CSR Conferences

Matthew is a UK citizen with residency status in India and lives with his wife Ashima, in Mumbai. He first came to India in 1986 where he worked as a volunteer with The Sisters of Charity in Calcutta. Following his graduation and a number of management positions in the UK, he was posted to India ten years later working as the Chief Operating Officer for Cox & Kings, then India’s largest travel company.

In February 1999, Matthew initiated Magic Bus, working with children from the Akanksha Foundation. Having played international rugby for India, he used this as his platform to start the sports programme for Magic Bus. He resigned from his job in 2001 and now works full-time for Magic Bus. In July 2002, Matthew was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship and in 2007 he was awarded an MBE for services to children in the Commonwealth. He is also a founding partner of Cleartrip, India’s 4th largest online travel portal. Matthew was previously Chairman of the Magic Bus board and from 2008 has taken on the role of CEO.

A mechanical engineer by qualification with post graduate management degree and has ten (10) years of hands-on working technical experience in the manufacturing environment covering food & beverages, chemical process, medical devices, rubber and plastic, metal industries, serving in the laboratory, quality assurance, manufacturing and general management functions.

KM Loi has ten (10) years of management skill in quality consulting, training and auditing with wide exposure to various industries in the context of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485 & ISO/TS 16949 certifications. He has expanded his experience and knowledge into Accountability, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Integrity components.

Dr Geoffrey Williams is a founder and Chief Executive Officer of OWW Consulting in Malaysia and Singapore.
He has designed and directed numerous research projects for the UK Government (DTI), European Commission (DG-Research), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the European Standards Agency (CEN), among others. He has also worked with private companies and charities including PA Consulting Group, leading UK law firm Allen & Overy, and the Wellcome Trust UK. He was an economic advisor to Her Majesty’s Opposition in the United Kingdom and in Malaysia he is the Deputy Chairman of the EU Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EUMCCI) CSR Committee.
His recent CSR consultancy work has assisted major GLCs in the construction sector, the automotive industry and the retail and leisure industries on CSR management and reporting. He has also worked with companies in the palm oil sector and the forestry industry on sustainability management.

After seeing to the successful transformation of Genesis to its new Avatar Genesis Burson-Marsteller, Ashwani was invited to serve on the Asia Pacific Board of Burson-Marsteller.

He has close to two decades of experience of which he has spent over a decade working with clients in developing their public relations programmes. His work has seen him consult across a range of diverse sectors, from IT, Telecom, FMCG, Fashion & Lifestyle, Media & Entertainment, Automobiles, Power & Gas and Financial Services amongst others. He has counselled multinationals corporations, domestic enterprises and the emerging Indian Multinational enterprises.

Mr.Huzaifa Khorakiwala is the Executive Director of Wockhardt and CEO of Wockhardt Foundation. He completed his B.Com from Mumbai University and his M.B.A. from Yale University, USA in 1996. At Wockhardt, he has been involved with Animal Health Division, Mother & Child Care division, Administrative functions & International Formulation Division.

At present his primary responsibility lies with Wockhardt Foundation. As the CEO of Wockhardt Foundation, he is involved with the strategic direction as well as implementation of 8 programmes. For more details, please visit the website .

Sabine Doebeli holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and started her career at Zuercher Kantonalbank where she built up the Sustainability Research Team. The team provided sustainability research on shares and bonds and was responsible for several sustainable investment funds.

In 2003, she completed a Masters Degree in Marketing and Business Studies from the University of Basel. Since 2006 she has been Head of Sustainability Management at Bank Vontobel. In this position she is responsible for developing sustainable investment products as well as the coordination of sustainability issues on a group level.

Ralph graduated from Warwick University in the UK with a Bsc in Management Sciences, and has a Diploma in Mandarin from the Taiwan Normal Teachers University. He has worked in investment banking and operational roles in Asia and Europe. He started out with Hoare Govett’s fund management joint venture (Kwang Hwa Investment Trust) in Taiwan, and was thereafter transferred to Hoare Govett’s London office. Following that, he worked in Malaysia with Hong Leong Securities and then as Country Manager for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Taiwan. After 15 years in investment banking, he moved into an operational role as the CEO of the paper converting factories of an Australian paper packaging company, Detmold Packaging in Indonesia and South Africa, focused on implementing and achieving accreditation for HACCP, ISO, GMP, CSR and other sustainability programs. He spent one year with Hong Leong Asia in Singapore as CEO for a recycled wood packaging subsidiary, GPac Technology. Following that, he moved to YTL Corp Bhd as Director of Environmental Investments.

Ralph was born in Malaysia in 1964. He speaks fluent English and Mandarin.

Brian started his career as a tutor of Malay language and Malaysian culture for local colleges and corporate bodies but soon moved on to his interest of community development. Fluent in Malay and English, Brian is a frequent resource person and facilitator for various national and international NGOs including the National Cancer Society (NCSM), The National Council of Social Welfare, The National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO), UNDP and UNICEF. 

He is a soft skills trainer and has trained extensively here in Malaysia and abroad. He worked as Project Adviser for the UNDP Malaysia in the area of HIV, focusing on leadership. While with the UNDP, he, together with colleagues, developed a manual on community engagement for international use. He was also a trainer facilitator with the British Council on the Regional Young Global Community Leaders Program.

He has written, translated and adapted numerous books and brochures on socio- medical issues for local communities. He sits on a variety of committees both local and international on social issues and programs including international conferences. His focus is in the area of community development, HIV, cancer, project management and volunteer management. 
Brian’s role within TLC is consultant, trainer, project manager, community specialist and executive director.

Fatimah Sulaiman, a Barrister-At-Law of Middle Temple, is an active legal practitioner for more than 25 years in Malaysia.

She has a long history with providing pro bono works for voluntary charitable organizations namely Selangor Cheshire Home; Rumah Amal Cahaya Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Yayasan EMKAY and Yayasan Semesta.

In the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, she has a deep interest in the field of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and has been the key responsibility of implementing the dissemination and activities of IHL as Chairman of the MRCS National IHL Committee. She has also advised the liaison Ministry in setting the inter-ministerial National IHL Committee and issues relating to International Disaster Response Law and served as Judge in the Moots Competition organized by the local Universities in collaboration with ICRC.