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SSM National Conference 2012 „‘Managing Corporate Governance. Creating Value. Transforming Economy.’’

AZRYAIN BORHAN

Azryain is the Director of the Companies Commission of Malaysia

(SSM) Training Academy since May 2011. Previously, Azryain was the

Director of Corporate Development and Policy Division, Companies

Commission of Malaysia since joining SSM

in April 2007.

Between August 2010 and May 2011, Azryain was seconded to the

Prime Minister‟s Office Special Innovation Unit (Unit Inovasi Khas -

UNIK) where he was instrumental in conceiving the idea for the setting

up of a dedicated statutory body for innovation, structuring and thereafter drafting the Agensi

Inovasi Malaysia Act 2010. He also advised the Prime Minister‟s Office on the Perumahan

Rakyat 1 Malaysia (PR1MA) initiative.

Prior to joining SSM, Azryain was the Assistant Vice President, Legal and Secretarial in

Khazanah Nasional Bhd between May 2006 and April 2007. Between August 2000 and

December 2004, Azryain served the Securities Commission (SC) as a Senior Prosecuting

Officer in the Enforcement Division and later as a Senior Associate in the Securities Issues

Division. Azryain had also served as a legal advisor to a corporate figure between 2004 and

2006, serving as a Legal Manager in Borcos Shipping Sdn. Bhd. While there, he was also

seconded to Biotech Medical Corporation Sdn Bhd as a Deputy General Manager (Legal).

He obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1998.

Azryain was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in July 1999

upon completion of his pupilage with Messrs. Shearn Delamore & Co. He also briefly practiced

with Messrs. Khaw & Partners and Messrs. Zul Rafique & Partners in the areas of corporate

advisory and general litigation respectively.


YM TENGKU TAN SRI (DR) MAHALEEL ARIFF

Tengku Tan Sri ( Dr) Mahaleel has more than 40 years of a very diverse

career background including Consumer Food marketing , Tobacco,

Downstream Oil, Leisure Marine, Aviation including Ground Handling,

Automotive, Printing & Property Development. He is also involved in the

Academia.

He commenced his career in Sales & Marketing Department of Nestle

before moving to Shell Malaysia for 20 years, his last position being

Marketing Director. He joined New Toyo to expand operations into

China & Australia before joining Mofaz and then Proton Holdings, his

last position being the C.E.O.

Currently he is the Chairman of Tien Wah Press Holdings & a Director of New Toyo Singapore.

He serves as the Distinguished Advisor to the Graduate School of Business Universiti Sains

Penang and is a Business Consultant with USM Serve –U unit. He is also on the University

Malaya Advisory Panel for Performance Excellence and had also served as a Regional Director

for London Business School for 7 years and is now in the office of Distinguished Friends.

He is also a Trustee of Perdana Global Peace Foundation and had represented Malaysia before

as one of 3 representatives on Asia Pacific Economic Council and Asean Business Advisory

Council.

During his course of work he received awards for his contributions. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University Technology Malaysia Johore for his contributions to Malaysia‟s engineering capability. In 2001 he was named as Malaysia‟s CEO of the year by Business Times & American Express. In 2004 he was named Automotive Man of the Year at the New Straits Times & Mastercard awards. For his contributions to the nation he received the national award of PJN, P.S.M, & Kelantan‟s D.P.M.K.

Tengku graduated from University of Malaya in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts ( Honours) majoring

in History and Economics. He also attended additional Diploma Courses in Marketing & Contract

Law. In the course of his career he received various training in wide range of management

courses from Manchester Business School, London School of Economics and Harvard

Business School.

Apart from his corporate achievements he was also the Malaysian Motorsports Rally Champion, Junior Champion in Badminton Malacca and Radio Malaysia Music Talent National Runner Up.

He now does his own charity work for the Village poor in his home state of Kelantan.


YM TENGKU DATO’ ZAFRUL BIN TENGKU ABDUL AZIZ

Zafrul joined Maybank Investment Bank Berhad as its Chief Executive Officer

on 21 June 2010. Previously, he was the Group Director of Kenanga

Holdings Berhad and Director of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad.

Prior to joining Kenanga Group, he was the CEO and substantial shareholder

of Tune Money Sdn Bhd. He joined Tune Money Sdn Bhd after serving as

the Head of Investment Banking in Citigroup Malaysia.

Before that, he was Group Managing Director of Avenue Capital Resources

(now ECM Libra), a listed company specialising in financial services –

investment banking and fund management. He was also Chief Executive

Officer of Avenue Securities and the Chairman of Avenue Asset Management.

Zafrul, who graduated from University of Bristol, UK with a BSc (Hons) in Economics and

Accounting, did his masters in University of Exeter, UK. He started out as a corporate finance

executive in AM Investment Bank. He then joined Credit Agricole as an investment analyst,

moving up quickly to director position within a few years. Succeeding this, he became the Advisor

to the President of Tenaga Nasional. From here, he moved into investment banking at CIMB.

He is the Chairman of Leaders for Tomorrow and Deputy President of the Kuala Lumpur

Business Club. He was awarded the Malaysian Business Leadership Award 2009 for the

investment banking Sector, the APEA 2008 Most Promising Entrepreneurship Award by

Enterprise Asia and the Technology Business Review Asean CEO Award 2008. In November

2009, he received the Malaysian Business Leadership Awards (MBLA) in the investment banking

sector. He was conferred the "Darjah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang" (DSAP) by DYMM Sultan of

Pahang in May 2010. He has also accepted an appointment as a member of the Advisory Board

to the Faculty of Business and Accounting, University Malaya. Most recently, he has been

appointed as the Chairman of SIFE Malaysia, a non-profit organisation aimed at grooming

university students into future leaders.

The avid sportsman also finds time in his tight schedule to participate in triathlons, play futsal,

squash and golf.


DR. N DANARAJ

Dr. Danaraj is currently a Corporate Advisor and Board Member of

Hartalega Berhad, a public listed company which is the world‟s largest

manufacturer of nitrile medical gloves. He is also engaged as an

executive director in-charge of Hartalega‟s global own-brand marketing

(OBM) strategy in US, China, India and other emerging markets.

From August 2010 to July 2011, Dr. Danaraj was the Technical Advisor in

the Special Innovation Unit, Office of the Prime Minister, which was

responsible for overall innovation in Malaysia. He was involved in

formulating the National Innovation Policy.

Prior to this appointment, he was the Technical Advisor to the National Economic Advisory

Council in the Prime Minister‟s Department which was involved in the formulation of Malaysia‟s

New Economic Model.

From 2007 to 2008 he was a Senior Fellow at Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia‟s largest

sovereign investment fund. He undertook advisory work on its technology investment strategy.

Prior to this he was Professor of Business Strategy and the Director of the Executive MBA

programme at the International University of Monaco in Europe. He also was Visiting Fellow at

Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo and United Nations University, Tokyo.

Dr. Danaraj was a Research Fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). His

research interests include economic development, international business strategy, technology

and innovation policy, on which he has several publications and numerous consultancy reports

and papers.

Early in his career he served in the Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service; his last

posting was in the Ministry of Finance. Previous policy advisory work includes acting as a

Consultant to the Second Industrial Master Plan, Technology Master Plan, and the Kota Kinabalu

Industrial Park Master Plan.

He also has been an international entrepreneur for over fifteen years as the owner of toy

manufacturing facilities in China and Malaysia engaged in producing licensed toys.

He has lived and worked over 20 years as an academic and entrepreneur in China, Japan, and

Korea, England and Southern Europe, and the United States of America.


DAVID WILLIAM BERRY

David is currently the Executive Director at Boustead Heavy Industries

Corporation Berhad (BHIC). He had previously served BHIC as the Senior

Independent Director and as Chairman of the Audit Committee. He has

over thirty years experience in financial services and ten years in the

commercial sector. He has worked in the United Kingdom, Malaysia,

Kenya and Indonesia.

Prior to his appointment as an Executive Director at BHIC, David headed

the Corporate Governance, Investor Relations and Financial

Communications practice at Columbus Circle Governance Sdn Bhd. He had previously served as

Executive Director/Chief Executive of Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS), where he was actively

involved in establishing various risk management and internal control processes for this

diversified group, and in the institution of crisis mitigation procedures.

David has held senior positions with Standard Chartered Merchant Bank in London, Kuala

Lumpur and Nairobi, Bankers Trust in London, International Marine Banking Corporation in

London, and American Express Bank in Edinburgh. From 1998 to 2001, he was the Managing

Director of Affin Fund Management Sdn Bhd. His previous commercial experience has been with

Metal Box, the UEM Group and CMS.

