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Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz was appointed Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (The Central Bank of
Malaysia) in May 2000. As the Governor, she has a key role in monetary policy formulation and
implementation, and in ensuring the stability of the Malaysian financial system. In addition, she
has overseen the successful transformation of the Malaysian financial system into one of the
most developed and resilient financial systems amongst the emerging economies. In particular,
she has been involved in leading the development of the Financial Sector Blueprint, which charts
the direction of Malaysia‟s financial sector development over the next 10 years; spearheading
the development of Islamic finance, domestically and globally; and participating in efforts to
enhance the contribution of SMEs to the Malaysian economy. Dr. Zeti is also actively involved in
shaping the future of financial cooperation in the Asian region, and has been an important voice
for the emerging economies in the international financial fora.
To strengthen regional integration, Dr. Zeti chaired the Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific
Central Banks (EMEAP) Taskforce on “Regional Cooperation among Central Banks in Asia” to
draw up the blueprint for future financial cooperation in the region. She is also Co-chair of the
Financial Stability Board's Regional Consultative Group for Asia, together with the Bank of
Korea. Dr. Zeti is a member of the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Board of
Governors and the Chairman of the SEACEN Board of Directors. She is also a member of the
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Central Bank Governance Group since 2001, and is one
of the founding members of the BIS Asian Consultative Council.
In the area of Islamic finance, Dr. Zeti has been actively involved in its development, both in the
domestic and international arena. Dr. Zeti served as the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB)
Council Chairman for the 2007 term, and was also the Chairperson of the International Islamic
Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) Governing Board until 2011. Dr. Zeti is currently the
Chairperson of the IILM's Board Executive Committee. She plays a leading role in developing
Malaysia as a centre for the origination, distribution and trading of sukuk under the Malaysia
International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC) initiative. In 2002, Dr. Zeti led a team that launched
the Malaysian Global Islamic Sukuk, the world‟s first Islamic sukuk to be issued by a sovereign
country.
Dr. Zeti had served as a member of the United Nations General Assembly Commission of
Experts on Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System, a high-level task force
established to examine possible reform of the global financial system.
Dr. Zeti received her Bachelor of Economics (Honors) from the University of Malaya and her
PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr Mohammad Faiz Azmi
Executive Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Mohammad Faiz Azmi is the Executive Chairman of PwC Malaysia and the Financial
Services Leader for PwC SEAPEN Region (a SE Asia grouping of firms from Vietnam,
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand to Malaysia). He was also the Global leader of PwC‟s Global Islamic
Finance Team practice from 2007 to September 2012.
Mr Faiz has over 26 years experience in the audit and business advisory services of financial
institutions both in UK and Malaysia. He has also been involved in the audits of clients in the
banking, healthcare, power and construction sectors.
A subject matter expert on banking and Islamic finance topics, Faiz is often invited to speak at
seminars and forums, both locally and abroad.
Mr Faiz serves on the boards of several professional bodies. Among others, he is the Chairman
of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales and Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. In addition to being appointed by the Minister of Higher Education to the Hala Tuju
3 Committee, Faiz also chairs the SSM XBRL forum.
Faiz was educated in Malaysia and UK and read law at the University of Durham before being
called to the English Bar.
Mr Peter De Keyzer
Chief Economist, BNP Paribas Fortis
Born 23 April 1975 in Etterbeek, married to Karen and father to Jens (2006) and Stef (2008)
Hobbies: running, biking, swimming, opera, reading about politics, economics, culture and history
EDUCATION
Advanced Risk Management, Solvay Master Class, VUB, 2008
Managing for Growth Programme, 2007, ABNAMRO
Doctorandus Applied Economic Sciences, 1998-2000, cum laude
Master in Economics, UFSIA, Antwerpen, 1993-1998, magna cum laude
Dissertation „Is there an optimal degree of central bank independence?” Scientific A, OLV College
Edegem,1993
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current
BNP Paribas Fortis - Chief Economist

09/2009 – 04 /2011
Petercam, Chief Economist
01/2006 – 08/2009
ABN AMRO Private Banking Belgium - Chief Investment Advisor
01/2001 – 12/2005
KBC Asset Management, Economic Research Department -Economist
10/1998 – 12/2000
UFSIA Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics
Teaching and Doctoral Assistant to Prof. André van Poeck and Prof. Bruno De Borger
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer at UAMS “The Macro Environment and Financial Markets”–Master of Financial
and Estate Planning 2008, 2009, 2010
Guest Lecturer at UFSIA–Marquette undergraduate exchange students – Georgetown MBA
Exchange students “The European Union in the World Economy”2004- present
Guest lecturer Erasmus University Rotterdam – “Demographic ageing and financial markets” -
2011
Member of Febelfin Panel of Bank Economists
Bi-weekly column in Trends on economics and finance
Regular op-eds in financial press on different topics ranging from demographics, economic
growth, eurozone, financial affairs, etc.
Regular external speaking engagements at Financieel Forum, VKW-Limburg, Investor Forums,
Member of Advisory Board of the Economics Faculty at Antwerp University –Member of Advisory
Board Trends Magazine

Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Mohd Munir Abdul Majid
Chairman, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad
Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid is Chairman of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad. He obtained a B.Sc
(Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1971 where he also
obtained his Ph.D in International Relations in 1978. He taught at the Department of international
Relations in LSE from 1972-1975. He was research analyst for Daiwa Europe NV in London from
1975-1978.
Dr Munir joined the New Straits Times Press (NST) at the end of 1978 as leader writer and
progressed to become Group Editor. During his time at the NST, he published numerous articles
on national and international politics, and economics. He left NST in 1986 to become CEO of a
small merchant bank, Pertanian Baring Sanwa (PBS), whose name he changed to Commerce
International Merchant Bankers (CIMB) which was then transformed into one of Malaysia‟s
leading merchant banks. He was invited by the Government of Malaysia to establish and become
the first and founding Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission in 1993, where he served
for two terms until 1999. In 1997, he received the Cranfield Management Excellence award. After
leaving the Securities Commission, he served as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of
Telekom Malaysia Berhad for 4 years until June 2004, and was Chairman of its mobile subsidiary
Celcom (M) Berhad from 2002-2004.
In June 2004, Dr Munir joined the Malaysian Airline System Berhad Board of Directors and later in
August 2004 was appointed its Non-Executive Chairman till July 2011. He became Chairman of
Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad in 2008.
He has served on various governmental boards and committees, such as Malaysian Industrial
Development Authority (MIDA), Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE, now Bursa Malaysia),
Foreign Investment Committee (FIC), as well as various private sector companies and
organizations such as Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE), Council
of the Association of Merchant Banks Malaysia (AMBM), Malaysian International Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (MICCI).
He was the founder President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club (2003-2008) and is now
Chairman of its Advisory Council. In May 2004, he was appointed a member of the Court of
Fellows of the Malaysian Institute of Management.
In December 2005, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and
Political Science. In 2008 he was made a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS (Centre for the
Study of International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) where he heads the Southeast Asia
International Affairs Programme. Dr Munir is Adjunct Professor of Universiti Utara Malaysia
(UUM). He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Defence and Security (MIDAS).
Dr Munir is also a member Board of Trustees of PINTAR Foundation (a body designed to oversee
voluntary educational activities in schools by government-linked companies) and Chairman, Board
of Trustees Malaysia-Europe Forum (MEF). He is a member of the International Institute for

Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. He conceived a TV programme, Fast Forward, on Radio
Television Malaysia (RTM)1, which he has hosted.
Born in Penang in 1948, Dr Munir received his early education at St Mark‟s Primary School in
Butterworth and the Bukit Mertajam High School. He received his upper secondary education at
the Royal Military College in Sungei Besi near Kuala Lumpur where he was awarded the
Commandant‟s Prize for being the best all-round student in 1967. He left for London the next
year.
Mr Usama DeLorenzo
ASEAN Director, Markets & Initiatives, SWIFT
Usama is ASEAN Director for SWIFT in Asia Pacific and is responsible for coordinating SWIFT‟s
support to ASEAN member states in their goal of realizing an integrated financial system through
various initiatives towards the envisioned ASEAN Economic Community.
He joined SWIFT Asia Pacific in 2012. Prior to joining SWIFT, he held positions either directly or
in a consultant‟s capacity related to IT and finance, including with Northrop Grumman, Nextel,
Saturna Capital, Bank Vontobel, Baer Capital Partners, Kuwait Turkish Participation Bank,
Oppenheimer and Co., Dow Jones, the Securities Commission Malaysia and the United States
Central Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
He has also been a guest lecturer at MIT, Georgetown University, the Wharton School of
Business, New York University School of Law, The Stern School of Business and at Barch
College and has published work on the topic of Islamic finance.
Usama is an American citizen and works out of SWIFT‟s Singapore office.
Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar
President & CEO, Maybank, Malaysia
Dato‟ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar is the President and CEO of Maybank, Malaysia‟s largest banking
group, a position he has held since May 2008. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Prior to joining Maybank, he was Group Chief Executive Officer of Telekom Malaysia Berhad
from July 2004. He was formerly Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Group
Berhad as well as Executive Vice Chairman of PLUS Expressways Berhad.
Dato‟ Sri Abdul Wahid is a director of several Maybank subsidiaries including Maybank Ageas
Holdings, Maybank Investment Bank and Bank Internasional Indonesia.

