Week 1 – Digital Investment
August 02 - August 06
MDEC
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Week 1: Digital Investment
2nd August 2021, Monday
Launch of Digital Investment Office (DIO)’s Malaysia Heart of Digital ASEAN Online Portal
YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed, Minister in The Prime Minister Department (Economy), Malaysia
Digital Investment Office – Your One Stop for All Digital Investment Needs
- The unique value proposition for Malaysia’s upcoming digital investments as a long-term plan to make the technological shift to the digital landscape on a global level.
- Facilitating the technology leaders while cultivating future-ready talents within Malaysia out into the high-demand digital infrastructure landscape.
Welcoming Remarks and Special Address:
- Arham Abdul Rahman, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
- Surina Shukri, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Moderator:
Yee Wing Peng, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Malaysia
Panelists:
Rosedalina Ramlan, Director, Business Services and Regional Operations Division, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
Razif Abdul Aziz, Vice President, Investment & Grants, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Digital Investment – The ASEAN Outlook
- What are the key investment opportunities ASEAN is looking at moving forward?
- How could investing in technology trends change the landscape of investment for key investors?
- How does talent play a part in investment decisions?
Moderator:
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Panelist:
Kelvin Tan, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Origin Capital Management Pte Ltd, Singapore
Cheryl Liew, Head of Talent, Monk’s Hill Ventures, Singapore
Sunand Razu, Managing Partner, EcoImpact Capital, Singapore
Reimagining Investments and Business Through the Creative Industry
Moderator:
Mohan Low, Director, Digital Creative Content, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Panelist:
Gan Dong Chee, Co-Founder, Magnus Games Studio, Malaysia
Zeno Gabing, Executive Director, Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Asia Digital Outlook – Venture Capital Predictions and Dynamics That Drive Them
- Where are you seeing the most startup opportunities?
- What are VCs paying attention to in today’s technology scene for future deals?
- How are VCs choosing their investments as it pertains to country and sectors?
- What areas of investing can create the most impact on the ASEAN market?
- How does a VC create a sustainable and resilient portfolio in volatile times?
Moderator:
Dr. Nikolai Dobberstein, Partner, Kearney Inc., Malaysia
Panelists:
Jeffrey Paine, Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
Thomas G. Tsao, Chairman and Founding Partner, Gobi Partners, Malaysia
Khailee Ng, Managing Partner, 500 Startups, Singapore
Victor Chua, Founding & Managing Partner, Vynn Capital, Malaysia
Looking for Malaysia’s Next Unicorn
Speaker:
Rafiza Ghazali, Chief Executive Officer, Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Malaysia – The Heart of Digital ASEAN for Digital Investment
Malaysia is a prime choice as a regional digital hub for companies looking to tap into ASEAN’s digital future, thanks to its thriving ecosystem, holistic talent pool, world-class infrastructure and forward-looking digital policies. Join this masterclass to learn why the future of digital is ASEAN and Malaysia. This will be a sharing session from tech investors which has chosen Malaysia to be their hub for ASEAN expansion. Join this session to know more about how Malaysia plays a role as the ‘heart of digital ASEAN’.
Moderator:
Barry Lim, Senior Director, Public Sector & Government, Frost & Sullivan
Panelist:
Karunjit Kumar Dhir, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SRKay Consulting Group, Malaysia
Hellen Tan, Operation Director, Doo Group, Malaysia
Norhizam Kadir, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Green Packet Berhad
3rd August 2021, Tuesday
Blockchain: Major applications that will move Malaysia forward?
A panel to discuss the directions set in MyDigital, N4IRP, and DIF5. Which applications can help Malaysia’s National Economic Recovery and transform industries badly affected by the pandemic eg. SME (financing), housing overhang, financial stimulus distribution (eWallets, national tax registry).
