accelerating the adoption of cloud computing throughout Asia Pacific and beyond
accelerating the adoption of cloud computing throughout Asia Pacific and beyond

Working Groups

Year Title Leadership Project / Product
2024 WG on Data Centres and Sustainability
2024 WG on AI
2024 WG on Financial Services Industry Project Group: Stratos Pourzitakis (HSBC), Chester Chua (Google Cloud), Daniel Wu (AWS) – working with EY IC Roshan Chandiramani
2024 WG on Cybersecurity and OT
2023 WG on Data Centres Co-Chairs: Nicole Low (Equinix), Vikram Sridharan (AWS)

Members: Ken Siah (Google Cloud), Kavickumar Muruganathan (Microsoft), Jolie Liao (AWS), Candice Zhu (Oracle)

2023 WG on Sustainability Co-Chairs: Jason Plamondon (Equinix), Kavickumar Muruganathan (Microsoft), Genevieve Ding (AWS)

Members: Brigitta Ratih Aryanti (Google Cloud), Ken Haig (AWS)

2023 WG on Financial Services Industry Co-Chairs: Stratos Pourzitakis (HSBC) and Chester Chua (Google Cloud)

Members: Tim Taylor (HSBC), Wilson Yim (AWS), Daniel Wu (AWS), Candice Chu (Oracle), Joy Fuyuno (Microsoft), Adelaida Hassan (Microsoft), Boon Poh Mok (Salesforce), Yan Xi Chan (Salesforce)

2022 WG on AI and ML Policy Matt Roberts, Oracle, and Mok Poh Boon, Salesforce Use Cases of Cloud-enabled AI/ML Applications
2022 WG on Sustainability Ken Haig, AWS and Brigitta Ratih Aryanti, Google Cloud ACCA Concept Note on “The Role of the Cloud in Meeting Sustainable Development Goals for the Asia-Pacific Region”
2022 WG on Financial Services Industry Chester Chua, Google Cloud, and Stratos E Pourzitakis, HSBC Financial Services on the Cloud – Japan Market Report クラウドをうまく活用するために: アジア太平洋地域の金融サービス2021 日本語版
2021 Financial Services Report 2021 Working Group Chan Yam Ki, Google Cloud (2020-2021) Better on the Cloud: Financial Services in Asia Pacific 2021
2021 WG on a Model Cloud First Policy Marcus Bartley Johns, Microsoft, and Jamie Lim, AWS
2021 WG on LEA Data Requests and Due Process Annabel Lee, AWS
2021 WG on Edge Computing Amanpriet Dhingra, Equinix
2020 Public Policy Working Group Lim May-Ann, ACCA Cloud Readiness Index 2020
2019 Cloud Procurement Working Group Jarom Britton, Microsoft From Vision to Procurement: Principles for Adopting Cloud Computing in the Public Sector 2019
2018 Financial Services Institutions (FSI) Special Interest Group Sassoon Grigorian, Salesforce Asia’s Financial Services on the Cloud 2018: Regulatory Landscape Impacting the Use of Cloud by Financial Institutions in Asia
Cross-Border Data Flows 2018: A Review of the Regulatory Enablers, Blockers, and Key Sectoral Opportunities in Five Asian Economies: India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam
Regulating for a Digital Economy: Understanding the Importance of Cross-Border Data Flows in Asia 2018
2017 Financial Services Institutions (FSI) Special Interest Group Sassoon Grigorian, Salesforce Asia’s Financial Services: Ready for the Cloud — Securities Regulations Impacting Cloud in Japan 2016 / アジアの金融サービス:クラウドセキュリティ規制への準備。日本への影響と2016年の最新動向。
Towards Better Patient Outcomes and Staying Well: The Promise of Cloud Computing for the Healthcare Industry 2017
2016 Financial Services Institutions (FSI) Special Interest Group Andrew Cooke, Microsoft Asia’s Financial Services: Ready for the Cloud – Regional Regulatory Update 2016
2016 Data Analytics Special Interest Group, aka Asia Analytics Alliance Arun Sundar, TrustSphere Data Analytics to Bridge Knowledge Gaps 2016 – An ACCA White Paper on Supply and Demand for Big Data Analytics in Asia Pacific
2015 Financial Services Institutions (FSI) Special Interest Group Andrew Cooke, Microsoft 2015 Asia’s Financial Services: Ready for the Cloud – A Report on FSI Regulations Impacting Cloud in Asia Pacific Markets
2015 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Working Group John Galligan, Microsoft SMEs in Asia Pacific: The Market for Cloud Computing 2015 – Case Studies of 14 markets in APAC

The Asia Pacific SME Cloud Computing Attractiveness Index 2015

2014 Public Policy Working Group Bernie Trudel, Cisco Cloud Readiness Index 2014

Report on Cloud Data Regulations 2014: A contribution on how to reduce the compliance costs of Cross-Border Data Transfers

2014 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Working Group John Galligan, Microsoft
2013 Cloud Security Working Group Aaron Sharp, Verizon The Impact of Data Sovereignty on Cloud Computing 2013
2013 Public Policy Working Group Bernie Trudel, Cisco
2012 Cloud Security Working Group Aaron Sharp, Verizon
2012 Cloud Assessment Tool/ Carrier Grade Cloud Security Working Group Jerry Wertelecky Cloud Assessment Tool (CAT) 2012
2012 Public Policy Working Group Bernie Trudel, Cisco Cloud Readiness Index 2012
2011 Cloud Assessment Tool/ Carrier Grade Cloud Security Working Group Jerry Wertelecky
2011 Public Policy Working Group Bernie Trudel, Cisco Cloud Readiness Index 2011

The Cloud Map 2011