Forum - Conversations With Leaders: Recent Episodes
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Made in Malaysia, hosted by Samson Hong and Shaheen Anwar.
Dato’ Dr Zaha Rina is the Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad and a partner at Sage 3 Capital. She also holds directorships in Hibiscus Petroleum, Hong Leong Industries Berhad and more. This episode follows her past experience setting up Malaysia's derivatives and futures market and Bahrain's financial market.
Mr Jalil Rasheed offered us a view into going-ons of fund management and how he worked his way up to a leadership role. He was most recently the CEO of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Malaysia’s largest fund management company. He previously managed funds in Malaysia, Singapore and London with Invesco and Aberdeen Standard Management.
Hibiscus Petroleum is a Malaysian oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company. Its founder, Dr Kenneth Pereira, gave us insights into how he gathered funding from private investors and listed the first special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Southeast Asia.
In our inaugural episode, we spoke to Datuk Anwar Yahya who is a Senior Partner at Sage 3, one of the leading corporate advisory firms in Malaysia. He was a Senior Partner at PwC Malaysia and currently holds directorships on the board of Maybank Islamic, FGV Holdings, Fraser & Neave Holdings amongst others.