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Mr Arena, aged 56, is Group Managing Director of PCCW, Deputy Chairman of PCCW's Executive Committee, a Director of Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited and Deputy Chairman, Executive Director and Executive Committee member of Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited.
Prior to joining the Pacific Century Group in 1998, Mr Arena was a Special Policy Adviser to the Hong Kong Government from 1997 to 1998. From 1993 to 1997, he was Director-General of Telecommunications at the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) of Hong Kong, as well as a member of the Broadcasting Authority.
Before taking up his post at OFTA, Mr Arena was appointed by the Hong Kong Government to plan a reform program for the liberalization of Hong Kong's telecommunications sector. Prior to his appointment to the Hong Kong Government, he served as an inaugural member of the Australian Telecommunications Authority for four years. Mr Arena has led an extensive career in public administration, specializing in high technology and infrastructure industries. From a practicing radio/communications engineer to becoming a public policy maker, his experience spans such diverse areas as commercialization of government-owned business enterprises and deregulation in the aviation, transport, telecommunications and postal industries.
Mr Arena graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He completed an MBA at Melbourne University, Australia, and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
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