Tri Pham is Chief Strategy Officer at Tata Communications, part of the $103.3 billion Tata group of companies. In this role, he is responsible for strategy formulation and execution, as well as managing all major strategic initiatives including growth plans, entry into new markets and mergers and acquisitions. Tri has over 18 years of experience in the investment banking industry, focusing on the telecommunications, media and technology industries in Asia. He has advised many of the world’s leading info-communications companies and executed some of the largest mergers and acquisitions transactions in the region. Tri was also an Executive Director at ABN AMRO Bank from 2004 to 2008. During this time, he was co-head of TMT, Asia Pacific. He was also a Director at Merrill Lynch International from 1994 to 2003, where he was head of South East Asia TMT. Tri holds a bachelors and masters degree in electrical engineering from the John Hopkins University and an MBA from the Wharton School. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Ford fellowship award.