC Brit and BBC Player.

Derrick Gray, Chief of Measurement Science & Business Analytics, BARC India

Dr Derrick Gray has 20 years global experience in audience measurement and audience information systems for various media including Linear Television, Digital Video and Radio. Dr Gray holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Athabasca University in Canada where his award winning research focused on Digital Innovation and the application of Big Data within the Media Industry. He is currently a member of the Managing Committee of the Market Research Society of India (MRSI) and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Associate (MRIA) of Canada.

Jocelyn Little, MD, Beach House Pictures

As one of the founding partners of Beach House Pictures, Jocelyn oversees company operations and international co-productions, forging partnerships with global brands that include Netflix, CCTV, Amazon, Nat Geo, Discovery, Lonely Planet, Fox International Channel, NBC Universal, Turner Broadcasting and BBC Worldwide. In 2013 Jocelyn spearheaded BHP’s expansion into four divisions including Beach House Pictures (factual), Beach House Kids (children’s TV), Beach House Entertainment (reality formats) and Beach House Studios (apps, design and animation) which has seen BHP grow to one of the largest independent production companies in Asia.

Cameron Andrews, Legal Director Anti-Piracy, beIN MEDIA GROUP

Cameron Andrews is Legal Director, Anti-Piracy at beIN MEDIA GROUP, where he leads anti-piracy strategy and enforcement across the beIN group’s live sports and entertainment pay TV business. Cameron has over 15 years’ experience in anti-piracy and copyright enforcement. Prior to joining beIN, Cameron was senior legal counsel at IFPI dealing with international piracy issues for the record industry. Before that, he practiced as senior lawyer in the intellectual property litigation group at Gilbert + Tobin in Sydney, working on a number of leading copyright litigation matters for the creative industry.

Tom Keaveny, Chief Innovation & Information Officer, beIN MEDIA GROUP

Tom Keaveny is beIN MEDIA GROUP’s Chief Innovation & Information Officer, and is responsible for the Technology, Digital, Data Analytics, Product Marketing, and Anti-Piracy departments across the global sports and entertainment broadcaster. Tom was appointed to this role in summer 2020, after spending two-and-a-half years as MD for MENA. He joined beIN in 2015 where he led beIN's aggressive expansion in APAC. Prior to beIN, he held senior positions at Discovery, including President of Global Distribution for Discovery Networks International, CEO of Discovery/Eurosport Joint Sales Organization, and President and MD of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific.

Claes Loberg, Co-Founder, Bounty Media

25yrs in Tech, Data and Advertising, Founded one of Australia’s leading web developers in the 90’s, Founding member of the Branded Content Marketing Association in London in the early 2000’s E&Y Entrepreneur Technology winner 2011, Co-Founded global music streaming app with major labels 2008. Over the past 2yrs Claes has brought two decades of experience and lessons to the table to research and create a platform that solves multiple issues for advertisers, first party data and paywall publishers.

Jake Denney, Co-Founder, Bounty Media

Jake has been working in brand funded content for the past 12 years. Most recently in Indonesia and Malaysia as VP Asia for Yonder, a joint venture music streaming app with Axiata, he oversaw operations across SEA. Previously, Jake was VP of Brand & Agency Partnerships at Global music streamer Guvera. Also overseeing House of Guvera, the original and branded content film division, Jake created branded content partnerships in 20 countries. Through these combined experiences and working alongside leading ad agencies, Jake has spent the past two years creating Bounty Media

Monty Ghai, Founder and CEO, Brandwith

Monty Ghai is the founder and CEO of Brandwith, a next generation media distribution, advertising and marketing services company for the Asia Pacific region. Brands distributed by the company include; CuriosityStream, Reuters TV, People TV, Cheddar and Fuse Media Networks. Brandwith partnerships also feature a creative agency called BW Create, the world’s leading influencer marketing platform, Tagger Media, and Currentsee, an advanced advertising platform for the region.

Greg Armshaw, Head of Media, Brightcove

As Head of Media for Brightcove in Asia, Greg is focused on expanding the video streaming company’s footprint across the region. Greg has more than 20 years of experience in advertising, digital marketing, and a rich experience in building consumer offerings in the technology, media & telecom sector. Prior to Brightcove, Greg held various senior management and mentor roles at Universal McCann, McCann WorldGroup, Chinaccelator, and as an OTT TV advisor to CASBAA, now known as Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA).

Daphne Yang, CEO, CATCHPLAY Group

Daphne joined CATCHPLAY in 2012 and has led the company to grow persistently from a film distributor in Taiwan to now one of the most cutting-edge content and technology companies in the region. CATCHPLAY+, the company’s streaming service launched in 2016, now provides leading premium content and user experience to over 6 million users in Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia. In 2020, the company expanded further upstream and established SCREENWORKS ASIA jointly backed by Taiwan government’s National Development Fund to produce premium content targeting international markets.

Vitto Lazatin, VP - Content Acquisition, Management and Strategy, CIGNAL TV

Vitto is Vice President of Content Acquisition, Management & Strategy for Philippine Pay TV leader Cignal TV. A 20+ year veteran of the Philippine broadcast industry, Vitto currently manages the content requirements for both Cignal TV, the #1 Pay TV operator in the Philippines and for Free To Air channel TV5. Prior to his stint at Cignal, Vitto was founding manager of TV5’s sports division SPORTS5 and sports marketing manager at Solar Entertainment.

Lakshanthi Fernando, Partner, CMS

Lakshanthi is a Partner at CMS, the 5th largest law firm in the world. She heads the Singapore law practice, commercial disputes and employment teams in Singapore with a particular focus on the media and tech sectors. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Lakshanthi leads CMS’ diversity efforts in Singapore, spearheaded the firm’s early endorsement of the Singapore Cor porate Counsel Association’s D&I pledge, is a founding member of womenLEAP (a network co - founded with Microsoft in Singapore)

Ashish Bhasin, CEO, APAC & Chairman-India, Dentsu International

An astute businessman, Ashish Bhasin is an industry veteran with over 32 years of experience. Tasked to expand the Global footprint of Aegis Media in India, Ashish joined the London-headquartered Media & Marketing Conglomerate in June 2008. Eventually, he went on to build Dentsu Aegis Network (recently rebranded to dentsu international) India from a 50-member team to a 3500-member powerhouse, now the 2nd largest Advertising and Marketing Communications Group in India, overturning for the first time the existing ranking, which has historically been in place for over 80 years.

Sunil Naryani, VP, Commercials & Partnerships APAC, Dentsu International

With an established track record of using digital & technology to provide client solutions and in generating novel revenue streams, Sunil has successfully led market enablement of data-led solutions and has built one of the strongest digital & programmatic practices in the region. In his role as VP - Commercials & Partnerships, Sunil is now focused on delivering net new and organic growth for the network by cultivating strategic alliances with Media, Creative, AdTech & MarTech providers to future-proof Dentsu’s approach to platforms & products and provide market leading client solutions.

Al Sene, VP of Engineering, Digital Ocean

Al Sene leads DigitalOcean's Product Development teams, including Compute, Networking, Storage, Developer Experience, and Billing. He is responsible for driving innovation and velocity in our key services and products to meet the evolving demands of our customers. Prior to DigitalOcean, he heldVP of Engineering roles at DDN and NexGen Storage – which was acquired by Fusion-io and SanDisk. He has also held several technical and management roles at Hewlett-Packard and holds patents in cloud storage. He studied Computer Science at St. Cloud State University and received his MBA from Colorado State University.

Megha Tata, MD – South Asia, Discovery Communications India

Megha Tata joined Discovery Communications India as Managing Director of South Asia on April 01, 2019. A media & entertainment industry veteran, Megha has held leadership roles at organisations such as BTVI, HBO, Turner International and Star TV, in an illustrious career spanning more than 28 years. Megha currently leads multiple national as well as international industry forums. She is passionately involved as a Volunteer with Isha Foundation - a non - profit organization started by Sadhguru

Tony Qiu, SVP, GM - East and South East Asia, Head of Global Location Based Entertainment Business, Discovery Networks

Mr. Tony Qiu, Senior Vice President at Discovery Networks, is currently General Manager of East and South East Asia. He leads Discovery’s media, digital , licensing and other businesses across the region. With Tony’s international business management experience, and insights on local markets, he’s created innovative business models, building continuous growth for the region across advertisement sales, content distribution, content production, location based entertainment (LBE) and digital ventures.