Moderator:
Jasmine Ng, Malaysia Blockchain Association
Panelist:
Simon Ulrich, Chief Executive Officer, ReGov Technologies
Harpreet Singh – President, ACCESS Blockchain Association of Malaysia
Mohd Ibrahim, Vice President IIB Ventures Sdn Bhd & Project Director of Blockchain Village @ Medini
Key Technology Trends shaping Digital ASEAN – Investors Outlook 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the lives of people, businesses and governments. Throughout 2020-21, governments worked to restrict people’s movement to contain the spread of the disease. Lockdowns greatly impacted the daily operations of several vertical industries and limited access to different types of goods and services. Moreover, as fear of the pandemic spread, people began to increasingly rely on digital channels to fulfil their needs and wants.
This pandemic has also impacted investors and how they evaluate business cases and investment models. Beyond the baseline information such as policies, infrastructure, human capital, supply chain and logistics; domestic and global investors today looks critically at the digital readiness and ecosystem.
In the next 45 minutes, this session takes a look at some transformative mega trends, post COVID consumer behavior, technology and digitally driven business models shaping the ASEAN region.
Speaker:
Hazmi Yusof, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan GIC Malaysia Sdn Bhd
The New Age of Innovation Centres: Realising Potential Return on Investment
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the critical need for better research, technology, and innovation. Although many experiments and research activities can now be performed virtually, there is still an important need to conduct testing, prototyping, and a range of other programmes that allow multi-party collaboration. How are technology parks shaping up to provide what industry needs? How will these parks prepare to unlock new potential in science, technology, and innovation – whilst offering attractive ROI for investors?
Join Dzuleira Abu Bakar to find out about the latest transformations underway at Technology Park Malaysia – and why will it remain a location of choice for smart investors.
Speaker:
Dzuleira Abu Bakar, Group Chief Executive Officer, Technology Park Malaysia
The Future of Investment Ventures
In recent reports, venture financing levels continued at a robust pace throughout the Asia-Pacific ecosystem in the first half of 2021 with a growing number of jurisdictions across regions attracting mega venture-capital (VC) funding rounds in Q2 2021.
- The VC market diversifying with a broader range of sectors attracting investments, including delivery, artificial intelligence, life sciences and healthcare, B2B [business-to-business] services and others.
- Growing opportunity in Asia for second- and third-tier tech companies focused on areas like e-commerce, the sharing economy and logistics.
Moderator:
Peter Wee, Council Member, The Malaysian Business Angel Network (MBAN)
Panelist:
Low Angel, Principal, The Hive SEA Venture Capital, Malaysia
Ben Lim, Managing Partner, NEXEA, Malaysia
Left, Right, Center. We’ve Got Deep Investors
- Technology within the infrastructure merging with the legal and regulatory framework.
- Promoting free trade and better cross-border connectivity for a solid technology ecosystem throughout the country.
Moderator:
Bobby Varanasi, Chairman & CEO, Matryzel Consulting, Inc, Malaysia
Panelist:
Tony Yeoh, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Penang
Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli, Chief Executive Officer, InvestKL
Fajaffri Mohd Fadzil, Senior Director, Investment, Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA)
Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, Chief Executive, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)
4th August 2021, Wednesday
Angkasa-X: The Next SpaceTech Unicorn Delivering Social-Inclusion
The Angkasa-X Group has concrete plans to make Malaysia a regional hub to offer an innovative Satellite-as-a-Service (SaaS) to countries in ASEAN. Angkasa-X’s mission is to provide satellite internet-connectivity and other services to remote rural areas in the countries in ASEAN to establish ASEAN Space Economy via the formation of A-SEANLINK LEO Satellites Constellation. It aspires to be a SpaceTech Unicorn and the number one unique company for LEO satellite-based Internet services in ASEAN region.
Moderator:
Low Ngai Yuen, Founder & President, WOMENgirls, Malaysia
Panelist:
Dr. Sean Seah, Executive Chairman, AngkasaX Innovation Sdn Bhd (Angkasa-X Group), Malaysia
Dr. William Lim, Director & Chief Innovation Officer, AngkasaX Innovation Sdn Bhd (Angkasa-X Group), Malaysia
Professor Dato’ Dr. Faisal Rafiq, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia Associate Professor
Dr. Farzad Ismail, Dean, School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data
Businesses great and small, from bricks-and-mortars to cutting-edge startups are in constant movement into uncharted territory as they figure out how to effectively move from an analog past to a digital future. Possible of making sure not to leave human instinct behind? Join us in an exciting conversation with the author himself
Moderator:
Professor Harmandar Singh, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Sledgehammer Communications (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Panelist:
Rishad Tobaccowala, Renowned Speaker and Best-selling Author of Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Moving Up The Value Chain: Fom GBS to Health Tech – The Annata Story
Hear from this session on Annata Dynamics Sdn Bhd journey on a flexible and agile process from GBS to future health technology development.