David has a unique combination of skills in merchant banking, investment management and

corporate affairs. He takes a practical approach to corporate governance and investor relations

issues and is an active contributor to corporate governance thinking across the region. He was

previously a founding contributor, faculty member and Programme Coordinator for Bank Negara‟s

Financial Institution Directors‟ Education Programme, and has also been a leader in the

development of the investor relations profession in Malaysia. He is a member of the Board of

Governors of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance and a member of the Board of the

Malaysian Investor Relations Association.


SPEAKER’S PROFILE

DATO’ SARIPUDDIN KASIM

Dato‟ Saripuddin holds Master of Business Administration from the

University of Hartford, USA, as well as Bachelor in Economics (Hon.)

from University of Malaya.

He started his career as an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Trade

and Industry in 1982. In 1984 until 1991 he held the position as an

Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Public Enterprises. In 1993 he

served as an Assistant Registrar in INTAN while in 1994 he was

appointed as an Assistant Director in JPA. He then became the Principal

Assistant Director in JPA from 1997 to 1998. In 1998 until 2001 he held

the position as a Special Officer to the Director General of Public

Services.

Dato‟ Saripuddin then continued his career in Tokyo, Japan as the Counselor/Embassy Advisor to

the Malaysian Embassy from the year 2001 to 2004 and then was appointed as the Attaché of

Educationand Training in High Commission of Malaysia in London from June 2004 to 2006. He

then became the Under Secretary International Relations Division, Ministry of Women, Family

and Community Development from 2006 to 2007 before appointed as the Deputy Secretary

General of the same ministry from 8 February 2008 onwards.

From 10 September 2008, he was appointed as the Director General of Legal Affairs Division in

Prime Minister‟s Department. He served the department until 25 December 2011 before being

appointed as the Secretary General for Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and

Consumerism (MDTCC) until now. As the Secretary General for MDTCC, Dato‟ Saripuddin also

serve as the Chairman for Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) and Commission Member for

the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) and Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission

(SKM).


DATO’ AZIZAN BIN MOHAMAD SIDIN

Dato‟ Azizan is the Director General of Intellectual Property Corporation of

Malaysia (MyIPO) since July 2010.

Dato‟ has served the government since 1988 when he became the

Assistant Secretary to the Ministry Primary Industries. Four years after

that, Dato‟ has been appointed as the Assistant Director of Economic

Planning Unit at Prime Minister Department.

Formerly he was the Principal Assistant Director of Privatisation and

Economic Section at Selangor Economic Planning Unit for five years. He then joined Sepang

Municipal Council as the Council President before he holds his current position.

Dato‟ Azizan graduated with M.S. (Economics) from University of Arkansas, USA and obtained

his B.S (Agribusiness), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).


SYED KAMARULZAMAN BIN DATO’ SYED ZAINOL KHODKI SHAHABUDIN

Syed Kamarulzaman earned his master in Science Corporate

Communication from Universiti Putra Malaysia and a Bachelor Degree in

Business Administration from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

and had a Diploma in Business Studies, Majoring in Marketing from

MARA Institute of Techlonogy Malaysia.

He is the Managing Director of Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNS) since

December 2007.

PNS has been mandated to lead the development of Malaysia‟s franchise

industry and aims to develop the franchise industry while increasing the number of franchise

entrepreneurs through its expertise in providing quality service and products.

From 28 Mac 2005 to 30 November 2007 he was the Managing Director of TEKUN Nasional

(formely known as Yayasan TEKUN Nasional) which provides simple and quick financing facilities

to Bumiputers in order to kick-start and further expand their businesses, also to provide micro-

financing and support services towards entrepreneurial development.

He was the Branch Manager of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Seremban Branch) from

January 2003 to Mac 2005 and Deputy Head Administration & Property Department of Bank

Muamalat Malaysia Berhad from October 1999 – July 2002.

He started his career in Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad from 1993 to 2002.


YUSOF ABDUL RAHMAN

Yusof is currently the Acting Managing Director and Senior General

Manager of Corporate Services of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia

Berhad, the leading Islamic Corporative Bank in South East Asia and

Malaysia.

Yusof started his banking and finance career in early 1980s with Bank

Pembangunan and then joined Bank Rakyat in September 2000. He has

held various positions and key responsibilities covering a vast spectrum

of banking operations.

With such an illustrative and solid background in banking and finance, Yusof has been

instrumental in ensuring that all operations of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad are

maintain at the highest level of performance and being competitive.


