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WILLIAM SO
Deputy Managing Director of International Department, China Network Communications Group Corporation and Managing Director of China Netcom (Hong Kong) Operations Ltd.
China Network Communications Group Corporation

Mr. WILLIAM SO joined China Netcom in 2000 as director of international business. Born in Hong Kong and educated in Hong Kong and the UK. Prior to joining CNC , Mr. So served as General Manage r to an European Telecom Equipment manufacturer and helped the company to establish a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) in China. Before that, Mr. So served as General Manager for an I nternational telecom operator and helped the company to establish and managed a Sino-US Joint Venture in 1996.

Before living in China since 1996 , Mr. So spent 12 years with IBM Hong Kong and IBM China in various management positions . From 1993 to 1996, he was General Manager of a European Subsidiary of Legend Computers (now Lenovo) based in Vienna, Austria .

Mr. So received his honor degree in Computing Science from Imperial College , London in 1981 . He is a member of the Communist Party of China.