Speaker:
Birgir Ragnarsson, Director & Co-Founder, Annata Dynamics Sdn Bhd
Reshaping of The Rules of Global Capitalism
Asia definitely has the potential to reshape capitalism and create a new economic model for the 21st century — one that is genuinely a sustainable investment. Join us in this session as Chandran Nair takes us through his views on how the government should focus on using policies to target the larger public good rather than keeping a narrow focus on economic growth.
Moderator:
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Speaker
Chandran Nair, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Global Institute For Tomorrow, Hong Kong
Panel Discussion: Enabling Cities to Become Global Tech Hub for Emerging Technologies
This webinar explores how Malaysia is poised to become the Heart of Digital ASEAN by enabling cities to become global tech hubs for emerging technologies. Focusing on technology-enabled innovation with real problem statements, emerging tech hub such as Cyberjaya, Penang, and Iskandar will share their views and experience on their journey to become SEAs tech leaders by leveraging on technology to improve the quality of life for people and businesses in a post-pandemic world.
Moderator:
Richard Ker, Vice President Global Partnership, Aerodyne Group, Malaysia
In Discussion:
Tony Yeoh, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Penang
Shafinaz Salim , Head of Technology Hub Development Division, Cyberview
Zulfiqar Zauniddin, Managing Director, IIB Ventures
Razif Abdul Aziz, Vice President of Investment & Grants, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation
5th August 2021, Thursday
Digital Investments – Tax Benefits
Prevailing incentives and recent developments to attract fresh/further investments
Digital Transformation – views from regional perspective
Recent developments from a regulatory angle – licensing requirements
How CPAs could assist new investors for successful investments/projects
Moderator:
Renganathan Kannan, Tax Controversy Partner at TraTax, Malaysia
Panelists:
Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director – Asia, Xero, Singapore
Steven Chong, Founder, GA Alliance, Malaysia
Anil Puri, International Tax & Transaction Services Partner, Ernst & Young, Malaysia
Sharing session by DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) – Growing Footprint from Malaysia
Australian-owned DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) is a company at the forefront of high-performance computing. They design, own and operate some of the largest and greenest supercomputers on Earth, with data centres in Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Houston and London. Dr Matthew Lamont, Founder and Managing Director of DUG, will be sharing the company profile and Australian experience together with his insightful journey with growing DUG’s footprint from the heart of Malaysia, and their exciting future in the country.
Speaker:
Dr. Matthew Lamont, Managing Director, DownUnder GeoSolutions (Asia) Sdn Bhd (DUG)
Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity Investment Footprint in Malaysia session with companies.
Moderated by Anwer Yusoff, a major thought leader from Malaysia on Cybersecurity; and featuring panelists with backgrounds in cyber intelligence and security from companies such as Trovicor, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and British Petroleum. This panel discussion aims to dive into the cybersecurity investment footprint in Malaysia.
Moderator:
Anwer Yusoff, Head of Industry Engagement & Collaboration, CyberSecurity Malaysia
Panelists:
Sai Sidharth, Managing Director, Malaysia, Trovicor Technology Sdn Bhd
Barry Johnson, Country Manager, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Malaysia
Michael Berni, Information Security Principal, BP Malaysia
Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity Capacity Building in Malaysia from Investor Perspectives
Moderated by Amar Chhajer, a Technology Consulting Industry leader in Malaysia from UST; and featuring panelists with expertise in Cyber Security Capability building at scale from companies such as Cisco, Tech Mahindra and Abyres. This panel discussion aims to dive into all aspects of Cyber Capacity Building including People, Process and Technologies.
