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40Participants’ ProfilesTHE ASIA THINK TANK DIALOGUE REPORTRebuilding Confidence, Restoring LivelihoodsPrior to establishing HighLink in 2008, Mr. Sam Moon was the CEO of DNMstrategies,a 12 years old company using the core business model and philosophy:“creating dialogues not monologues”. His experience in developing andbuilding conference activities as a business and a profit centre resultedin the development of a partnership with BusinessWeek which has evolved andstrengthened over the past 10 years of working together. Mr. Moon has spent over23 years in Asia based in Hong Kong. He originally transferred from Chicago with TheEconomist Group, and during his 12 years with the company, spearheaded the effortsto transform the company’s conference activity into a growth-oriented, profitablebusiness unit. Under his leadership Mr. Moon made the conference unit in Asia the2nd most profitable business unit within The Economist Group. He was responsible forThe Economist Group’s conference business for the United States and Latin America,creating a growth-oriented business for The Economist brand.SAM MOONActing Executive DirectorBuilding a Better FutureFoundation/ GeneralManager, HighLinkMr. Moon joined Dow Jones to establish an umbrella conference organization. Helaunched Dow Jones Asia Dialogues which brought together the Asian Wall StreetJournal, Far Eastern Economic Review and Asia Business News. Mr. Moon is the senioradvisor of Boao Forum for Asia, Jeddah Economic Forum, and The Pacific BasinEconomic Council. He has authored several think pieces, including Sponsorship 101and Event Planning 101, and frequently chairs/ moderates events and conferences forBusinessWeek as well as other groups across the region. Mr. Moon holds a Bachelor ofArts degree from the University of Tennessee, United States.Dr. Michael O. K. Yeoh is Co-Founder & CEO of the Asian Strategy & LeadershipInstitute (ASLI), Malaysia’s leading independent Think Tank and foremostConference Organiser that brings together senior government, businessand thought leaders in interactive, high-level discussions. As CEO of ASLI, heconceptualised and founded the World Ethics & Transparency Forum, the World IslamicEconomic Forum, the ASEAN Leadership Forum and the Asia Economic Summit. Healso established the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) to undertake independentpublic policy research.A strong advocate of international networking and track twoconfidence-building processes, he helped set up the Malaysia-US Business Council, theMalaysian-British Business Council, the Malaysia-Russia Business Council and Malaysia-Indonesia Business Council where he serves as Executive Director of these BusinessCouncils. He is also Joint Secretary-General of the Malaysia-China Business Council,the ASEAN Business Forum and the Corporate Malaysia Roundtable.He graduated in Economics & Accounting from Monash University and did his practicalaccounting training with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Melbourne. He has attendedthe Aresty Institute of Wharton School in USA, the Melbourne Business School andUCLA’s Graduate School of Management. A Certified Management Consultant, hespecializes in Corporate Strategic Planning, Asian Strategy and Political Economy. Hewas Vice-President of the Institute of Management Consultants and the MalaysianInstitute of Directors. He is a Member of the Institute of Directors, UK.DR. MICHAEL YEOHChief Executive OfficerAsian Strategy &Leadership Institute (ASLI)Dato’ Michael has written several books on Management, Leadership and MalaysianPolitics such as Vision & Leadership, Management Strategies for Malaysian Companies,Globalization and the New South and the Malaysian Chinese. A sought after speaker,he has addressed international conferences and forums organized by the AsiaSociety New York, World Economic Forum, Confederation of Indian Industry, ChinaDevelopment Institute, Young Presidents Organization, Institute of Southeast AsianStudies Singapore, Michigan Business School, Wilton Park UK, the Monash Asia InstituteAustralia and the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN).