Rose KL 2018

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Be a part of R.O.S.E where influential and successful personalities will share inspiring stories of life, love and achievements.

R.O.S.E features a line-up of corporate high-fliers, top talents, polished performers from the fields of business, corporations, sports, medicine, academia and social activism.

Speakers
HARUNO YOSHIDA
Fortune Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders / President, BT Japan
HARUNO YOSHIDA is one of Fortune Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders and BT Japan President. Having worked in the global ICT environment, she brings an insight into the work environment that is an anathema to the widely prevailing reputation of corporate Japan.

KOBKARN WATTANAVRANGKUL
Chairman, Toshiba Thailand and Former Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports
American-trained architect KOBKARN WATTANAVRANGKUL had a stellar career in business, holding several boardroom and advisory positions in corporate Thailand. She is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Thailand.

PACITA JUAN
Chairperson, Asean Women Entrepreneurs Network; President, ECHOstore, Philippines
PACITA JUAN is a social entrepreneur with caffeine coursing through her veins. Having seen through the black inkiness that has settled at the bottom of the coffee cup, she is now putting her energies, insider knowledge and corporate clout to help newcomers create and conduct ethical businesses.

DATO’ FARSHILA EMRAN
Managing Director, Pharmaniaga Berhad
For the past 6 years, DATO’ FARSHILA EMRAN has filled the position of MD of Pharmaniaga Bhd. Pharmaniaga Bhd remains the largest integrated pharmaceutical group in Malaysia and is now establishing a presence globally.

CHRISTINE HAKIM
Jury, Festival De Cannes
CHRISTINE HAKIM is known across the region for her starring roles in Indonesian movies for well over 40 years now. Still active in filming, acting and directing, Christine also devotes much of her time using her stardom in support of social causes, especially in the field of education and autism.

MARIANNA PASCAL
Language trainer & communications expert
Best-selling author and YouTube sensation MARIANNA PASCAL helps professionals and organisations communicate better. Raised in Canada where she pursued a stage and acting career, Pascal now resides in Malaysia where she has built a loyal following for her notoriously funny training methods.

PROF. DATO’ DR ADEEBA KAMARULZAMAN
Executive Council Member, International AIDS Society, University Dean and medical practitioner. PROFESSOR DATO’ DR ADEEBA KAMARULZAMAN is a highly respected personality in the world of medicine and academia as well as noted for her work as an AIDS activist. Trained in Australia, she holds academic positions in University of Malaya as well as Yale in the USA.

KARIM RASLAN
Founder, KRA Group and social commentator
KARIM RASLAN is a noted commentator on Asean affairs with an intimate eye for social, political and cultural developments. His observations are translated into videos and articles that broadcast widely in the digital space apart from traditional linear platforms on television.

SINDHY OBIAS
Executive Director, Assistance and Cooperation For Community Resilience And Development – ACCORD Philippines (Social Entrepreneur). SINDHY OBIAS graduated with a degree in Community Development. She has put that qualification to good use by helping employees in rural Philippines to build businesses and in the process, create better lives for themselves and their families.

SOMTOW SUCHARITKUL
Composer, Author, Arts and Culture buff. Thai-born, Eton and Cambridge educated SOMTOW SUCHARITKUL is as polymath as it gets – he writes novels, pens science fiction, fantasy and horror stories. Of Thai royal lineage, he also composes music for symphonies and ballet, choreographs stage dance and plays; especially on subjects that depict Siamese regal history. He has appeared on TEDx stage to expound the story of the Suriyothai kingdom.

DR SURAYA ISMAIL
Director of Research, Khazanah Research Institute
Armed with qualifications in the subjects of Quantity Surveying, Architecture, Construction Economics, Management and a PhD in Institutional Economics and Governance, DR SURAYA ISMAIL is involved in developing urban regeneration initiatives. Her views and therefore that of the Khazanah Research Institute are sought on housing issues, especially those that affect the urban poor.

DR FARRAH-HANI IMRAN
Gymnast Gold Medallist, plastic surgeon
Head of Plastic Surgery, Burns, Wound Care, PPUKM; Former National Athlete
DR FARRAH-HANI IMRAN brought glory to Malaysia as a National Rhythmic Gymnast, blazing the trail for future generations by being the first Malaysian to reach World Championships in 1993. She continues to serve the nation as a public hospital Consultant Plastic Surgeon & Lecturer; and through pro-bono voluntary work as TN50 Youth Ambassador and Team Manager of the Malaysian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.

JEFFREY ONG
Olympian, PGA TOUR Regional Commercial Director, Former Broadcaster
JEFFREY ONG swam for Malaysia at the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics. After retiring from swimming, he worked in the broadcast media and events industries, including a 14-year stint in London, before returning home to Malaysia in 2016. Jeffrey is now Regional Commercial Director for the PGA TOUR.

DEBORAH HENRY
Social Activist, Host and Beauty Queen
Blessed with photogenic good looks from Indian-Irish parents, DEBORAH HENRY was launched into a modelling career at the tender age of 15. This culminated in her representing Malaysia in both the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants before leaving catwalk glamour to work for the welfare of refugee children.

CHERYL ANN FERNANDO
PR consultant-turned volunteer teacher
CHERYL ANN FERNANDO was a PR-professional until she gave up the city life in Kuala Lumpur to change the lives of rural school children in Penang. She did this by creating trust and building a bond with the school boys and girls who initially shunned the use of English language through their participation in a Choral speaking contest.

ANNA TEO
Former airline cabin crew-turned-Malaysian Musang King exporter
Moving tonnes of the King of Fruits requires more than just the muscle of mighty men. It calls for the consummate skill of ANNA TEO – the woman many affectionately dub the Musang Queen. The former airline cabin crew is singularly credited for fanning the voracious appetite of the China market for Malaysian-grown Musang King durians.

WULAN TILAAR
Vice Chairwoman, Martha Tilaar Group
WULAN TILAAR serves as a Vice Chairwoman of Martha Tilaar Group and walks in the footsteps of her mother Martha Tilaar to oversee the Sari Ayu cosmetics empire. With its roots in Central Java, the brand has breached its Indonesian borders and is well-established and widely-followed in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The Martha Tilaar group follows strict ethical business practices that promotes fair trade and female empowerment, receiving United Nation’s recognition for ethical business.

SUHARA OMAR LEITENBAUER
Founder, Suhara Jewel Art and purveyor of muslimah fashion
SUHARA OMAR LEITENBAUER is the eponymous creator of Suhara Jewel Art. Together with her husband Helmut Leitenbauer, the name is now synonymous with quality fashion jewellery that has aficionados at home and abroad. Suhara’s entrepreneurial journey is now rounded off with a pursuit of personal spiritual fulfilment which sees the fashion brand moving into the sphere of muslimah fashion.

Detail Info
Date : 6 – 7 February 2018
Time : 8.00am – 6.00pm
Location : Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Admission : RM3000- RM3500/pax (incl. GST)
Organizer : Astro Awani Network Sdn. Bhd

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