Moderator:
Amar Chhajer, Country Head, UST Global (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Panelists:
Rajesh Dhuddu, Global Practise Leader, Blockchain & Cybersecurity, Tech Mahindra, Malaysia
Tengku Shahrizam, Cybersecurity Specialist, Cisco Systems (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Amitabh Srivastava, Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Solution Architect, Abyres Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Making Malaysia the Hub of IT Excellence: the Schott Germany story
Schott AG Germany multinational glass company specializing in the manufacture of glass and glass-ceramics with It is headquartered in Mainz, Germany and have presence in 34 countries has recently set up their International IT Competence Center in Kuala Lumpur with the mission to steer all IT activities which are relevant for 45 production plants and 7 Business Units worldwide. Join us to hear why they choose Malaysia to be the hub for their global IT Business of the future.
Speaker:
Mirko the VP & Head of Regional Information Solutions and MD of SCHOTT ASIA IT SERVICES Sdn Bhd, Mainz/Germany
Christian Lamparth, Managing Director, SCHOTT ASIA IT SERVICES, Malaysia
Investment as an Enabler to A Digital Economy
Sharing perspective on how private equity investments can spur the growth of Malaysia’s digital economy. Beyond economic benefits, PE investors have increasingly made investments with the intention to generate positive social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. The speaker will share VentureTECH’s experience as an impact investor and how it can propel the country forward in its journey towards becoming a high-income economy.
Speaker:
Nizam Mohd Reza, Head of Value Creation, VentureTECH, Malaysia
6th August 2021, Friday
WCIT 2022 – Connecting Malaysia to the World
Moderator:
Ong Kian Yew, Chief Executive Officer, PIKOM (National Tech Association of Malaysia)
Speaker:
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Dr Sean Seah, Deputy Chairman PIKOM (National Tech Association of Malaysia) and WITSA (World IT and Services Alliance), Malaysia
Cheah Kok Hoong, Organising Chair WCIT 2022, Malaysia
Dr James Poisant, Secretary General, WITSA (World IT and Services Alliance),Malaysia
Dato’ Loo Lee Lian, Chief Executive Officer, investPenang, Malaysia
Welcome Address
Speaker:
Cheah Kok Hoong, Chair, OM, Malaysia
Raymond Devadass, President, CCAM
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Launch Ceremony
GBS Talent Report Launch Video
Cheah Kok Hoong, Chair, OM, Malaysia
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Dr. Mohan V Avvari, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Dr. Mandy Sim, University Teaching Fellow, Admissions Tutor Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia
YouMe Jeon, PersolKelly Consulting
Phil Captain, OM Research Chair
Justin J Anthony, Executive Director, PIKOM (National Tech Association of Malaysia)
GBS Industry Skills Framework Video
Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Allan Cheah, Head, Strategy & Advocacy, Digital Talent Development Division MDEC
Poobalan Murugesan, Assistant Vice President (Industrial Skills Framework – IndSF), HRD Corp, Malaysia
Phil Captain, OM Research Chair
Justin J Anthony, Executive Director, PIKOM (National Tech Association of Malaysia)
Anthony Raja Devadoss, Managing Director, Executive Search, Korn Ferry Malaysia, OM & PIKOM Advisor
Keynote: The Rise of Digital Global Business Services
Digital Global Business Services organizations and Centers of Expertise (COEs) – Enablers of digital transformation goals of the enterprises
Speaker:
Mohan V Avvari, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Panel Discussion: The Growth of Global Business Services in Malaysia – The Holistic Perspectives
Global business services (GBS) companies are the largest contributor in MSC Malaysia’s performance, adding up to 50 per cent of investments, 66 per cent of exports, and 61 per cent of jobs created. This panel discussion, which include representatives from longstanding GBS establishments in Malaysia with global brand names like Roche, Dell, HSBC and Jabil, seeks to provide a holistic perspective of the industry during the New Normal. This session will be moderated by Raymond Devadass, the enigmatic leader of Daythree Business Services, a leading Malaysian GBS brand.
