Patrick Pearson is Director of Communications Planning at Black Sun, an international communications agency that brings corporate stories to life across all stakeholder audiences and engagement channels. He advises clients in a number of sectors – including financial services, industrial & manufacturing and luxury goods – and advocates an integrated approach for building trust with investors, customers, employees and local communities.

Yeen Seen is the Founder and CEO of the Centre for Research, Advisory and Technology (CREATE) and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016. She has been recently appointed to the Entrepreneurial Development Council of the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. She sits on the UNESCO Steering Committee for Youth Leading Change for Peace in ASEAN and is a Board Member at the Global Institute for Women Empowerment.

Nadhir Ashafiq is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of TheLorry – a regional digital logistics platform that connects customers to lorry, truck, van and 4×4 pickup truck drivers in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. He previously co-founded Glokalise, a social networking app and has experience working in air freight logistics and investment banking.

Monsy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University in the United States. She began her career in Southern Bank Berhad in its credit card division before moving to BP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd to spearhead its loyalty card programme. In BP, she was exposed to various aspects of the business, including advertising, sales and market research before joining the human resource team.

Melisa is the Assistant Vice President, Editor, at Malaysia’s 24-hour news and current affairs channel, Astro Awani. Prior to her foray into television, Melisa was the host of ‘The Morning Run’, the morning drive-time show for BFM89.9, Malaysia’s only independent radio station. As a host, she facilitates discussion and debate about issues in finance, the economy, and governance.

Her fascination with news media began when she was attached to the Media & Foreign Newswires Division in the Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA).

Michael is a qualified Environmental Scientist with over 20 years international experience in public and private sector organisations and is currently the Regional Head of Sustainability, Asia for Lendlease.

Michael has performed corporate and consulting roles across a broad range of sectors in Australia and UK including defence, utilities, infrastructure, construction, development and investment management.

Kulvech has led CAC (Collective Action Coalition Against  Corruption) under the supervision of the IOD. CAC is a private sector platform  that addresses corruption issues in Thailand.

Yoon Hoong has more than 25 years of professional experience in assurance and advisory services. As the EY Asean Assurance Digital Leader, Yoon Hoong drives large-scale connectivity and digital innovation across the Asean Assurance practice with game-changing technologies and practices. This includes driving significant innovation through data analytics, automation and clientfacing digital project management tools.

Datin Sunita Rajakumar is a professional independent director and a strong advocate of the importance of governance in general and risk management in particular. She recently founded the Malaysia Chapter of the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative, the first in Asia and second in the world, and was appointed to the Global Advisory Board of Nottingham University’s School of Business. She is currently Chairperson of Bursa-listed Caring Pharmacy and independent director of Dutch Lady Milk Industries, MCIS Insurance (a member of the Sanlam group) and Zurich General Insurance.

Dzameer began his career in 2007 as a consultant at PwC, where he grew his experience in human capital development, process improvements, and project management in Malaysia and Indonesia.