SHILA DORAI RAJ

Shila is currently the CEO of the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC)

having been appointed in June 2011. Before her current appointment she was

the Head of the Interim Competition Unit in the Ministry of Domestic Trade,

Cooperatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) and tasked with setting up the

Competition Commission as well as laying the foundation for the

implementation of the Competition Law 2010 which will come into effect on 1

January 2012.

She was formerly the Under Secretary of the Policy & Planning Division of MDTCC where she

was a key team member, which formulated the Competition Policy and then the drafting of the

Competition Law 2010. She has been involved with the subject matter of competition policy and

law for the last 8 years. Before her involvement in this area she was an officer at the Ministry of

Finance, having worked extensively in international economics and government finance.

She held the position of the Chair of the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition from March 2009-

March 2010. During her tenure, she chaired various capacity building programmes and policy

dialogues related to competition issues which were held around the region as well as in Malaysia.

She has also presented several papers at various international and national seminars as well as

contributed to several articles in magazines and books including an UNCTAD publication on

Competition – 30th Anniversary UN Set.


TAN SRI DATUK YONG POH KON

Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon is Managing Director of Royal Selangor

International Sdn Bhd, manufacturer and exporter of pewter products,

Comyns sterling silver and Selberan gold and diamond jewellery.

He graduated from the University of Adelaide with First Class Honours in

Mechanical Engineering in 1968.

For over three decades, Tan Sri Yong has been associated closely with the

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), and is currently its

President. He was elected Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Malaysia

chapter in 2009.

Tan Sri Yong has served as a Board member of Bank Negara Malaysia, a Member of the

National Economic Consultative Council and as a founding Commissioner of the Malaysian

Communications and Multimedia Commission.

In 2007, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to be the Co-Chair together with the Chief

Secretary of Malaysia, of PEMUDAH the Task Force to Facilitate Business. This Task Force

comprises 9 private sector members and 21 of the top civil servants of the country.

In February 2009 he was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the Malaysian Anti

Corruption Commission.

Tan Sri Yong is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences and the Malaysian Institute of Management.

He was also the founder of Malaysian Mensa and Young Presidents Organisation Malaysia

Chapter.


JOHN ZINKIN

John is the Managing Director of Corporate Governance at Iclif and has

more than 40 years working experience. He was previously the CEO of

the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC) where he was

responsible for taking the company from its incorporation to financial

self-sufficiency.

John was also Chairman of the UMSC Audit Committee until the end of

2009. Before joining SIDC John was Associate Professor of Marketing

and Strategy at Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia

Campus and director of the MBA program with responsibility for external affairs.

He is one of the founders of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia (ICRM), and was

its Deputy Chairman, until ICRM merged with the Business Council for Sustainable Development

Malaysia (BCSDM) in April 2011 where he is now an Exco member and the Vice President,

Sustainability and Governance.

He developed the Non-Executive Director Development Series with PwC and is a faculty member

for the program. He was a member of the Corporate Governance Working Group involved in the

revisions of the Malaysian Code and the development of the Corporate Governance Blueprint. He

has written extensively on Corporate Governance and has had “Challenges in Implementing

Corporate Governance: Whose business is it anyway?” and Corporate Governance” published by

John Wiley and “What CEOs must do to succeed” published by Prentice Hall.


PROFESSOR DR AISHAH BIDIN

Dr Aishah is a Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law and Dean of

the Faculty of Law, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).She is also

the Legal Advisor of UKM Holdings, the Corporate Arm of University

Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Dr Aishah obtained her LLB (Hons) from University of Malaya, Masters in

Laws from the University of Kent and her Ph.D in Laws from University of

London. Through the fundamental research grant from UKM (FRGS) she

has completed three projects for the university, namely a project on

Insolvency, Governance and Reforms in Malaysia and Its Impact on Creditors in 2002, Corporate

Financing in Malaysia in 2004 and Rehabilitative framework for insolvent Companies in Malaysia

and Australia in 2007. Under the Research University Grant (GUP) she has completed a research

on the Impact of Advancement of Technology on Corporations in which the areas of study

includes electronic meetings, offering of securities and prospectus on line, banking and corporate

fraud.

Further in collaboration with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) she is also a

heading a research team researching on Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) of SMEs

companies in Malaysia. She was a member of the Malaysian Corporate Law Reform Committee

(CLRC) and a member of the Technical Sub-committee for the CLRC. She also sat in two other

sub working groups of the CLRC, namely working group on corporate governance and

shareholders‟ rights and deputy chairman for working group on insolvency and corporate

securities. In early 2007, she has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Business Law

and Taxation Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and

Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Malaysian Studies in Monash Asia Institute,

Australia.

