YCM CEO Series 39: Yvonne Chia, Group MD and CEO of Hong Leong Bank Berhad
For our YCM CEO Series 39, we have the privilege of hosting Yvvone Chia,
Group MD and CEO of Hong Leong Bank Berhad
Wednesday, 28th March 2012
Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur
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About the speaker
Ms. Yvonne Chia has been the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong Bank BHD since November 10, 2003. Ms. Chia started her banking career with Bank of America and held an experience of 18 years, Kuala Lumpur and held various positions in Hong Kong, Manila and Kuala Lumpur from 1976 to 1993 and served as its Vice President and Country Head for Marketing. Ms. Chia served as General Manager of RHB Bank Berhad since March 1994 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director until March 2002. Ms. Chia has been a Director of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad since January 9, 2004. She has been a Non-Independent Executive Director of Hong Leong Bank Bhd since March 17, 2003. She serves as a Director of Malaysian External Trade Development Corp. Berhad (MATRADE). She also serves as a Director of RHB Capital Berhad, Malaysian Electronic Payment System (1997) Sdn Bhd, HLISB, Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful Bhd, RHB Insurance Berhad, RHB Bank (L) Ltd., RHB Delta Finance Berhad and Cagamas Holdings Berhad. Ms. Chia serves as a member of the BCC of Hong Leong Bank Berhad. She served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Investment Bank Bhd since December 19, 1995. She was made a Fellow of Institute of Bankers Malaysia in April 2002. In August 2005, Ms. Chia was appointed to Wharton Fellows of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Certified Risk Professional (CRP) with BAI. Ms. Chia holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honors) in Analytical Economics from University of Malaya in 1976.
(Source: Bloomberg Businessweek)
An evening with the Prime Minister
An evening with the Prime Minister Date:Monday, 27th June 2011 Time: 8.00pm – 9.30pm Dress Code: Your work attire Venue: Intercontinental Hotel (formerly Nikko), Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
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YCM CEO Series 33: Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Executive Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad
For our YCM CEO Series 33, as part of our Great Women at Work series, we have the privilege to host Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Executive Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad.
Among the topics Shahnaz will be speaking about is one which many of us are passionate about, that of education. Be sure to come to ask your questions and learn what is being done to address education issues of the nation.
You’re cordially invited to attend our CEO series. Do remember to show your support by liking our Facebook Page and by joining our group.
Date: Tuesday, 14th June 2011
Time: 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Dress Code: Your work attire
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel (formerly Nikko),
Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Fee: Free of charge
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As with all YCM events, this event is FOC. Light food and beverages will be provided, also FOC!
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Shahnaz Al-Sadat Abdul Mohsein joined Khazanah in August 2004 as Director and Chief Financial Officer. She was appointed Executive Director, Strategic Human Capital Management in January 2009.
She began her career at Arthur Andersen in Audit, Corporate Finance and Process Risk Consulting. Thereafter, she joined Malaysian Airline System Bhd where she was the General Manager, Internal Audit and a member of the Management Committee.
She holds a LLB (Hons.) degree from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. She is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).
YCM CEO Series 31: Natasha Kamaluddin, Managing Partner of Ethos & Co
For YCM CEO Series 31, as part of our Great Ladies at Work series we have the privilege of hosting Natasha Kamaluddin, Managing Partner of Ethos & Co
Natasha’s core expertise is in strategy development, public policy, large scale process reengineering, operationalisation of new businesses / entities and programme management.
She has led numerous strategy and public policy engagements, including developing the growth and internationalisation strategy for a major Malaysian conglomerate, strategy development for a major regional IPP, strategy review for two major plantations companies and development of economic / industry development plans for several major industries in Malaysia.
Natasha also has an extensive track record in operationalising new Government and corporate entities, where she has helped clients to secure Government approvals, structure their organisation and modus operandi, recruit, obtain funding and design their detailed business processes.
Prior to joining Ethos, Natasha was a Manager at Accenture in Kuala Lumpur where she served public and private sector clients on
large scale Programme Management, Business Process Improvements and ICT systems implementation. Natasha graduated with a BA and
MA in Economics (1st class) from Cambridge University, UK.
Date: Wednesday, 6th April 2011
Time: 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Dress Code: Just turn up in your working clothes 
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel (formerly Nikko Hotel), Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Light food and beverages will be provided, FOC!
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YCM CEO Series 30: Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X
For YCM CEO Series 30, we have the privilege of hosting Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X
In July 2007, Azran was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X, the world’s first truly low-cost long-haul airline. He led the start-up team that developed the business plan, raised capital, secured relevant licenses and approvals, acquired aircraft and launched AirAsia X’s first inaugural flight to the Gold Coast, Australia in November 2007.
Prior to his appointment, Azran was formerly the Senior Director of Business Development for Astro All Asia Networks plc, a leading Asian digital satellite television and radio broadcaster, where he led the start-up and operational launch of Astro’s international investments and joint ventures across Southeast Asia, India and Greater China – having oversight management responsibility for a portfolio of over US$300 million invested in these businesses.
Azran was formerly an Associate Partner of McKinsey & Company, an international management consultancy, where he co-led its Southeast Asia Corporate Finance & Strategy practice.
He holds a Master’s degree in Management Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, both from Stanford University.
He is 39 years young, a competitive Ultimate Frisbee player, a keen surfer and snowboarder, and has completed several full marathons.
A prolific international speaker, he has been invited as one of the Young Leaders at the 2010 World Islamic Economic Forum and represented Malaysia as one of Asia Society’s 2009 Asia 21 Delegates. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO).
Date: Monday, 21st March 2011
Time: 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Dress Code: Just turn up in your working clothes
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel (formerly Nikko Hotel), Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Light food and beverages will be provided, FOC
[Bio data courtesy of PATA 60th Anniversary & Conference]
YCM CEO Series 27: Liza Mohd Noor, CEO of RAM Ratings
For YCM’s CEO Series 27, we have the privilege of hosting Liza Mohd Noor, CEO of RAM Ratings.
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An essential part of the country’s financial landscape, RAM Rating Services Berhad (“RAM Ratings”) plays a leading role in providing crucial and independent credit opinions that are needed by investors and other market participants, with a view to being more confident about their investment and financial decisions.
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Date: Wednesday, 27th October 2010
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
…Dress Code: Just turn up in your working clothes 
Venue: Dahlia Conference Room, Nikko Hotel
Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Light food and beverages will be provided, FOC!
Group page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13036461979
Young Corporate Malaysians Summit page: http://www.facebook.com/YCMSummit?ref=ts
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Liza is the Chief Executive Officer of RAM Rating Services Berhad. She joined the organisation as one of its pioneer analysts in 1991. Liza has extensive experience in the ratings of corporate bonds and sukuk as well as bank ratings, and had served in several senior management positions before becoming RAM Ratings’ Chief Executive Officer.
During the 1997/98 regional economic crisis, Liza had been seconded to the Corporate Debt-Restructuring Committee (or CDRC) – a unit of Bank Negara Malaysia – where she had been principally involved in sector-wide restructuring schemes and the reorganisation of government- and state-owned enterprises. Earlier in her career, Liza had had stints with a merchant bank, where she had been mainly engaged in corporate-advisory work pertaining to Government privatisation schemes, and an accounting firm, where she had been chiefly involved in corporate receivership and liquidation work.
Liza holds a Bachelor of Economics, majoring in Accounting, from the University of Adelaide, Australia. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance from International Islamic University Malaysia.
YCM CEO Series 26: Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO of CIMB Islamic
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, a Malaysian, aged 36, was appointed Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad, CIMB Group’s Islamic banking flagship on 28 February 2006.