Filippo Giachi, MD for Asia Pacific, DOCOMO Digital

Filippo leads DOCOMO Digital’s business across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions. Filippo has been at the forefront of the evolving mobile commerce and payments ecosystem, with over sixteen years of experience in the space across Europe and Asia. Filippo is responsible for driving growth for DOCOMO Digital’s partners in the telecom, digital content and payments industries. Filippo received an MBA degree from SDA Bocconi School of Management, with a major in Marketing of Media and Entertainment from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Allan Phang, Regional Head of Marketing and PR, EVOS Esports

Allan is the Regional Head of Marketing and PR at EVOS Esports. Before joining EVOS Esports, he was the Head of Esports at AirAsia, tasked by the co-founders Tan Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes (AirAsia Group CEO) and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun (AirAsia Chairman) to spearhead AirAsia Esports strategic initiatives. His previous esports campaigns garnered global coverage; he was invited as a keynote speaker in TEDx Talks and esports and digital conferences globally.

Jil Bausa-Go, VP, Content Business Group and Get Entertained Tribe, Globe Telecom

Jil Bausa-Go is the Vice President for Get Entertained Tribe of Globe Telecom, Inc. She is a key driver in the digital transformation of Globe via content partnerships and portfolio development. Jil joined Globe in May 2003 as a media consultant and has held various positions in content product and business development. Prior to that, she had over a decade of experience in the pay TV industry in the fields of sales, marketing and programs acquisitions.

Nikko Acosta, Senior VP, Content Business and Product Management, Globe Telecom

Nikko leads the strategy, operations, and management for both the Content Business and Product Management groups for Globe Telecom. He drives the digital transformation and commercialization of content across various business units leveraging on content product innovation, development, and partnerships in social and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, sports, entertainment, video, music, games, and esports. He also drives enablement of the customer’s digital lifestyle with the Product Management team by overseeing breakthrough innovations and relevant capabilities to support Globe, as well as drives the efficient product life cycle management, and delivery execution.

Shakunt Malhotra, MD, Asia, Globecast

Shakunt Malhotra spearheads operations across Asia and manages four key areas of business: teleport services, media management services, channel operations and engineering and new technologies. Since joining Globecast in 2001, he has worked with key international broadcasters on innovative solution for end - to - end service delivery, including recent transmission - ready workflows for cloud - based playout services. He also heads up Globecast’s Technical Governance Group, whi ch is responsible for the synchronisation of global teams and their readiness for new technology.

Emma Chon Media & Entertainment Lead, APAC Partnerships, Google

Emma Chon is the Media & Entertainment Partnerships Lead for Google Asia Pacific based in Singapore. She has experience in strategy consulting, investing and business development in technology across Asia and the United States. Prior to joining Google, Emma built partnerships with software development companies at Microsoft. She has also led management consulting projects at Oliver Wyman across Asia and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sudharshan Aravamudan, Strategic Business Development Leader, Google

Sudharshan (Sud) Aravamudan has been in the TMT industries for over 20 years, with strong credentials in seeding & leading businesses that have driven digital transformation across Media & Entertainment, Telco & Payments industries. Sud has played a leading role as a technology partner in the launch/running of a number of leading video services like Voot (Viacom18) & Toggle (now meWATCH) as well as online charging and value-added services for regional Telcos like Airtel, Vodafone, Telstra & Maxis, to name a few. At present, Sud leads market development for Google Cloud’s Telco, Media & Entertainment segment across APAC.

John Miskelly, APAC Investment Director, GroupM

A graduate with a Bachelor of Business, John has sixteen years of media experience. John began his career at Starcom London, working as a TV Buyer on Procter & Gamble.Moved to MediaCom Sydney in 2008 and moved into the role of Head of Digital leading overall digital operations of the agency. In October 2013 John became Head of Digital across GroupM with key focus on digital operations, digital technology, platform strategies and digital trading development. In 2018 John moved to the regional role with oversight of digital operations across all key APAC markets

Jessica Deery, Director and Counsel, Horizon Recruitment

Jessica started her career with Freshfields and has worked in London, HK, Shanghai, NY, Sydney and Singapore. Her in-house legal career and passion for the media industry began with ESPN Star Sports before joining Sony Pictures Television Networks where she headed up the legal team in Asia. Owner of Horizon Recruitment, which recruits legal, compliance and public policy professionals, Jessica is now enjoying connecting with the best talent in media and beyond.

Fintan Mc Kiernan, CEO – South East Asia, Ideal Systems

Fintan joined Ideal Systems Group in 2011 to establish Ideal Systems in South East Asia. Now with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta, Ideal have built broadcast studios, facilities and systems for leading broadcast operators including Sony Pictures, Fox Sports, Astro, Globecast, Encompass Digital Media, CNN Indonesia and SingTel. Prior to joining Ideal, Fintan established OmniBus Systems in APAC (Now Belden GV) and has worked in broadcast technology roles in the US and Europe.

Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast

Anuj Gandhi is Group CEO, IndiaCast, a TV18-Viacom JV. In addition Anuj is running Reliance-owned MSOs, Den and Hathway. Anuj is also involved with Jio as Head of Content Acquisition and Media Partnerships for Jio Mobility and Jio Fiber. Earlier, Anuj has held leadership positions at Den Networks Ltd, Star Den Media and Set Discovery Pvt. Ltd. Anuj has been in media business for over 25 years and has seen industry evolve. His other interests include travelling to mountains, listening to music and watching movies.

Nick Chuah, Head of Sales APAC, INVIDI

Nick Chuah, an accomplished media ad-sales professional, witnessed significant video ad-industry transitions, from the first pre-roll to Programmatic-TV and today, Addressable-TV. He disbelieves the naysayer’s chant of “TV is dead” but rather rebut that “TV is evolving”. As INVIDI’s APAC VP Sales/GM, he spearheads the introduction of the cross-video ad technology, merging both linear and online TV inventories. Nick has a Bachelors Degree in E&E Engineering (Hons) from USM and Big Data Engineering for Analytics Certificate from NUS.

Prasad Sanagavarapu, SVP, Corporate Development, Emerging Markets, INVIDI

Prasad Sanagavarapu is a Business Leader and Technologist with a career in the fields of Content Distribution, Advertising, Security and Media Appliances. He has been working with various PayTV and OTT operators across APAC/Africa, with a particular focus on Cross Screen Monetization. He has successfully built and exited multiple Startups, the recent one being Kiora – a content delivery platform for low-bandwidth domains. He is an almnus from Indian Institute of Science, INSEAD and holds patents in Targeted Advertising.

Anna Pak Burdin, Head of Business Development, iQIYI

Anna was VP & GM for Discovery in Southeast Asia, where she oversaw all aspects of business and operations, driving growth and expanding the product offering with a focus on digital opportunities. Anna joined Discovery from 2014 - 2020 and held several senior roles including running the company’s business across Eastern Europe. Prior to that, she was Distribution Director for Eurosport and most recently with Russia’s National Media Group managing its pay TV distribution portfolio, including Discovery.

Kuek Yu-Chuang, VP International Business, iQIYI

Kuek Yu-Chuang is iQIYI’s VP for International Business. In this role, Kuek oversees the strategic planning, marketing, business development and public affairs functions for iQIYI International. Prior to joining the company, Kuek held executive positions at Netflix, ICANN and Yahoo!. Kuek began his career as a diplomat and trade negotiator with the Singapore government. Kuek pursued his undergraduate studies at Peking University and later obtained post-graduate degrees from Harvard University and INSEAD.

Gideon Gilboa, EVP Product, Marketing, and Solutions for Media & Telecom, Kaltura

Throughout his career Gideon played a key role in bringing new video products to market including the first DVR, DRM, addressable advertising and some of the first OTT systems. Gideon has joined Kaltura from Cisco where he led the service provider video product marketing team driving GTM, marketing, innovation and sales enablement for a $1bn video portfolio. Gideon holds a BA from the Hebrew University and graduated from the Cable Executive Management program at Harvard Business School.

