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1990s FRANCIS YIP (’90) was promoted to Group Vice-President of Verizon Asia Pacific. In his new role, Yip is responsible for delivering strategic cloud, security, mobility, network and connected machines solutions to Verizon’s multinational enterprise clients across the AsiaPacific region. Based in Hong Kong, Yip was most recently Verizon’s managing director for North Asia, with responsibility for Verizon’s business in Hong Kong, China, Korea and Taiwan. Prior to joining Verizon, Yip was responsible for managing Dimension Data’s North Asia operations. He has also held senior management positions at Equant (now Orange Business Systems), including general manager for China. A native of Singapore,
Yip is fluent in several languages including English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Malay. ANDREW (‘DREW’) COLES (’92) was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of InnVest, effective late January, 2015. Coles has held senior management positions in the Canadian hospitality industry and served as Vice-President, Hotels at Oxford Properties Group. From 2010, Coles was Oxford’s senior leader responsible for the investment performance of its luxury hotel portfolio. Under his leadership, the Oxford hotel portfolio experienced exceptional investment performance, income growth and capital reinvestment. In previous roles, he worked with Delta Hotels and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, General Electric Capital and Choice Hotels International. He holds an Honors MBA from Webster University (St. Louis, Missouri), a BA Economics from Acadia, and serves as an active Board Member of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.
DR. TREVOR JAIN (’93) has upgraded his education and qualifications. A former Coldbrook resident and Acadia graduate in biology and computer science, Jain is currently employed as an Emergency Medicine Specialist at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Charlottetown, P.E.I. On Sept. 25, 2014 he graduated with his MSc in Disaster Medicine from the University of Brussels, Belgium and the University of Avogadro Piedmont in Novara, Italy. The degree focused on aspects of disaster medicine and management, utilizing an international team of faculty from the World Health Organization and the Red Cross, as well as subject matter experts in their own fields from different universities. The son of Dr. Nirmal and June MacGregor-Jain of Coldbrook, he lives in Charlottetown with his wife Kara and twin daughters, Sydney and Natasha.
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