He is also a Director of CIMB Islamic Investment House BSC (C), Bahrain and CIMB Islamic Funds DCC Limited, Brunei. Prior to CIMB Group, he was attached to an offshore banking subsidiary of a premier Malaysia Islamic financial group in structured finance, capital market and syndications.
For YCM’s CEO Series 26, we have the privilege of hosting En Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO of CIMB Islamic.
He chairs the Islamic Capital Market Committee of the Malaysian Investment Banking Association and sits in various other industry committees including the Listing Committee of the Labuan International Financial Exchange, Exchange Committee of the Labuan International Financial Exchange, Islamic Capital Market Consultative Committee, Bursa Malaysia and the Working Group on Islamic Accounting Standards, Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.
Badlisyah is recognised as a leader in Islamic finance globally. Amongst his notable accomplishments includes the introductions of the world’s first Sukuk al Ijarah, the world’s first Istisna’ Sukuk and the world’s first Musyarakah ABS/ RMBS. In 2004, at the age of 31, Euromoney named him one of “Global Top 20 Pioneers in Islamic Finance”. In 2007, he was voted “Islamic Banker of the Year” at the Islamic Business and Finance Awards, Dubai and awarded the “Best Individual Islamic Banker in 2007” by Islamic Finance News. Recently, he was named the sole recipient of “The Asian Banker Promising Young Banker Award for Malaysia 2007” in The Asian Banker Achievement Awards 2007 programme.
He is a lifetime member of ANSARA Taiping and was the founding Vice- Chairman of the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC). He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
CEO Series 20: Jumaatun Azmi CEO of KasehDia Sdn Bhd.
Up next on our CEO Series calendar, CEO Series 20 featuring Jumaatun Azmi, CEO of KasehDia Sdn Bhd.
Wednesday, 10th February 2010
Dewan Murni, Menara Integriti
Persiaran Duta, Off Jalan Duta
7.30pm to 9.30pm
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Jumaatun Azmi is the founder and Managing Director of KasehDia Sdn Bhd, a niche communication and consultancy firm focused on the application of
Islamic concepts.
Under Jumaatun’s leadership, the company has created world renowned events and publications and consulted the government on Halal matters. KasehDia Consultancy was involved in the drafting of the Halal Chapter of Malaysia’s 3rd Industrial Master Plan after being appointed as consultant by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 2006. It also developed the initial framework of the Halal Industry Development Corporation for the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Office.
Jumaatun is the Editor of The Halal Journal, a trade publication on the Halal industry currently distributed in over 35 countries. She also founded the award
winning Halal Food Guide series which to date has covered eight countries. Jumaatun’s other accomplishments in the Halal industry include the creation of
The World Halal Forum, Halal Journal TV, Halal Journal Award, Halal RestaurantAwards and the Halal Journal Workshop Series.
Due to her prolific and cutting edge work, Jumaatun has been featured in various international mainstream media including the Asia Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Bloomberg. She holds a degree in Communication (Honours) from the University of
Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Write-Up: 1st Ambassador Series – HE Boyd McCleary
1st Ambassador Series – His Excellency Boyd McCleary, UK High Commissioner to Malaysia
Writing credits: Chen Chow Yeoh
Live Blogging of The 1st Ambassador Series of Young Corporate Malaysians by His Excellency Boyd McCleary, UK High Commissioner to Malaysia at Menara Integriti.
High Commissioner started by saying that it is great to see many young faces here, despite the fasting month. High Commissioners explained that High Commissioners are those diplomats sent to Commonwealth countries, whereas Ambassadors are those diplomats sent to other countries.
If we look back at colonial period, it was not trade that brought Britishs to come over to Malaya back then. It was trade that brought them here. “Trade goes before the flag”.
It all started in 1592, when the first Englishman landed his ship on Penang and loaded it with pepper. Penang was the first of the Straits Settlement, where treaty with the Sultan of Kedah was signed in 1791. Then, Singapore was established by Raffles in 1819 and then finally Malacca exchanged for Bencoolen in Sumatra in 1824.
