Mr Larry Lam
Managing Director, McGuire Asia Pte Ltd

Mr. Larry Lam is the Managing Director of McGuire Asia, and a sought after trainer in the fields of fraud investigation, internal auditing, corporate governance and risk management.  For the last ten years, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Auditor of OCBC Bank and prior to this, Senior Vice President and Chief Auditor of UOB Group where he headed a team of about 200 auditors posted in various countries in Asia. Prior to 1998, he held audit management positions at the Stanford University, University of California and Coopers & Lybrand in San Francisco Bay Area. For the past five years, Larry was a voting member of the International Banking Security Association (IBSA) where he connected with a network of ex-law enforcers now heads of corporate security, audit or anti-money laundering functions of some of the largest banks in the world. Larry earned an MBA and a degree in Information Systems from the California State Polytechnic University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant ( California) and Certified Information Systems Auditor. 

 

Mr Richard J. Stagg
Director and Founder, Handshake Networking Ltd

Richard has been involved in the provision of network services and the assurance of security and quality for ten years, having made a start in the industry by providing information security services to CSC’s European defense clients. Richard created his first penetration test team in 1999 for a start-up company in London, which still thrives today. Following security contracts at Heathrow Airport and the Internet bank Egg, Richard moved to Hong Kong in 2004 to start Handshake Networking Ltd. Richard also provides regular comment about information security issues for the Hong Kong and Asia Pacific press, including the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Economic Times, and Enterprise Networks Asia magazine. He also writes an occasional column for Hong Kong Computer world and speaks regularly at regional events such as the 8th Information Security Conference held in Hong Kong.

 

Mr Hri Kumar
Partner, Drew & Napier

Hri is a Director with Drew & Napier LLC’s Litigation Department.  He was made a Senior Counsel in 2008.   His main areas of practice are banking, insolvency, and general commercial litigation.  Hri has been involved in a series of high-profile fraud cases, including a landmark case involving fraudulently issued cashiers’ orders and gaming contracts, and a recently concluded action involving a multi-million dollar fraud on four foreign banks. In addition, he has led teams of lawyers in separate fraud investigations into the affairs of two public listed companies. Hri has contributed to a number of publications, including the Singapore Precedents of Pleadings (2006 Ed.) and Singapore Court Practice 2005.  He is also a member of the Supreme Court's Rules of Court Working Party.

 

Mr Wayne Tollemache
Executive Vice President
(Regional Managing Director) - APAC

Wayne joined First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FADV) as Executive Vice President (Regional Managing Director) - APAC in February 2007. He is responsible for all operations of First Advantage’s Employer Services segment in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, Wayne is spearheading First Advantage’s expansion of offerings in the Asia Pacific region from background screening — a market dominated by the Company — to the full continuum of First Advantage’s hiring-related service offerings. In a career spanning 22 years, Wayne, a management graduate from University of Waikato, New Zealand, has worked in various capacities in Business Development, Operations and Quality Management. Prior to joining First Advantage, Tollemache spent 10 years with TeleTech, a leading global business process outsourcing provider, most recently as Managing Director, Singapore & Malaysia. In that capacity he had full profit and loss accountability and was responsible for operations and business growth within the region. Prior to that he was Chief Operating Officer for TeleTech Malaysia and Business Development Director for TeleTech New Zealand. He began his career with Telecom New Zealand Ltd., where he was Quality Manager and was subsequently promoted to National Manager.

 

Mr Ramesh Moosa
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ramesh leads the Forensic Technology practice at PwC Singapore where he provides a broad spectrum of forensic technology services, from traditional computer forensics to large-scale electronic discovery and analysis of structured data from financial and operational IT systems.  He possesses a variety of specialised skills in investigations, technology management, information security and digital forensics, which he developed whilst working in Asia and the US in a career that has spanned law enforcement, audit and consulting.   Ramesh led the forensic technology teams in high-profile investigations including Sembcorp Marine, China Aviation Oil, Accord Customer Care Solutions, Asia Pacific Breweries.  He was also undertaken US stock option investigations at global technology companies, including Mercury Interactive.

 

Mr Shahar Mor
CTO, Sparktech Ltd

A Certified IBM legacy, Specialist with 20 years of experience working in the MF/ ISeries / AS400 / S38 environments. Mr. Mor has vast knowledge in the fields of Fraud prevention and detection, Forensic Audit trails, Information Security, databases and connectivity. Previously held management and senior development positions in Insurance and  Bank enterprises. He has also written a Redbook for IBM on iSeries and he is Search400.com site expert for connectivity issues on the iSeries.

