25 November 2011 SC and Bursa Malaysia hosts 3 rd annual Corporate Governance Week The Corporate Governance Week 2011, jointly organised by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bursa Malaysia, will be held from Tuesday, 29 November 2011 to Friday, 2 December 2011. CG Week aims to continue its annual tradition of fostering a platform for the industry to share and discuss on issues and challenges of good corporate governance practices among public listed companies. Held at Bursa Malaysia, the conference is aimed at drawing the participation of Boards of Directors, Chief Executive Officers and other C-suites, and industry associations. Launching the four day-long CG Week, themed Sustainability: Taking Corporate Governance a Step Further will be the SC Chairman, Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar, and Bursa Malaysia Chairman, Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Hj. Abdullah. This year s theme Sustainability: Taking Corporate Governance a Step Further will capture corporate governance issues from the perspective of building business sustainability through a series of discussions, forums and panel sessions by industry experts. The CG Week will feature international speakers such as Mahendra K. Couhan from the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability; Professor Mak Yuen Teen from the National University of Singapore; Professor CK Low from the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Marcel Engel from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, as well as other renowned key speakers. Participating organisations include the Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group (MSWG), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors (MACD), Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA), Malaysian Institute of Integrity, Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (IIAM) and Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG). * Programme is enclosed For media queries, please contact the following: - End - Securities Commission Anita Harben Senior General Manager & Head, Corporate Affairs Department Phone: 603 6204 8595 Fax: 603 6201 5078 E-mail: aharben@seccom.com.my
Lau Meisan Senior Manager Corporate Affairs Department Phone: 603 6204 8305 Fax: 603 6201 5078 E-mail: mslau@seccom.com.my Bursa Malaysia Julie Goh Head, Public Relations Phone: 603 2034 7519 Fax: 603 2732 6158 E-mail: juliegohkweeping@bursamalaysia.com Sally Wangsawijaya Executive, Public Relations Phone: 603 2034 7501 Fax: 603 2732 6158 E-mail: sallyw@bursamalaysia.com
PROGRAMME Sustainability: Taking Corporate Governance A Step Further
Depicts Sessions by SC/Bursa Malaysia DAY 1 29 TH NOVEMBER 2011 8:30 am REGISTRATION FOR MAICSA SESSION 9:00 am Session by Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME FOR CHARTERED SECRETARIES Donna Lim, Director, Tricor Corporate Services Sdn. Bhd Jeremie Ting, Council Member, MAICSA Samantha Tai, Managing Director, Boardroom Corporate Services (KL) Sdn Bhd Moderator: Dr Cheah Foo Seong, President, MAICSA 10:30 am REFRESHMENTS / REGISTRATION FOR ACCA SESSION 11.00 am Session by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants THE AGE OF INTEGRATION - A NEW DAWN FOR CORPORATE REPORTING Goh Ching Yin, Executive Director, Strategy & Development, SC Prof Salleh Hassan Dr Yap Kim Len, Technical Director, Deloitte Ng Kean Kok, Deputy Dean, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Moderator: Chiew Chun Wee, Head of Policy, Asia Pacific, ACCA 12.30 pm LUNCH 1.30 pm REGISTRATION FOR MACD SESSION 2.00 pm Session by Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors IT IS ALL ABOUT BALANCE
A discussion on: Board Balance, Board Governance and Board Composition Diversity Women on Boards Lee Min Onn, Partner, Messrs KPMG Paul W Chan, Deputy President, MACD Moderator: Dato Jaffar Indot, President, MACD 3:30 pm REFRESHMENTS / REGISTRATION FOR MIA SESSION 4.00 pm Session by Malaysian Institute of Accountants CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: THE PILLAR OF BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY Devaneson Evanson, Director, Ernst and Young Advisory Services Professor Madya Dr Zulkarnain Bin Mohamad Sori, Head of Financial and Accounting Department, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia Dr Ng Boon Beng, Finance Director of Oracle Corporation Malaysia Sdn Bhd Moderator: Y Bhg Datuk Mohd Nasir Bin Ahmad, President, Malaysian Institute of Accountants 5:30 pm End of Session CLOSE OF DAY 1 DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, 30 Nov 2011
8:30 am REGISTRATION FOR IIM 9:00 am Session by Institut Integriti Malaysia TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORN : ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF INTEGRITY Kanakaraja a/l Muthusamy, Group Chief Integrity Officer, Amanah Raya Mohd Rezaidi Bin Ishak, Assistant Director, Institut Integriti Malaysia Moderator: Prof Dr Syed Abdul Hamid Aljunid, Head, Economics and Governance Department, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) 10:30 am REFRESHMENTS / REGISTRATION FOR MSWG SESSION 11.00 am Session by Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group STAND UP & TAKE CHARGE : SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS TO SHAREHOLDERS RESPONSIBILITIES A discussion on : Shareholder democracy Poll Voting, Does it really protect the minorities? Encouraging beneficial owners to be more proactive in their companies Effective governance in listed companies: the role of market monitoring Minority Protection Issues 12:30 pm LUNCH Panelist: 2: 00 pm Gerald Michael Ambrose, REGISTRATION Managing FOR Director, LAUNCH Malaysian Association of Asset Managers 2.30pm WELCOME REMARKS Philip Koh, Director, MSWG and Senior Partner, Messrs Mah-Kamariyah & By Philip Koh YABhg. Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Bin Haji Abdullah Chairman, Bursa Malaysia Moderator: Lya Rahman, General Manager, Corporate Services, MSWG.