The main initial driver for Penang was spices. The treaty was singed not with the British Government, but with the East India Company, and later other forms of commercial agriculture.
The other driver was the need to secure ports to protect British shipping lanes between India and China.
In 1860s/1870s, initially British was looking for more opportunities for agriculture, but later on tin, and hence British turned to Perak. There was 1874 Treaty of Pangkor, where a British Resident was appointed in Perak, followed later by Selangor, Johore and Sungai Ujong (Negeri Sembilan).
In 1896, Federated Malay States (FMS) was started with the seat of Government in Kuala Lumpur. For other states, there were less commercial interest and less interest, and those states were “unfederated”.
Commercial agriculture in Federated Malay States expanded first into coffee, sugar, pineapples and gutta percha. However, the most significant development for British Malaya was the invention of the pneumatic tyre in 1899, which led to rapid expansion of rubber.
By 1929, almost half of all cultivated land was planted in rubber. And then came the development of oil palm, again with British investors, including a Mr. Sime and a Mr. Darby).
To make oil palm working in Sabah, they actually had to go to Africa to get a certain insect, to make the growing of palm oil working.
Right through the colonial period, the British saw Malaya primarily as a key source of raw materials. So, it was scarcely surprising that it was the (predominantly British) planters who were the target of the Communists during the Emergency (when one in ten planters were killed by insurgents).
At independence, Malaya was the world’s largest exporter of natural rubber, tin and palm oil. Agricultural production accounted for 40% of the country’s GDP. And the main destination for good exported was the UK.
While it is absolutely fair to note that the development of British Malaya’s economy was in the interests of the “mother country”, we should perhaps not forget that the bulk of the technology, much of the finance and the investment itself was from the UK.
Another major positive legacy of the colonial period was the rule of law, that has initially been established primarily to enable the trade to flourish.
At independence, the following British companies were already well-established in Malaya: Unilever, Shell, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Sime Darby, Harrison & Crossfield, Boh Tea, Boustead, Jardines, Level Brothers (later on Unilever), Commercial Union Insurance Co, Castrol and GEC.
But the investment did not stop at Independence. Examples from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s.
Glaxo became the first company in Malaysia to open a factory for the local manufacture of pharmaceuticals in 1959. Shell’s investmnet in Sarawak in exploration for oil and gas. Shell is the biggest employer in Sarawak, and Shell has developed a number of corporate leaders, including Datuk Seri Idris Jala and Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar.
Inchcape began the manufacture of cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and timber mouldings. Harrisons and Crossfields and Guthries (both in the plantation business) set up companies to manufacture rubber goods and edible oils. Lever Brothers began making soaps, cooking fats, ice cream etc.
Blue circle’s investment in cement. ICI became involved in the promotion of plastic products and set up a plant to manufacture titanium dioxide pigment for paint.
Guinness (first brought to Malaya on sailing ships) established a brewery on the site of an old tin mine in Sungai Way in Selangor. GEC became the first company to be involved in the manufacture of consumer electronic products. Coats Viyella set up a factory in Prai to produce silk thread.
And over the past 10-20 years, investment hasn’t stopped. BP investmnets in petrochemicals and Shell in exploration, LNG/distillates. British Telecom established an ICT research center in KL. Alphabilogics in Penang and Spirit Aerospace in Subang on high value manufacturing.
In financial services, Prudential and Friends Provident, HSBC and StanChart has invested in Islamic Finance.
In back office processing, one third of the jobs in Cyberjaya are provided by UK Firms.
In retailing, Jardines invest through Giant, Cold Storage and Guardian, as well as Tesco invests heavily in Malaysia too.
In education, University of Nottingham are based in Semenyih, and Newcastle University is building a campus in Malaysia.
There is no clear indication of how much is the true investment by UK.
Some questions to ask, include what nationality is an investment. For example Shell is it a Dutch company, but it is incorporated in British. How do you count an investment? Is it the financial figure invested or jobs created or some other values?
