Renzo C Viegas

Founder and Executive Director
Crescer Sdn Bhd

Renzo held senior positions in various Asia Pacific countries including regional responsibilities until year 2008. His last held position was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Citibank Malaysia.

He was also CEO of Group Consumer Banking at CIMB after serving as Executive Director and Deputy CEO of CIMB Group from 2012-2015.

Before CIMB, he was Deputy MD of RHB Bank having started his working career with Citibank in 1985 where he progressively held senior positions across Asia Pacific.

He also served as Adviser to the Group CEO of CIMB Bank, where he was responsible for the development of overall business strategies until March 2019.

Datuk William Ng

Founder & Group Publisher
Business Media International

Chairman
Small and Medium Enterprises Association Malaysia (SAMENTA) 

William is a writer publisher par excellence and he set up the Enterprise Asia Center for Entrepreneurship at HELP University to promote business leadership.

He is also Group Publisher and editor-in-chief of Business Media International, Southeast Asia’s largest business- to-business media owner and publisher.

A regular CMO Awards judge since year one, William dissects marketing strategies and marketplace successes with a pragmatic business mindset.

He is also managing director of SGX-listed Audience Analytics Limited. For over 20 years, he championed of SMEs in various capacities and now chairs SAMENTA.

Santharuban T. Sundaram

Chief Executive Officer
Etika Holdings Sdn Bhd

Ruban is a shining example of a marketing leader who now leads a group of companies.

He also has the distinction of winning the first Malaysian CMO of the Year Award five years ago in shining glory. He is the CEO at Etika Holdings, a unit under Asahi Group Companies, overseeing the Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei markets.

He remains CEO of ATLAS Vending. He was previously Etika’s senior vice president marketing and alternate business but took on the role of CEO of

ATLAS has since worked with brands including SC Johnson, Pepsi, Tropicana, and FWD Takaful. Before that, he was VP of marketing, as well as Group GM at Etika.

He also worked at Celcom Axiata as head of communications and planning, group digital services.

Dato’ Samson Anand George

Vice President
KIA Asia Pacific

Dato’ Samson Anand George is COO & Director of KIA Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the official distributor of KIA vehicles in Malaysia.

Dato’ was previously Group Chief Executive Officer of the Automotive Group, Naza Corporation Holdings.

A true veteran of the automotive industry, he has been conferred the Ordre National du Mérite by the French government, underlining his contributions to the French nation through the automotive industry.

He rose from a General Manager to Naza Group CEO for Automotive Division and was Automotive Man of the Year 2012. Dato’ was instrumental in bringing Peugeot and Citroën to Malaysia.

Datuk Yvonne Chia

Independent Non-Executive Chairman 
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad 

Yvonne Chia was the first woman to become the CEO of a commercial bank in Malaysia; in 1996 at the age of 43, she became CEO of RHB Bank. A year later, during the Asian financial crisis, she became CEO of Sime Bank too and steered both banks through rough waters.

After close to four decades in banking, she retired as Managing Director and CEO of Hong Leong Bank in 2013. Datuk Yvonne is now Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and sits on the boards of several public listed companies and NGOs.

Sriram Krishnamurthy

Chief Executive Officer

Wipro Unza Malaysia

A passionate business leader-engineer-marketer Sriram has over 27 years of international & cross-functional experience with leading organisations such as Hindustan Unilever, Unilever Asia, Pidilite & Wipro.

His specialties include: Product-Market Strategy, P&L management, Organizational Transformation and Change Leadership, Brand Equity and Identity Management, Multi-country Marketing, Marketing Capability building, Consumer Insights, Communication Development & Evaluation, Sales & Distribution Management, Organizational Cost Optimization.

George Ang

Group CEO

A&W, Subway and The Barn - Malaysia

Mr George Ang is the CEO of Inter Mark Resources. He is also known as Malaysia’s very own Franchise Kingpin. As a college student, he made his start in the F&B business delivering pizzas on his motorcycle.

Today, he is known as one of the founders of The Manhattan Fish Market, and through Inter Mark Resources operates Subway and is the CEO of A&W Malaysia. There are many more franchises to name, but this will do.

Datuk Seri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly

Independent, Non-Executive Director

AirAsia X Bhd

Shazalli is known for his marketing prowess, having been in various industries including, television, telecommunication, tobacco, and plantation. From 2020 to 2022 he was the Group Managing Director at Boustead Holdings Berhad. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, of Telekom Malaysia Berhad having come from Axiata as its Regional Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Executive Vice President.

Among his longest service was when he helmed Celcom as its CEO from 2005 to 2016, his resume includes being the Chief Executive Officer, NTV7 and Marketing Director, ASTRO, Group Brand International Marketing Manager, Malaysian Tobacco Company and British American Tobacco and Group Brand Manager, Unilever