DATO' DR. MICHAEL YEOH ONN KHENG

DATO’ DR. MICHAEL O.K. YEOH is Co-Founder & CEO of the Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI), Malaysia’s leading independent Think Tank and foremost Conference Organiser that brings together senior government, business and thought leaders in interactive, high-level discussions. As CEO of ASLI, he conceptualised and founded the World Ethics & Transparency Forum, the World Islamic Economic Forum, the ASEAN Leadership Forum and the Asia Economic Summit. He also established the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) to undertake independent public policy research. A strong advocate of international networking and track two confidence-building processes, he helped set up the Malaysia-US Business Council, the Malaysian-British Business Council, the Malaysia-Russia Business Council and Malaysia-Indonesia Business Council where he serves as Executive Director of these Business Councils. He is also Joint Secretary-General of the Malaysia-China Business Council, the ASEAN Business Forum and the Corporate Malaysia Roundtable. Dato’ Yeoh’s management career covers over 10 years experience in the financial sector where he was Principal Adviser and Executive Vice-President of Southern Bank. He was also a Director of SB Venture Capital Corporation and SBB Capital Markets Sdn Bhd. He sat on the Board of SBB Asset Management Company (then Malaysia’s second largest fund management company managing over RM5 bill – USD1.5 bill assets, prior to the merger with CIMB Bank). He has also extensive experience in the Education and Healthcare industries. He was appointed by the Minister of Finance Incorporated to sit on the Board of Directors of Malaysia’s National Heart Institute. He was a Co-Founder and Director of Prime College and MSC-Syme Business School (set up in association with Australia’s Monash University). He was also Executive Director of Sunway College and currently sits on the Council of the Wawasan Open University. He graduated in Economics & Accounting from Monash University and did his practical accounting training with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Melbourne. He has attended the Aresty Institute of Wharton School in USA, the Melbourne Business School and UCLA’s Graduate School of Management. A Certified Management Consultant, he specializes in Corporate Strategic Planning, Asian Strategy and Political Economy. He was Vice-President of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Malaysian Institute of Directors. He is a Member of the Institute of Directors, UK. Contributing his time to National Service, he served on the First and Second National Economic Consultative Council. He was appointed by the Prime Minister to the National Unity Advisory Panel and the Royal Commission on Police. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Unity Foundation and the World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation. Dato’ Yeoh has written several books on Management, Leadership and Malaysian Politics 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 organised by the Asia Society New York, World Economic Forum, Confederation of Indian Industry, China Development Institute, Young Presidents Organization, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore, Michigan Business School, Wilton Park UK, the Monash Asia Institute Australia and the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN).

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