Joe Locandro is Director - Group Information Technology and is responsible for the formulation and execution of the CLP Group IT strategy throughout the Asia Pacific region. CLP is one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in the Asia-Pacific electric power sector.

CLP operates a vertically integrated electricity supply business in Hong Kong. Outside Hong Kong, CLP is the largest external investor in the Chinese mainland electricity industry, and a leading international private sector power company in the Asia-Pacific region with an integrated energy business in Australia and interests in generating assets in India, Taiwan and Thailand.

In his role, Locandro drives IT synergy across CLP Group’s investments and ensures that IT is aligned with the current and future business needs of the CLP Group.

His key focus areas include Group IT strategy and policy formulation, strategic systems development, IT infrastructure, and developing initiatives that are critical to enhancing the Group's overall performance.

A veteran in IT management, consulting and marketing, Locandro’s career includes positions with a number of international blue-chip organisations. Locandro has held a variety of Chief Information Officer positions in various industry sectors from energy to entertainment. He joined the utility sector in 2002, as Chief Information Officer for Yallourn Energy – Auspower Ltd in Australia until he joined CLP in May 2004.

A native of Australia, Locandro has spent most of his working life in Melbourne with various secondments overseas in Europe and North America. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Commerce from Melbourne University, Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Monash University and Strategic Application of Information Technology from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Locandro is engaged on numerous IT related Advisory Boards for Government, Universities and the Hong Kong Computer Society.