Nick Burfitt, MD, Media Division, APAC, Kantar Media

Nick is Managing Director for Kantar Media in APAC. His remit is to oversee all Kantar Media media measurement activities in the region ensuring that existing clients are well served and that n ew opportunities are developed. This includes existing Kantar Media TV measurement services in Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore as well as joint ventures in Vietnam, Cambodia and Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was Global Director for Audience Targeting within Kantar Media Audiences with overall responsibility for th e ongoing development and management of Kantar Media Return Path Data (RPD) services.

George Chien, CEO, KC Global Media

George Chien is the co-founder, President and CEO of KC Global Media Entertainment based in Los Angeles, California. Having acquired the Southeast Asia and Korea Media Network assets of Sony Pictures Entertainment in January 2020, KCGM currently owns leading channels AXN, Animax, ONE, and GEM, which broadcasts across 25 countries. Throughout his career, Chien spearheaded multiple acquisitions and investments, as well as the development of original programming in APAC, such as The Amazing Race Asia and Asia’s Got Talent.

Ivan Codina, MD SEA – Japan, S. Korea & Australia, LaLiga

Ivan is an ambitious and talented sports management expert with a Masters in Sports Management from the Johan Cruyff Institute, and is a double degree holder of Business Administration and Sports Management from Ramón Llull, a prestigious university in Spain. He has over 15 years of experience in the Sports industry, with the past 10 years being in Asia. He has succeeded in different roles in FC Barcelona, SportSG, and agencies like Red Card and Dentsu, and is currently heading the Regional Office for SEA, Australia, Japan and South Korea for LaLiga.

Kanop Supamanop, Chief Content Business Officer, LINE Thailand

Kanop Supamanop serves as Chief Content Business Officer at LINE Thailand. He is responsible for overall leadership of LINE’s content assets, which include LINE TV (OTT platform) and LINE TODAY (news portal) . Prior to this role , Kanop was the Head of B2C and LINE Stickers looking after LINE digital products (LINE Stickers, LINE Theme ) . Before joining LINE, he has experience in Telecommunication industry specialty in VAS offering

Juliette Stead, Senior VP, Head of JAPAC, Magnite

Juliette Stead is Senior Vice President, Head of JAPAC at Magnite, leading the business across Asia Pacific and Japan, with 20 years of experience in media and ad tech and a proven record of driving results in the region. She was formerly Senior Vice President across Asia Pacific for Telaria, prior to the company's merger with Rubicon Project to form Magnite. Juliette is passionate about leveraging technology to create new opportunities and solutions for business partners, especially when that converts to an enhanced experience for the end user.

Yogesh Sehgal, Regional Manager, Asia, Magnite

Yogesh has thirteen years of digital advertising experience driving revenue, strategic partnerships and regional strategy across publishers and ad tech companies. As Regional Manager, Asia, he leads the growth of Magnite across the region by strengthening existing partnerships and opening up new markets. His main areas of focus are continuous education, maintaining transparent and brand-safe supply for programmatic buyers and driving programmatic adoption of emerging channels in the region.

Aravind Vengopal, VP, Media Partners Asia (MPA)

With over ten years of experience in media and telecoms, Aravind is focused on research and consulting services across digital media, video (television and online), advertising, telecommunications and video & broadband technology sectors. Aravind’s geographical expertise stretches across Southeast Asia, India, Australia, Japan and Taiwan. He has spoken and presented at several key trade and industry forums and presents regularly for clients and internal events hosted by media & telecom companies.

Vivek Couto, Executive Director, Media Partners Asia (MPA)

Bio With more than 20 years of experience in media & telecoms, Vivek Couto is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Media Partners Asia (MPA). MPA is the leading independent provider of research, advisory and consulting services across the media, entertainment, sports, telecommunications and technology industries in Asia Pacific. Vivek leads teams to offer clients corporate strategy, market research, asset appraisal and M&A-related due diligence. Vivek is also a member of the Board on the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) in Singapore.

Angeline Poh, Chief Corporate Development Officer, Mediacorp

Angeline is Mediacorp’s Chief Corporate Development Officer. She leads the Corporate Development and Strategic Planning teams responsible for strategy formulation, as well as execution of corporate-wide projects and initiatives to drive growth and transformation. Before joining Mediacorp, Angeline was the Assistant Chief Executive Officer (Industry Development Group) of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) where she spearheaded efforts to develop a vibrant infocomm & media ecosystem

Jennifer Chase, VP, Digital Sales & Solutions, Commercial Group, Mediacorp

Jennifer has 20 years’ experience working in digital across multiple markets in the Asia Pacific region. She has an intimate knowledge of digital media and strategies that range from awareness and branding, lead acquisition and content led programs. She currently heads up the Digital Sales and Operations division at Mediacorp, Singapore’s National Broadcaster. She is responsible for driving Mediacorp’s digital growth and acceleration via Programmatic and direct sales channels.

Parminder Singh, Chief Commercial and Digital Officer, Mediacorp

Parminder is passionate about driving and creating business models at the intersection of technology, content & media. He currently holds the dual portfolio of Chief Commercial and Chief Digital Officer with Singapore’s public broadcaster Mediacorp. He is responsible for driving Mediacorp’s businesses across TV, Radio, Digital and Outdoor, besides leading its digital transformation initiatives. He’s held top management positions in global blue chip technology companies like Google, Apple, Twitter & IBM. He is @parrysingh on Twitter.

Sapna Angural, Head of English Audience, Mediacorp

Sapna Angural is the Head of English Audience in Mediacorp, a role she assumed on 1 December 2018. Her main responsibilities are to oversee the English entertainment portfolio of Mediacorp's television, radio and digital platforms, as well as to secure content partnerships to drive deeper engagement with a new generation of consumers. Prior to that, she headed the commercial engagement team in Mediacorp's news group, where she led a cross-functional taskforce to sharpen Mediacorp’s focus on PMEs with CNA as a flagship brand.

James Miner, CEO, MinerLabs & Video Assure

James Miner is CEO at MinerLabs and Video Assure. Video Assure is a cloud-based video stream monitoring platform with instant insights and forecasting to help content companies better monetize streaming media. A digital pioneer, James led teams in Asia, and Silicon Valley holding leadership roles at About.com, ESPN STAR, Fox Sports Asia, Scient, and WPP. James is a Digital Committee EXCO member of SGTECH. His teams have won SITF Award Silver, and APICTA Awards Gold.

Pathamawan Sathaporn, MD, Mindshare Thailand

Pathamawan, or more familiar as Linda with clients and colleagues, joined Mindshare in 2006 as Insights Director and became Managing Director in April, 2014. Her career started at Lintas (now Lowe) in 1990 as AE trainee where she was Account Director until joining Bates Thailand in 1995. After two years, she returned to Lowe as Associate Director, promoted to VP, and then moved to being a strategic planner. Through the years, she has wide experiences with a wide variety of brands ranging from consumer goods to luxury brands.

Gidon Freeman, VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs, NBCUniversal International

Gidon worked in business journalism and in public affairs and communications consultancy before joining NBCUniversal in 2010. He works on regulation and government affairs issues across the company’s various businesses internationally, with a particular focus on the European and Asia-Pacific regions. Subject matter expertise includes copyright/IP policy, broadcasting and media regulation, as well as trade and market access restrictions.

Aki Taha, Director, Talent Acquisition, Netflix

Aki Taha leads talent acquisition for Netflix in Asia. He’s also a member of the company’s Women@Netflix employee resource group, whose goal is to empower and create a strong sense of community among its members, and provide a safe space to explore issues that are important to the community, both at the workplace and outside it. Aki is based in Singapore, where he lives with his wife and two children. He loves reading, and has a deep love for languages. He also plays football in his spare time.

Shanta Arul, Director, Strategy & Development, Netflix Asia Pacific

Shanta Arul oversees strategic policy initiatives, industry development programs and industry relations for Netflix across the Asia Pacific region. She has over 10 years of experience in developing regulatory, industry and communications strategy for private companies and public sector entities. Before Netflix, she worked at PayPal Asia Pacific. Prior to that, she worked at Strategic Moves, a strategic and crisis communication practice, and has been a policy and communications consultant to several members of Parliament.

Annette Kunst, Regional Managing Director, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, Nielsen Media

Annette Kunst leads Nielsen Media across Southeast Asia and New Zealand as well as Strategic Accounts across APAC. She is responsible for Nielsen’s people, client relationships and strategic developments of products and solutions. Annette joined Nielsen in 2016 and prior to that, managed businesses and teams across Europe and Asia Pacific and has always been in the space of marketing, software and media. Annette is passionate about the media industry and human behaviour, both which have been critical to her strong contribution to Nielsen’s business and clients.

