Jo Haigh is an ICDM Faculty member, the CEO and founder of fds, which has bases in London, Birmingham and Yorkshire within the UK. An experienced dealmaker, Jo specialises in putting together the right deal at the right time and in the right format for growing businesses throughout the country. Jo is a regular presenter for the Institute of Directors and Vistage on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.
As the founder and the CEO of Berkshire Media, Shahid is instrumental in transforming the social data analytics and digital media industry through data-driven approaches and techniques. True to the spirit of innovation that he has cultivated in Berkshire Media, Shahid developed the sentiment and emotion analytics engine SENTIROBO® and EMOROBO®, that are vital to the data analysis performed for clients from multiple industries.
Cory Fritz provides counsel on a wide range of issues, with particular insight on foreign and economic policy. His deep understanding of the political and regulatory process governing cross-border transactions is especially valuable to clients.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Cory spent more than a decade building and executing strategies to move the needle in policy debates as an aide to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, Speaker of the House John Boehner and U.S. Senator George Voinovich.
Liz Kamaruddin has more than 30 years of experience in various communications practices particularly reputation management, communications strategy, strategic planning, corporate and government stakeholder management, crisis communications, corporate social responsibility, branding, media relations and internal communications. Liz has been in variety of sectors including energy, finance, banking, aviation, telecommunications and hospitality.
Nick Wood is a Senior Adviser in the Strategic Communications segment of FTI Consulting and is based in Singapore. Specialising in the energy and natural resources practice, he has 30 years of global communications experience in reputation management, government and regulatory affairs, crisis and issues management, and sustainability program development and execution.
Farouk is a digital and analytics business leader delivering organisational transformation in large companies in the UK, Europe and South East Asia. He is currently the CEO of Natural Intelligence Solutions.
Ho Siew Kei is an Executive Director within Deloitte’s Risk Advisory practice in Malaysia. He has more than 18 years of experience in risk and controls encompassing IT audit and advisory, and cybersecurity assessments services for clients in various industries, focusing on clients in the banking and insurance industries. Previously, he spent 7 years in the United Kingdom – in an IT Risk & Compliance role for a major financial institution and as a Manager in another big 4 professional services firm based in London.
Blair Cook is a many-time and active financial executive, corporate director, author, speaker, and thought leader. His educational videos of accounting and finance have million of views on YouTube. He has keynoted and spoken at national conferences from New York to Toronto. Along with Jen, he co-hosts CPA Canada’s podcast series “CPA Success Podcast.” He works with real businesses experimenting with theories and best practices to share his experiences and stories with others of what works, what doesn’t, and what was learned.
Darren is one of the leaders within the internal audit practice for KPMG in Malaysia. He advises clients on remediating internal control weaknesses detected through internal audit engagements. He also has experience in advising clients on corporate governance matters, the development of risk management frameworks and leading quality assessment of internal audit functions.