He is also Chairman of Malaysian Electronic Payment System Sdn Bhd (MEPS), Vice Chairman
of Institute of Bankers Malaysia, a director of Cagamas Holdings Berhad as well as a member of
the Investment Panels of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) and Lembaga Tabung Haji.
Mr Nestor V. Tan
President, Banco de Oro, Philippines
Nestor V. Tan, Director and President, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce cum
laude from De La Salle University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Tan‟s extensive banking experience spans over 15 years in the United States
and Europe acquired from institutions like the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Bankers Trust
Company in New York and the Barclays Group in New York and London. At Barclays, he served
as Planning Director and Head of Strategic Planning for Corporate and Institutional Services
Group and as Chief Operating Officer for Financial Institution Services Group of BZW, the
investment banking subsidiary of the Barclays Group. He joined BDO as Executive Vice
President in 1997 and became President of the Bank in July 1998. Mr. Tan is a CPA in the
Philippines and United States, and was among the board topnotchers in the 1978 CPA board
examination in the Philippines.
Mr Sim S Lim
Country Head, DBS Bank, Singapore
Sim S Lim joined DBS on 1 September 2010 as the Country Head, DBS Singapore. In this role,
Sim is responsible for helping the bank to develop a more acute customer focus and better
leverage the bank‟s home market presence, so as to deliver greater synergy and value across the
entire Singapore franchise. He is also currently the Chairman of DBS Vickers Securities Holdings
Pte Ltd.
In his 28 years of banking experience, Sim spent his career in Asia, North America and the Middle
East. Prior to joining DBS, Sim was the President and CEO of Nikko Citigroup Limited, a position
he held from June 2008 to December 2009. During this time, Sim was also a board member of
Nikko Citi Holdings, Inc. He was responsible for all corporate & investment banking, institutional
brokerage and fixed income & equity trading for Citigroup in Japan.
During his international banking career, Sim held a wide variety of roles spanning Kuala Lumpur,
Tokyo, New York, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong & Singapore. From March 2007 to June 2008, he
was Citigroup Country Officer, Hong Kong and also Chairman of Citibank Hong Kong. During his
tenure, he managed the Citigroup Hong Kong country franchise, including developing the strategy
for Hong Kong‟s markets and banking franchise, and providing support to the consumer and
wealth management businesses. Between October 2003 and March 2007, Sim was regional
head of emerging markets sales and trading for the Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore. During this
period, he was also the non-executive Chairman of Citibank Berhad Malaysia.

Sim is currently an Alternate Member for DBS to the Association of Banks in Singapore; Vice
Chairman, ASEAN Business Group, Singapore Business Federation and an Executive Board
Member, China-ASEAN Inter-bank Association. He also seats on the Board of Singapore Land
Authority in Singapore, Avantage Ventures in Hong Kong and Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd
in Japan.
Sim was a Japanese government Monbusho scholar and graduated from Yokohama National
University in Japan in 1983.
Mr Chartsiri Sophonpanich
President, Bangkok Bank, Thailand
Chartsiri Sophonpanich was educated in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology where he obtained two Master's Degrees in Chemical Engineering and in
Management. After working at Citibank in New York, he returned to Thailand to join Bangkok
Bank on February 1, 1986. He gained extensive experience at both operational and managerial
levels in various departments at Bangkok Bank including Foreign Exchange Trading, Marketing,
Treasury, Investment Banking Group and International Banking Group before being appointed
President on December 1, 1994.
Apart from his main responsibility as the President of Bangkok Bank, Mr. Chartsiri is also a
Director of Post Publishing Public Company Limited, and a member of the Board of Trustees of
Singapore Management University.
Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak
Group Chief Executive, CIMB Group
Dato‟ Sri Nazir Razak is the Group Chief Executive/Managing Director of CIMB Group Holdings
Bhd. (“CIMB Group”). He joined CIMB‟s corporate advisory department in 1989 and was
appointed Chief Executive in 1999. Dato‟ Sri Nazir spearheaded the Group‟s transformation from
a Malaysian investment bank to a regional universal bank via several acquisitions throughout the
region.
Today, CIMB Group is Malaysia‟s 2 nd largest financial services group and the 5 th largest in
ASEAN, with total assets of around $95 billion and a staff force of over 43,000. CIMB Group and
its subsidiaries are located in 9 out of 10 ASEAN nations and collectively cater to the universal
banking needs of over 14 million customers. Operating on a dual banking model, CIMB Group
also offers Shariah-compliant financial solutions in investment banking, consumer banking, asset
management and insurance via CIMB Islamic.
Under Dato‟ Sri Nazir‟s stewardship, CIMB Group has won many prestigious accolades. This
year, CIMB Group was recognized by Euromoney as the“Best Bank in Malaysia” and awarded
Malaysia‟s “Best Investment Bank”, “Best Bond House”, “Best Equity House” and “Best Broker”

y FinanceAsia. In 2011, CIMB Group was named “Best Islamic Bank in Asia” by Euromoney
and “Most Admired ASEAN Enterprise for Employment” by the ASEAN Business Advisory
Council.
Recently, Dato‟ Sri Nazir received the “2012 Outstanding Achievement Award” in recognition of
his outstanding contribution to the Asian financial markets. In 2011, he was named “Best CEO
(Malaysia)” by FinanceAsia while in 2009 and 2010, Asiamoney recognized Dato‟ Sri Nazir as
the “Best Executive in Malaysia”. Dato‟ Sri Nazir also became the youngest recipient of
FinanceAsia’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2009.
Dato‟ Sri Nazir is married to Dato‟ Azlina Aziz and they have 2 young children. He graduated
from the University of Bristol with a B.Sc. (Hons) and obtained an M.Phil. from the University of
Cambridge.