About

Damian Yeo currently stands as head of legal and regulatory affairs for Facebook in the Asia Pacific region, which includes the large markets of India and China. As an expert in software licensing and IT law, Yeo has held a number of positions within the field, including legal director for Akamai Technologies, and supporting the multimedia division as the global lead counsel for the Vancouver and San Francisco offices of Nokia. Yeo started his legal career in litigation practice as an advocate and solicitor with the law firms Allen & Gledhill and Thio Su Mien & Partners. Yeo has also previously served as vice-chair of the Singapore European Chamber of Commerce, Information Technology and Telecommunications Working Group, head of foreign relations in the Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and CASETRUST committee member in CASE (the Singapore consumer association). He is also an accredited mediator for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. Yeo has been behind Facebook’s aim of investing in resources and expertise to help its Southeast Asia operations grow and achieve improved business results; this is in line with the recent milestone findings of advertisers that use Facebook to develop small businesses in Southeast Asia.