When did the investments take place and what about disinvestment? Management buy-out, take-overs, nationalizations etc. For example, BP Petrol Stations, ICI, Sime Darby and Unilever.
In other examples, how to differentiate trade and investment. For example, BAe System, CTRM and Airbus.
If we look into the future, then there might not be much investment in the manufacturing, especially in the low end manufacturing. However, investment in the service sector, especially education and training would remain strong. There is growth in the business processing centers too. It is the UK hope that UK can play a part in supporting Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s hope to bring Malaysia out of the middle income trap.
UK does not just belong to EU and Commonwealth, but also including NATO etc. EU is a great organization, where a lot of people wanted to become member. EU is a good thing for British and for Europe.
Not many Malaysians know exactly on what Commonwealth does. Last month, UK just launched Commonwealth Conversations. There is a plan to have a Commonwealth Conversations in KL in 2nd half of October 2009, to get young Malaysians to talk on Commonwealth. It is the hope to get Commonwealth to do fewer things, but to do it better, and get it delivered.
Commonwealth is not as popular in attracting new members, compared to EU. Mozambique who is a Portugese colony, just joined Commonwealth not too long ago. And Rwanda also just applied to join Commonwealth.
On HE Boyd McCleary’s personal view, he is very impressed by the way that the new Prime Minister stimulates demand. Malaysia is a country which heavily depends on exports. Malaysia has been able to maintain the high domestic demand.
Another thing that HE impressed about our new Prime Minister is that Malaysia is moving towards open economy, and not moving towards protectism. The biggest problem that Najib that might faced would be that he has to get all those promises delivered.
Most countries have some form of immigration control. It exists in every country, including US, Australia etc. UK is now introducing new system, where it is a point system. Australia had a point system for some time already.
For Tier 2 visa, which is a highly skilled staff, it needs to show that the particular skill is not highly available in UK, and the applications would need to apply online.
For student visas, if one has a valid offer from UK Universities and also show proof of their financial status, they will get the 40 points needed. And they need to apply online.
In terms of foreign exchange, it is moving quite volatile. For Pound Sterling vs Ringgit, it is now RM5.80 to 1 Pound, but compared to 1 year ago, it was RM4.80 to 1 Pound.
When Euro was first introduced, Pound has grown quite a lot, but recently Euro has strengthened and it is getting closer to 1 Euro to 1 Pound.
If we look at the economy of the last 10 years, UK economy has grown by 30%, whereas German economy has grown by 10%. So, the correlation between currency and economic growth is not that solid.
The quality of Malaysian English is actually somewhere in the middle, where it is not too good, and yet not too bad.
High Commissioner also commented that most of the committee members of Young Corporate Malaysians are UK graduates and these are important links back here.
And looking at Malaysia’s competitiveness, then Malaysia’s population of 26 million could be much smaller than countries like Indonesia. So, those could be areas that Malaysia may not have the upside.
However, there are a number of companies that set up operations here and have a lot of investment at stake here.
Mobility of investments need to be there, to impress the investors. The government bureaucracy and tax regime are also considered. Malaysia’s government is getting some of those right, and some are working on it through Pemudah. And setting of KPI is a good step.
Malaysia has the best cost quality balance ratio currently. However, if it is not moving forward fast enough, then it might get caught up by others.
UK was in similar situations some time back, where UK was previously good at attracting foreign investments, but at one point, investments were leaving UK. But UK managed to turn around and today, it is an important destination of foreign investment. What UK has done is that it is very agile.
Malaysia has to focus on the high end education, and grow on it. UK has been inventive and adaptive.
Most of the investments look at medium to long term. At current term, there is no investor in Malaysia pulling out, but there are some who have pulled up from Thailand.
There are some funds for Small Medium Companies to do research and development. From the Trade Commissioner of UK’s view point, there are a number of funds in Malaysia, including from MOSTI.
