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Chief Executive Officer

Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli

Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli

Chief Executive Officer

Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli is the Chief Executive Officer of InvestKL.
In his current role as Chief Executive Officer, he leads the teams to identify, facilitate, and develop solutions for MNCs to locate their high value regional hubs in Greater KL and Malaysia. The focus sectors include oil & gas, healthcare, education, business and financial services; mainly from UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. To date, he has successfully brought in more than 90 MNCs to set up regional headquarters or hubs within Greater KL.

He joined InvestKL in 2012 as Director of Investor Relations for the European Region.
Prior to InvestKL, Azmi has over 16 years’ experience in leadership and management positions spanning commercial, business transformation and business operations with Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC Berhad). He participated in MISC’s business transformation initiatives and was part of a leadership team to re-engineer, develop and commission a global ICT system throughout Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad offices globally.

Azmi holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

azmi.zulkifli@investkl.gov.my

Investor Relations - Americas & Europe

Vivian Sia

Senior Manager

Vivian Sia

Senior Manager, Investor Relations - Europe

Vivian has over 15 years of international business experience in both the private and government sectors. She has held various managerial roles in the areas of business development, marketing, and investment acquisition across various vertical industries.

Prior to joining InvestKL, she has enjoyed roles with organisations such as LexisNexis and Frost & Sullivan, with responsibilities ranging from leading the marketing team for the Southeast Asia region and dealing with large corporate clients.In Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), she was part of the investment acquisition team for North America.

Vivian holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Management) from Towson University, Maryland USA.

vivian.sia@investkl.gov.my

Investor Relations - Asia

Mah Chun Wai

Director

Mah Chun Wai

Director, Investor Relations - Asia

Poised as a driven and charismatic collaborator with 23 years of proven track record spanning the telecoms, technology and internet service sectors, Mah has a comprehensive functional experience in business development and strategy development, including operational execution, business intelligence, brand management and cross-country responsibility for sales and marketing.

He possesses in-depth market knowledge on Southeast Asia, Indo-China and the Philippines. He also has a robust sense of business acumen with keen focus in Application, Services and Digital New Media, particularly on ‘Over the Top’ (OTT) delivery business strategy for convergence technologies.

Mah started his career as an account manager with Alcatel Malaysia before taking on regional roles within the Alcatel organisation throughout ASEAN. Prior to joining InvestKL, he was the Head of Innovation at TIME dotCom.

chunwai.mah@investkl.gov.my

Investors & Ecosystem Management

Riyadh Dahalan

Director

Riyadh Dahalan

Director, Investors & Ecosystem Management

Riyadh is legally trained and specializes in corporate and commercial law as well as have been part of numerous cross-border/cross- jurisdictional transactions. After having practiced as an advocate and solicitor for 5 years, he joined Prokhas (a consulting firm of the Ministry of Finance) in 2006 as a management consultant and embarked on 2 major business process reengineering projects, handling contracts negotiation, business analysis and assist in stakeholders’ management.

Subsequently, Riyadh headed the legal advisory department managing the department’s SOPs, risk reporting, project reporting, business development, client management, providing legal advisory to both profit and cost centres of the company, assisting in matters relating to risk management and also advised the Government of Malaysia on various projects including the Bakun Hydroelectric Dam, the Second Penang Bridge and also the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project.

Riyadh holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Malaya and a Masters of Law degree from the University of Warwick.

riyadh.dahalan@investkl.gov.my
Yogeswaree Supramaniam

Senior Manager

Yogeswaree Supramaniam

Senior Manager, Investor Services

Yogeswaree Supramaniam is a Senior Manager in the Investor Services Department since 2012. As part of the Investors Services team, she takes charge of managing the relationship with multinational companies which are under the supervision of InvestKL. Apart from that, she also spearheads the management of the Malaysia Global Talent Programme i.e. an InvestKL lead initiative to enhance, develop and nurture future leaders amongst Malaysians to be absorbed by multinational companies.

Yogeswaree studied law and has 20 years of experience in managing clients across the government logistics, transportation as well as telecommunication sectors. She has broad expertise in project management, client relationship, experience management, business development, talent management. She has successfully managed and launched several Customer Experience projects her tenure in private sector.

Advisory & Ideation

Chua Hsui Lin

Director

Chua Hsui Lin

Director, Advisory & Ideation

Chua Hsui Lin is an accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University Putra Malaysia and international MBA from the EuropeseHogeschool Brussel.

To date, she has more than 15 years of experience mainly in corporate recovery, corporate advisory as well as strategic planning and management. Her functional expertise in the course of her career includes business diagnostic review, business process improvement, financing, financial modeling, R&D, benchmarking, strategic business development, risk management and corporate social responsibility, to name a few.

