The Interview: Leading in Asia, 2006

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The Interview: Leading in Asia, 2006

The Wall Street Journal Asia is pleased to present highlights from its weekly feature, The Interview: Leading in Asia. Interesting, insightful and sometimes entertaining, our interviewees are as diverse as
the organizations they represent.

They come from various backgrounds and they all have different stories to tell. What they have in common is proven business know-how and accomplished management records.

PROFILES OF LEADERSHIP:

Sudhanshu Sarronwala Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Soundbuzz 2
Tony Fernandes Founder of AirAsia 3
Kenny Yap Founder, Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Qian Hu Corp. 4
Jehan Canaga Retna Business Director of MAS Holding (Pvt.) Ltd. 5
Tisa Ho Executive Director of The Hong Kong Arts Festival 6
Pua Seck Guan Chief Executive of CapitalLand Retail Ltd. 8
N. Srinivasan Vice Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd. 9
Mayumi Hashimoto President of Bookoff Corp. 10
Hiroshi Nakada Mayor of Yokohama 11
Jackson Tai Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 12
Peggy Yu Founder of Dangdang.com 14
Alan F. White Senior Associate Dean of MIT’s Sloan School of Management 15
Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd. 16
Douglas Foo Founder and Chief Executive of Apex-Pal International Ltd. 17
Gail Kelly Chief Executive of St.George Bank Ltd. 18
Liu Hao Chief Executive of Zhaopin.com Ltd. 20
Janine Allis Founder and Managing Director Boost Juice Bars Australia Pty. Ltd. 21
Lawrence Wong Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Jockey Club 22
Ian Yang Co-General Manager for Asia Pacific for Intel Corp. 23
Lillian Too Co-founder and Chairwoman of World of Feng Shui, or WOFS.com Sdn. Bhd. 24
Seiichi Matsumura President of Pigeon Corp. 26
Toshio Suzuki President of Studio Ghibli Inc. 27
Catherine Weir Southeast Asia Head for Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking 28
Edo de Waart Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra 29
Victor Yuan Co-Founders of Horizon Research Concultancy Group 30
Lori Forman Microsoft Corp.’s Regional Director of Community Affairs for Asia 32
Jason Choo Chief Executive of Gems TV Holdings Ltd. 33
Michael Yu Founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. 34
Brian Ko Founder of Integrant Technologies Inc. 35
Chris Mackay, Hamish Douglas Co-Founders of Magellan Financial Group Ltd. 36
Concluding story Advice on leading a business from 15 people who know 37