Datuk Wira Ismitz Matthew De Alwis is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Kenanga Investors Berhad (“KIB”). He also serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of Kenanga Islamic Investors Berhad, i-VCAP Management Sdn Bhd, as well as all subsidiaries of KIB. With more than thirty years’ worth of experience, he has a Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence from the Securities Commission Malaysia. He is a Certified Financial Planner and Islamic Financial Planner. Datuk Wira De Alwis is the Chairperson of the Malaysian Association of Asset Managers, and is currently on the board of the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia. He is a member of the SC’s Assessment Review Committee – Fund Management as well as a member of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Joint Committee (BNM & SC) on Climate Change (JC3) and a member of the Capital Market Graduate Programme Steering Committee (SC). Datuk Wira De Alwis is on the Industry Competency Framework Advisory Panel for the Malaysian Capital Market project undertaken by the Securities Industry Development Corporation. Additionally, he is a member of the Sustainable Investment Platform Steering Committee – Malaysia Sustainable Investment Initiative and a Council Member of the Institutional Investors Council Malaysia. Datuk Wira De Alwis is also Investment Adviser for the Olympic Council of Malaysia’s Trust Management Committee

Mr. Kaleon Leong bin Rahan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia (FIMM) effective 1 October 2018. He comes with over 20 years of experience in various senior management roles in the Malaysian investment management industry, specialising in the fields of unit trust and asset management, regulations and auditing.

Prior to his appointment at FIMM, Mr. Kaleon was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee Berhad. He had also served at the Securities Commission Malaysia, AmInvestment Services Bhd and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In addition to the above, Mr. Kaleon has participated as a speaker and resource person on Fund Management in events organized by the Asian Development Bank, Securities Industry Development Corporation, etc. He is also a Board Member of the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA).

Mr. Kaleon is a Chartered Accountant (Malaysian Institute of Accountants) and holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia, as well as a Masters Degree in Information Technology Management from University Tun Abdul Razak.

Dato' Wan Kamaruzaman was appointed  Chairman of MBSB Bank Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBSB on 24 January 2024. He is also a member of the investment committee of the Employees Provident Fund

Dato' Wan Kamaruzaman was the Chief Executive Officer of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP), the Government of Malaysia public sector pension fund from May 2013 until November 2018.

Dato' Wan Kamaruzaman started his working career with Malayan Banking Berhad since 1981, mostly in Treasury Department with two overseas postings at Hamburg, Germany as Chief Dealer and London, United Kingdom as Treasury Manager. After leaving Maybank in 1994, he served as CEO and Director with several companies within the Affin Group until 2005. He then briefly served Kemuncak Facilities Management Sdn Bhd and Izoma (M) Sdn Bhd, both as Executive Director of Finance until 2007. Dato' Wan Kamaruzaman had served as the General Manager, Treasury Department of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) since September 2007 until April 2013. 

Dato' Wan Kamaruzaman had served as director of several public companies and private companies in Malaysia. He was previously the Chairman of Bank of America Malaysia Berhad, an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia Berhad and has also served as Advisory Committee Member to the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) Russel, London, Board Member at Pacific Trustee Sdn Bhd, Nomura Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd, and RHL Ventures Advisory Sdn Bhd, Chairman of the Institutional Investors Council Malaysia and Board Member of Malakoff Corporation Berhad and Prima Ekuiti (UK) Limited, among others. 

See Meng is an accountant by training and banker by profession.  He read Accounting at RMIT University, Melbourne and graduated with distinction in 1992 after which he completed the CPA programme with CPA Australia.

He started in 1993 with Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, and has since worked for leading financial institutions including Citibank and Deutsche Bank. He was also the Chief Executive Officer at National Bank of Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Bursa Malaysia Berhad, he was the Chief Business Officer at Cagamas Berhad.

His career has brought him a wealth of knowledge and experience in corporate finance, fixed income, M&A and sustainable finance.   Apart from his current remit, his passion now focusses on the sustainability space where he actively looks into new opportunities, in particular, in the green sector to bring companies and products into the capital markets.

Mr. Tan graduated from Macquarie University, majoring in Actuarial Studies, and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma from the Securities Industries of Australia.  He has 45 years’ experience in Riskk Management, System development, Asset Management, Derivatives, Unit pricing and Multicurrency Accounting of Financial Institutions. 