Her working engagement has enabled her to gain insights into key industries such as hydroelectric power station, public sector education, public sector home loan, corporate investment, land transportation, construction, plantation and ecotourism; all of which will be pivotal to lead the Advisory Team.

chua.hsuilin@investkl.gov.my
Yam Hui Min

Senior Manager

Yam Hui Min

Senior Manager, Advisory

Since joining InvestKL in 2011, Hui Min’s roles include providing consultative support to and developing strategic business proposals for global multinationals from Japan, Europe and Americas region interested in establishing regional management functions and activities in Greater Kuala Lumpur. She conducts research and analysis on global economic trend, market outlook, industry ecosystem as well as regional fiscal incentives and tax laws.

One of her key projects at InvestKL was the development of the Principal Hub Incentive. She performed functional benchmarking and competitors’ analysis study, working directly with the Malaysian Ministry of Finance and National Committee of Investment.

In the course of her work, she gained industry exposure in oil & gas, industrial product, engineering and digital initiatives. Her work experiences also include BNP Paribas in Equity Research, and Ernst & Young in Assurance & Advisory Business Services.

Hui Min holds a BA (Honors) Economics and Finance from the University of Manchester, and an MSc Economics and Finance from the University of Bath.

China Special Channel

Pauline Goh

Senior Director & Head

Pauline Goh

Senior Director & Head, China Special Channel

Pauline has 19 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. She started her career with Alcatel (public listed MNC) in 1993 as a software engineer and has taken other important local/regional roles in engineering, project management, solutions consultancy and sales within the organization. Her final position in Alcatel-Lucent was a Senior Account Manager for Telekom Malaysia and other telcos.

In the course of her career, Pauline has been seconded to a few countries namely France, Singapore and Philippines. She was selected to attend the High Potential (2% population) program organized by Alcatel-Lucent (Stretch, Boost) and was part of the top 20 APAC women's list.

Pauline has joined InvestKL since 2012 as Director, Investor Relations for Europe and subsequently moved on to Director, Alliances in 2016. She currently leads the China Special Channel team for InvestKL, aiming to attract high tech, high impact, high value investments from China into Malaysia.

She is a board member of SMBA (Swiss Malaysia Business Association) and MBLBC (Malaysia Belgium Luxembourg Business Council). Pauline graduated with Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) from University Science of Malaysia.

pauline.goh@investkl.gov.my

Strategic Communications & Partnerships

Tim Saw

Director

Tim Saw

Director, Strategic Communications & Partnerships

Tim brings over 25 years of international experience in communications. Prior to joining InvestKL, Tim was the Client Service Director for a boutique local marketing communications agency. He was also the principal consultant for ETS Consulting, a marketing communications consultancy.

Tim’s vast international experience and exposure from Australasia, Europe to Middle East includes Malaysia, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan and Pakistan; spanning across industries such as advertising, telecommunications, tourism & hospitality, food & beverage, construction materials and FMCG.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from La Trobe University, Australia. He is also a certified and registered Trainer under the auspices of Perbadanan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB).

Tim is also a member of the Malaysia Airlines’ Customer Advocate Group, MH Friends.

tim.saw@investkl.gov.my
Katheja Begum

Senior Manager

Katheja Begum

Senior Manager, Strategic Communications & Partnerships

Katheja brings over 20 years in Corporate Communications specializing in Public Relations, Media Relations, branding and events across several industries.

She started her career in Public Relations from the hospitality industry with more than 10 years in various international hotel chains, and later moved to the corporate sector. In corporate, she worked closely with Multinationals, SMEs, Start-Ups, government and other agencies, supporting the tech eco-system in all matters pertaining to Marketing Communications. Her expertise includes strategic marketing communications planning, directing Public Relations campaigns, advertising & branding, media consultations, CSR engagements, and internal communications.

Katheja holds an MBA, majoring in International Business from University of East London and a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Communications from University Putra Malaysia.

Katheja.begum@investkl.gov.my

Finance, Admin & Human Resources

Mathew George

Director

Mathew George

Director, Finance, Admin & Human Resources

Mathew George heads the Finance, Admin & Human Resources Department. With over 25 years of international and local experience spanning various industries such as oil and gas, and services; Mathew has worked in Seychelles and Dubai.

In Malaysia, he was formerly attached to KTA Tenaga and various public listed companies such as the Antah Group, Ho Hup Group and Asiana Group of Companies.

Mathew graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, majoring in Accountancy.

mathew.george@investkl.gov.my