Today, CIMB Group is Malaysia’s 2nd largest financial services group and the 5th largest in ASEAN, with total assets of around $114 billion and a staff force of over 40,000. CIMB Group and its subsidiaries are located in 9 out of 10 ASEAN nations and collectively cater to the universal banking needs of over 13 million customers. Operating on a dual banking model, CIMB Group also offers Shariah-compliant financial solutions in investment banking, consumer banking, asset management and insurance via CIMB Islamic.

Under Nazir’s stewardship, CIMB Group has won many awards in recent years including best investment bank and best Islamic bank in Asia and best bank in Malaysia. Nazir himself has been recognized as Malaysia’s top executive/ CEO on several occasions. He was the youngest recipient of FinanceAsia’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2009 and was also awarded Euromoney’s “2012 Outstanding Achievement Award” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Asian financial markets.

Nazir is married to Dato’ Azlina Aziz and they have 2 young children. He graduated from the University of Bristol with a B.Sc. (Hons) and obtained an M.Phil. From the University of Cambridge.

Datin Paduka had served as the Managing Director (MD) of KPJ from 1 March 1993 until her retirement on 31 December 2012. She had also served as KPJ’s Corporate Advisor from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2014.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from University of Malaya and holds an MBA from Henley Business School, University of Reading, London, United Kingdom.

Her career with JCorp commenced in 1974 and had been directly involved in JCorp’s Healthcare Division since 1978. She was appointed as the Chief Executive of Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd (KPJSB), from 1989 until the listing of KPJ in November 1994.

Throughout her career in KPJ, Datin Paduka is directly involved in developing and implementing the transformational strategies that made KPJ one of Malaysia’s leading private healthcare services provider with 25 hospitals nationwide, and 4 hospitals abroad.

Datin Paduka currently sits as a Director of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad and Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad (CCM). Datin Paduka sat as an independent Non-Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia from 2004 to 2012.

Committed to promoting excellence in healthcare, Datin Paduka is the President of the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH), the national accreditation body for healthcare services, elected since its inception in 1997 to date. Currently, she also sits on many other councils and committees at the national level.

In 2010, Datin Paduka was named the ‘CEO of the Year 2009’ by the New Straits Times Press and the American Express. She has also received many more awards and accolades from 2011 to 2014, due to her contributions to the healthcare industry in Malaysia.

She launched her biography entitled “Siti Sa’diah : Driven by Vision, Mission and Passion”, penned by Professor Rokiah Talib, Penerbitan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2013.

Datin Paduka is a member of the Academic Committee of the Razak School of Government (RSOG), and sits on several University Committees. She is a member of the University of Reading Malaysia (UoRM) Advisory Board, a member of the Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (CUIC) Advisory Council of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and as the Adjunct Professor of UUM’s Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, and as a Member of University Malaya’s Research Advisory Committee (UMRAC).

Recent transaction include overseeing the sectors like oil and gas, financial services and education sectors, and the Islamic collaboration between the UK and Malaysia, a reflection of the fact that Britians as one of the world’s most prominent financial centre, coupled with Malaysia’s ambition on being the world’s leading Islamic financial centre. Tony joined the Civil Service in the late 1970s and, up until the mid-1990s, worked in a number of roles primarily concerned with the privatisation of the UK’s energy industries. During that period he also undertook the role of Parliamentary Clerk for the Department of Energy, was a Ministerial Private Secretary, and co-ordinated a comprehensive revision of the UK’s emergency planning regime covering the energy industries.

Under Mr. Martin Fabel, he has achieved tangible results through marketing efficiency programs, which cohesively leverage digital and traditional marketing channels for multinational organizations in Europe, the USA, Asia and recently the Middle East. He has also led A.T. Kearney’s research initiative on Customer Energy, which was launched in 2005 at a time when the term Web 2.0 just started spreading, and recently, has launched a new research initiative on FutureProof – Reclaiming Strategy.

Between his first (Manager, 1993-1998) and his current term at A.T. Kearney since 2003, Martin was the head of the entertainment, media, and commerce division at a leading European live entertainment provider, Deag Deutsche Entertainment AG. He is also the Jury Member of the 2013 Middle East Retail Forum Awards, which is based on top performing retailers and retail practices. Besides that, he is the author of numerous articles and is the co-author of The Future of Strategy (McGraw-Hill, 2015). He earned MBA in Business Administration and Management from Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen in Germany and a PhD in Journalism Sciences from Free University of Berlin, Germany.

Datuk Ranjit was appointed the Vice-Chairman of the governing Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the global body of capital market regulators and was elected as the Chairman of IOSCO’s Growth and Emerging Markets Committee (GEM) which represents 93 countries. In 2014, Datuk Ranjit was appointed Chairman of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), a body tasked to spearhead market integration efforts within the region and comprises capital market authorities from ASEAN.