Moderator:
Raymond Devadass, Chief Executive Officer, Daythree Business Services, CCAM President & OM Treasurer, Malaysia
Speaker:
Arno Kamm, General Manager, Roche Services (APAC) Sdn. Bhd.
TS Koay, General Manager, Senior Director, Dell Technologies Cyberjaya
Neeti Mahajan, Managing Director, HSBC Electronic Data Processing (M) Sdn Bhd
Kim Chin Kuang, Division Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of GBS Finance, Jabil, OM Committee, Malaysia
Keynote: OM Talent Market Report
According to a recent study conducted by OM , the pandemic has disrupted the global HUMAN CAPITAL environment, and organizations are facing particular challenges related to: talent flow; the managing of two generations of employees, viz., older or mature workers and younger workers; managing Gender/Diversity balance, and a shortage of needed competencies. It has also sped the arrival of technologies and new ways of working and learning, moving organizations almost overnight into a new era. Get a snap shot of the study.
Speaker:
Phil Captain, Founder/CEO, PMC team
Keynote: COO – Petition Between Humans and Robots in The Digital Era
In this digitisation era, can humans and robots co-exist? And how can we best make use of modern technologies to drive positive business and brand outcome?
Speaker:
Akhil Agarwal, Chief Operating Officer, IGT Solutions
Panel Session: How has the acceleration in Digital Customer Experience reimagined the role of the contact centers?
The last 15 months has changed not just the way we live our lives but also on how we conduct our business, where we work and how we engage with others. With the huge shift in consumer behavior and the increased digital adoption, we have started experiencing the full benefits of the digital economy now. In all these, the contact centres have been pushed to the forefront to provide leadership in the overall customer journey management – to step up to do more and be that conduit that links the whole ecosystem into a seamless experience for the customer.
Moderator:
Andy Cranshaw, SVP Learning & Development, TDCX
Panelists:
Celine Chan – Managing Director, APAC, Webhelp Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., CCAM Exco
Byron Fernandez – EVP Malaysia & India & Group CIO, TDCX, CCAM Advisor
Raj Chaudhuri – Vice President, CFN, GCBEN, Global Services Group, American Express, CCAM Exco
Panel Session: GBS Industry Skills Framework
Digital Global Business Services (GBS) is an important focus for Malaysia, especially as one of our key initiatives is to strengthen our country’s position as an ideal location for digital services. Malaysia, home to over 600 GBS companies, has proven its mettle in rising to the challenge of transitioning organisations into remote working arrangements. This panel will deliberate on the recent Digital GBS Industry Skills Framework establish in collaboration with OM, PIKOM, MDEC & HRD Corp.
Moderator:
Anthony Raja Devadoss, MD Agensi Pekerjaan Korsn Ferry, OM & PIKOM Advisor
Dr. Sumitra Nair, Vice President and Head, Digital Skills & Jobs, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Panelists:
Kurt Bergmans, MD and global head ITSM at Standard Chartered
Poobalan Murugesan, Assistant Vice President (Industrial Skills Framework – IndSF) , HRD Corp
Jusri Ong, Managing Director, Telecontinent Sdn Bhd
Jeffrey Paine
Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures
Singapore
Jeffrey Paine is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Golden Gate Ventures investing in Southeast Asia with over US$175 million under management investing in over 45 companies since 2012. He started and manages the Founder Institute in Singapore overseeing its expansion in Southeast Asia, and Japan. He is a recipient of the Founder Institute Director Award 2012 for “Greatest Ecosystem Impact” Worldwide (Singapore).
Thomas G. Tsao
Chairman and Founding Partner, Gobi Partners
Malaysia
Thomas G. Tsao co-founded Gobi Partners in 2002. He was named on the Forbes List of China’s Top VCs from 2013 – 2017. Tom leads the team that manages the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, which has invested in companies like AutoX, DayDayCook, GoGoX, Prenetics and WeLab. Relocating to Kuala Lumpur in 2015, he set up several funds with MAVCAP, Malaysia’s largest VC firm investing in over 60 companies in Southeast Asia, including Aerodyne, Carsome, EasyParcel, iStoreiSend and Kumu. Tom is now building Gobi’s TaqwaTech investment practice focused on innovative startups serving Muslim communities such as Airlift, Sastaticket, and UmrahMe.