He was a Consultant in Sydney for 20 years specializing in Risk, Unit Pricing, Fund Accounting /Portfolio Management System His forte is process and system simplification.

He leveraged his extensive cross discipline knowledge to unleash disruptive innovation in Portfolio Management, Fund Accounting, Risk Management and Unit Pricing. The system resolved intractable problems plaguing the industry. This is a disruptive technology that is unrivalled globally.

He has a passion for Risk management.  He setup the risk infrastructure for a dozen investment and development banks in Yr 2000s. He developed risk analytics, Value-at-Risk and Credit VaR for financial institutions.

He has a passion for innovation. Over the year he has groom a team of fresh graduates into a strong R & D team. He pioneered the 4 daywork week in Malaysia in 2017 at Risk.Com.

David has a decade of experience across investment banks - Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and Nomura. Leaving banking in 2016, he founded 33 Capital, an investment firm focused on FinTech and e-commerce startups in Southeast Asia, and became aware of how difficult it was for private investors to find quality alternative investment opportunities. Leveraging his wealth management and venture capital experience, he created a tech-enabled platform that would be the go-to resource for investors seeking private investment opportunities with attractive riskreturn profiles. In 2019, he was recognized as a Top FinTech Leader by the Singapore FinTech Association, followed by his selection as a Singapore Founder Finalist for the MAS FinTech Awards in 2020. Most recently, he was named one of the Top 50 FinTech CEOs of 2024 by the Financial Technology Report. He graduated from the National University of Singapore as a University Scholar and also spent a semester abroad at the University of Southern California. Additionally, he holds a certification in FinTech from MIT. During his free time, he enjoys sports, wine, and traveling with his family.

Alex has over 30 years of international investment experience and was the Chief Investment Officer, Asia Pacific for BNP PARIBAS Asset Management when he retired in September 2020. Post retirement, he continued to serve on the Board of Directors as well as the Investment Committees of BNP PARIBAS Asset Management Malaysia and BNP PARIBAS Asset Management Malaysia Najmah.

Alex joined the ABN AMRO Group in 1988 and established in 1991 the firm’s first asset management entity in Asia, which went on to become today’s BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Asia Ltd. By 1995, under Alex’s leadership, Hong Kong had become the firm’s global asset management centre for Asian investments, with an expanding investment network to include Japan, India, Indonesia, Australia, and Singapore.

With ABN AMRO Asset Management, Alex was an early investor into China via the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) programme as well as being an early entrant into the domestic China asset management industry via a local joint venture. Alex has also served as the Vice-Chairman of Haitong-Fortis Private Equity Fund Management Co. Ltd., including its investment committee, from 2010 to 2019.

Alex spent the latter years of his career in advancing BNP PARIBAS Asset Management’s sustainability agenda both internally as well as towards the industry. In 2019, Alex was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Asia Asset Management.

Alex graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He served on the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute from 2003 to 2006 and on the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from 2006 to 2010. He is currently Chairperson of the Children’s Medical Foundation, a Hong Kong based charitable organization.

Hetty Marini Syed Ahmad has over 18 years of experience in the debt capital market and portfolio management. Currently, Hetty serves as a portfolio manager at Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP), where she oversees investments in the corporate bond market and leads private credit initiatives.

Hetty began her career in the financial market in 2007 at Etiqa Insurance Berhad (formerly Maybanlife Assurance Berhad) as a credit analyst. In 2011, she transitioned to the role of portfolio manager at Maybank Asset Management, managing proprietary insurance funds and third-party funds. In 2016, Hetty joined KWAP as a fixed income portfolio manager specialising in corporate bonds. Since 2023, she has taken on the role of leading private credit initiatives at KWAP.

Hetty holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland (UQ) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Malaya (UM). Additionally, she has been certified with the Pasaran Kewangan Malaysia Certificate (PKMC) by the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) since 2012.

Adelena is an Execu.ve Coach serving clients in Asia Pacific. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Accountant (CA) with 25 years experience in strategic consul.ng . She advices boards of family businesses and high net worth clients. In addi.on she serves on Boards of Pacific Basin Economic Council Hong Kong and Malaysia Alliance of Corporate Directors. Her passion is to empower more women to serve as CEO and Boards.

