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Vice President, Yahoo! International.With more than 23 years of information technology, telecommunications, and general management experience, Mr. Allan Kwan is responsible for Yahoo!’s overall investment & business development in China. In the past 5 years, Mr. Kwan managed North Asia business operations, and had been instrumental in reshaping Yahoo China’s market positions following the acquisition of 3721 Network Software Company Limited and the set up of 1Pai.com, an online auction joint venture with Sina in 2004. They led to the recent US$1.7B investment into Alibaba.com in Aug 2005. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 2001, Mr. Kwan was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Asia.com, responsible for local content, web services, and mobile commerce. Prior to Asia.com, Kwan spent six years at Motorola where he led the development of mobile internet and the growth of the paging business in Greater China. As Vice President and General Manager of the Paging Subscriber Division, he managed over 2500 employees and built one of the most profitable operations in the company with annual revenues exceeding US$1 billion. For over a decade, Kwan also worked at Nortel Networks managing functional areas in Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Telco Marketing, International Business Development, and Wireless Systems Sales. Kwan holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honor) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Canada, as well as a Master of Business Administration (Distinction) degree from the Wharton School, and a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. | 