The crucial element for Malaysia over the next 1 year would be the direction of the National Economic Action Panel. Prime Minister Najib has appointed a number of top people from all over the world to help to chart the direction of Malaysia’s economy.
YCM CEO Series 19: Roshan Thiran, CEO of Leaderonomics Sdn Bhd
We are honored to have for our 19 series Roshan Thiran, CEO of Leaderonomics Sdn Bhd speaking.
Roshan Thiran, CEO of Leaderonomics Sdn Bhd, an organization which specializes on developing young capable leaders by constantly setting new goals to challenge, and transforming the minds and hearts of leaders to create a just, free and caring society. Simultaneously, Leaderonomics runs workshops and camps for children and youths.To learn more about Leaderonomics, go to www.leaderonomics.com
He has a passion for helping people fulfil their potential and purpose and believes there is a science to developing leaders. He spent the past 15 years working for General Electric and Johnson & Johnson across the US, Europe and Asia. He is also much sought out for his expertise in talent management and leadership development.
He strives to help world’s leaders – of all ages, classes and ethnicities – to adapt and meet dramatic changes in our natural and synthetic environments and to help them continuously grow and develop as leaders.
Young Corporate Malaysians now brings to you Roshan Thiran, an avid writer and also speaker, to share his thoughts and experiences in creating the best leaders in town!
Date:Thursday, 12th November 2009
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Entrance: Free
Dress Code: Just turn up in your working clothes
Venue: Menara Integriti
Persiaran Duta, Off Jalan Duta
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Light food and beverages will be provided, all these at no charge to you so please come!
The CEO Series 12 : Dr. Mahani, Director-General of ISIS Malaysia
Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin, the Director-General of Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, will be honouring us with her presence at the Rumah UKEC this coming 19th of May.
Just a brief of what Dr. Mahani does:
Dr. Mahani obtained a Ph.D (development economics) from the University of London in 1992. She was Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. In 1998, Dr. Mahani was appointed a member of the Working Group for the National Economic Action Council, a body established by the Malaysian Government to formulate measures to initiate recovery from the economic and financial crisis. She was a Board Member of the Malaysia Employees Provident Fund (1998-2000). In 2001, Dr. Mahani was appointed as the Head, Special Consultancy Team on Globalisation of the National Economic Action Council.
She also serves as Deputy Chairman of the National Accreditation Board from May 2003 until October 2007.
In 2005, Dr. Mahani was appointed as the Deputy Director-General, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.
Feel free to bring your friends to this event, it’s FREE and it’s up to YOU to make the most out of it especially during the infamous Q&A session. Map to venue as per attached to this event page.
Date: 19th May 2009
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
For any enquiries please do not hesitate to contact me through Facebook, or at the following numbers:
Me at 012-2351165 (christopher.tock@gmail.com)
Chen Chow at 019-6888666 (chenchow@gmail.com)
Firdaus at 012-3902877 (wmfirdaus@maxis.blackberry.com)
YCM CEO Series 9: Omar Mustapha, Managing Principal & Director of Ethos & Company
Prior to rejoining the firm (which he co-founded in 2002) in February 2006, Omar served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia on economic, corporate sector and foreign policy matters. He brings with him over 12 years experience in the Malaysian corporate and government sectors, has an in-depth understanding of Malaysia’s public policy process, and an extensive network of senior level contacts in both Government and the corporate sector.
Prior to Ethos, Omar was a Senior Associate with McKinsey & Company Inc. based in London and Kuala Lumpur. He has served multinational clients in the telecoms, energy, media, retail, banking and government sectors in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, on issues of corporate strategy, performance management, organisational performance and post merger management. In his consulting career, he has led a number of significant client engagements with key ministries, government agencies, government-linked companies and multinational corporations operating in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
Omar is a graduate of Oxford University where he obtained his BA (Hons) and MA degrees in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is an active member of the ISIS Malaysia network, and was formerly the Director General and Board Member of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) Malaysia Committee and senior staffer to the Chair of the Malaysia APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