Paul Berriman, Group CTO, PCCW-HKT

Mr. Paul BERRIMAN is the Group Chief Technology Officer, and responsible for Technology Strategy and Development, a position which he held since May 2007, having joined PCCW in 2002. Mr. Berriman is primarily responsible for leading the Group's product and technology roadmap and strategic development as well as Data Analytics. Prior to his present appointment, he had held positions as Head of Strategic Market Development and SVP, Strategy and Marketing.

Mamie Leung, SVP and Head of Content, PCCW Media Group

Mamie is a seasoned professional in Hong Kong’s media industry. She has been leading Now TV’s content strategies, developing its diverse content portfolio and partnerships to help build Now TV into Hong Kong’s most successful Pay TV business and overseeing its expansion to digital media via Now E, an innovative OTT entertainment service launched in 2018. Mamie also heads up Now TV’s sports production and is driving new VR and AR content initiatives and collaborations for HKT’s true 5G services launched in April 2020.

Unmish Parthasarathi, Founder, Picture Board Partners

Unmish's love affair with digital video started in 2000, when he was deputed from the London newsroom of Sports News Television (IMG's JV with the Associated Press) to create a wholesale service offering for "portals". Next came a startup, creating videos of Champions League matches and Robbie Williams concerts followed by the iPlayer at the BBC, ESPN Player in Singapore, KL and Hong Kong, Ballball in Indonesia, Vietnam & Japan, and, in-match video highlights for the ICC in 140+ countries.

Sarika Tulsyan, Chief Revenue Officer,
POPS Worldwide

Sarika is the Chief Revenue Officer at POPS Worldwide. As a CRO her key responsibility is to drive and accelerate the revenue growth of POPS across the region by collaborating with brands, agencies, platforms and content partners. Having worked with advertising and media agencies across India, Vietnam, China and Middle East, Sarika brings in extensive and rich regional experience in setting up digital business and driving revenue.

Virat Patel, MD, Pioneer Consulting Asia

Virat Patel is the Managing Director of Pioneer Consulting Asia, a management consultancy specialising in telecoms, media and digital in Asia. He is based in Singapore. He has extensive experience in business strategy, business planning, and market entry. He has developed pay TV, broadband and video strategies for platforms and content providers. His team has undertaken primary research on changing viewing habits in 10 markets in Asia. He is also an executive coach and mentor to executives in media and telecoms.

Sutanto Hartono, Managing Director, PT. Elang Mahkota Teknologi (EMTEK)

Sutanto Hartono, Managing Director of PT. Elang Mahkota Teknologi (EMTEK), Tbk. the CEO of Surya Citra Media (SCM) , Tbk. and the CEO of Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) leading the effort to establish SCM leadership in the broadcast and event industry, aligning strategy to transform the EMTEK group to be the dominant player in the content production, digital platform and event. Some of EMTEK portfolios include Bukalapak, Dana, Vidio.com, Kapanlagi Youniverse (KLY), All Stars, Rumah.com, Oto.com and EMC Hospitals.

Jason Barnes, Chief Revenue Officer, APAC, PubMatic

Jason has more than 15 years of digital experience from a number of senior positions held in Asia and Europe. He joined PubMatic in 2014 as vice president for the Asia Pacific region, where he manages teams in offices across Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore. Jason has spent the last several years driving expansion of the company’s business across the Asian market, and was promoted to chief revenue officer for APAC in 2018. He oversees the development of major partnerships and business initiatives such as the recent launch of J-PAD, an alliance of leading Japanese publishers powered by PubMatic’s revenue management platform, SEVEN.

Avi Himatsinghani, Founder & CEO, Rewind Networks

Avi is Founder and CEO of Rewind Networks, his maiden entrepreneurship venture committed to delivering best-in-class entertainment through the popular HITS and HITS MOVIES franchises in Asia and beyond. Prior to Rewind, Avi held various leadership positions at Fox Networks Group, Discovery Networks, Sony Pictures Networks and Star India. Avi holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering and a Master Degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing, both from the University of Mumbai, India.

Ward Platt, Founder, Rock Entertainment Holdings

Ward Platt is the owner and founder of Rock Entertainment Holdings, which owns and operates the BAM Asia Entertainment Network and ZooMoo Networks businesses. Before establishing Rock Entertainment, Platt was the CEO of Global Networks for Blue Ant Media, where amongst other achievements, he built their Omnia Gaming division into a profitable online gaming content business. Platt also held a variety of key leadership roles with Fox Networks Group and National Geographic during a 20-year career with 21st Century Fox.

Peter Bithos, SEO, SEEK Asia

Peter Bithos brings over 20 years of experience in the Tech, Media and Telco sector, including a decade building and growing P&Ls across Asia. Peter is currently the CEO of SEEK Asia, a combination of two leading brands JobStreet and JobsDB, and the leading job portal and preferred destination for jobseekers and organizations. He was previously CEO of premium digital streaming service HOOQ, a joint venture between Singtel, Sony and Warner Brothers. Peter also held senior roles at Singtel, including Chief Operating Officer of Globe Telecom in the Philippines.

John Huddle, Director, Market Development, Asia, SES Video

John leads SES Video’s market development activities in Asia-Pacific. In this role, John is responsible for developing new business opportunities across the region and driving strategic relationships and ventures with key stakeholders including customers, governments, regulatory bodies, vendors and service providers. John is also responsible for providing in region support in delivering SES Videos’ value-added solutions and Media platforms. In a 15-year career span, John has led global sales activities and driven customer engagement strategy for satellite operator Intelsat and mobile satellite communications company Thuraya.

Goh Seow Eng, Managing Director, Home Group Consumer, SingTel

Goh Seow Eng is Managing Director, Home at Singtel. As MD of Home, Eng runs Singtel’s fiber broadband, video, power and fixed line businesses in Singapore. He leads the team that spearheads Singtel’s ambitions in the residential market, including the new OTT video platform CAST, smart homes and electricity retailing. In addition, he manages all of Singtel’s consumer marketing communications, branding and customer lifecycle management.

Anna Lockwood, Head Global Sales, Telstra Broadcast Services

Anna Lockwood is an experienced media industry executive and is currently the Head of Global Sales at Telstra Broadcast Services. She leads a team that works at the convergence of the traditional broadcast industry with leading-edge telecommunications and digital platforms, and focuses on bringing innovative solutions and services to the media and sports business. Gaming and esports are a fast-growing part of Telstra Broadcast Services’ business, and Telstra provides its global network and media capabilities to support requirements for esports connectivity, broadcasting and live streaming.

Kaichen Li, Head of WeTV & iFlix, Tencent

Kaichen Li joined Tencent in 2015 and currently he is the head of WeTV and iFlix, oversees daily business operation from content acquisition and production, marketing, sales to product and technology. Kaichen built up WeTV operation from scratch in 2019 and led the recent asset acquisition deal of iFlix. Before leading the oversea video business, Kaichen was the strategy director in Tencent and helped Tencent Video to set the key strategy to win the competition in China market.

Kevin Plumb, Director of Legal Services, The Premier League

As the Premier League’s Director of Legal Services Kevin has responsibility for all legal and governance issues on behalf of the League. This includes regulatory issues and disputes, commercial contracts and compliance matters, and safeguarding. However, a large part of Kevin’s time since he joined the League in 2007 has been dedicated to anti-piracy and enforcement. That has included securing the first prison sentences for suppliers of Illicit Streaming Devices, the development and implementation of a truly dynamic streaming block in the UK, and the establishment of liability for sever providers of pirate content in the EU.

John Dykes, Presenter at Fox Sports, The Walt Disney Company

John Dykes is Asia’s most high-profile football presenter and analyst. The host of Fox Sports’ “The John Dykes Show”, which airs during primetime, three nights a week, John has been a firm favourite with Asian football fans for more than 20 years. Before joining Fox, he spent seven years in the UK, anchoring the Premier League’s worldwide content service. John’s TV career began at TVB in Hong Kong and included a 13-year stint with ESPN STAR Sports.