Victor Chua
Founding & Managing Partner, Vynn Capital
Malaysia
Victor is the Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital – a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage companies in Southeast Asia. Some of his notable investments include Carsome and Dropee from Malaysia as well as Travelio from Indonesia. He was the former Chairman of the Malaysian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (MVCA) and was the former Vice President of Gobi Partners. He is currently a council member of the Malaysian Venture Capital & Private Equity Development Council (MVCDC) under the Securities Commission Malaysia. He was also an honouree of the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 in 2017.
Dzuleira Abu Bakar
Group Chief Executive Officer, Technology Park Malaysia
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Sai Sidharth
Managing Director, Trovicor Technology Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
With over 18 years of experience in Software Development and Digital Transformation, Sai is currently the Managing Director of trovicor technolgy sdn bhd, the software development hub for trovicor Intelligence group, a leader in the Lawful interception & intelligence solutions for law enforcement and governments. He played a pivotal role in transitioning from the previous development center in Croatia to Kuala Lumpur in 2017, which now develops and supports 2 key product lines of the troviocor Intelligence group.
Prior to joining trovicor, Sai was the Chief Technology Officer of Cworks Systems Berhad, where he helmed the software delivery to over customers across 100 countries; and had a short stint as an entrepreuner establishing software development houses in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Sai is also part of MDEC Talent Expert Network (TEN).
Surina Shukri
Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Malaysia
Surina Shukri brings two decades of experience working across a diverse range of companies including global multinationals, middle market companies and early stage startups across the financial services, natural resources and technology sectors. She spent the bulk of her professional career in the United States, including 17 years of experience as an investment banker, strategist and leader at JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest bank in the United States. There she served as Head of Strategy, Innovation & Business Management for Middle Market Banking, Head of Strategy for Commercial Banking, Chief Staff to the CEO and Executive Director in Natural Resources Investment Banking. Surina left JPMorgan Chase in 2018 to start SheNovation Ventures, a transformation and growth venture studio where she advised fintech and blockchain startups on growth strategy and capital raising and consulted business leaders on culture change and transformation. She graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s Management & Technology dual degree program with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School and Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Prior to returning to Malaysia, Surina lived in Manhattan, New York City, with her Malaysian husband and three children.
Arno Kamm
General Manager, Roche Services (APAC) Sdn. Bhd.
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Dr. Nikolai Dobberstein
Partner, Kearney Inc.
Malaysia
Nikolai Dobberstein is the Head of Kearney’s Communications, Media & Technology Practice in Asia Pacific and the Managing Partner of the Malaysian Practice. He has been involved in multiple business and digital transformation programmes of technology companies and telecom operators in Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and Africa. Nikolai is also the lead partner for Kearney’s collaboration with the WEF on the Future of Production in ASEAN.
Dr. Sumitra Nair
Vice President and Head – Digital Skills and Jobs, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Malaysia
Dr. Sumitra is Vice-President & Head of Digital Skills and Jobs at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). She leads MDEC’s digital talent development and inclusion initiatives. She also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Monash University School of Business and Economics.
YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed
Minister in The Prime Minister Department (Economy)
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Arham Abdul Rahman
Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Yee Wing Peng
Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Malaysia
Malaysia
Yee Wing Peng is Deloitte Malaysia Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Deloitte Southeast Asia (SEA) Executive Committee. In addition, he leads the Chinese Services Group for Deloitte SEA. Wing Peng has over 28 years of experience in professional services providing the local and multinational companies with a comprehensive range of audit, tax, investment and business advisory services. A regular speaker at leadership conferences overseas as well as in Malaysia, Wing Peng’s business insights are regularly sought by both local and international media. Wing Peng also devoted his time in talent development as an examiner for the advanced taxation paper of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants professional exams for over 5 years until 2018. He is the industry advisor for the Bachelor of Management (Accounting) program and also the MBA program at Xiamen University Malaysia. He is an honorary advisor to Master Builders Association Malaysia for over 10 years.
