Angeline Ann Samuel 

Managing Director and Founder

A Tech International, A Tech Academy and D’Gift Houz Malaysia

Angeline Ann Samuel is a software engineer turned entrepreneur and an experienced specialist in digital marketing as well as professional development. She has in depth knowledge in areas such as search engine optimisation (SEO), Google Adwords, analytics, social media management and marketing.

She currently heads A Tech International, a digital marketing firm in Malaysia. Her everyday role entails strategic planning, managing and leading teams in diverse roles. This includes sales, operations management, digital marketing, market expansion strategies, business development, market intelligence and budget control.

Angeline has worked with and consulted multiple multinational corporations in various different industries throughout Asia and Australia. Her unique interpretation of online businesses allows her to travel the globe as a speaker, trainer and consultant working with multiple organisations.

Dato’ Dr Ir Haji Mohd Abdul Karim Bin Abdullah

Group Chief Executive Officer

Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad Malaysia

Dato’ Dr Ir Haji Mohd Abdul Karim is a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur who founded Serba Dinamik Sdn Bhd (SDHB) in 1993. He currently serves as group chief executive officer of Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd (SDHB) which was listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in 2017.

Dato’ Karim has had an extensive career spanning 29 years as an engineer serving PETRONAS group of companies. He gained vast experience in the maintenance and installation of rotating equipment with hands-on experience in overhauling steam and gas turbines, centrifugal pumps and compressors, and machinery installation. His specialisation in turbomachinery was instrumental in bringing Serba Dinamik as the vendor for rotating equipment service provider under the PETRONAS vendor development programme.

He’s a member of engineering institutions and boards, and also chairman of Vibration Committee with Institute Materials Malaysia (IMM). He has also won many awards including The BIZZ Award, 2018.

He holds a PhD in industrial engineering from the InterAmerican University, United States. In 2012, he was conferred a Doctorate of Philosophy in entrepreneurship from the Golden State University, United States.

Baharuddin Muslim

Head of Stakeholder Management Communications & Stakeholder Management Department

Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM) Malaysia

Baharuddin Muslim is attached to the Communications & Stakeholder Management Department. He started his career as a marketing officer with Bangkok Bank Ltd and then joined the United Malayan Banking Corporation Berhad (UMBC) as head of credit and subsequently Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank).

He later assumed various positions at EXIM Bank structuring trade facilities for Malaysian SMEs, contract financing for Malaysian contractors undertaking overseas jobs and funding Malaysian companies investing abroad.

In 2009, he joined the Middle East Investment Bank Ltd as its general manager before returning to EXIM Bank. Today, he regularly shares his experience in financing trade and cross border investments at public forums and conferences.

He holds a BSc in business administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States.

Camelia Tan Sri Ya’acob

Chief Executive Officer

Rootwommers Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Camelia Tan Sri Ya’acob is a self-made serial-entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in business operational and management. Her business experience includes operating car rentals, hospitality, food and beverage as well as trade.

Today, she is the owner and chief executive officer of Rootwommers, a company specialising in two powerful modern income generators that is word of mouth marketing and connecting networks for SME companies in Malaysia and Singapore.

She is involved in training SME startups or scaleups in business and modern marketing systems. Her simple, hands on practical marketing and connecting network techniques have been proven successful for many business owners.

Today, she and her team specialise in cross-connecting B2B and B2C markets from any network. Her training modules focus on building entrepreneurs to be effective connectors and marketers utilising coexisting networks from different business experiences and backgrounds.

Goh Ai Yat

Trainer

SBF Group Malaysia

Goh Ai Yat is a former senior banker and the managing consultant of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Group of consulting companies.

Ai Yat regularly conducts entrepreneurial and development programmes. She trains organisational employees to adopt entrepreneurial thinking in preparation for increasingly competitive business landscapes and individuals who are aspiring entrepreneurs.

She is recognised as the first and only principal trainer in Asia for The Back of the Napkin™ – Solving Problems with Pictures.Ai Yat conducts and develops programmes for multi-national companies, government agencies, as well as educational and financial institutions in Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Macau, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Besides training, Ai Yat is also actively involved in advising and helping business people in identifying and structuring their financing needs, preparation of feasibility reports, development of new markets and business tie-ups. She currently teaches Creativity, Innovation and Design for the RMIT University degree programme at the Singapore Institute of Management Global Education. She has taught entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ventures and strategic finance issues for an Australian degree and MBA programme. She has also started and operated a number of businesses.

Sharmini Hensen

Founder

Sistas Network Malaysia

Sharmini Hensen is a social entrepreneur who founded the Sistas Network in 2006, a growing coaching support work group for women. She’s also founder and CEO of LifeWorks Sdn Bhd, which specializes in organizing and conducting training programmes and workshops for entrepreneurs. She also founded the first community café, Café in Kuala Lumpur, where she coaches and trains individuals from underprivileged and less educated backgrounds to run a café successfully. Since 2012, she has lead the initiative to coach and transform lives of underprivilaged women who receive welfare across the country through MyKasih Foundation to be financially independent and emotionally liberated to create the life they desire.

She brings with her more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing spanning across a wide spectrum of industries from real estate to high end consumer products. She passionately empowers individuals to look for solutions with themselves and moving them into action and ultimately, achieving success and happiness. Her take is when your relationships work, your life works as she believes true success and happiness lay in the quality of our relationships, business, personal and most importantly, with one’s self. Her interest in the power of the mind led her to practice meditation, Kriya Yoga and Reiki to bring a holistic approach to her coaching.

Sharmini is a certified NLP-Neuro Semantics Trainer.