Category — The 2008 Summit

A 2008 Learning Lab facilitated by Rhea Duttagupta, sponsored by Shell Malaysia

Rhea Duttagupta, founder of CorporateDNA, a consultancy firm in the UK, started off the Learning Lab by asking the 220 women who had enthusiastically showed up for her Learning Lab: “Why have you come to this workshop?” Tellingly, most answered: “You!”

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Understanding Generation Y - Shaping the Workplace of the Future, Together

Ahead of the 2008 Women’s Summit, efforts were made to enlist the views and participation of young men and women aged between 20 and 32. Across the globe, employers are finding that this generation, interchangeably called Gen-Y or the Net-Gen, has distinctive characteristics and particular values and mindsets that influence their approach to, and expectations of, working life. They are a growing presence in the workforce and there perspectives and approaches are already driving change in the workplace. [Read more →]

Bringing together young people, men and women to make a real difference

The success of The Women’s Summit 2008 bears testimony to the relevance of its theme, Teaming Up to Make a Difference. The commitment of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, and financial support provided by Maybank, Shell Malaysia and Astro saw to it that budgetary constraints in anticipation of a global economic slowdown were overcome.

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Dr Hamidah Marican recently joined Dubai Consult Sdn Bhd as its Principal Consultant leading the Talent Development team. She has more than 15 years experience working with Fortune 500 companies including Intel, Shell and BP as a senior manager, organisational development consultant, facilitator and trainer leading global and regional leadership development initiatives.

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Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific Videolabs

Zainariah Johari the CEO of Asia-Pacific Videolabs (APV) is practically an institution in the Malaysian post-production industry. Zai, is regarded as one of the industry’s pioneers. [Read more →]

The founder and managing director of Corporate DNA Consulting in London, Rhea is a lead practioner in Talent, Leadership and High Performance Teams. With over a decade of management consulting experience, Rhea is an ex Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers where she started her career 12 years ago. Rhea has a consistent track record of working with management boards, senior management, CEOs, HRDs and high potential teams. [Read more →]

Mrs Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri first founded the Beaconhouse School System (BSS) in Pakistan in 1975. Today, the Beaconhouse School System manages a rapidly expanding global network of over 100 international schools, providing an innovative brand of holistic education to over 70,000 students worldwide.

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Lim Beng Choon is the Country Managing Director for Accenture Malaysia. In this role he is responsible for business growth and profitability for the Accenture’s engagements in Malaysia. Beng Choon also leads Accenture’s Business Consulting practice within the Resources industry group in Asia Pacific.

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Dato’ Charon Wardini Mokhzani is Deputy Chief Executive of the CIMB Group which is one of the fastest growing financial institutions in Southeast Asia, serving over seven million customers and employing 25,000 staff in nine countries.

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Shaping the Workplace of the Future, Together

The Summit Roundtable took an in-depth look at the theme of Shaping the Workplace of the Future, Together. Participants were divided into three groups, each discussing one of the following issues that are pertinent to creating a better workforce: Family-Friendly Work Policies; Helping Women Reach their Full Potential; and the Enabling Workplace. These issues had been distilled from two pre-Summit Focus Groups held several weeks beforehand. [Read more →]