Sarah leads the Strategic Accounts team at BoardOutlook, partnering with listed and private boards across a spectrum of industries globally. A strong believer in the power of objective data to elevate board performance, she brings deep experience and sharp insight to her work. Sarah is a regular speaker on governance panels and is known for translating BoardOutlook’s extensive global benchmarking data into actionable, forward-thinking perspectives for boards and leadership teams. Passionate about impact, she helps boards move from evaluation to measurable improvement.

Meng Yan has over 10 years of experience in withholding tax (WHT) and corporate income tax, such as tax compliance and planning, tax advisory, tax incentive application and consultation and tax audit support. She oversees a large portfolio of corporate clients across various industries, including manufacturing, trading, logistics, construction, real estate, hospitality, healthcare, education and oil and gas. 

Lay Keng has over 30 years of professional experience, focusing on employer obligations and a wide range of people related advisory services. Lay Keng leads the implementation of e-Invoicing for the EY member firms in Malaysia and conducted numerous e-Invoicing workshops nationwide.

She is a licensed tax agent under the Malaysian Income Tax Act 1967, a Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant (FCPA), a Fellow of Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM) and a Chartered Accountant (CA) with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).