Amardeep Kaur is presently a General Manager and Head of Investment Management Development Department at the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). She is responsible for managing and leading policy formulation as well as facilitating the developmental initiatives for fund management and advisory landscape. This includes its various investment products in fund management, private retirement schemes as well as private markets ecosystem as it relates to venture capital and private equity industry. Most recently, she has been instrumental in crafting the framework for the single family tax incentive scheme that SC has been tasked to oversee by the Ministry of Finance.

Amardeep has been with the SC since 2004. Prior to working at the SC, she worked in various capacities in Bursa Malaysia group of companies from 1998 to June 2004.

Amardeep graduated with a LL.B (Law) from University of Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1996 and LL.M (Corporate and Securities Law) from London School of Economics, United Kingdom, in 2007. She obtained a Certificate of Legal Practise (CLP) from the University of Malaya and admitted to the High Court of Malaya.

Amardeep is a recipient of the British Chevening Scholarship awarded by the British High Commission.

Leadership & Expertise

• Oversees financial health and growth initiatives for Country Garden Malaysia’s (CGM) flagship projects, including Forest City.
• Spearheads capital optimization, risk management, and sustainable development strategies to align with long-term business objectives.
• Instrumental in designing and implementing incentive frameworks for the Forest City Special Financial Zone (FCSFZ), collaborating with Malaysian government agencies and consultants.

Key Achievements

• Led FCSFZ incentive formulation, from policy discussion to execution, enhancing the zone’s attractiveness to investors.
• Driving family office and financial services investments into FCSFZ, positioning it as a regional hub for wealth management.

Professional Background

• Corporate Finance & Strategy Specialist: Brings deep expertise in financial structuring and strategic growth planning.
• Government Collaboration: Proven track record in public-private partnerships and regulatory engagement.

Linnet Lee is the CEO of Resolute Planning Sdn Bhd, a financial planning firm licensed by the Securities Commission Malaysia. With over 26 years in the industry, she has held leadership roles including CEO of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia and Head of Financial Planning at Standard FA.

Key industry contributions include being the past Chair of APAC Forum for the global Financial Planning Standards Board.  She is currently an Industry Fellow for Social Wellbeing Research Centre under University Malaya.

Regulatory contributions include Team Lead for SC-led Joint Action Plan from 2017 to 2024 resulting in establishment of professional standards and best practises for LFPs as well as a dedicated website for their listing.  Latest initiative is the firm operating standards, established for licensed financial planning firms.

Her expertise in the financial industry spans across unit trusts, insurance, estate planning, and holistic financial planning. She began her career in unit trust and later becoming a sought-after facilitator and consultant for organizations.

Linnet is a strong advocate for financial literacy. She regularly speaks at public forums, contributes articles to major financial publications, and appears on TV and radio shows.

Wan Najwa Wan Sulaiman has over 10 years of experience in corporate strategy, especially in the pension and investment industry. Her journey has been marked by transformative achievements, positioning them as a catalyst for organizational change.

Currently serving as the Special Officer to the CEO, Wan Najwa orchestrates pivotal shifts within the organization. She represents KWAP (Kumpulan Wang Persaraan) in critical pension reform discussions. With Malaysia’s pension bill soaring, her expertise is indispensable. She engages with government entities, advocating for sustainable solutions that balance fiscal responsibility and social welfare. Her influence extends beyond civil servants, shaping policy debates and constitutional amendments.

In addition to her strategic and policy work, Wan Najwa has made significant contributions to investment governance and portfolio innovation. She has been instrumental in aligning KWAP’s investment strategies with long-term pension liabilities, advocating for diversified, resilient portfolios that support both returns and national development goals.

Beyond boardrooms, her thought leadership is also evident in her published opinion pieces, where she explores the intersection of economics, social justice, and financial security.

Amelia is the Chief Executive Officer of OSK Ventures International Berhad, a Malaysia based private markets fund management firm. Since joining OSK Ventures, she has been actively involved in the management and strategic planning of the Group, launching new product offerings for the private markets in Southeast Asia. Prior to this, she had worked in leading financial institutions in Malaysia and Hong Kong where she was involved in managing and growing the banking portfolio of local corporations and financial institutions as clients. She is a graduate of Monash University, Australia, with a Bachelor of Banking & Finance and a Bachelor of Computing. Amelia is interested in the intersection of societal impact through financial investments and supports the ecosystem growth through previous participation as an EXCO member of Malaysian Venture Capital Association, a member of the MESTECC Private Markets Taskforce and is also currently a Fellow with the Asia Leadership Fellow Program.