Datuk Ranjit chairs the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC), the Malaysian Venture Capital Development Council (MVCDC) and the Capital Market Development Fund (CMDF). He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Asian Institute of Finance and a member of the Board of the Labuan Financial Services Authority and the Financial Reporting Foundation, as well as a board member of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM).

Datuk Ranjit is trained as a financial economist and accountant. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree and a Master of Economics degree in Finance from Monash University, Melbourne. He was also conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by Monash University Melbourne. He is fellow of CPA Australia and has worked in academia, consulting and accounting in Australia and Malaysia.

She is also a part of TwoEco Inc. – a tourism consultancy firm designed to provide professional assistance on conceptualization, drafting, and implementation of various private and public tourism projects.

Through the years, she has held various positions in several travel industry associations and organizations. Currently, she serves as the President of the ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA) from 2015 to present, Executive Vice President of the Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP) from 2014- to 2015, interim President of Federation of Tourism Industries of the Philippines (FTIP), ex officio member of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA)She also served as President of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association from 2011-2012, as Chairman of the IATA Agency Programme Joint Council (APJC) in 2013 and as Philippine IATA Agents Travel Association (PIATA) from 2004 – 2005, among others.

Furthermore, she is also active in the Philippine tourism industry and has participated in a variety of forums, seminars, working groups, as a guest speaker, panelist or resource person in both local and international activities. Including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)COMPETE Project, the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines’ Arangkada Philippines Forum, different projects of the Department of Tourism, Web In Travel, and The Asset Magazine Philippine Forum. Her inevitable dedication and hard work led her to receive numerous awards including the Amadeus Industry Leaders Award (ILAW) awarded last November 20, 2012.

He is the Honorary Lecturer of International Medical University (from April 2001), Melaka Manipal University (from 1999) and taught in various local universities, and examiner for International Medical University (from August 2001) and Malaysian Midwifery Board (April 2001). He is the facilitator, lecturer, and supervisor of RCOG – OGSM – MOH Life Saving Skills course since 2008, content provider for postgraduate training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) under the national ‘Telehealth’ project, and has organized numerous continuous medical education projects on behalf of the Malaysian Medical Association (Negeri Sembilan branch). He is also the committee member for content provision in the MyHis programme in the Ministry of Health from year 2012.

He has published more than 15 free papers and publications on pregnancy and O&G. In 2005, he was noted in People at the Peak – The Who’s Who of Malaysia and was nominated twice for the Glory of India award in India in 2002 and 2006.

During his years at the bank, he supervised balance-of-payment statistics and analysis with an emphasis on reserve management, before becoming a director in 1997. He was also controller of foreign exchange. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Than Lwin served as technical assistant to the executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), taking part in the meetings, seminars, symposiums, and workshops of several multilateral bodies, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the IMF, and the World Bank.

Mr. Than Lwin holds a degree in economics from Yangon University, Myanmar and a postgraduate diploma in economic planning from the Institute of Economics and has taken various training courses, including programs run by the IMF Institute in Washington, DC. He leads an advisory thinktank at the Myanmar Ministry of Finance and Revenue.

Wolfgang has been in charge of ICAO’s Asia/Pacific Programme for almost 15 years. He is well known in this region as he has provided technical cooperation to almost all of the countries, whether at government, airline, airport or air navigation service providers’ level. After his early retirement from ICAO in 2011 he worked as Senior Programme Director on an EU regional project in South Asia.

Wolfgang started his career as an air traffic controller and in airspace planning in Germany for 13 years. From 1986 to 1989, Wolfgang worked at the ICAO Regional Office in Bangkok before he became the Chief, Asia/Pacific Programme at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal. He holds two master degrees.

Prior to joining CAF he worked as an internal resources and infrastructure advisor to the Jardine Matheson group of companies thru its Indonesian subsidiary Astra International (2010–2013). Before that Mike was the Partner in Asia-Pac at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) (2007–2009) during it maiden $5.65 billion fund raise and initial investing period. Previous to GIP, Mike was Managing Director for Southeast Asia and Taiwan at CLP Holdings of Hong Kong as well as its Head of Business Development across Australia, Southeast Asia and India (2003–2006) . He began his career in infrastructure in 1996 at the AES Corporation where he was the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development in AES’s subsidiaries covering China and East Asia (1996–2003). Mr. Nikkel earned his doctorate in law cum laude while serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Minnesota Law Review from University of Minnesota Law School.

