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Ahmad Shukri has over 28 years of experience in banking and finance, focusing on areas of risk management and Islamic Finance. He is at present the Chief Risk Officer of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Head of Risk Management, OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad where he served there for about 8 years. Shukri had also served at the following Banks respectively Al-Rajhi Bank Malaysia ,Bank Muamalat Malaysia, the Pacific Bank Berhad and Oriental Finance Berhad.

Shukri is Certified Professional in Islamic Finance (CPIF) under the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professional (CIIF). He also holds an Executive Master in Islamic Banking and Finance from Asia E University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance from Texas A&M University, Commerce, USA.

Suren Chelliah is Head of Group Risk Research at Maybank where he leads a team of industry analysts responsible for identifying risks and pursuing opportunities across various sectors in Southeast Asia. He is actively engaged in ESG issues with a trained specialization in climate-related risk strategy. Having recently completed his MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College London under the Chevening Scholarship, Suren is committed to steering capital towards sustainable financing and responsible investments. He also has a great interest in the functioning of carbon markets. Prior to Maybank, Suren spent a decade conducting investment strategy research at two multinational banks in Singapore and several years developing public policy at both the Central Bank of Malaysia and the Securities Commission. Suren is an avid scuba diver and art collector.

Dennis has worked in local, regional and international banking institutions. He is part of the credit model validation team for these banking institutions covering IRB, IFRS9 and AI/ML models. These are retail and wholesale portfolios models for various geographical locations.

Lu Yin’s primary focus at SAS is on the measurement and management of Non-Financial Risks, such as Model Risk, Operational Risk, and Data Risk to name a few. She has extensive experience working across the ASEAN region gained through working as a Quantitative Analyst at KPMG & Accenture. She’s also previously worked in house at Standard Chartered Bank as a Model Validator (focusing on Market & Liquidity Risks). She holds a PhD in Quantum Physics and is experienced in risk management and quantitative modeling.

Josephine Woo has more than 17 years experience in risk management with regional exposures and worked in Australia and Hong Kong prior to relocation back to Malaysia. She has rich expertise as both risk management practitioner and consultant.

Josephine has vast industry knowledge specifically in financial institutions, banking, insurance, asset management and government-linked companies. These includes both conventional and Islamic principles businesses. Additionally, her role involved as regulatory liaison with relevant local regulators of the regional countries.

Josephine currently a chairperson for operational risk committee with RIM and committee member of the global risk professional certification (PRMIA).

Josephine coverage of expertise includes fraud risk management, anti-money laundering risk, regulatory compliance risk, financial risk management, insurance risk management, operational resilience, cyber security risk management and third party risk management.