Sardjono Insani, Director, Media Engineering & Operation, The Walt Disney Company

Sardjono has more than a decade of working experience in information and communications technology (ICT) spanning across banking, telecommunication and broadcast industries. He keeps a keen interest in, and actively following the latest in hybrid-cloud, IT automation and monitoring, OTT and Internet-of-Things technologies. Sardjono currently works in Disney as the Director of Media Engineering & Operation, covering Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. His team is responsible for management of linear and non-linear video content distribution to affiliates and customers over satellite, fiber and Internet.

Mitch Waters, SVP of SEA, Australia and New Zealand, TradeDesk

As SVP of South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Mitch manages all aspects of the company’s strategy, operations and people management in the region, based out of Singapore. He brings comprehensive experience across sales, strategy and innovation in the media and advertising industries to this role. Mitch has been a high profile advocate of programmatic advertising and industry transformation, particularly in Australia. He is a regular commentator with AdNews, The Drum, and other media.

Justin Ang, Deputy Group Chief Commercial Officer, True Corporation

At True Corporation, Justin has direct management responsibility for all telco revenue and commercial activities across the TrueMove H (Mobile), True Online (Broadband) and True Visions (PayTV) businesses. Besides controlling all marketing activities, roadmap and media spend for the entire telco business, Justin also manages all digital teams and capability building for True including digital marketing, e-commerce, social media platforms and end-to-end digital self-service development. Prior to True, Justin was Head of Product at StarHub (Singapore) and also spent several years as Apple’s Head of Carrier Strategy and Business Development for South Asia.

Marco Guida, Chief Revenue Officer, True Digital

Marco Guida is the Chief Revenue Officer for True Digital. He focuses on monetizing the digital assets of the group with a specific emphasis on digital advertising, OTT and premium content subscriptions. Previously he worked in McKinsey. True Digital Group is the business subsidiary of True Corporation, that leverages advanced technology to improve businesses and enhance the life of our consumers through digital product and services.

Chulathai Saligupta, Director of Sports Programming, True Visions Group

Joined True Visions in year 2000, when the company named UBC, as a manager in Sports programming. At that time there were only 2 local sports channels and 2 reginal channels. Now True Visions offers more than 10 channels with variety of sports. Being the first one who start promoting and broadcast local sports especially Thai football league. From the match that has no audience to one of the strongest league in SEA with fully packed fan in the stadium.

Alexandre Muller, MD, APAC, TV5MONDE

After working in the USA, Czech Republic and Taiwan, Mr. Muller joins TV5MONDE in 1997. He successfully heads several positions within the group before taking over the Asia-Pacific Department in 2004. Since 2007, he is based in Hong Kong as TV5MONDE’s Managing Director for Asia-Pacific. Alexandre is a member of the Asia Video Industry Association (ex CASBAA) Board of Directors since 2012, and the Board Member responsible for the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) OTT and Connected Media Committee.

Sunita Kaur, SVP, APAC, Twitch

Sunita Kaur is the SVP of APAC at Twitch. The first in the role, Sunita oversees all operations for content creators, media partners, agencies, advertisers, publishers, and developers in the region. Sunita comes to Twitch from Spotify where she was Managing Director of Southeast Asia and then VP Revenue in APAC over a six year period, expanding the service across Asia and leading launches in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Previously, Sunita held executive roles across Asia at Facebook, Microsoft, and Forbes.

Rahul Pushkarna, Senior Director, Head of APAC Content Partnerships, Twitter

Rahul Pushkarna leads Content Partnerships for Twitter across APAC where he engages premium Sports, News, and Entertainment publishers to extend, scale, market, and monetize their content and be part of the global conversation. He brings 18 years experience in a career spanning investment banking in Europe and the United States to leading sales and business development efforts for NBC, Fox, and Sony in APAC. Follow him on Twitter at @rahul_pushkarna.

Einav Levi, Senior Director of Product Management – Data and Advertising,
Viaccess-Orca

Einav Levi, Senior Director of Product Management, leads Viaccess-Orca data solutions including dataHub, advertising, TV business analytics, personalization and advanced data experiences. Prior to joining Viaccess-Orca she gained product management experience from several companies including ebay and several startups. She is an expert in big data analysis and product solutions, and interacted with global fortune 500 customers top leadership. Previously she led development teams focusing on big data algorithms and rich end user experiences. .

Anne Chan, VP, Content Distribution Management and Emerging Business, Asia, ViacomCBS Networks Asia

Chan heads ViacomCBS’ content distribution business and affiliate and programme sales in Asia (Southeast Asia, Greater China, and Japan). She is tasked with driving revenue for new business streams particularly digital businesses such as interactive content and influencer partnership, and accelerating ViacomCBS’ studios ambition through which the company produces high-quality content for third parties as well as its own brands and platforms. Chan is based in Hong Kong, and reports into Pierre Cheung, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Asia

Raffaele Annecchino, President of ViacomCBS Networks Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia and Digital Mobile Strategy for ViacomCBS Networks International

Annecchino is responsible for expanding ViacomCBS’ business, distribution and awareness of its brands across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Additionally, he leads and coordinates VCNI’s mobile strategy globally, driving mobile distribution for content and brands through innovative opportunities and partnerships. Annecchino has scaled cluster business with the launch and acquisition of important free to air channels, expanded the company’s multiplatform and Location Based Entertainment business, and led International Studios activities with the opening of a content hub in Madrid and the launch of multiple branded channels and content on PLUTO TV. He also spearheaded international live events such as the MTV EMAs, SlimeFests, and the Kids’ Choice Awards in Abu Dhabi.

Swaminathan Iyer, Digital Director, ViacomCBS Networks Asia

Swami is Director of Digital at ViacomCBS Networks Asia (VCNA). He has over 22 years of experience across media platforms from print to television and digital, working with various global brands. In his current role, Swami leads VCNA’s digital transformation efforts, focused on growing the digital revenue and footprint for VCNA’s brands in the region. In 2019, he spearheaded the launch of Nickelodeon Bahasa Indonesia YouTube channel, VCNA’s fastest YouTube channel to reach one million subscribers in three months.

Hermawan Sutanto, Deputy CEO, Vidio

Hermawan has held a number of senior management positions in high-tech companies in Indonesia over the past ten years. He is currently Deputy CEO and COO of Vidio, the #1 Local OTT, the ultimate destination for Indonesian people to watch quality curated content. Vidio has both subscription-based (SVOD) and advertisement-based (AVOD) businesses which differentiate itself through strong local contents, such as local original series and sports. Prior to Vidio, he cofounded a local start-up which provides an inclusive digital platform for B2B ecosystem to consolidate indirect long-tail spend.

Ian Mckee, CEO, Vuulr

Ian McKee is the CEO of Vuulr, the online global Film & TV content marketplace. Vuulr connects buyers with distributors worldwide, allowing them to negotiate directly with distributors, and complete deals online in days, not months. While distributors can showcase their catalogue to worldwide audiences with no upfront costs with Vuulr. Ian has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of technology, digital marketing and disruptive innovations under his belt. Prior to Vuulr, he founded the largest social media technology agency in Southeast Asia, Vocanic, which was acquired by the WPP Group in 2013.

Clément Schwebig , Head of Southeast Asia, South Asia and Korea, WarnerMedia

Clement Schwebig is head of WarnerMedia in South and Southeast Asia and Korea, leading all operations for its entertainment networks and its Warner Bros. businesses in these regions. His portfolio of brands includes HBO, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Oh!K and Warner TV in Southeast Asia, POGO in South Asia, as well as the regional streaming service HBO GO. He also oversees production of original content in each territory; distribution of US-produced content through theatrical exhibition, home entertainment and licensing to TV networks; as well as consumer products for WarnerMedia’s key brands.

Yasmin Zahid, Head of Distribution Sales & Affiliate Marketing, WarnerMedia

Yasmin Zahid is Head of Distribution Sales and Affiliate Marketing for WarnerMedia in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She is responsible for distribution for WarnerMedia’s portfolio of News, Kids and Entertainment channels – including CNN, HBO and Cartoon Network – and the regional streaming service, HBO GO. Working closely with pay-TV operators, platforms and telcos, she also oversees affiliate relations as well as affiliate marketing initiatives.

Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global

With 23+ years’ experience in driving P&L and Strategy, a keen consumer understanding and an innate instinct for Digital, Archana Anand has led the digital charge at ZEE, spearheading the launch of OTT platform ZEE5 first in India and then across 190+ countries in 2018, and driving it to be a key global player today. Prior to ZEE, Archana was Director & Head Infotainment Services at Onmobile Global. She has also worked with Taj Group and Idea Cellular. An IIM Bangalore alumna, Archana has among others, received the 'Inspiring Women Leaders' Award and the IIM Alumni Award for Corporate Leadership.

Tarun Katial, CEO, ZEE5

Tarun Katial, CEO, ZEE5, is responsible for steering towards leadership India’s largest and most comprehensive digital entertainment platform for language content. Tarun has over 20 years of experience in media sector and was founder COO-CEO of BIG FM. He also set up BIG TV channels, Magic and Ganga. An MBA-graduate, Tarun began his career with agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi, Enterprise Nexus Lowe and O&M. He has held leadership positions in Star and Sony Entertainment, and was voted as NewsCorp Achiever for Asia.

Marianne Lee, Content Professional

Marianne Lee is a content professional with a career built around fan generation. Lee has held senior leadership positions in content acquisition, curation, production, marketing, social media, research and change management. Her most recent role at WarnerMedia was leading Marketing & Brand Services with the primary focus of driving subscription for HBO GO, a streaming service in Southeast Asia. Prior to this, she built a from-the-ground-up General Entertainment division at Turner. There she defined and executed content and channel strategy, set new industry standards, best practices and identified key tentpole content to create fan devotion.

Jennifer Batty, Media Advisor

Jennifer Batty was recently the Chief Content Officer of HOOQ, one of Asia’s 1st OTT players. At HOOQ she led the company’s content acquisition, programming, viewership and engagement strategies and drove original productions across their diverse markets. Prior to HOOQ Jenn spent 8 years as Executive Vice President of Programming at RTL CBS Asia Entertainment. She has always been at the forefront of programming and channel development, with an illustrious career spanning over two decades across multiple regions including North America, Asia and Europe.

Paromita Chatterjee, Anchor and Editor

Paromita Chatterjee is one of India's foremost television journalists. With a career spanning two decades, Paromita began her career with Business India Group and thereafter joined CNBC TV18 as part of the start-up team which founded the country's first business channel CNBC India. Paromita produced and anchored the channel's best-known shows till date- Bazaar, India Market Wrap, India Business Hour. She was also the face of marquee shows, such as Managing India and helped launch India's first Hindi business channel- CNBC Awaaz.

Shad Hashmi, SVP, Digital Services Global Distribution, BBC Studios

Shad Hashmi carries global responsibilities for the continued development, implementation and roll-out of digital propositions across BBC Studios’s Global Distribution division – which includes Asia, Central Europe & Middle East (CEMA), and Northern and Western Europe. Prior to BBC Studios, Shad worked at international media companies including CNBC and Encompass Digital Media delivering strategic digital and technology initiatives.

Diane Hamer, Head of Business & Legal Affairs Content and Brand Protection, BBC Studios

Diane is an Australian and UK qualified solicitor. Prior to becoming a lawyer Diane worked in TV production in the UK, and on qualification specialised in IP particularly in a media context. She worked in private practice in Sydney before moving to Lovells to join its TMT practice. From there she moved to the BBC and later to BBC Studios, where she heads up BBC Studios’ Content and Brand Protection team.

Louis Boswell, CEO, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

John Medeiros, Chief Policy Officer, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Neil Gane, GM, Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Aaron Herps, Operations Manager, Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) , Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Aaron Herps is the Operation Manager for the Coalition Against Piracy. Prior to joining CAP, Aaron spent 2 years at beIN Sports managing digital content protection through the APAC region. Aaron also spent 10 years with the Motion Picture Association of America including senior management positions in Australia and the association’s Global Content Protection Hub. He has worked extensively in Australia, New Zealand, S.E.Asia, the US and Europe.

Beatrice Lee, CEO, Blue Ant Media, Asia Pacific

Beatrice Lee serves as CEO of Blue Ant Media Asia-Pacific, a subsidiary of international producer, distributor and channel operator, Blue Ant Media. Lee is tasked with managing and growing Blue Ant Media’s roster of international channels in the Asia-Pacific in the areas of business operations, channel distribution, scheduling and consumer marketing across the region. Lee has over 18 years of experience in senior management, as well as sales and marketing of high-quality Sports and Entertainment Media and Events.

Jasper Donat, CEO, Branded

Jasper began his career in advertising in London in 1987 moving to Eurosport in 1992. He moved to Asia in 1995 to work for Star Sports and joined Channel [V] in 1997 where he constructed many branded content deals whilst also working on the launch of channels in Australia, Thailand, Philippines and South Korea. Jasper co-founded BRANDED In 2001 and has since created the “Matters” series of events, the YouTube FanFest and It’s a Girl Thing. Branded was recently acquired by the Dentsu Aegis Network.

Monty Ghai, Founder & CEO, Brandwith

Greg Armshaw, Head of Media, Asia, Brightcove

Andrew Pung, Solution Director, APAC Region, China Mobile International

Andrew Pung has two decades working experience in telecommunication and ICT industries and had worked in MNCs, domestic and global service providers. He helps to transform customers’ ICT infrastructure to meet financial, technological innovation and operational efficiency benefits. Currently, his role as Solution Director of China Mobile International APAC headquarters based in Singapore, supporting enterprise and carrier customers in Asia Pacific region.

Michael Kearns, VP International Digital and Strategic Partnerships, CNBC International

Michael Kearns is CNBC International’s VP, International Digital and Strategic Partnerships. Kearns is responsible for devising and driving the network’s digital product and content offerings outside the United States, as well as to strengthen existing partnerships to enhance and grow the network’s reach. Kearns was previously Head of News and Programming in APAC, where he managed CNBC’s business day news and weekend programming while establishing editorial priorities with programme leaders.

Janine Stein, Editorial Director, ContentAsia

Janine Stein is Editorial Director for ContentAsia's information platforms, including annual conference, the ContentAsia Summit; and women’s events under the banner of ContentAsia Women. She has covered Asia’s media business since 1989 for, among others, The Hollywood Reporter (U.S.), South China Morning Post/Television & Entertainment Times (HK),Variety, Cable & Satellite Asia (FT Business), Television Business International (TBI, U.K.) and Electronic Media (U.S.). Prior to 1989, she covered the African TV/film industries.

Renato Bonomini, VP Global Pre-Sales, ContentWise

Renato is Vice President - Global PreSales at ContentWise, the AI-powered customer experience company that provides leading video operators, digital publishers and online retailers with the software and expertise they need to create rich, personal and smart CX at every digital touchpoint. His strong focus on transforming data into actionable information comes from an engineering background in Digital Signal Processing with a M.S. from Politecnico di Milano and his past R&D experience in Geophysics.

Simon Robinson, MD, Discovery Asia Pacific and Chief Financial Officer, Discovery International

As Discovery’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Simon oversees the operations of all Discovery’s businesses in the region. Simon is also Group EVP Finance and CFO for Discovery’s international business. He plays a key role in shaping Discovery’s global strategy and priorities, while tapping into his deep understanding of the organisation and its capabilities for opportunities and innovative partnerships in Asia, especially in the digital space.

Anna Pak Burdin, VP & GM - Southeast Asia, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific

Anna oversees all aspects of business and operations for Discovery in Southeast Asia, driving growth and expanding the product offering with a focus on digital opportunities. Anna joined Discovery in 2014 and held several senior roles including running the company’s business across Eastern Europe. Prior to that, she was Distribution Director for Eurosport and most recently with Russia’s National Media Group managing its pay TV distribution portfolio, including Discovery.

Rohit Tharani, Head of Products, Southeast Asia, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific

As Head of Products for Southeast Asia, Rohit looks after the overall strategy and direction for Discovery’s PayTV and digital portfolio of brands like Discovery Channel, TLC, HGTV, Asian Food Channel, Animal Planet, Food Network, Travel Channel, and more. Rohit and his team focus on content curation, local production, audience development, direct to consumer digital products, partnerships and business development. Rohit was previously Head of Content & Communication at FOX Networks group.

Saurabh Doshi, Director - Entertainment Partnerships, Asia-Pacific , Facebook

Saurabh leads video partnerships team and strategic relationship with key media organizations and public celebrities/creators across Asia Pacific based out of Singapore. Since joining Facebook in 2014, Saurabh ramped up the team and now runs all of APAC partnerships with core focus on Video e.g. WATCH, LIVE etc. The team works closely with studios, TV networks, celebrities and creators in the entertainment space.

