Zalina Jamaluddin is the Chief Operating Officer at SEA Hibiscus, subsidiary of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad.

Zalina spent more than 20 years in the private and public sector, mostly in the oil & gas industry, in various roles in the ExxonMobil Malaysia (E&P) in Surface, Planning and Subsurface, and later as Senior Commercial Advisor in Talisman Energy Inc. She also served as a Vice President and founding members of Malaysia Petroleum Resource Corporation (MPRC) under the Prime Minister’s Department, and served as one of the Advisory Council for TalentCorp’s Graduate Employability Program. She later served as the Chief Business Development Officer and Secretary to the Board of Governors at the Asia School of Business, a collaboration between Bank Negara Malaysia and MIT Sloan School of Management, USA.

She graduated with a BSc in Chemical Engineering (Cum Laude) from Cornell University, New York. She is also active in coaching and mentoring young professionals and women leaders.

Simon is a Human Resources Practitioner and has been involved in people management for the last 30 years. He has vast experience in the area of Industrial relations and Employee
relations having served in the manufacturing, banking, services and other large conglomerates like Sunway Group, Ann Joo Resources ect.

He is a Certified Human Resources Practitioner from MIHRM. He believes in lifelong learning and is currently pursuing his Master in HR Law with University Utara Malaysia, to sharpen his interest in employment and industrial law.

He has also sat as a panel member for employers in the Industrial Court hearing cases of trade disputes, non-compliances, collective agreements resolutions and recognition of trade unions.

He has also served as a member of the Investigating Tribunal Panel Pursuant to the Legal Professional Act 1967 (Bar Council).

Mr. Simon is presently the President of the Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management (MIHRM).

William Thomas is the Director of the Economist Corporate Network in South-east Asia. An experienced advisor to senior business and government leaders, he helps organisations understand the strategic, operational, and talent implications of geopolitical changes.

William holds a PhD in public policy from George Mason University in the US, as well as a degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA. His academic research has centered on managing change in large, multinational organisations, with an emphasis on organisational culture.

William is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel, having spent much of his 21-year career as a strategic planner for complex operations such as humanitarian assistance and counterterrorism. He was Associate Professor of Political Science at the US Air Force Academy, and later taught at Georgetown University in Washington DC and as a Fulbright Scholar at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Having worked in Asia since 2012, William has focused on leadership development and organisational change as a consultant, leadership coach, and training facilitator.

Christina is the Network Moderator Malaysia at the Economist Corporate Network in South-East Asia. An experienced strategy consultant, she has previously been in Accenture's ASEAN Strategy practice as a Strategy Manager, advising large GLC and MNC clients globally on strategy, operating model and innovation developments. She has also held leadership positions as Head of Business Development in a fast growing coworking startup.

Christina's focus areas are on healthcare, consumer goods, business services and Oil & Gas, delivering on innovation-based projects for large corporations to build new capabilities and processes into their vast stable of business units.

Christina graduated Magna cum Laude with a B.A. in Economics from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.