Devanesan Evanson is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He also graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London in 1989. He is a Governor and past president of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia and a Member of the Malaysian Advisory Committee of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of external and internal audit and has held various key positions within the Bursa Malaysia Berhad group including Head of Internal Audit, Senior Vice President, Compliance and Inspection, Senior Vice President, Legal Advisory (Market Supervision), Head of Group Internal Audit and Risk Management and Chief Regulatory Officer. With effect from 1 January 2008, Devanesan has been designated as the Chief Market Operations Officer of Bursa Malaysia. @ Sept 08

Dato’ Edmund Santhara ventured into the healthcare industry in October 2004 when, conscious of the acute shortage in healthcare personnel, he took up a stake in the then ailing Masterskill School of Nursing and Healthcare. He upgraded it to college status soon after and aggressively promoted the study in health science fields among high school graduates.

By paving the way for direct entry into health science studies, he made study loans accessible to potential students, a paradigm shift from the traditional pathway via government or hospital sponsorships. Within 3 years, he escalated Masterskill’s revenue from RM 2 million in 2004 to RM 60 million in 2006, becoming an award winning college with a 10,000-student capacity, the largest nursing and health college in the Asia Pacific.

In 2008, Masterskill was upgraded to university-college status known as Masterskill University College of Health Sciences (MUCH). Dato’ Edmund has well-laid plans underway to make Masterskill one of the largest health institute of its kind by 2010 with 20,000 new seats created through its 3 new state-of-the-art branches within Malaysia and the setting up of a university campus with a capacity of 25,000.

An unwavering personification of perseverance, Dato’ Edmund and Masterskill have won numerous international awards for their rapid and outstanding accomplishments. Dato’ Edmund was the 2007 Malaysian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. @ Sept 08

Y Bhg Dato’ Mohd Hashim Abdullah, formerly the Deputy Secretary General (Development), Ministry of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development (MeCD) was officially appointed as the Deputy Secretary General (Entrepreneur), MeCD effective from 2 November 2007.

Dato’ Mohd Hashim holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in South East Asia Studies from the University of Malaya and earned a Masters in Political Science from the National University of Malaysia.
Dato’ Hashim joined the Government Administration in 1980 and became an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1984 as an Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Public Enterprises and also served as an Assistant Secretary in the Prime Ministers Department. In 1990, he became the Senior Private Secretary to the Minister of Youth and Sports and also to the Minister of Rural Development in 1993.

During his service with the Government, he was appointed as the Principal Assistant Secretary at the Planning and Evaluation Division, MeCD in 2002. He was then promoted as the Secretary Division of Business Development Division in 2004. @ Sept 08

A champion for the development of Islamic content growth and management worldwide, Roslan Bakri Zakaria – an assertive and profound leader, is committed to bringing Malaysian technopreneurs into the Knowledge Economy. In a career period spanning over 12 years, Roslan’s marketing and management roles in various industries such as Event Management, Oil & Gas and Technology has provided him with extensive experience in strategic planning, corporate governance, business development, finance & organizational growth and sales & marketing.

His call to focus his skills in Islam came when he made his first journey to the holy land for business for Mukmin.com, an Islamic Portal focused towards educating both Muslims and non-Muslims using a home ground approach.

From his experience in having served as Chief Executive Officer to INNOVASIA, he is able to steer his team as General Manager of Technopreneur Development Division of MDeC. Roslan is now poised to realise his passion in developing local technopreneurs and brings this passion and determination into MDeC to nurture and implement his vision for technopreneurs. @ Sept 08

Y Bhg Dato’ Hazimah is the President of Peniagawati and a Board Member of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade). She is actively involved with the National Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia (NAWEM). Y Bhg Dato’ Hazimah also sits on the Board of Scientex Incorporated Berhad as a nominee for Permodalan Nasional Berhad.

Y Bhg Dato’ Hazimah is the Founder and Managing Director of Hyrax Oil Sdn Bhd which designs and develops top quality and high performance automotive, industrial and specialty lubricants and other petroleum derivatives. Her astute business acumen propelled Hyrax Oil to grow from strength to strength, now exporting to 12 countries including to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and the Middle East.

Over the years, Y Bhg Dato’ Hazimah received numerous accolades for her contributions and achievements including the Ernst & Young Woman Entrepreneur Of The Year Malaysia 2002. In 2004, she was the Project Director for the Antarctic Solo Expedition when she organised the expedition and raised funds for Datin Seri Paduka Sharifah Mazlina who achieved a world record for crossing the South Pole. Through her promotion of entrepreneurship, Dato’ Hazimah has inspired many budding entrepreneurs of both genders to venture into the business world. @ Sept 08

Ms Dorothy Teoh was among the pioneer batch of journalists who launched The Edge – Malaysia’s first and only business and investment weekly – in 1994. She joined The Edge as Chief Copy Editor and was made Deputy Managing Editor in 2000. From March 2003 to May 2005, she was concurrently Managing Editor of the regional monthly Asia Inc.

In December 2003, she assumed the post of Deputy Editor in Chief of The Edge.
Prior to joining The Edge, she was a journalist with The Star from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1989. In 1990, she took a break from journalism and spent the next three-and-a-half years at the think-tank ISIS Malaysia as Deputy Editor of the ISIS monthly newsletter.

Dorothy graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1982 with a BA (Second Class Upper with Hons), majoring in Mass Communication. She earned her MA in Communication from the University of Hawaii in 1986. @ Sept 08