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Yan Kwok is a partner at at Concentra and a Sloan Fellow from MIT. Originally from Mauritius, he worked as a strategy consultant for the United Nations and the Worldbank on African-related projects. His interests are in entrepreneurship and venture capital. <ref>[http://rdvp.org/fellows/2004-2005/yann-kwok/ Digital Vision Program at Stanford University]</ref>
Yann Kwok is a member of the Board of Trustees of AfriNIC, the emerging regional Internet Registry. He was elected to the [[ICANN]]'s ccTLD Administrative committee of the [[DNSO]], and chair of [[AFTLD]], the African association of Top Level Domains. He is a member of the AFNOG management committee, and the ccTLD manager for .mu. <ref>[http://www.afridns.org/people.html AFRIDNS]</ref>
Yann Kwok attended Royal College Port Louis (1981 — 1987). He has an BCom (1989 — 1991) in Accounting & Information Systems and and BCom(Hons)(1992 — 1993) in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town. <ref>[http://au.linkedin.com/in/yankwok Linkedin]</ref>. He has an MBA - Sloan Fellows Program (2003 — 2004) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and a DVP - Reuters Digital Vision Fellow (2004 — 2005) from Stanford University.
==Career History==
* In 1995, In 1995, Yann Kwok founded [[Internet Direct]] through which he served as the strategy Consultant of United Nations, New York and prepared strategic recommendation for the President of Madagascar, leading to the privatization of Telecom Malagasy.
* He worked as the Independent Regional Expert of World Bank Group evaluated bids which resulted in 6 capacity development projects totaling $3M.
* Yann Kwok worked the Technical Director of Mauritius Commercial Bank where he provided DNS expertise leading to the introduction of the country’s first Internet banking platform
* He acted as an Independent Technical Expert of United Nations evaluated bids for the $15M "Internet Initiative for Africa" project, quadrupling Namibia's Internet connectivity.
* He was the Regional Instructor of INTIF, France and built and trained a team, which brought up Madagascar’s first Internet connection.
* He served as a Network Specialist in Kerzner International, Mauritius and planned and implemented a wide area network for one of the Top 5 Leading Resorts of the World.
* In 1993 he co-founded Rogers Telecom / Terrasky a telecommunications company.
* He worked in MIT Tiger Team
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Yan Kwok is a partner at at Concentra and a Sloan Fellow from MIT. Originally from Mauritius, he worked as a strategy consultant for the United Nations and the Worldbank on African-related projects. His interests are in entrepreneurship and venture capital. <ref>[http://rdvp.org/fellows/2004-2005/yann-kwok/ Digital Vision Program at Stanford University]</ref>
Yann Kwok is a member of the Board of Trustees of AfriNIC, the emerging regional Internet Registry. He was elected to the [[ICANN]]'s ccTLD Administrative committee of the [[DNSO]], and chair of [[AFTLD]], the African association of Top Level Domains. He is a member of the AFNOG management committee, and the ccTLD manager for .mu. <ref>[http://www.afridns.org/people.html AFRIDNS]</ref>
Yann Kwok attended Royal College Port Louis (1981 — 1987). He has an BCom (1989 — 1991) in Accounting & Information Systems and and BCom(Hons)(1992 — 1993) in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town. <ref>[http://au.linkedin.com/in/yankwok Linkedin]</ref>. He has an MBA - Sloan Fellows Program (2003 — 2004) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and a DVP - Reuters Digital Vision Fellow (2004 — 2005) from Stanford University.
==Career History==
* In 1995, In 1995, Yann Kwok founded [[Internet Direct]] through which he served as the strategy Consultant of United Nations, New York and prepared strategic recommendation for the President of Madagascar, leading to the privatization of Telecom Malagasy.
* He worked as the Independent Regional Expert of World Bank Group evaluated bids which resulted in 6 capacity development projects totaling $3M.
* Yann Kwok worked the Technical Director of Mauritius Commercial Bank where he provided DNS expertise leading to the introduction of the country’s first Internet banking platform
* He acted as an Independent Technical Expert of United Nations evaluated bids for the $15M "Internet Initiative for Africa" project, quadrupling Namibia's Internet connectivity.
* He was the Regional Instructor of INTIF, France and built and trained a team, which brought up Madagascar’s first Internet connection.
* He served as a Network Specialist in Kerzner International, Mauritius and planned and implemented a wide area network for one of the Top 5 Leading Resorts of the World.
* In 1993 he co-founded Rogers Telecom / Terrasky a telecommunications company.
* He worked in MIT Tiger Team