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Founder & Master Mentor, Vistage Malaysia & Singapore

Richard, who holds two business degrees from Australia and has worked in senior finance positions in various industries, left Nylex Malaysia in June 1994 after 18 years with the group to establish Vistage Malaysia (then TEC Asia Centre). He was the Managing Director/Group CEO of Nylex and played a vital role in introducing the Adizes collaborative leadership methodology to the group. Under his leadership, Nylex achieved several awards and grew its sales from RM20 million to over RM500 million.

In 1996, Richard was approached to turn around a large glove manufacturing company with global subsidiaries, and he successfully doubled its annual sales and increased profits fourfold from 1997-2000. Currently, Richard serves as the Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Scientex Berhad and Khind Holdings Berhad. He was honored with the 2017 Don Cope Award by Vistage Worldwide for his selfless service to Vistage members and the community and is now recognized on the Vistage 'Hall of Fame.'

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Chair & CEO Coach, Vistage Malaysia & Singapore

Lee has 30 years of working experience in the semiconductor industry. His last position was as President and Managing Director of Infineon Technologies, the largest manufacturing site in Melaka, which houses about 9,000 employees.

He also served as the General Manager of NXP Semiconductor (Seremban) for approximately 2 years. Prior to working in NXP, he worked in American company, National Semiconductor, where he started his career as an engineer soon after graduation and progressed to be the site Managing Director in Melaka. From 2004 till 2009, he was assigned to start up a new factory in China (Suzhou) for National Semiconductor.

CC Lee is a graduate of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA, with a major in Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering in 1988. He obtained a Master in Business (MBA) from University of Strathclyde, UK in 2003. He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by UTeM in November 2017.

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Director, Thinkat Advisory

Mr Fredericks career spans 27 years in the field of corporate advisory and finance. He is a founding member and principal of Thinkat Advisory Sdn Bhd, a licensed corporate advisory firm specialising in restructuring, mergers & acquisitions and IPOs.

He was working in investment banking for close to 20 years with Hong Leong Investment Bank (formerly known as MIMB Investment Bank), Avenue Securities Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur City Securities Sdn Bhd, K&N Kenanga Berhad and Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank. His last position in banking was as head of corporate advisory of Hong Leong Investment Bank. During his tenure in investment banking, he worked on numerous IPOs and M&A exercises in variety of sectors including property development, manufacturing, oil & gas and renewable energy. Prior to establishing Thinkat Advisory Sdn Bhd, he was appointed as corporate head with a listed property company from 2013 - 2017.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Actuarial Science, MBA in Finance and the Corporate Finance Qualification of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Karl passed both SIDC (Securities Commission) examinations for Corporate Finance in 2005.