Prior to Giftcard, he was an associate agency manager from PT. Prudential Life Assurance (2008-2011), an auditor at Ernst & Young (2006-2007). He holds a BA in Accounting with Finance concentration from St. John’s University. ”

As Regional Executive for Southeast Asia, Billy leads a diversified team of close to 2000 staff across 8 countries, charting strategic growth for the organization through partnering with public and private clients. Billy brings nearly three decades of leadership experience to this role and has worked on development projects of various types, sizes, complexities and procurement arrangements across Asia.

Billy began his career in the United Kingdom before returning to Singapore to head the Singapore practice of legacy KPK in 1983. Legacy KPK is now Davis Langdon KPK, an AECOM company. Throughout his career, Billy has developed a network of international contacts with global corporate clients in a broad range of markets sectors, which include commercial real estate, residential, education, healthcare, infrastructure, sports, hospitality, leisure and culture, transportation, industrial, and energy.

Prior to joining CAPA, Brendan spent over 10 years at Flightglobal, the publisher of Flight International Magazine, Airline Business Magazine and website Flightglobal.com. During this span he was based in all three of Flightglobal’s offices – London, Singapore and Washington DC – and held various senior editorial positions. Brendan has been covering the aviation industry for over 15 years. He’s also a private pilot, licensed in both Malaysia and the US. He has a degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University in New York.

A Member of Parliament since 2006, Mrs Teo was formerly Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education and Assistant Secretary- General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). She represented the labour movement on the government-appointed Economic Strategies Committee and co-chaired the sub-committee on Fostering Inclusive Growth. Mrs Teo was concurrently Chief Executive Officer of the not-for-profit organisation Business China, a platform launched by then Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and then China Premier Wen Jiabao to strengthen Singapore’s bicultural foundations, and remains a member of its Board.

To enhance Singapore’s position as a leading global air hub, Mrs Teo was appointed to chair a multi-agency ‘Changi 2036 Steering Committee’ in 2012. This Committee provides strategic direction for the long-term growth plans of Changi Airport. She currently co-chairs the Pioneer Generation Taskforce which oversees the Government’s implementation of the Pioneer Generation Package to honour the 450,000 Singapore citizens who contributed to nation-building since the time of independence. She also chairs the Public Transport Tripartite Committee.

Barathan has over 20 years of experience in aviation and energy sectors and was a founding executive of Jetstar Asia, serving as its Chief Financial officer (CFO) from 2004 to 2007. Some of Barathan’s accomplishments include helping to establish Jetstar through its merger with Valuair, fleet procurement and fuel hedging.

Prior to being appointed CEO of Jetstar Asia, Barathan was the Managing Director of Mabanaft Singapore Pte Ltd, a leading independent German oil trading group based in Singapore and currently serves as Senior Advisor to Marquard & Bahls New Business Ventures. He also expanded his aviation and finance experience as CFO for Middle East-based Jazeera Airways and Sahaab Aircraft leasing.

Barathan is a graduate from Murdoch University with a Bachelor of Commerce. In 2013 he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award by Murdoch University. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Candice graduated from the University of Virginia, Mcintire School of Commerce as a Warwick D. Johnston scholar, where she was one of two first years admitted to the third year class for accelerated admission to the Commerce school in her year. She was also part of the Fashion Design club having showcased 3 fashion runway shows and was head mentor of her class.

Dennis Law is the Executive Officer & General Manager in JTB, Asia Pacific Headquarters based in Singapore. A Global DMC, the JTB Network has strong presence all around the world. Formerly Dennis was the Director of Star Holiday Mart; a Singapore based travel agency with strong ties in the ASEAN region. President of ASTA, Singapore Chapter and previously an active member of NATAS Inbound committee for many years, Dennis Law is a familiar face in travel scene.

A man of vision, Dennis has over 30 years of experience in service and hospitality domain. His insights into travel industry related matters are highly sorted after by local and international organisations associated with the trade. At job, his key responsibility is to develop and build Global Business for JTB Asia Pacific region. A trainer by nature, his passion is to educate new comers about travel industry and illustrate on how to manage risks and deal with crisis.

Mr. Geir Olsen is a partner leading the Consumer Industry & Retail Practice for the Asia Pacific region. He has more than 15 years of consulting experience with the firm in our consumer products and retail practice. His areas of expertise include strategy, growth rejuvenation, restructuring and large scale transformations, as well as organizational design and supply chain management. In addition to building deep client relationships, Geir has served in several leadership positions within A.T. Kearney over the years, including leading of our Nordic business unit, member of the EMEA leadership team, partner advisor, and member of A.T. Kearney’s global talent team. Geir is a co-author of numerous articles and white papers on strategic business issues for the retail industry. Geir holds an MSc degree in business administration from Norwegian School of Management. He has lived and worked in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Madrid, and has worked globally on various client engagements.