Marcel Fenez, Presidentc, Fenez Media

Marcel Fenez provides a range of advisory services to the Boards and Senior Management of organisations operating in the Technology, media, entertainment and telecoms value chain. His focus is on business strategy, organisational transformation and governance. He is an INED of AsiaSat and a member of the advisory boards of a number of fast growing companies. He was previously partner and Global Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers Entertainment & Media practice and Chairman of CASBAA from 2003-15.

John Dykes, Presenter, Sports, Asia Pacific, FOX Sports Asia

David Couret, Director of Technical Solutions for Distribution, France24

David COURET is Director of Technical Solutions for Distribution at France 24. After 5 years at BT Media & Broadcast, he joined the channel in the early stages of the project and set-up the EMEA satellite distribution network. Subsequently David developed the mobile distribution project, notably in collaboration with a technical partner, which allowed France 24 to become the 1st TV channel to broadcast live on the iPhone in February 2009.

Jil Bausa-Go, VP for Content Portfolio & Partner Management, Globe

Jil Bausa-Go is the Vice President for Content Portfolio & Partner Management, Consumer Business Group of Globe Telecom, Inc. She is a key driver in the digital transformation of Globe as she oversees the portfolio development and content strategy implementation that includes partner acquisition and service creation across various content verticals such as video, music, games & Esports, as well as lifestyle & m-commerce.

Shakunt Malhotra , Managing Director, Asia , Globecast

Shakunt Malhotra spearheads operations across Asia and manages four key areas of business: teleport services, media management services, channel operations and engineering and new technologies. Since joining Globecast in 2001, he has worked with key international broadcasters on innovative solution for end-to-end service delivery, including recent transmission-ready workflows for cloud-based playout services. He also heads up Globecast’s Technical Governance Group, which is responsible for the synchronisation of global teams and their readiness for new technology.

Sudharshan Aravamudan, Strategic Business Development Leader, Google

Sudharshan (Sud) Aravamudan has been in the TMT industries for over 20 years, with strong credentials in leading the expansion of Western businesses into Asia. Over the years, Sud has played a leading role as a technology partner in the launch/running of marquee video services like Voot (Viacom18) & Toggle (Mediacorp) as well as online charging & value-added services for the likes of Vodafone, Telstra, Airtel, Idea, Truemove, Maxis, VMS, Etisalat, AT&T & Bell Mobility to name a few. Sud joined Google Cloud in October 2017. With his extensive experience in TMT, Sud is tasked with the Go-to-market for Google Cloud’s TM&E business in JAPAC. He is based in Google Singapore.

Peter Bithos, CEO, HOOQ

Peter Bithos is CEO of HOOQ. Committed to HOOQ’s mission of telling a million stories to a billion people, Peter jumped from running multi-billion dollar P&Ls as COO at Globe Telecom (2010-2015) and CEO at Virgin Mobile Australia (2007 – 2010) to leading Asia’s first and largest premium video OTT play. A movie aficionado, Peter geeks out on sci-fi classics and is a die-hard fan of the original Star Wars trilogy. Peter’s currently HOOQ’d and hopes to get you HOOQ’d too!

Emmanuel Frenehard, CTO, iflix

Emmanuel Frenehard is one of the world’s foremost digital technology experts and strategists. At iflix, he leads the company’s global Product and Technology departments. The core global functions of Content, Marketing and Programming also form part of Emmanuel’s role. Prior to iflix, Emmanuel was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Walt Disney International, where he oversaw IT operations across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Nick Chuah,Head of Sales APAC, Invidi

Nick Chuah, an accomplished media ad sales professional, closing deals such as Hotstar and led the programmatic TV initiative in the APAC region. As Head of Sales at Invidi Technologies Corporation, he is spearheading the groundbreaking merger of both linear and online TV space. Nick has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical and Electronics (Hons) from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Big Data Engineering for Analytics Certificate from National University of Singapore.

Charley Thomas, Director of Solutions Engineering, Limelight

Charley Thomas is a Director of Solutions Engineering at Limelight Networks, working with media and entertainment customers to distribute online content around the world. With over 15 years in the distributed computing space, Charley helps companies simplify and integrate complex workflows and help steer new innovations at Limelight. Previously he worked at Internap where he assisted clients with streaming video challenges. Charley lives in Tokyo, Japan and is an avid beach lounger.

Kanop Supamanop, Chief Content Business Officer, LINE Company (Thailand)

Kanop Supamanop serves as Chief Content Business Officer at LINE Thailand. He is responsible for overall leadership of LINE’s content assets, which include LINE TV (OTT platform) and LINE TODAY (news portal). Prior to this role, Kanop was the Head of B2C and LINE Stickers looking after LINE digital products (LINE Stickers, LINE Theme). Before joining LINE, he has experience in Telecommunication industry specialty in VAS offering.

Manjot Singh Mann, CEO, M1

Manjot Singh Mann was appointed as CEO of M1, a challenger telco, on 6 December 2018. He has 28+ years of operational leadership experience across diverse geographies and a unique blend of insights in the rapidly evolving telecommunications industry. Prior to joining M1, Mr Mann experience includes CEO at Pareteum Asia, a leading cloud software platform company, Global CEO (Communications and Convergence) of Lebara Mobile (UK), one of the most successful pan-European MVNOs and CEO of Hutchison Telecommunication, Indonesia.

Vivek Couto, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Media Partners Asia

With more than 20 years of experience in media & telecoms, Vivek Couto is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Media Partners Asia (MPA). MPA is the leading independent provider of research, advisory and consulting services across the media, entertainment, sports, telecommunications and technology industries in Asia Pacific. Vivek leads teams to offer clients corporate strategy, market research, asset appraisal and M&A-related due diligence. Vivek is also a member of the Board on the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) in Singapore.

Aravind Venugopal , VP, Media Partners Asia

Tham Loke Kheng, CEO, Mediacorp

Tham Loke Kheng was appointed Mediacorp CEO and Board Director on 1 September 2017. An industry veteran with extensive media experience, Loke Kheng has spent her career steering the growth of pay television and broadband, as well as holding senior management and leadership roles in leading Asian operators in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. With her current appointment in Mediacorp, she comes full circle to the same organisation, where she started her career in 1988.

Nadeem Ashraf, Lead, Business HR & IR, Mediacorp

Nadeem is a HR professional who has had the privilege to work on both sides i.e. leading HR with local, regional & global responsibilities and as a business manager. Over the years, he has developed sound understanding of HR programs with the focus on skill building, talent management & facilitating change. He is also conversant about the challenges around digitization. Prior to joining Mediacorp, he led a companywide global transformation agenda, at Cargill, to accelerate adoption of digital trade documents (such as eBL, eContracts etc).

Sven Bolthausen, SVP & Head of Sales – North East Asia, MediaKind

Prior to MediaKind, Sven has held key positions in media related pre-sales and business development at Ericsson North America, Western and Central Europe & Northern Europe, Tele2 and Kienbaum International Consultants. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from University of Cologne and has completed Executive Courses at Kellogg School of Management, IMD Lausanne and London Business School. He also serves as a board member of FYI Television.

Jeff Tan, VP of Sales, APAC, ContentWise

Jeff joined ContentWise with 20+ years of experience in managing and driving solutions throughout the APAC region for the broadcast, pay TV and OTT markets. He held several sales management positions with companies such as SeaChange, Verimatrix, Conax, Irdeto Access and Amino Communications where he was instrumental in penetrating into several key tier 1 operators in the region. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science from Queen Mary College, University of London.

Rohan Tiwary, Head of Broadcast, Media & Entertainment Partnerships APAC, Google

Rohan Tiwary is a technology and media executive with experience across sales, strategy consulting and product marketing. As Regional Head of Broadcast, Media & Entertainment Partnerships for Google APAC, he manages complex cross-Google initiatives to bring relevant solutions to partners that help them remain at the forefront of innovation and technology. Prior to joining Google, Rohan led management consulting projects at Accenture for the Comms, Media and Technology vertical. He has also worked with leading broadcast and print organisations.

