Puan Shakiroh has been admitted to the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur as an Advocate & Solicitor and currently a partner of Messrs Sheila Hussain Vijay & Partners, a law firm specialising in conventional & Islamic banking, conveyancing, anti-money laundering & counter terrorism financing and corporate governance.

Puan Shakiroh holds a Bachelor degree in Law (LLB) from International Islamic University Malaysia. She also holds a professional qualification in Certified Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Financing of Terrorism Compliance Officer (CAMCO) awarded by Asian Banking School and Asian Institute Chartered Bank (AICB).

Puan Shakiroh has been practicing in various fields relating to land law, conveyancing, commercial and corporate banking as well as banking litigations. She also advises on legal documentation for corporate, banking and land matters.

Puan Shakiroh is a trainer in areas of financial services, land law, banking security documentation, anti-money laundering & anti-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) and other legal compliance matters. She has conducted training in AML/CFT programme for money services providers and financial institutions and customized program in Land Law for a renowned financial institution.

Puan Shakiroh was also engaged as a banking law trainer in an accreditation program developed by a financial institution in Kuala Lumpur with Open University Malaysia (OUM).

Her exposure in banking practice has enabled her to gain valuable experience, especially, in the areas of commercial and consumer legal documentation.

Ms Ng Soke Lee has 19 years of experience in the banking industry, especially in the areas of regulation and credit-related training. During her tenure as head of learning and development of a foreign financial institution, she was instrumental in managing the entire learning and knowledge agenda. Ms Ng incorporates a holistic and effective learning environment in her programmes gained from her considerable experience in designing, developing and delivering various training programs.

She has also vast hands-on experience in imparting learning and knowledge to practicing bankers from junior to senior levels.

Over the last 8 years, she has been delivering in-house programmes to develop employees of various financial institutions in the areas of regulation (Code of Ethics and Market misconduct) Product Transparency and Disclosure, Corporate Governance, credit, Certified Credit Professionals (CCP) and Professional Credit Certifications (PCC) programmes with outstanding effectiveness. She recently completed her certified Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Compliance Officer Program (CAMCO).

She holds an Honours Degree in Economics as well as Certified Credit Professional (Business) and CCP Islamic qualification. In 2013, she obtained her Master in Business Administration (Finance) from Manchester Business School.

Her passion is developing and instilling a desire of life-long learning among her participants. She imparts not just the technical knowledge but also values that matters in building a career and teams.

Betty Chew is a Bank Negara Malaysia certified trainer for the Foreign Exchange Administration Train The Trainers Programme. She has successfully delivered multiple training programmes for internal and external stakeholders. Betty also contributes feedback to regulators on local business environment challenges faced by multinational corporations which has led to a certain relaxation of the rules.

Betty has been actively involved as a trusted advisor in dialogues with industry leaders in ensuring workable and practical policies are implemented. These discussions have provided her clients with the tools to make well informed business decisions that are effective and feasible in the global market. Betty is able to provide sound advice and solutions to different clienteles which has led her to be an expert in this field.

Betty’s skills and capabilities were honed from her 20 plus years of experience in the banking industry as a senior leader. Betty is a versatile individual with sound experience in banking and corporate finance. She has vast knowledge and skills in structuring complex and non-traditional banking solutions, client relationship management, product marketing, and credit analysis. Betty was also heavily involved in establishing new policies and compliance processes for her previous employers.

Prior to her banking career, Betty was in the insurance industry for 10 years, heading the finance department responsible for payments and receipts, reconciliation, management reporting and regulatory reporting. During her career in insurance, she has successfully set-up several internal control processes for operation efficiencies and fraud prevention.

In addition to the Foreign Exchange Administration Train The Trainers Programme certification obtained in 2018, Betty also holds certifications in core credit skills assessment, trade skills assessment and has attended numerous trainings on derivatives, anti-money laundering. She holds a degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance from University of Toledo, USA.

Betty is now embarking in her new career, committed to impart her knowledge and expertise to those who are hungry to learn and her greatest satisfaction is for the participants to gain skills that will elevate them to the next level.

Ms. Alina Yoon has been in the banking industry for more than 25 years and has wide exposure in areas of Credit as well as Trade Finance. Her last position was as Head of Credit and Trade Finance at Knowledge and Learning Centre, Public Bank Berhad. In addition to Credit and Trade Finance coverage, she is also internally certified by the bank as a professional trainer in the area of selling skills for their sales and marketing executives.

During her 13 years of designing, developing and delivering training programs, Alina has vast hands-on experience in imparting learning and knowledge to practicing bankers from junior to senior levels and at various training workshops for Public Bank overseas branches in Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.

An Associate member of AICB (Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers) with a Master of Science in Banking, she also holds the Certified Credit Professional (CCP) – Business, CCP - Islamic (Business), Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) and Certified AML/CFT & Regulatory Compliance Officer qualifications.

Over the last 10 years, she has been delivering in-house programs (specialising in technical skills for competency-based exams, credit-related soft skills and trade finance-related structuring programs) to employees of various financial institutions.