 

Mr Hamidul Haq
Partner, Rajah & Tann LLP

Hamidul Haq's impressive extensive experience with the Commercial Affairs Department will bolster the Commercial Litigation Practice Group's strength and dominance in the legal circle, particularly in the area of securities and commercial litigation practice.

Prior to joining Rajah & Tann LLP, Haq was a Deputy Senior State Counsel/Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Criminal Justice Division, Attorney-General's Chambers.  His work consisted of prosecuting and giving advice on corporate and securities cases including civil penalty actions for market misconduct under the new Securities and Futures Act.  He also prosecuted serious and general crimes, supervising eight Deputy Public Prosecutors in the Financial and Securities Offences Directorate. Haq was also Head Legal in Commercial Affairs Department for eight years and dealt with many high profile commercial and securities cases against top Senior Counsel of Singapore Bar and Queen’s Counsel from Commonwealth jurisdictions.

 

Mr Ee Kow Keang
Managing Consultant,
SBF Training & Consultancy Sdn Bhd

Ee Kow Keang is the Managing Consultant of SBF Training & Consultancy Sdn Bhd. Prior to joining the SBF Group of Companies, Ee had worked for three large Malaysian banks. Ee is a very experienced and much sought-after course leader. He has conducted many courses and given talks on banking, finance and specialized management subjects for various organizations and financial institutions in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar and the Middle East.

 

Ms Lee Gek Kwee
Former Head of Document and Signature Examination
Health Sciences Authority (HSA)

Ms Lee has had over 30 years of working experience as a forensic document examiner and was the head of a document examination laboratory in the Singapore public sector between 1989 and December 2007.  She received her on-the-job training as well as overseas training in forensic document examination with the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory, Scotland Yard in London, and the FBI Academy, Virginia and the Secret Service in USA.Ms Lee’s professional work experience include identification of handwriting, examination of forged signatures, counterfeit currency notes, travel documents and credit cards, and altered and tampered documents such as cut-and-paste and computer generated forgeries.  She has testified as an expert witness in the local courts as well as courts in Hong Kong, Brunei and East Malaysia for both criminal and civil cases.  She has provided consultations and advice to local law enforcement agencies in respect of anti-tampering and anti-counterfeiting features in travel documents and other security documents.  She also conducts training workshops to bank personnel and other private organizations in the detection of forged and counterfeited documents. She has presented a number of papers at international professional conferences and published papers pertaining to her professional research and studies in international professional journals.

 

Mr Chris Yoon
Managing Director, Secura Printing Pte Ltd

Chris Yoon is the Managing Director, Secura Singapore Pte Ltd and its group of companies, cultivating a decade of experience in working with major banks over several Asian countries in designing security features for cheque fraud prevention.

 

Mr Paul Bromberg
Chief Operating Officer, Spectrum OSO Asia Limited

Paul Bromberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Spectrum OSO Asia Ltd., a gaming consultancy and corporate investigations firm with six offices in Asia where he has worked since June 2003. Mr. Bromberg has been overseeing and conducting investigations in Asia since 1988. During this time, he has worked closely with various government and law enforcement departments on gaming and other matters. Recently, he was part of the Spectrum Gaming team that worked on behalf of the Singapore government on probity investigations into the license applicants for the two Integrated Resort projects in Singapore scheduled to open in 2009. Mr. Bromberg is a recognized expert on Chinese and South East Asian business affairs. He is a contributing author to "Casino Industry in Asia Pacific", published by The Haworth Hospitality Press in 2006. He was also a member of the Conference Advisory Board for G2E Asia 2007, the first edition of the leading gaming expo in Asia. He is fluent in Chinese and Thai.

 

Mr Peter Richard Hazlewood
Managing Director Compliance Services & Security Group Legal, Compliance, Secretariat and Security, DBS Bank

Peter Richard Hazlewood joined DBS Bank in April 2005 as Senior Vice President of Compliance Services. He was promoted to Managing Director of Compliance Services & Security in March 2006. Hazlewood has group-wide responsibility for all areas of financial crime risk including the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing programmes, group investigations, customer complaint handling, compliance surveillance , subpoenas, enhanced due diligence, employee screening, compliance policy and management reporting. In April 2006, Hazlewood was also made Head of Corporate Security and in July 2008, Business Continuity Management was added to his portfolio. Prior to joining DBS, Hazlewood was based in New York as the Vice-President, International AML Compliance with JP Morgan Chase Bank.