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Disruptive Change: Impact and Challenges

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The Hon. Tun Musa Hitam

Tun Musa Hitam, who is currently Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation was Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister until 1986. In the course of his service in the Malaysian government, he held various positions including Minister of Home Affairs, Education, Primary Industries and Trade and Industries and Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA). Among his major official activities were as Leader of Malaysian Investment Missions to Europe, USA and Japan and representing Malaysia at UN UNESCO and ECOSOC related negotiating and regular conferences.

Since Tun Musa’s retirement from politics in 1987, he held Chairmanships of 3 Public Listed Companies and various business related institutions both at domestic and international levels. He was Chairman of the Malaysia – China Business Council, Co-Chair of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of the Asean – China, 15 year economic cooperation program and Chairman of the EPG to draft the Asean Charter. Currently, Tun Musa is Chairman of the Sime Darby Foundation, Chairman of the International Advisory Panel of CIMB Bank, Chairman of the International Selection Panel of the Royal Award on Islamic Finance and member of the Advisory Panel of the Iskandar Development Authority.

Tun Musa holds a BA from the University of Malaya and MA from the University of Sussex, and held a resident Fellowship at Harvard University. For his services to the nation, The Yang Di Pertuan Agong, King, of Malaysia conferred him the Malaysia’s highest award which carries the title “Tun”.

Anu Chadha

Anu Chadha is the founder and CEO of 3A Clothing Company producing fashion apparel and accessories. It’s a fashion export house with state of the art manufacturing facilities in Udyog Vihar, close to New Delhi’s international airport. As of 2016, 3A Clothing became a registered vendor to Walmart for fashion apparel and accessories from India. She won the International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Business Award 2016 from India but held in Brussels. She was also awarded the Entrepreneurship Icon award by the Women Economic Forum 2016 in New Delhi and was a featured panelist on business channels such as Bloomberg Television.

Camelia Tan Sri Ya’acob

With more than two decades of business operational and management expertise under her belt, Camelia Tan Sri Ya’acob is a self-made successful serial-entrepreneur. She has a sharp eye to effectively turn-around business strategies and strengthen marketing plans by monetising various assets to increase company profitability.

Today she is the owner and CEO of Rootwommers, a company specialising in 2 powerful modern income generators i.e. Word of mouth marketing and Connecting Networks for SME companies in Malaysia and Singapore.

In the course of her present day business, she is involved in training SME startups or scaleups in business and modern marketing systems. Her simple, hands on practical marketing and connecting network techniques have been proven successful for many business owners. Entrepreneurs who follow her systems will experience high profitability in a short frame of time.

Today, as a strong advocate in Connecting Networks, she and her team specialise in cross-connecting B2B and B2C markets from any network. Her training modules focus on building entrepreneurs to be effective connectors and marketers utilising coexisting networks from different business experiences and backgrounds.

H.E. Dr Saad Eddine El Otmani

In 2017, Dr Saad Eddine El Otmani was appointed as Head of the Government of Morocco. He practiced medicine as a general practitioner until 1990 and as a psychiatrist at Berrechid Psychiatric Hospital until 1997 before moving to the private sector.

He served as deputy secretary general of the Party of Justice and Development and as secretary general of the party until 2008 before being assigned as president of the National Council of the party.

He was also elected member of the House of Representatives for four successive terms between 1997 and 2016 and was assigned as vice president of the House of Representatives. He was also vice president of the Committee of Foreign Affairs and National Defence within the same council. He was minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

He was a founding member of the Movement for Reform and Renewal and member of the executive office of the Movement for Unification and Reform. He was a member of the executive office of the Association of Graduate Scholars of Dar El Hadith Al Hassania and founding member of the Moroccan Association for the History of Medicine. He is also a member of the Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rabat and Hassan II Foundation for Scientific and Medical Research on Ramadan.

He has published several books and dozens of articles that appeared in many national and international magazines. He studied medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Casablanca and obtained a PhD in general medicine. He received a specialised diploma in psychiatry from the University Psychiatric Center, Casablanca.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Islamic sharia from the University of Sharia in Agadir Ait Melloul and obtained his higher education degree in al-fiqh and its origins from Dar El Hadith Al Hassania in Rabat. He has a postgraduate certificate in higher education in Islamic studies from the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Rabat.

Roshan Thiran

Roshan Thiran is the Chief Executive Officer of Leaderonomics, a social enterprise dedicated to providing access to leadership development to people of all ages in developing nations across Asia Pacific. He was the director of Global Talent Management with Johnson & Johnson driving global talent initiatives. He also worked at General Electric Company (GE) for more than 12 years, in a number of roles involving acquisition integrations, driving business growth and business turnarounds, in the United States of America, Europe and Asia. He hosts various television shows, radio segments and is a columnist for various piblications.

H.E. Masoud Karbasian

H.E. Masoud Karbasian is a reformist economist who currently serves as the minister of economic affairs and finance under President Hassan Rouhani. He previously held office as ex-officio vice minister of finance, heading Iran’s Customs Administration. He holds a PhD in commercial management and has also served as vice minister for heavy industries, petroleum and commerce government ministries.

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar was appointed group chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) in 2016. He was a senator and minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of economic planning. Prior to his cabinet appointment, he was president and CEO of Maybank from 2008 to 2013. He was group CEO of Telekom Malaysia Berhad from 2004 to 2008 and served as managing director of UEM Group Berhad as well as executive vice chairman of PLUS Expressways Berhad. He’s a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Dr Chen Shiun

Dr Chen Shiun is the vice president for research and development in Sarawak Energy Berhad where he is tasked to set up a research and development portfolio for the electric utility group. He focuses on improving the performance of generation, transmission and distribution systems while exploring new energy resources, smart grid solutions as well as innovative use of ICT, drone and GIS technologies. He is also responsible for the rural electrification agenda in Sarawak that includes the deployment of new grid designs, and solar/micro hydro hybrid micro grid systems. He is also active in professional activities ranging from technical working groups, government task forces and research panels as well as speaking at meetings and conferences.

He was an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a PhD in power systems from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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