Alex is a Partner with PwC Malaysia’s Consulting practice. He leads the Forensics team and the Risk Consulting team in Malaysia.
He specialises in the prevention, detection and response to financial crime particularly fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest and money laundering.
Alex has over 30 years experience including nine years as an Inspectorate officer with the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and eight years with the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office.
Forty years of experience in risk management, insurance advisory and broking services have brought Halim “across the board” hands-on experience, giving him the leading-edge in insurance consultancy and transactional business.
Under Halim’s leadership, the Sterling Group has grown from strength to strength since its establishment in 2001. Today, the Sterling Group comprises of eight subsidiaries – a sustainable ecosystem built to deliver a set of comprehensive solutions with a competitive cost structure to selected and targeted industries.
Ha Thu Thanh is among the first Certified Public Accountants in Vietnam and has over 35 years of international experience in corporate governance, risk advisory, auditing and accounting.
As the chairperson, she has made significant contributions to Deloitte – one of the four largest professional services firm in the world. Her contribution in advisory and auditing profession of Vietnam are made through various key positions she holds in Vietnamese and international social and professional organisations.
Our Leaders of today need the philosophy of the past, paired with the scientific knowledge and technology of tomorrow.”
THE BUSINESS PHILOSOPHER
Anders Indset is one of the world’s leading business philosophers and a trusted sparring partner to international CEOs and political leaders. Titled “Rock’n’Roll Plato” by media, he is currently one of the most sought-after keynote speakers in Europe with his approach to practical philosophy.
The story of the HBOS Whistleblower and the lessons learned
Paul Moore was the former Head of Group Regulatory Risk at HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland), the fifth largest bank in the UK with over 60,000 staff. He was the only senior risk & compliance executive in UK banking sector to blow the whistle publicly during the financial crisis about the regulatory failures he saw from one of the most senior executive positions of a major UK bank. He was “dubbed” in the press as “The HBOS Whistleblower”.
Erik P.M. Vermeulen is a Senior Legal Counsel at Signify (f.k.a Philips Lighting), an Innovation Advisor at a law firm in the Hague and a board/advisory member of several organisations, including a healthcare provider in The Netherlands and several startups. He is also a Professor of Business and Financial Law at Tilburg University and teaches international business law regularly at universities in Europe, the United States, Colombia and Japan and has appeared at numerous conferences as a featured or keynote speaker. Erik is also a co-owner of a Michelin star restaurant.
A world authority on competitiveness, founder of IMD Competitiveness Centre and a bestselling author Switzerland.
Stéphane Garelli is a world authority on competitiveness and has pioneered research in this field for over 25 years. Garelli is a Professor at IMD (Institute of Management Development) Lausanne, where he founded the World Competitiveness Centre, he is also professor at the University of Lausanne.
Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bursa Malaysia effective 1 March 2019. She is the founder of Corston-Smith Asset Management Sdn. Bhd.
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar is the Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). Prior to his appointment as the SC Chairman on 1 November 2018, he was the Managing Partner of Albar & Partners.
Tommy Thomas was educated at the University of Manchester and the London School of Economics. He is a Barrister (Middle Temple). He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1976, and was in active and continuous practice until his appointment as the Attorney General of Malaysia on 4th June 2018.