Mark Milstein, Founder & MD, Microstocksolutions

Mark Milstein is the founder of Microstocksolutions llc. Microstocksolutions is a leading provider of human and software-powered visual asset management services and strategies for the media industry, the Fortune 500 and beyond. Microstocksolutions is also home to VRmeta, an intelligent cloud-based media management platform. VRmeta applies in-frame, time-based descriptive metadata to nearly any known video asset type, and can export and share those assets every known DAM and MAM.

James Miner, Chief Executive Officer, MinerLabs & Video Assure

Stéphane Le Dreau , SVP , Regional General Manager APAC, NAGRA

Stéphane Le Dreau is the Senior Vice President, Regional General Manager APAC Nagra. He joined the company in 2009 as VP Product and Solutions in the marketing organization and has taken South Asia Sales responsibility in 2011. He has over 18 years of experience in the management of complex solutions in international environment, holding various senior sales and marketing positions at Nortel in Dallas (US), Hong Kong, Paris (France) and London (UK).

Pascal Métral, VP, Legal Affairs, NAGRA

Pascal Métral serves as Vice President of Legal Affairs for NAGRA/Kudelski Group, a world leader in digital security and cybersecurity. He joined NAGRA in 2003 as an external counsel specialized in IP and criminal law, stepping into the role of the in-house counsel in charge of anti-piracy, anti-cybercrime and corporate matters in 2009. Pascal also heads a global team of in-house and external lawyers and investigators within the NAGRA Anti-Piracy Services unit.

Tony Zameczkowski, VP, Business Development, Asia, Netflix

Anthony (“Tony”) Zameczkowski is Vice President, Business Development for Netflix Asia. Tony has held pivotal roles within huge organizations operating where he has been responsible for leading teams in strategic partnerships and business development efforts in ever-changing and fast-moving environments. With more than 17 years’ experience in the media and technology industry, Tony has a proven track record of building and strengthening strategic partnerships with key players across content verticals (entertainment, music, sports and news) in markets covering Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia.

Derek Choi, Head of Pay TV, PCCW Media Group

Mr. Derek Choi joined PCCW in 2003 and is currently the Head of Now TV. Derek has been working for Now TV for over 15 years and has held various key positions in Marketing, Commercial & Sales, in which he has a proven track record in leading Now TV towards successful business growth. Prior joining PCCW, Derek also held key marketing positions in several multinational banks in Hong Kong, where he gained his marketing experience in the banking and finance industry.

Unmish Parthasarathi, Founder, Picture Board Partners

Virat Patel, Managing Director, Pioneer Consulting Asia

Esther Nguyen, Founder & CEO, POPS Worldwide

Esther founded POPS in 2007 and the company has since been instrumental in changing the entertainment industry in Vietnam, through educating the industry on copyright to building an ecosystem for which the industry could monetize and evolve. POPS has become an established entertainment brand creating new experiences for the fans through content, events, and our own OTT services. Esther has been named on the list of Forbes TOP 60 Women-Led Startups that are shaking up tech across the globe.

Speak at the Asia Video Summit

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Salawati Mohamed, Head of Distribution and Partnership Development, A + E Networks

Saugato Banerjee, MD Asia, A+E Networks

Michael Rehfeld, MD, Digital Strategy, Accenture Strategy

Ken Xu, Lead Architect (Media), Alibaba Cloud Singapore

Gaurav Gandhi, Director and Country GM, Amazon Prime Video India

Ravindra Shukla, CTO, AMCI

Anthony Dobson, VP, Media Partners Asia and MD, AMPD Research

Roger Tong, CEO, AsiaSat

Joe Nguyen, Consultant, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

John Medeiros, Chief Policy Officer, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Louis Boswell, CEO, Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)

Neil Gane, General Manager, AVIA Coalition Against Piracy (CAP)

Shad Hashmi, Co-chair, AVIA OTT Group

Agnes Rozario, Director of Content, Astro

Lee Choong Kay, VP, Chief of Sports, Astro

Andrew Stewart, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Australia

Lex Kuo, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Ryan Shiotani, SVP and GM, South and South East Asia, BBC Studios

Derrick Gray, Chief of Measurement Science & Business Analytics, BARC India

Jocelyn Little, MD, Beach House Pictures

Cameron Andrews, Legal Director Anti-Piracy, beIN MEDIA GROUP

Tom Keaveny, Chief Innovation & Information Officer, beIN MEDIA GROUP

Claes Loberg, Co-Founder, Bounty Media

Jake Denney, Co-Founder, Bounty Media

Monty Ghai, Founder and CEO, Brandwith

Greg Armshaw, Head of Media, Brightcove

Daphne Yang, CEO, CATCHPLAY Group

Vitto Lazatin, VP - Content Acquisition, Management and Strategy, CIGNAL TV

Lakshanthi Fernando, Partner, CMS

Samantha Oh, VP, Client Insights APAC, Comscore

Ashish Bhasin, CEO, APAC & Chairman-India, Dentsu International

Sunil Naryani, VP, Commercials & Partnerships APAC, Dentsu International

Al Sene, VP of Engineering, Digital Ocean

Megha Tata, MD – South Asia, Discovery Communications India

Tony Qiu, SVP, GM - East and South East Asia, Head of Global Location Based Entertainment Business, Discovery Networks

Filippo Giachi, MD for Asia Pacific, DOCOMO Digital

Allan Phang, Regional Head of Marketing and PR, EVOS Esports

Jack Khunatamstit, Entertainment Partnerships Lead - Mainland SEA, Facebook

Jakob Nielsen, CEO, Finecast

Jil Bausa-Go, VP, Content Business Group and Get Entertained Tribe, Globe Telecom

Nikko Acosta, Senior VP, Content Business and Product Management, Globe Telecom

Shakunt Malhotra, MD, Asia, Globecast

Emma Chon Media & Entertainment Lead, APAC Partnerships, Google

Sudharshan Aravamudan, Strategic Business Development Leader, Google

John Miskelly, APAC Investment Director, GroupM

Jessica Deery, Director and Counsel, Horizon Recruitment

Fintan Mc Kiernan, CEO – South East Asia, Ideal Systems

Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast

Vynsley Fernandes, CEO, NXTDigital, President, IndusInd Media Communications

Vasuta Agarwal, MD, APAC, InMobi

Laura Quigley, SVP, APAC, Integral Ad Science

Nick Chuah, Head of Sales APAC, INVIDI

Prasad Sanagavarapu, SVP, Corporate Development, Emerging Markets, INVIDI

Anna Pak Burdin, Head of Business Development, iQIYI

Kuek Yu-Chuang, VP International Business, iQIYI

Gideon Gilboa, EVP Product, Marketing, and Solutions for Media & Telecom, Kaltura

Nick Burfitt, MD, Media Division, APAC, Kantar Media

George Chien, CEO, KC Global Media

Ivan Codina, MD SEA – Japan, S. Korea & Australia, LaLiga

Kanop Supamanop, Chief Content Business Officer, LINE Thailand

Juliette Stead, Senior VP, Head of JAPAC, Magnite

Yogesh Sehgal, Regional Manager, Asia, Magnite

Aravind Vengopal, VP, Media Partners Asia (MPA)

Vivek Couto, Executive Director, Media Partners Asia (MPA)

Angeline Poh, Chief Corporate Development Officer, Mediacorp

Jennifer Chase, VP, Digital Sales & Solutions, Commercial Group, Mediacorp

Parminder Singh, Chief Commercial and Digital Officer, Mediacorp

Sapna Angural, Head of English Audience, Mediacorp

Jay Ganesan, SVP & Region Head – APAC, MediaKind

James Miner, CEO, MinerLabs & Video Assure

Pathamawan Sathaporn, MD, Mindshare Thailand

Karan Bedi, CEO, MX Player

Gidon Freeman, VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs, NBCUniversal International

Aki Taha, Director, Talent Acquisition, Netflix

Shanta Arul, Director, Strategy & Development, Netflix Asia Pacific

Annette Kunst, Regional Managing Director, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, Nielsen Media

Paul Berriman, Group CTO, PCCW-HKT

Mamie Leung, SVP and Head of Content, PCCW Media Group

Unmish Parthasarathi, Founder, Picture Board Partners

Sarika Tulsyan, Chief Revenue Officer,
POPS Worldwide

Einav Levi, Senior Director of Product Management – Data and Advertising,
Viaccess-Orca