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Security Masterclass: How to Protect your SME or Startup?

For SME leaders and start-ups, balancing business growth with protection can be difficult. While technological advancements and an increasingly connected business environment have made it easier for business leaders to explore new revenue opportunities, it has also made it easier for vital assets to be abused, misplaced and stolen.

Join us for the second edition of the Business Class for Entrepreneurs Series to learn why SMEs and start-ups need to start thinking about business protection from the onset. More than another security briefing, this panel will see representatives from diverse backgrounds offer practical advice on what business leaders need to be aware of, how to protect their various and often disparate assets, quick recovery steps to take when the unthinkable happens, and key areas that many tend to overlook.  

About the speakers

Janet Wong has over a decade of experience in handling a wide range of intellectual property matters in Greater China. She is experienced in formulating brand protection strategies, managing trademark portfolios and handling IP-related transactions, including acquisition, franchising and licensing of IP rights, on a worldwide basis, for both local and multi-national clients. Janet also regularly advises on anti-counterfeiting and other IP enforcement actions, including trademark infringement and copyright piracy actions as well as company name and domain name dispute resolutions proceedings.

Janet is also involved in a variety of civil disputes and litigations with a particular focus on intellectual property, commercial and corporate matters. She helps clients in freezing and recovering assets in financial fraud cases.

John Bruce is Head of Corporate Intelligence for Hill & Associates an Asian based risk consultancy. As such John manages a team of dedicated professionals who assist clients in making decisions over investments, partnerships and strategy in Asia. John has also headed up the gaming portfolio at Hill & Associates since 2003 and has significant experience in assisting both operators and investors in understanding the convoluted nature of the Asian gaming business and the individuals and corporations involved in the industry.partnerships and strategy in Asia. John has also headed up the gaming portfolio at Hill & Associates since 2003 and has significant experience in assisting both operators and investors in understanding the convoluted nature of the Asian gaming business and the individuals and corporations involved in the industry.partnerships and strategy in Asia. John has also headed up the gaming portfolio at Hill & Associates since 2003 and has significant experience in assisting both operators and investors in understanding the convoluted nature of the Asian gaming business and the individuals and corporations involved in the industry.partnerships and strategy in Asia. John has also headed up the gaming portfolio at Hill & Associates since 2003 and has significant experience in assisting both operators and investors in understanding the convoluted nature of the Asian gaming business and the individuals and corporations involved in the industry.

Phil Aldridge is COO of FunctionEight Ltd. Headquartered in Hong Kong and with regional offices in Singapore and New Zealand, FunctionEight provides IT Managed Services and private cloud computing solutions to SME's and Regional Offices of MNC's across the APAC region. As COO Phil heads up the product, marketing and sales functions, as well as providing technical oversight. Phil has been in Hong Kong since 1991 and having worked in various firms in positions of Regional IT manager or similar he joined FunctionEight in 2006.

Ben Worthington joined Zurich International Life in 2006 and is now the Chief Life Distribution Officer. Ben leads the Life Team in the strategic development of the company’s financial and protection solutions. Ben has more than 15 years of experience in the financial industry in Hong Kong specialising in the broker distribution. Ben has BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Ben also sits on the LIC's Fintech Task Force group in HKFI.

About the moderator

Napoleon Biggs is a reputed digital marketing specialist and senior advisor on emerging communications and ecommerce practices in Asia. He is well-known as the hard-hitting host of “Web Wednesday”, a community of 6,000 internet entrepreneurs and digital media executives. He has over 17 years’ experience in the Internet in Asia and speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese. His current role is to lead the Digital Transformation Practice at Burson-Marsteller.

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