Currently she is a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is also

a Board Member of Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) and former Chairman for

COMTRAC (Training Academy for Companies Commissions of Malaysia), A Member of Advisory

Board, Malaysian Legal and Tax Information Centre (MLTIC) and Board Member of the Legal

Aid National Foundation of Malaysia (YBGK).


PROFESSOR ABU BAKAR MUNIR

Abu Bakar Munir is an internationally renowned scholar, expert and

consultant on data protection law and ICT Law. He was the Dean of the

Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Currently, he is a

Professor of Law and Associate Fellow at the University Of Malaya

Malaysian Centre Of Regulatory Studies (UMCoRS). He is also a

Visiting Professor at several universities in Asia, Australia, New

Zealand, the Middle East and Europe.

Abu Bakar Munir is the author of several books; Privatization (1992),

Cyberlaw: Policies and Challenges (1999), Privacy and Data Protection

(2002), Internet Banking: Law and Practice (2004), and Information and Communication

Technology Law: State, Internet and Information (2010). His most recent work; Personal Data

Protection in Malaysia: Law and Practice published in 2010 is a must-read book that provides a

guidance to comply with the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA). He has widely

published articles on several aspects of ICT law and data protection law. He speaks extensively

at seminars and conferences within Malaysia and around the globe. In September 2011, he was

invited to speak on Privacy and Data Protection in Asia at the 102nd

of the Society of Legal

Scholars Conference hosted by the Downing College, University of Cambridge.

Abu Bakar Munir has been far and wide consulted by the governments and private entities in

Malaysia and around the world. He was appointed the Adviser to the Government of Malaysia on

data protection law in 2007 and was instrumental in crafting and the passing of the PDPA 2010.

He was also responsible for developing the academic draft of the proposed data protection law

for the Republic of Indonesia.

In 1999 he was seconded as the IT Law Adviser and Principal Consultant to the Government of

Dubai, UEA where he led an international team of consultants in developing and drafting the Data

Protection Code, Electronic Commerce Facilitation Code, etc to facilitate the Dubai Internet City,

a multi-billion dollar IT project. A member of the United Nations ICT Policy and Internet

Governance Working Group he was also a Council Member of the Asia Pacific Privacy Charter

Council (APPCC). He is the recipient of the Malaysia Cyber Security Awards (Minister‟s Award)

2010 as well as the Malaysia Cyber Security, (Information Security Visionary of the Year) Award

2010.

He has been the Data Protection Consultant to Chartis Insurance Malaysia (formerly known as

AIG Insurance) and is currently advising Telekom Malaysia, PNB, PETRONAS and POS

Malaysia on compliance of the PDPA. He is working on another book on Data Protection Law in

Asia Pacific. His other areas of specialization include Air and Space Law, Nanotechnology Law

and Renewable Energy Law.


MOHD NAIM DARUWISH

Mohd Naim Daruwish is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the

Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) having been appointed in

December 2011.

Mohd Naim graduated with a LLB (Hons) degree from the University of

Malaya. He started off his career as a Legal Officer with the Legal

Department of Bank Pertanian Malaysia on April 1984 before being

appointed as Magistrate in 1985 and later as a Senior Magistrate.

He was then appointed as the Manager and later as the Senior Manager of the

Prosecution/Litigation Division, Legal Department of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Kuala

Lumpur.

Among the positions held by him in EPF were the General Manager of the Enforcement

Department, the Senior General Manager of Legal Department and the Senior General Manager

of the Contribution Department.


MOHAMED ZANYUIN ISMAIL

Zanyuin was appointed as the Director of Registration Services Division in

Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia since July 2008. This division is

responsible for the management of registration and incorporation

documents lodged, winding up of companies and administration of

interest schemes.

Prior to such appointment, he served as the Director of Registration

Services Division between April 2003 and July 2008.

Zanyuin holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Social Science from Universiti Sains

Malaysia. He began his public service career as a Registration Officer/Assistant Registrar of

Companies in August 1980 under the (then) Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Zanyuin was appointed as Deputy Registrar of the Registry of Business in February 1995. He

joined SSM upon its establishment in 2002 and served as the Senior Manager for Business

Registration Section.


NOR AZIMAH ABDUL AZIZ

Azimah is the Director of Corporate Development and Policy Division,

Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) since 1 September 2010.