Rosedalina Ramlan
Director, Business Services and Regional Operations Division, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Razif Abdul Aziz
Vice President, Investment & Grants, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Malaysia
Razif Aziz is a senior executive with over 23 years of experience in a variety of roles ranging from business development, corporate, legal & regulatory affairs, communications and sales & marketing in various sectors such as defence, construction, FMCG, telecoms & broadcast, biotechnology and Government. He has drafted telecoms and broadcast industry subsidiary legislation, consulted for renewable energy and cleantech start-ups helping them navigate the commercial-legal aspects of their business. He acted as a technical adviser for the Malaysian Sustainable Energy Development Authority on aspects of the Feed in Tariff framework and led the management of large-scale tech development programmes such as Malaysia’s push into Biotech development in 2006-2012. Notable was his stewardship of the Malaysian Business Angel Network from 2015-2018 where he helped secure the group’s financial independence through corporate sponsorships, grow its membership from 56 to > 200 accredited angel investor.
Raymond Siva
Senior Vice President, Investment and Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Malaysia
Raymond has more than 25 years of experience in journalism, strategic marketing and crisis and issues response. He is a sought after Reputation and Influence Strategist for international brands, local conglomerates and CEOs. He has conducted over 100 spokesperson and crisis trainings, messaging workshops and talks in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. He was promoted to Senior Vice President (SVP), Digital Investments Division in December 2020 after being appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in October 2019. Currently he is overlooking a 110 member team which includes the Investment and Grants Development, MSC Services and Brand & Strategic Partnerships Departments. He holds an LLB from the University of London and a Professional Diploma in Public Relations from the Institute of Public Relations Malaysia.
Kelvin Tan
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Origin Capital Management Pte Ltd
Singapore
Kelvin is the founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Origin Capital Management Pte Ltd. Managing the firm’s entire investment transaction life-cycle from origination, to screening, negotiation and exits, he also chairs the investment committee(s) for funds managed by the firm. Kelvin’s current roles also include the advisory committee member at Enterprise Singapore (a Singapore government agency for trade and SMEs), advisory member at the Singapore Business Federation. Prior to Origin Capital, Kelvin co-founded a corporate VC firm, GTR Ventures, and served as its Chief Investment Officer, where he screened over 150 global start-ups specialised in trade and supply chain finance and closed 10 investment deals. One of them achieved an exit ROI of 400% over 18 months. He also raised S$0.75m from a Singapore government agency – Enterprise Singapore’s Trade Infrastructure Development Fund – to venture build specialised startups in SME and supply chain finance.
Cheryl Liew
Head of Talent, Monk’s Hill Ventures
Singapore
Profile coming soon.
Sunand Razu
Managing Partner, EcoImpact Capital
Singapore
Profile coming soon.
Mohan Low
Director, Digital Creative Content, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Malaysia
Mohan Low is the Director of Digital Creative Content at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). He helps drive the mission to develop the digital creative content industry in Malaysia. He has over 15 years of experience in the digital content space , leading teams across games development, games commercialization and ecosystem building. Mohan has launched over 30 games during the course of his career. His passion has also led him to mentor over a 100 game projects, organize gaming culture events and currently works towards building Malaysia into a regional digital content hub.
Gan Dong Chee
Co-Founder, Magnus Games Studio
Malaysia
Gan Dong Chee is the Co-Founder of Magnus Games Studio. He is also the co-founder of an international game studio based in Malaysia, working on a global IP called Re:Legend.
Zeno Gabing
Executive Director, Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Khailee Ng
Managing Partner, 500 Startups
Singapore
Khailee Ng is a Managing Partner of 500 Startups – a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm. With the firm, Khailee has led 180+ investments in Southeast Asian tech startups, including Grab, Carousell, Bukalapak and other regional champions. Prior to this, he was the founder of Groupsmore (acquired by Groupon) and Malaysia’s largest online media company, Says.com (acquired by Media Prima). As every industry continues to be disrupted by new technology and evolving consumer landscapes and the 500 Startups portfolio of companies collectively raising over $10 Billion USD, Khailee and 500 Startups specialize in discovering patterns of economic opportunity and investing in the entrepreneurs. His investment activity and industry opinions have been featured by Financial Times, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, and Fortune.
