Rachele Focardi is a leading expert on generational diversity and best-selling author of Reframing Generational Stereotypes. She is a global thought leader and public speaker on multigenerational workforce dynamics, future of work and employer branding. Over the last 18 years, she has advised hundreds of Fortune500 companies, Asian organisations, NGOs and government agencies, helping them adapt to the needs of the new generations and make generational diversity a key item on their D&I agenda.

Anuar has more than 35 years of experience in the Telecommunications, Oil & Gas and Automotive industries covering a range of roles from Marketing and Sales to logistics and Planning, Transformation as well as HR. He has held many management positions at the C-Suite level in companies as well as preferred advisor and coach in his consulting capacity.

Jeff is a global thought leader with 25 years combined workforce planning, analytics and finance experience supporting Fortune™ 500 companies. Jeff has helped organizations around the world quantify the ROI of workforce decisions and realize cost saving opportunities of up to $1.0 billion USD. Jeff is both a former senior HR executive and former CFO, and a regular speaker at HR events. Previously, Mr.

Dato’ Izzaddin was appointed as Managing Director/ President & Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata on 1 January 2021 after serving as Executive Director/ Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Group Berhad since 24 January 2020. He joined the Board of Axiata in November 2016 as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and was re-designated as Independent Non-Executive Director in March 2019.

Yvette Kwan focuses on ESG-related corporate issuer and asset manager disclosure, and product labelling ESG issues as Executive Adviser to the Asset Management Group at ASIFMA. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Quinlan & Associates, a financial services strategy consulting company. Previously, Yvette was the Regional Operating Officer for UBS’s Corporate Client Solutions division in Asia Pacific, and has also worked across strategy, corporate finance and tax in Sydney, Hong Kong and Zurich.

Mr. Shinbo Won heads BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship (BIS) team for Asia ex-Japan. He is responsible for engaging with investee companies in the Greater China, South Korea and Southeast Asia markets on behalf of BlackRock’s clients globally. The BIS teams actively engage with BlackRock’s portfolio companies to address governance, environmental, and social issues that could materially impact the long-term sustainability of the company and clients’ value.

Lam is passionate about helping people and businesses transform by providing professional leadership development training and coaching. He is a strong believer of Courage, Humility and Integrity which he used to develop “Leadership CHI” – a values-based leadership approach that he practices and promotes. Lam worked over 20 years in C-level positions with diversified groups across Malaysia & Singapore with extensive exposure in the UK, Indonesia, Australia and China.

Azam is a multi-industry Consultant in Business Planning & Modelling, Innovation, Financial Management, Human Capital Development and Enterprise Risk Management. He has over 20 years’ experience in these areas and specializes in helping organizations to protect and create value and better position themselves for the future. He is also a Master Facilitator and conducts workshops using innovative simulations & customized game-based learning solutions throughout ASEAN and the Middle-East.

Beverly is one of the foremost global experts on board effectiveness, having worked with nearly 200 Boards of Directors (largely S&P1500s) over the past 25 years ranging from recent IPOs to the Fortune 500 – from New York and Toronto to Bogota and Kuala Lumpur. She began working with the Malaysian Directors Academy in 2013. She is the author of the governance classic, Great Companies Deserve Great Boards, named Governance Book of the Year in 2012. Becoming a Boardroom Star, her latest book, debuted in September 2021 as the #1 New Release on Amazon in corporate governance.

Sow Yoke is a seasoned banking and governance professional with 33 years of C-suite experience across leading banks including Alliance Bank, UOB (Malaysia) and OUB (Malaysia). A Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant, Fellow Chartered Banker and Certified Information Systems Auditor, she brings strong expertise in financial oversight, IT and cyber risk, and corporate governance.