Contributors
Kamal Karmakar
Kamal is the founder and promoter of CitiXsys. He has been responsible for the company’s evolution to be a specialist provider of software products in Retail segment. Kamal’s responsibilities include Business Strategy, Global Sales, Product Innovation and Growth.
Under his leadership, CitiXsys grew to become the market leader in Retail Technology domain and known as an innovator in Retail sector. He has also guided the organization to receive several prestigious awards in tech industry.
Beyond his work in CitiXsys, Kamal has considerable experience at counseling executives at high growth companies on strategy formulation, business model transformation, and implementation of balanced scorecard in their enterprise. He has worked with many companies in a counseling capacity with an exceptional track record of helping management teams achieve better strategy & bottom-line improvements.
A graduate of Harvard Business School, Kamal is well recognized in the industry and is on board of various companies globally including being a member of SAP Advisory Council for Business One in Germany.
Karen Lam
Karen Lam is a partner at Simmons & Simmons’ Hong Kong office, specialising in financial markets with expertise in asset-based finance, derivatives, and structured products. She joined Simmons & Simmons in 2025, advising clients across Asia on complex financial transactions and regulatory matters.
With over 20 years of experience, Lam has pioneered key market innovations such as Stock Connect, Bond Connect, Swap Connect, and the Core Climate carbon trading platform, and led landmark transactions including Hong Kong’s first public consumer loan securitisation and infrastructure loan-backed securities.
Karen Prosser
Karen Prosser is Head of Social Infrastructure at EC Harris Asia-Pacific
Karin Clarke
Karin is an experienced and results-oriented leader with strong commercial acumen and an extensive background covering a range of recruitment management disciplines, including recruitment operations, change management, integrations, leadership coaching, retention and workforce planning. Her vast skill set includes business development, marketing strategy, training and development and operational management.
Kathryn Yap
Kathryn Yap is Managing Partner at CTPartners, a global executive search firm.
Kenneth Au-Yeung
Kenneth Au-Yeung is a Registered Physiotherapist at Healing Hands Physiotherapy Centre. He has been interviewed by different TV shows and magazines for more than 80 times. He has a special interest in East-meets-West approach and now is an experienced acupuncturist and a Tai Chi for Arthritis Instructor.
Kenneth Chau
Kenneth Chau is the Country Manager, Hong Kong and Macau, Citrix. Over the course of his 16-year career, he has held consultancy, management, and business development roles in the finance, telecommunications, and IT sectors and worked for a number of leading global companies. Chau holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong and an M.Sc. in Information Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Kenny Cheung
Kenny Cheung is an Associate of Baker & McKenzie.
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