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Disruptive Change: Impact and Challenges

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Join us at the 13th World Islamic Economic Forum and discuss the impact and challenges of life-altering disruptive ideas as well as technologies, with some of the finest minds in the world today.

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The Hon. Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hasan

The Hon. Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hasan was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Sarawak and also as the Second Minister for Urban Development and Natural Resources and Minister of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development of Sarawak in May 2017. He’s also the Second Minister of Planning Resource Management and Minister of Public Utilities of Sarawak since 2004 and was appointed as Minister of Industrial Development Sarawak in 2011.

After the 2016 State Election, he was re-appointed as Second Minister of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment. He has served as the Assistant Minister of Planning and Resource Management/Assistant Minister of Rural and Land Development and Assistant Minister of Industrial Development; Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office and as Assistant Minister of Resource Planning.

He’s a board member of Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) and was appointed as the Chairman of the Board since 2011. He was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of Regional Corridor Development Authority (RECODA) and as Chairman of Syarikat SESCO Berhad till 2007. He’s a member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly as well as Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) and its Supreme Council, Senior Vice President. He was PBB’s Deputy Youth Chief as well as its treasurer.

In recognition of his contribution to Sarawak and Malaysia, he was conferred various titles and awards including Ahli Mangku Negara (Federal) (A.M.N.) and Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang of Sarawak (PGBK). He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Tobias Puehse

Tobias Puehse leads innovation management at MasterCard Labs Asia Pacific and the newly founded MasterCard Labs India. Recently, he was named as Next Bank’s Top 100 leaders in Asia’s fintech scene which recognises people shaping finance across Asia and beyond. He held key leadership positions in the innovation practice at The Nielsen Company where led the innovation practice for Southeast Asia, North Asia and Pacific supporting more than 100 clients in reaching their desired innovation outcomes.

In his 12-year career prior to joining MasterCard in Singapore, he had been based in the USA, India, Singapore, and Switzerland covering clients globally. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington with a Bachelor of Science degree in management and international business.

Datu Ik Pahon Anak Joyik

Datu Ik Pahon Anak Joyik is the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Tourism, Sarawak and president of Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA). He is also a member of the ethnolinguistic Bidayuh community and held numerous other posts in his career in the civil service as administrative officer, district officer, principal assistant secretary, director and resident.

He holds a Master of Science in human resource development from UNIMAS and a Bachelor of Arts from Universiti Malaya.

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. 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.

Todd Ashton

Since 2013, Todd Ashton became the President of Ericsson Malaysia and Sri Lanka and effective 1 July, 2017, Todd Ashton has been announced as the President of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh within the Market Area South East Asia, Oceania and India. In this role, Todd has been leading innovation and developing new capabilities in these markets by building long term partnerships with Ericsson customers and other industry stakeholders. These innovative partnerships are fuelled by Team Ericsson, the most inspiring people in the Information and Communications Technology industry.

Todd started his career in financial consulting and then moved to the former Bell Atlantic in Arlington, Virginia USA, working on a large billing and customer care transformation. In 1998 he joined the Ericsson Group working with OSS service and software sales and delivery within the Ericsson Hewlett-Packard joint venture in Sweden. During his 19 years at Ericsson, Mr Ashton has held leadership roles across several portfolios within Ericsson, including IP backbone networks, OSS, BSS, and IP Multimedia software and services.

Todd was born in Washington, D.C. and has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA.

The Hon. Tan Sri Datuk Amar (Dr) Haji Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani

Tan Sri Datuk Amar (Dr) Haji Mohamad Morshidi bin Abdul Ghani is the State

Secretary of Sarawak since 2009. He has served in various organisations such as:

PETRONAS (1980-1988), Director of DBKU (1988 – 1998)
Director of Human Resource and Development Unit, Chief Minister Department (1998 – 2001)
Permanent Secretary to Ministry Of Social Development (2001 – 2003)
Director of State Planning Unit, Chief Minister Department (2004 – 2007)
Deputy State Secretary of Sarawak (2007 – 2009)
State Secretary of Sarawak (2009 onwards) and
He also sits as Chairman or Board of Director in some non-government and corporate organisations.

Tan Sri Datuk Amar holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, a master’s degree in human resource administration from University of Scranton, Pennsylvania USA and attended the Senior Executive Fellow from Harvard University USA. In recognition of his achievement and contribution, he was awarded Honorary Doctor from

Jo Robrechts

With 35 years of professional experience, Jo Robrechts is executive chairman of Triamant, an award winning, privately held corporation that pushes the boundaries of current solutions in traditional living, care and health structures and creates the community of the future.

Earlier he worked with Johnson and Johnson as treasurer, and as head of strategic planning and assistant to the president of Janssen Pharmaceutica worldwide and later founded and expanded a high-tech growth company in Europe and the USA. He also assumed the role of founder and investor as well as managing director or chairman in about 30 companies and entities so far. He also created Plato, the today European widespread entrepreneur-coaching programme, and has been a keynote speaker at conferences and a teacher at various educational events.

Robrechts studied in many places and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Commercial Engineering degree magna cum laude, and a Real Estate degree from Louvain University.

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