Rafiza Ghazali
Chief Executive Officer, Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Rafiza Ghazali is the CEO of Cradle’s Group with over 26 years of experience in Finance, Audit, Investment, Strategy and Business Development within a wide range of industries. Prior to Cradle, Rafiza was the Chief Financial Officer at Velesto Energy Berhad (“Velesto”) and undertook a successful turnaround and transformation exercise that led to a return to profitability after four years. Rafiza was the Head of Group Innovation & Business Performance at Sime Darby Berhad (“Sime Darby”) where she led a group-wide effort to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across the business units, including to encourage start-ups-corporate partnerships. Rafiza started her career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Australia and later held senior roles in strategy, corporate finance and accounting in several leading organisations including Bank Negara Malaysia, RHB Investment Bank Berhad and Thomson Reuters.
Barry Lim
Senior Director, Public Sector & Government, Frost & Sullivan
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Karunjit Kumar Dhir
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SRKay Consulting Group
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Hellen Tan
Operation Director, Doo Group
Malaysia
Hellen is the Operation Director of Doo Group overseeing the business operation in APAC region. Hellen is an HR professional with strong business incumbent experienced in conglomerates with extensive international business spanning financial services, hotels, retail chains, property development & building materials, manufacturing & trading as well as automotive.
Hellen holds a MSc in Human Resource Management and a Master of Business Administration She is a Certified Behavioural Consultant and the associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), UK. She was the recipient of Super Women Achiever at 2019 World HRD Congress held in Mumbai, India.
Norhizam Kadir
Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Green Packet Berhad
Malaysia
Hizam brings with him more than 20 years’ experience in multi-market technology industries in various markets across Asia Pacific. He was in various managerial positions at Intel, Microsoft, MDEC and currently with Green Packet Berhad. Wide experience in corporate strategy and marketing, business development, communications and government and regulatory affairs. He sits on the board of MiMOS Berhad and myAngkasa Digital Services.
Tony Yeoh
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Penang
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli
Chief Executive Officer, InvestKL
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Fajaffri Mohd Fadzil
Senior Director, Investment, Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA)
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Datuk Ismail Ibrahim
Chief Executive, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Richard Ker
Vice President Global Partnership, Aerodyne Group
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Zulfiqar Zauniddin
Managing Director, IIB Ventures
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Dr. Matthew Lamont
Managing Director, DownUnder GeoSolutions (Asia) Sdn Bhd (DUG)
Malaysia
Dr Matthew Lamont is founding partner and Managing Director of DUG . Matthew holds a PhD in geophysics from Curtin University of Technology where he is an adjunct Associate Professor. In his career he has held senior management positions at Woodside in Perth, and BHP Billiton in Houston. Matt sets the company’s strategic direction and remains intimately involved in R&D and DUG McCloud.
Mirko
VP & Head of Regional Information Solutions and MD of SCHOTT ASIA IT SERVICES Sdn Bhd
Mainz/Germany
Profile coming soon.
Neeti Mahajan
Managing Director, HSBC Electronic Data Processing (M) Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Profile coming soon.
Low Ngai Yuen
Founder & President, WOMENgirls
Malaysia
Low Ngai Yuen, a multiple award-winning workaholic sits as an Independent Non-Executive Director of GD Express Carrier Berhad and is on its Audit & Risk Management Committee as well as the Combined Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Also named Most Successful Woman of 2014 by Jessica Magazine, Bella Creative Award 2013 by ntv7, Women Weekly’s Great Women Of Our Time 2012 award for the category of Media and Arts as well as Her World’s Young Achiever of the year 2008. An Elevate Fellow as well as the US Department of State’s IVLP’s alumni, over the past 20 years, Yuen has held various roles in the corporate world – as the Director of Marketing and Communications of Carrefour Malaysia and Singapore, sitting on its management and executive committee; to being appointed the Executive Director/CEO of Global Entrepreneurship Movement Association bridging technology to the underserved entrepreneurs.
Speaker
Cita Ballroom
