Robert Bailey is President and Chief Executive Officer of Abacus International Asia¹s leading provider of travel solutions and services.

Robert joined Abacus in 2008, bringing with him a wide range of experience in general management, senior strategy, business development and marketing roles in the travel industry.

Robert¹s career in travel distribution includes a variety of roles with a Europe based Global Distribution System (GDS) where he was also responsible for developing the company¹s network of National Distribution Companies with airlines worldwide. Most recently, Robert was Senior Vice President and Managing Director at ITSMA, a professional services company specialising in technology and services marketing.

Joining Abacus at a time of change in the economic front, Robert recognised t
he growth potential of Asia and emphasised the importance of having an active dialogue with the markets to stimulate the region¹s travel industry towards new developments.

At Abacus, he led a strategic change within the company to focus on key business segments. Seeing the importance of building relationships in the region, Robert has also furthered Abacus¹ long-standing relationships with key partners and customers through a series of exclusive and highly sought after industry forums.

A British national, Robert has a long-term connection with the Asia Pacific region having spent his childhood in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. His work responsibilities in earlier roles also saw him spending time in Asia.

As Chief Financial Officer, Peter Gammon has overall responsibility for Abacus' financial management. This includes spearheading strategic and financial planning, management and statutory reporting, controllership, tax planning, treasury and risk management, legal, administration, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and strategic operations of Abacus and its subsidiaries.

Peter brings to Abacus more than 25 years of experience covering a full spectrum of strategic and operational financial activities. He began his career in 1981 as an auditor in a leading audit firm and went on to undertake various finance roles with leading organisations. For 12 years, he managed the financial operations of a multi-national company in the IT industry with US$1billion sales operation in South East Asia.

Immediately prior to joining Abacus, Peter was the Chief Financial Officer for Asia Pacific for a global relationship management company based in the United States.

Peter holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Accounting from University of Newcastle, UK and holds certificates of Chartered Accountancy from UK and Canada.

Brett Henry is Vice-President of Abacus International’s Marketing Division where he leads product and content marketing for both agency and airlines, Corporate and Marketing Communications, Market Research as well as Training. He also has overall responsibility for the company’s business in India in his role as Vice President India.

Brett brings to Abacus more than 15 years of travel industry experience with a focus on marketing, business development, and driving productive relationships. He has held leadership roles at companies across the travel distribution value chain including airlines and global distribution systems.

Albert Hong is the Vice President, Products & Solutions Development and Acting Head of Channel Management Division at Abacus International, reporting directly to Abacus International President and CEO, Robert Bailey.

As Vice President of Products & Solutions Development, he has overall responsibility for the management, development, and delivery of the entire portfolio of Abacus International¹s solutions, the backbone of the global distribution system business.

Prior to his current position, Albert was the Director of Fares and Pricing, responsible for the Fares Line of Business, an integral part of the reservation business. Before that Albert was based in Thailand as the Regional Director for Indochina and Central Asia, responsible for aligning the sales, marketing and business development plans in Abacus¹ head office in Singapore with the National Marketing Companies (NMCs).

Albert joined Abacus in 1990 and played an instrumental role in various areas including Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) development, Management Information Systems, Network & Operations, Y2K compliancy and TCP/IP. Prior to taking the challenge to grow Abacus presence in the vibrant emerging markets, Albert was spearheading its Information Technology function and has built mutually beneficial relationships with the company¹s IT and network outsourcing partners over the years.

With more than 20 years experience in various functions in the GDS industry, Albert is adept at understanding the business operations and IT infrastructure challenges and issues of the travel industry.

John Lim is Vice-President, IT & Operations. He is responsible for Abacus¹ entire technology system and network infrastructure, including communications management, global network management, connectivity provisioning, data centre and systems, Management Information Systems and office automation. He is also responsible for Abacus fares operations to business partners and directs the Abacus customer service team. John joined Abacus in 1990 and helped manage the development of various programmes including Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) development, IT applications, frequent flyer and loyalty programmes, information management as well as the business development and implementation of the company¹s fares strategy.

Prior to joining Abacus, John was responsible for branch operation and system and planning of a large local financial institution. With more than 20 years of experience in IT development, operations and management with both financial and travel industries, John has gained a deep understanding of the challenges, issues and opportunities the industry faces.

Helen Sim is Director of Human Resources at Abacus International and reports directly to Abacus International President and CEO, Robert Bailey.

As Director of Human Resources, she is responsible for Abacus¹ human resources management. This includes talent acquisition, employee retention, career development, human resources administration and organisation development of Abacus and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Helen joined Abacus in October 2005, bringing with her more than 32 years of extensive experience in human resources and administration, including 20 years in regional roles. She has held various corporate, regional and local operational HR roles with Fortune 100 companies, including the world's top soft-drink company, and one of the world's largest diversified technology, media and financial services company.

Ho Hoong Mau is Director of Airline Distribution Division where he has overall responsibility for managing relationships with airlines. He leads Airline Strategy & Business Development, Information Marketing as well as Airline Account Management to drive strategic sales initiatives to ensure maximum growth of airline accounts.

Hoong Mau brings to Abacus more than 13 years of travel industry experience with a focus on general management, regional marketing and market development. Prior to joining Abacus in 2005, he has held several leadership positions with Singapore Airlines in key business functions.

Hoong Mau holds a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.