Guillermo Manuel Luz is the private sector co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council, a public-private body that develops strategy for the long-term competitiveness of the Philippines through policy reforms, project implementation, institution building and performance monitoring. He is associate director of Ayala Corporation, the holding company of one of the oldest and largest business groups in the Philippines, with business activities in real-estate development, banking and financial services, telecommunications, water infrastructure development and management, automotive dealership and distribution, business process outsourcing, electronics manufacturing solutions, and new investments in power, renewable energy and infrastructure.

From December 2006 to May 2011, he was executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Ayala Foundation, which manages projects in education, environment, entrepreneurship, arts and culture, and community development. He also served as director of Ayala Museum in 2010 and 2011. He was executive director of the Makati Business Club, a leading business organisation and think-tank, from 1987 to 2006 and served on its staff since 1983 and Secretary-General of NAMFREL from 1992 to 2006.

Nils Michaelis is Managing Director at Accenture Analytics, ASEAN. His role is focused on creating real business impact, pioneering solutions, and forward thinking through applying a distinctive combination of creative problem solving, rigorous craft, and advanced analytics. Previously, he was Managing Director for Central European region for consulting subsidiary of American Express in Germany, before moving to Singapore in August 2013. He spent 6 years as Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company in Hamburg, and has close to 15 years of experience in management consulting and project management. He graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany. He speaks German, English and French.

Dr. Kwong is the Chief Executive Officer & Group Managing Director of Silverlake Axis since 2005. He joined Silverlake in 2001 where he successfully led the core banking transformation program for the merger of four banks in Indonesia and directed the successful implementation of several core banking projects for banks in the ASEAN region. Prior to joining The Silverlake Group, Dr. Kwong was a Partner/Vice President of Ernst & Young Global Consulting and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young for 11 years from 1989 to 2000. He was the Senior Manager and Head of IT Consulting for Coopers & Lybrand (South East Asia) from 1984 to 1989. Prior to that, he was Senior Systems Analyst for Pacific Power (Australia) from 1979 to 1983. Dr. Kwong has 35 years of experience in Information Technology, Business Transformation and Solution Implementation in Financial Services, Utilities and Technology Industries. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and Ph.D in Information Systems. He is a Certified Practicing Accountant (Australia).

Dr. Roger P. Tong An is a known nurse entrepreneur, nursing leader, educator and clinician in the Philippines. He has been in the nursing profession for more than 30 years. He is very active in championing the welfare of Filipino nurses in the Philippines and Abroad.

Prior to joining the Philippine Nurses association as the immediate past national president, He was employed as a staff nurse, head nurse, nurse supervisor in the Philippines as well as in other countries working as a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, North Africa and America. (1984-1996). In 1997, He came back to the Philippines and put up his own Training center for nurses, Nurses on wheels program and the CEO/President of the KIDAR Realty Corporation up to the present.

Dr. Tong An graduated from St. Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines and earned his Doctor in management major in Public Administration at the University of Visayas, Philippines.

Dr. Suthad Setboonsarng is currently a board member of Banpu PLC, one of the largest private energy companies in Thailand. He is a Member of the National Reform Council of Thailand, the body responsible for the new constitution of Thailand. He also serves as the Board of Trustee of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the premier global public agricultural research organization and also a board member of the Cambodia Development Research Institute (CDRI).

Dr. Setboonsarng’s experience include member of East Asian Vision Group II, ASEAN; Thailand trade representative (a ministerial representative of the Thai Prime Minister), Thailand; partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers; deputy secretary general of the ASEAN (Operations) Secretariat, Indonesia; associate professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand; research fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI); research fellow, East-West Resource System Institute, Hawaii, USA; and lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand.

His selected publications deal with international trade and investment in ASEAN, agricultural research and pricing policies.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the Thammasat University, Thailand, and his Master of Arts degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hawaii. He completed his PhD in Economics at the University of Hawaii under a scholarship from the East-West Center, Hawaii.

He joined Channel NewsAsia after being with Al Jazeera English, where for seven years he was Senior Anchor of News and Programmes, fronting breaking news both from the studio during major events like the Arab Spring and the war in Syria, and from the field during events like the Japan tsunami, the Thailand riots and the Iran Presidential election.

A veteran international journalist, Teymoor has previously worked for the BBC, CNN, and CNBC in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Doha.

During his tenure with the international broadcasters, he had also launched and hosted high profile programmes, conducted in-depth interviews and analyses with key political and world business leaders. Teymoor was awarded the “Best News Presenter” at the Asian Television Awards in 2006, and shared the award for “Best News Story (Sports)” from the Royal Television Society in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies from the University of Portsmouth.