2:45 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS By Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar, Chairman, Securities Commission 3.15 pm LAUNCH OF CG WEEK 3.30 pm REFRESHMENTS/ PRESS CONFERENCE / REGISTRATION 4: 00 pm SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP- STANDING APART FROM OTHERS Speaker: Mahendra K. Chouhan, Vice-Chairman, Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability 5:00 pm End of Session CLOSE OF DAY 2
DAY 3 THURSDAY, 1 ST DECEMBER 2011 8:30 am REGISTRATION 9:00 am ASEAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCORECARD AND THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RANKING OF ASEAN PLCS Professor Salleh Hassan Prof Mak Yuen Teen, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Business School Rongruja Saicheua, Executive Vice-President, Thailand Institute of Directors Moderator: Dato Dr Nik Ramlah Mahmood, Managing Director, Securities Commission Malaysia 10:00 am REFRESHMENTS / REGISTRATION 10.30 am THE CONTINUING CG AGENDA NEXT STEPS FOR ASIA Selvarany Rasiah, Chief Regulatory Officer, Bursa Malaysia Prof Mak Yuen Teen, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Business School Moderator: Lee Kha Loon, Head, Standards & Financial Markets Integrity Division - Asia Pacific, CFA Institute 11:30 am MEDIA ROUNDTABLE REPORTING ON CG PRACTICES: WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW?
M.Shanmugam, Executive Editor, The Edge Birdy Law, Deputy Business Editor, Nanyang Siang Pau Abdul Halim Wahab, Chief Operating Officer and Group Editor, Malaysian Reserve Moderator: YBhg Tan Sri Dato Dr Mohd Munir Abdul Majid, Chairman, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad 12.30 pm LUNCH 1.30 pm REGISTRATION 2:00 pm OXFORD UNION STYLE CG DEBATE Motion: INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS ARE A MYTH Proposing the motion: Prof CK Low, Associate Professor in Corporate Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong Opposing the motion: Dato Johan Raslan, Executive Chairman of PwC Malaysia Moderator: John Zinkin, Managing Director, Corporate Governance, ICLIF 3.30 pm REFRESHMENTS/ REGISTRATION 4.00 pm Session by Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) TAKING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT (SRI) PRACTICES FORWARD Adnan Merican, MGIP Capital Alexandra Boakes Tracy, Chairman, ASrIA
Herve Lievore, Senior Economist, Asia, AXA Investment Managers 5:30 pm End of Session CLOSE OF DAY 3
DAY 4 - FRIDAY, 2 ND DECEMBER 2011 MEDIA RELEASE 8:30 am REGISTRATION FOR SSM SESSION 9:00 am Session by Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia CORPORATE GOVERNANCE + CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + INNOVATION: THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY Azryain Borhan, Director, COMTRAC Dr N. Danaraj, Corporate Advisor and Director, Hartalega Berhad Dr Cheah Foo Seong, President, MAICSA 10:30 am REFRESHMENTS / REGISTRATION FOR IIAM SESSION 11:00 am Session by Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia RISK MANAGEMENT & INTERNAL CONTROLS - ARE THE BOARDS AWARE WHAT THEY ARE UP AGAINST? Datin Josephine Low Suet Moi, President, Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia Philip Satish Rao, Partner, Messrs Ernst & Young Nickson Choo Wei Sin, Director, Crowe Horwath Governance Sdn Bhd Moderator: Lee Min On, Partner, Messrs KPMG 12:30 pm LUNCH 2.00 pm REGISTRATION FOR BCSRM SESSION 2:30 pm Session by Business Council for Sustainability & Responsibility Malaysia HOW BUSINESS SOLUTIONS WILL DELIVER THE VISION OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Marcel Engel, Managing Director, Regional Network & Development Focus Area, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) John Zinkin, Vice President, BCSRM and Managing Director, Corporate Governance, ICLIF Moderator: Puvan J Selvanathan, President, BCSRM and Sustainability Advisor, Sime Darby Group 4.00 pm REFRESHMENTS / REGISTRATION FOR MICG SESSION 4:15 pm Session by Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance NURTURE THE CORPORATION, ASSURE THE STAKEHOLDERS Speaker: Dr Geoffrey Williams, CEO, OWW Consulting Sdn Bhd 5:30 pm End of Session END OF CG WEEK