2023 Asian Banking & Finance Forum Kuala Lumpur

Nasri leads the Financial Management Advisory practice in KPMG Management and Risk Consulting, focusing on financial management, financial reporting and accounting conversion, managed services for payroll and book-keeping, and advisory for financial services related corporations.

As the Head of Banking and Fintech sectors for KPMG in Malaysia, he draws on more than 25 years of experience in financial services focusing on financial institutions in London and Malaysia. His background in accounting and audit positions his well to lead in-house managed services project and online financial statement submission using XBRL. He was directly involved in the development of MBRS/XBRL taxonomies on behalf of a consortium advising Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) on the MBRS/XBRL project. Subsequently, SSM appointed KPMG to assist in the development of training materials and provision of trainings to the public as part of the initial deployment of MBRS. Nasri is also featured as a trainer in SSM’s MBRS training flyers.

In the financial reporting space, Nasri is extensively involved in engagements related to MFRS 9 (Financial Instruments), MFRS 16 (Leasing) and MFRS 17 (Insurance) conversion projects. He was also involved in various client engagements involving first-time adoption of the Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs) and performing gap analysis and validation exercises on the adoption of FRS 139.

Alan leads Simon-KucherElevate (Digital) Practice for APAC with a focus on digital strategy and transformation. With more than 15 years of experience, Alan advises clients in shaping and executing their digital agenda from strategy to transformation execution to unlock and achieve better growth.

Experience:

• EY Advisory, Digital and Customer Consulting Lead
• Over 10 years in Citibank across various leadership roles
• Accenture

Benjamin is an Associate based in our Malaysia office. Prior to joining YCP Solidiance, he worked in a venture capital firm focused on the blockchain industry. He has experience advising clients in a wide array of commercial matters pertaining to market entry & growth strategy, commercial due diligence, and internal audit exercises across multiple industries including FMCG, F&B, E&E and healthcare industry.  He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Reading and has a professional certification from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia and is also an Unregistered Barrister of the Bar of England and Wales. 

Ryan is RHB’s Group Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, responsible for driving the Group’s strategic priorities, charting and maintaining the course of the Group’s long term strategy (TWP24), pursuing strategic partnerships/joint-ventures/M&A for inorganic growth, and driving an uptick in the use of analytics within the Group.

His ambit also includes the seeding of innovation and nurturing of Digital as a competitive advantage for the Group, including the operationalisation of the Group’s upcoming Digital Bank in partnership with Boost.

Ryan has more than 15 years of experience in helping companies across South East Asia develop growth strategies, pursue new digital business opportunities, unlock value via customer analytics, and build future-ready workforces.

Prior to joining RHB, Ryan was a strategy consulting Director at Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company), a global strategy consulting business within the PwC network Qualifications:

Ryan holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD

As the Head of ShopeePay and Seamoney Malaysia, Alain is responsible for driving the growth of Sea's e-wallet and financial services in the country.

He graduated with an engineering degree from Oxford University in 2006 and pursued a career in the United Kingdom before returning to Kuala Lumpur in 2015. His career spans over 10 years in management consulting, asset management and corporate finance, predominantly focusing in the technology, media and telecommunications space.

Zalman Zainal is Hong Leong Bank’s Chief Marketing and Communication Officer since 2018. He is also the co-chair of the Bank’s Sustainability Working Committee. In this role, Zalman oversees the strategy and delivery of the Bank’s brand promise to various stakeholders through Marketing, Analytics, PR, CSR and Sustainability efforts in a cohesive and holistic manner.  

Zalman has more than two decades of experience in branding and marketing, starting off his career in the telco industry.  His vast industry experience has enabled him to amass a successful track record in strategic marketing to achieve commercial and business objectives.