18 December 2014, 7 pm – 9 pm, Hall Theatre 2, Level 5, Wawasan Open University
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Penang Institute, the public policy think tank of the Penang state government, is proud to host a public forum entitled “Value Creation in Top Asian Firms”, featuring Dr. Lim Chee Han and Dr. Lim Kim-Hwa of Penang Institute and a board of panellist comprising Mr. Ooi Kok Seng, the lead partner for KPMG in Northern Region and Penang; and Prof. Emeritus Dr Lim Koon Ong, the former First Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Over the past 2 decades, the fortunes of several Asian countries have diverged: South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan have successfully achieved developed country status, alongside Australia and Japan. However, several other countries, like Malaysia and Thailand, have remain trapped in the middle income group. The key reason to this is that the economy in these countries failed to create value fast enough to catch up with the high income countries.
Penang Institute would like to offer new perspectives to economic growth and value creation through this public forum. And most importantly, we would like to discuss why value creation matters, especially for Malaysia. By analysing and revisiting the aftermath of 1997 Asian Financial Crisis as well as the impact of economic structural reform policies stipulated by IMF, we hope that this forum would be able to answer how IMF reforms affected short- and long-term economic recovery for certain countries. Besides, is there any optimal debt level for a firm in order to increase value creation?
About the Speakers
Dr. Lim Chee Han
Dr. Lim Chee Han holds Ph.D. degree in Infection Biology from Hannover Medical School Germany, and Master degree in Immunology from Imperial College London, UK. He joined Penang Institute since February 2014, currently holds the position of Senior Analyst in the Economics Studies section. He is a scientifically-trained researcher, spent the past 9 years of under- and postgraduate academic life engaging in biomedical related research studies. He has diverse interests in various sociopolitical issues, and he is deeply motivated by public policy research. Economics is his new venture.
Dr. Lim Kim-Hwa
Dr. Lim Kim-Hwa is the Chief Executive Officer and Head of Economics at the Penang Institute. He is also a Fellow in Finance and Financial Reporting at the University of Cambridge. He was previously a portfolio manager at a Singapore hedge fund, a proprietary trader at Credit Suisse and an Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has trained with KPMG and Wilson Wright & Co. in London. He holds Ph.D. and M.Phil in Finance (Distinction) degrees from the University of Cambridge and received the ‘Most Outstanding Student’ award from Chung Ling High School (Penang) Malaysia.
Mr.Ooi Kok Seng
Mr.Ooi Kok Seng is an Audit, HR and Training Partner in KPMG Northern Region. He has more than 25 years of public accounting and consulting experience in Malaysia and the USA. Mr.Ooi has extensive working knowledge and experience in cross border mergers and acquisitions and various fund raising exercises which include initial public offerings (IPO) and private placement. He is the Regional Chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants Northern and a member of Penang Services Advisory Panel (PSAP).
Prof. Dr. Lim Koon Ong
Prof. Dr. Lim Koon Ong begun his career as a lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in December 1976 and subsequently became the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University. Prof. Lim graduated with a degree from Queen’s University, Canada and PhD from University of Western Ontario, Canada. Besides being a reference in physics, Prof Lim Koon Ong is a member of the selection committee of academics, both locally and internationally. He, who is also a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), also has been invited to the Nobel Committee for Physics and The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, as a member of the awards selection committee for the Nobel Prize in Physics. As an academician, he is also active in research especially in biophysics and fuel production from biomass. His expertise in physics, biophysics and energy studies was being shared through publication of more than 100 articles and research papers in international and refereed proceedings as well as local journals.
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