Formerly she was appointed as the Director of COMTRAC in April 2007.

She was responsible for the training of company directors, officers,

company secretaries as well as members of the public on the aspects of

corporate law and its regulation. As the Director of COMTRAC, she was

also responsible in enhancing SSM‟s employees capacity and capability

as well as administering the SSM resource centre.

She joined SSM in August 2003 as the General Manager of the Corporate Policy, Planning and

Development Department where she was responsible for regulatory research, statistics,

corporate planning as well as the SSM Training Centre. Throughout her stint with SSM, she

served as the Secretary to the Corporate Law Reform Committee as well as the National Integrity

Plan.

Upon obtaining her law degree from ITM Shah Alam in 1991, she began her career as an

Advocate and Solicitor in 1992. She then joined Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as a Law

Lecturer at Faculty of Business and Management and later acquired her postgraduate degree in

LLM (Business Law) from the University of Wales, UK in 1996. In 2000, she was seconded to the

Technical and Regulatory Department of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants prior to joining

SSM.


NORHAIZA JEMON

Norhaiza is the Head of Law Reform, Policy & International Affairs at the

Corporate Development & Policy Division, Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia

(SSM) since September 2011. Previously, she held the position of Head of

International Programme Section, Companies Commission of Malaysia

Training Academy (COMTRAC) and she was a Senior Legal Researcher in

the Corporate Development and Policy Division of SSM.

She joined SSM as a researcher in July 2004 and served the Corporate Law

Reform Committee focusing on areas of research on private companies, alternative business

vehicles and sanctions.

Prior to that, she was the Deputy Manager, Technical and Research Department of the Malaysian

Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA). Her areas of research include

corporate laws, corporate governance and company secretarial practice issues. She graduated

with LL.B (Hons.) from Coventry University, United Kingdom.


MUHAMAD FARIS OTHMAN

Muhamad Faris is the Director of Marketing and Business

Development Division, Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia.

He handles customer management, product and business

development, information services and document management.


AZNORASHIQ MOHAMED ZIN

Aznorashiq was appointed as the Director of the Investigation

Division, Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) in April 2007 and

oversees the investigation functions of SSM.

Previously he was attached with the Investigation Department of

Securities Commission. Aznorashiq has a total of nine years

investigative experience in corporate and securities fraud with an

audit background of three years.

Aznorashiq graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia

with Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) in 1996. He later went on to complete his Master of Business

Administration specializing in Finance also at the same university in 2004.

He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA). He is

also qualified as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).


MOHAMED SUFYAN MOHD MOKHTAR

Mohamed Sufyan is the Acting Director, Legal Services Division,

Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM). He oversees legal advisory, civil

litigation and prosecution functions of SSM. He is also a qualified Mutual

Evaluation Assessor under the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering.

Prior to joining SSM in October 2004, Mohamed Sufyan served in the

Legal Affairs and Risk Division, Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad,

Malaysia‟s national asset management agency.

Mohamed Sufyan read Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science. He is a

Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple) and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of

Malaya, in 1995.


MOHD RAZIN MUHAMMAD

Mohd Razin is the Head of Complaints Section on Suruhanjaya

Syarikat Malaysia (SSM). He oversees this unit in SSM that becomes

the centre for report or information regarding potential corporate laws

violations that come under the purview of SSM.

Prior to taking up his current appointment, Razin had served as an in-

house legal counsel in several public listed companies where he

gained vast experience in corporate legal matters.

Razin graduated from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) with

an LLB (Hons) degree and began his career as an advocate and solicitor before leaving private

practice to broaden his horizon and pursue different challenges in the corporate sector.


TOH KAY HONG

Toh Kay Hong is the Section Head of Corporate Intermediary

Section at Compliance Division of Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia

(SSM).

She joined SSM (formerly known as Registry of Companies

(ROC)) in 1997. Prior to joining SSM, she held the position as an

Assistant Director with the Accountant-General Department.

During her tenure with SSM, she has wide exposure in

enforcement and compliance of companies and auditors,

interviewing candidates who were applying as secretary, auditor and or liquidator licensing with

SSM and the Minister of Finance, corporate applications on Companies Limited By Guarantee,

trust companies, extension of time and relief from requirements as to form and contents of reports

under the Companies‟ Act 1965. Currently she sits on the panel of Licence Secretary Interview

as Chairman.

She has a Degree in Bachelor of Accounting from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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