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ELF 2021
ELF 2021 was organised online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with speakers and attendees attending the forum via Zoom. Total sign-ups were 797, another record high among all previous ELF forums, with 9 guest speakers and 13 student ambassadors.
ELF 2021 Theme
Keynote Speakers
Gopi Ganesalingam
Vice President of Tech Ecosystem & Globalization (TEG) at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation Berhad (MDEC)
Prior Experience and Awards
Independent Board Director
MCIS Life (Insurance)
Board Director
Junior Achievement Worldwide, Malaysian Chapter
Founder & Group Managing Director
LAVA Protocols Malaysia
Education
Finance, BS
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hann Liew
Co-Founder of Jirnexu Sdn Bhd
Prior Experience and Awards
Chief Executive Officer (2016-2019)
RinggitPlus.com
Co-Founder
SaveMoney.my and JimatCermat.my
Former Assistant Vice President, Equities and Funds Structured Markets
Barclays Capital UK
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Financial Planning Association Malaysia
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Education
Bsc Business Mathematics and Statistics
The London School of Economics
and Political Science
Panel 1
Leaders of Tomorrow:
The Current State of Malaysian Youth
Tharma Pillai
Advocacy Director and Co-Founder, #Undi18
Prior Experience and Awards
Ministerial Appointee
National Youth Consultative Council
Malaysia Country Lead (Account Manager) - Education
TechSource Systems
Regional Sales Engineer for Middle East & North Africa
Intralink Techno Sdn Bhd
Perdana Scholar Award 2016
Prestige 40 under 40 2019
Education
BSc in Mining Engineering
Virginia Tech
Prior Experience and Awards
Education
Yang Berhormat
Michelle Ng
Assemblywoman, Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Subang Jaya constituency
Legal Bureau Secretary, Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Legal associate
Gobind Singh Deo & Co
Sreenevasan Young
Barrister-at-Law
Inner Temple
Prior Experience and Awards
Education
Bachelor of Laws
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Chan Soon Seng
CEO, Teach For Malaysia
Programme Director
Teach For Malaysia Fellowship
Post-Graduate Diploma in Education
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Degree in Management and Marketing
Murdoch University
Panel 2
Frontiers of Tomorrow: The Fourth
Industrial Revolution
Dato’ Yasmin Mahmood
Prior Experience and Awards
Managing Director, FutureReady Consulting Sdn Bhd
Chairman, Pos Malaysia Berhad
Board member, Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad
Executive Director
YTL Communications Sdn Bhd
Director
YTL e-Solutions Bhd
CEO
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) Sdn Bhd
Malaysia and ASEAN Representative
World Economic Forum (WEF)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF)
Top 100 Influential People in World’s Digital Government
Managing Director
Microsoft Malaysia
Global Leadership Award 2017
Leadership Excellence in Digital Transformation
Education
BSc in Computer Science and Applied Maths
University of New South Wales
Yeoh Chen Chow
Prior Experience and Awards
Education
Co-Founder, Fave Group
Regional Operations Director
Groupon Asia Pacific
Product Manager
JobStreet.com
Management Consultant
Accenture
Eisenhower Fellow Awardee
BSc in Computer Engineering
Cornell University
Mr. Ryan Sim
Partner, Malaysia Global
Compliance and Reporting Leader
Ernst & Young Tax Consultants
Prior Experience and Awards
Head of Cloud First practice
Accenture Technology Malaysia
SAP Technical Consultant
Diagonal Consulting
Java Developer
IHS Global Insight
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Education
Bachelors Degree (Hons) in Computer Science
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Moderator
Mark Disney
Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar
Mark has been in Malaysia since 1992.
He left Oxford with a degree in English Literature, so inevitably moved into accounting with what is now PwC.
He has worked in the education sector as a lecturer, publisher, editor, consultant and salesman, before recently returning to teaching at Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar where he helps students prepare for top-tier universities.
He likes politics, religion and football but not necessarily in that order.
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