Dr Denis Shing Fai Yip has been appointed as the President & Group Chief Operating Officer of HKBN Ltd., effective October 2024. Dr Yip is responsible for spearheading the Group's operations and steering innovation to elevate customer and shareholder experiences.

With over 30 years of worldwide leadership in private and public sectors, Dr Yip has extensive business management experience and international exposure. He has worked in Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo, and served in senior positions in a number of large enterprises.

Dr Yip started his career in IBM in 1991 and held a variety of senior management positions in the company, including Global Vice President, General Manager of the Asia Pacific Storage Division, President of the AS/400 Business in Asia Pacific Region, etc. Dr Yip was in charge of various businesses at IBM based in Guangzhou, Beijing, Tokyo and Shanghai, and was at the time the youngest Global Vice President of IBM in 2003.

He was the Global Senior VP and President, Greater China of EMC Corporation (“EMC”) from 2006 to 2017, and participated in formulating and setting strategic promotion plans whilst leading the team in developing the Greater China market. Upon the merger of Dell Inc. ("DELL") and EMC, Dr Yip continued to be appointed as the Global Senior VP of DELL and the President of Greater China of EMC.

From 2017 to early 2019, he served as President and Director of the Digital China Holdings Company and the Fujian Start Group respectively. He steered the development of the enterprises and established their business footholds.

Dr Yip served as the Commissioner for Belt and Road of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau from 2019 to 2021 and as the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) from 2021 to 2024. He is a veteran with extensive leadership experience covering technology, commerce and management.

Dr Yip holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, alongside an MBA from Golden Gate University and a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Management and Technology.

Dr Yip is a member of the Civil Service Training Advisory Board, Digital Policing Advisory Panel of the Hong Kong Police Force, Council Member of the Hong Kong Computer Society, Executive Committee Member of the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce (CRECCHKI). He also serves as the Honorary Founding Technology Advisor of the Greater Bay Area Carbon Neutrality Association, Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics & Technologies Association.

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