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Keynote: Survive Today, Thrive Tomorrow: Running Businesses in the COVID-19 era

Dato’ Sri Idris Jala

CEO, Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU Associates);
former Malaysian cabinet minister

Dato’ Sri Idris, CEO of PEMANDU and former minister & senator, is well-known for helping governments & companies such as Shell & Malaysian Airlines transform & turnaround with his Big Fast Results methods. He’s also been named in Bloomberg Markets’ 50 Most Influential List.

Panel Discussion: Venture to Adventure: Entrepreneurs on the Power of Adapting to COVID-19

Chin Ren Yi

Co-founder, myBurgerLab

A mechanical engineer turned F&B entrepreneur, making the world a better place one burger at a time. Starting with one shop in 2012, he’s grown it into a burger chain, spawning the spin-off myPizzaLab. Other projects such as myTacoLab & BanhMi+Kopi are also in early stages.

Claire Sancelot

CEO & Founder, The Hive

Claire is the driving force behind The Hive, a bulk organic store in Malaysia. Starting her #zerowaste journey in Hong Kong in 2010, her actions ignited an eco-movement there. She earned a 2017 United Nations award for her efforts and has over 5 stores (& growing) around KL.

Associate Professor Dr Goh See Kwong

Head of School of Management and Marketing

Helming the School of Management & Marketing, Dr Goh has over 10 years of experience in the education management industry. Recently, he published a journal article, “The Effect of Organisational Climate on Employees: Creative Performance through Knowledge Sharing Behaviour.”

Jessie Chong

Founder (Boozeat) &
Co-founder (Headspace)

One of Prestige Malaysia's Top 40 under 40 in 2019, she started Malaysia’s premier alcohol e-store in 2014 & co-sharing hub Headspace in 2018. Before that, she honed her skills at Moët Hennessy Diageo and helped Heineken Global set up an e-commerce biz in various countries.

Taylor's Business School: The Pandemic’s Epic Impact on Businesses – What Lies Ahead

Dr Ali Shafiq

Senior Lecturer & Programme Director

Dr Ali specialises in marketing, consumer behaviour & advertising, having published several journal papers & book chapters on the topics. Since 2008, he has served as a dedicated academician at various prime public & private universities in Pakistan & Malaysia since 2008.

Dr Hamdan Amer Ali Al-Jaifi

Senior Lecturer & Programme Director

Hailing from Yemen, Dr Hamdan’s expertise areas are corporate finance, financial market & corporate governance. This brilliant Finance PhD holder has published ISI and Scopus papers in finance and is our senior finance lecturer and the director for our Dual Award programmes.

Dr Premagowrie Sivanandan

Programme Director

With a Business PhD and 19 years of accounting teaching experience, Dr Prema infuses key research areas like financial & corporate reporting into teaching. She helps students find fun in accounting & conquer the subject by understanding the mechanism & motivation behind it.

Taylor's Law School: COVID-19 is Frustrating: Limits of the Doctrine of Frustration and Force Majeure

Harcharan Singh Ujagar Singh

Senior Lecturer

Initially a chemistry grad, Harcharan was called to the Malaysian Bar (1982) & the Singapore Bar (1993), then was in active practice for almost 29 years before Taylor’s. He trains students for national & global competitions as Moot Master, and has served as Associate Dean.

Jenita Kanapathy

Senior Lecturer

Jenita got her law degree in 2001, then practised as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya for 10 years, mainly in civil litigation. Her research areas include employment law, constitutional law & human rights. A Malaysian Bar member, she’s now pursuing a PhD.

Sia Chin Chin

Senior Lecturer

Chin Chin has vast experience as a legal advisor in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia & Italy for areas such as international commercial laws, and is an of-counsel in an Italian legal firm. Her main research interests are commercial law, food law for public health & legal education.

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