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Directors and Senior Management
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Gilles SAUTIER
Aged 50, Chief Executive Officer of
continental Europe of Electronic
Learning Products Business, joined the
Group in November 2000 and is
responsible for the Group’s electronic
learning products business in France,
Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Spain
and Germany. He is also responsible for
the support centre in Holland which
takes care of finance, logistic and IT
systems for the European sales
companies. With over 25 years of
experience in marketing, sales and
management in the toy industry, he
held various positions in Kenner-Parker,
Spear’s Games, Ideal Toys and
Majorette. He holds a Bachelor degree
in Law from Paris University and an
MBA degree from L’ESSEC, a French
business school. Mr. SAUTIER is a
member of the Board of the French
Toy Federation.
Davis CHAN Hon Hung
Aged 42, Factory Manager – Toy
Division of Electronic Learning Products
Business. Mr. CHAN joined the Group
in 1999. He holds a Master degree in
Logistics and Operations Management
from Macquarie University, Australia.
Mr. CHAN has over 20 years of
experience in toys industry. Prior to
joining VTech, he held a senior position
in an OEM toys company.
LEUNG Chun Kwan
Aged 40, Factory Manager – Plastic
Division & Material Control Division of
Electronic Learning Products Business.
Mr. LEUNG joined the Group in 1998
and transferred to the division in
December 2000. He had 8 years
experience in telecommunication
products manufacturing before joining
the Group. Mr. LEUNG holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Electronics
Engineering and a Master of Philosophy
degree in Electronics Engineering from
City University of Hong Kong. He is a
member of the Institute of Electrical
Engineers and a Chartered Engineer of
the Engineering Council, UK.
Vincent YUEN Chi Ming
Aged 46, Senior Manager of Product
Development Department (Engineering
& Administration) of Electronic Learning
Products Business. Mr. YUEN joined
VTech in 1984. He holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Electronics from The
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
AU Ip Sing
Aged 46, Senior Manager of Product
Development Department (Engineering
& Administration) of Electronic
Learning Products Business. He has
more than 10 years in Mechanical
Engineering Design of switches, TV
and toys products, and 15 years in toys
product development management.
Mr. AU holds a Diploma in Production
and Industrial Engineering from Hong
Kong Polytechnics.
Rowena SO Lin Ying
Aged 51, Divisional Financial
Controller of Electronic Learning
Products Business, is responsible for
financial reporting and control of the
business. Ms. SO joined VTech in
1986. She holds an MBA degree from
the University of Lincolnshire and
Humberside. She has over 19 years of
managerial experience in finance and
accounting in the company.
Contract Manufacturing Services
Andy LEUNG Hon Kwong
Aged 47, Chief Executive Officer of
Contract Manufacturing Services
Business since April 2002 after serving
as General Manager for 9 years. He
joined VTech in 1988. Mr. LEUNG has
over 20 years of experience in the EMS
industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
in the United Kingdom and an MBA
degree from Oklahoma City University
in the United States.
Michael HO Ho Leung
Aged 42, General Manager of VTech
(Qingyuan) Plastic & Electronics Co.,
Ltd. Dr. HO received his PhD degree in
Mechanical Engineering from University
of Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology (“UMIST”), UK. From
UMIST he also received his BEng degree
in Mechanical Engineering with first
class honors. He has been working in
product development area for 20 years
and his service in VTech can be traced
back to 1985. He was the Mechanical
Design Manager during 1992–93 for
VTech’s telecommunication products.
Just before joining VTech again, he
served 7 years in an Audio & AV ODM
company as the Head of Engineering
Division producing mainly for Aiwa,
Sony, JVC, SanDisk and other major US
and European importers.
Alex CHOI Lap Hung
Aged 43, General Manager of VTech
Communications Limited, is responsible
for the development of contract
manufacturing services business
worldwide and the operations of the
factory including project management,
manufacture, quality assurance,
engineering and materials functions.
Before joining the Group in November
2002, Mr. CHOI worked in another
couples of EMS companies for 16 years
in various perspective, including
marketing, project management and
quality assurance. He holds a Master of
Engineering degree of Manufacturing
Systems Engineering from Warwick
University, United Kingdom.