Datin Chan-Low Kam Yoke
Datin Chan is the co-founder and was the former Group Chief Executive of the HELP Education Group. Steered the group from a small tutorial centre to being listed on BURSA Malaysia in 2008 and being listed on the Forbes Asia’s 200 Best Under a Billion list. She was also Ernst & Young Female Entreprenuer of the year in 2011 and was honoured with the Order National de Merit from the French government. Datin Chan has always believed that education is key to changing lives and has annually contributed roughly RM20m in financial assistance to needy students. Datin Chan is also the Chairperson of the Malayan Public Library.
Mr Adam Chan Eu-Khin
Currently the Deputy Executive Chairman of HELP Education Group Sdn Bhd (HEG), Adam was the Executive Director responsible for Investor Relations for HELP International Corporation Bhd when it was listed on BURSA Malaysia. He currently leads the senior leadership team to manage the various business units within HEG. Adam also initiated Project Self-HELP which provided educational opportunities to refugees and trained over 1,200 refugee children in Malaysia. Adam sits on the board of various HEG subsidiaries and has been pushing HELP’s pursuit in environmental sustainability through solar energy and water harvesting. Adam also has working experience in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining HEG.
Dr D. Gerard J. Louis
Dr Gerard has been involved in the field of education, counseling, and training for almost 40 years. He has spent over 20 years in educational leadership in mission, private and international schools in Malaysia. He has been with the HELP Education Group for the last 23 years. He is currently the CEO of the HELP Education Services and oversees the management of three K-12 International Schools as well as other educational services offered by the company. He is also a Pro Vice-Chancellor at HELP University and was the Founding Principal of HELP International School.
Sr Lim Hook Hing
Sr Lim Hook Hing currently helms a quantity surveying & building cost consultancy he founded, with clients both in Malaysia and internationally, across all sectors inter-alia government bodies, statutory bodies, public listed and private. Heavily involved in community work, Sr Lim has been an active member as well as the organising chairman for various charitable clubs and non-governmental organisations and has also served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company at Bandar Raya Development Berhad (BRDB).
Sr Lim graduated with Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying from the University of Greenwich, London, UK, and is a Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors UK, Fellow of Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia, and registered with Board of Surveyors Malaysia.
Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen
Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen has more than 30 years of focused fund management experience in emerging Asia equity markets, and was the Founder and Managing Director of Corston-Smith Asset Management, an independent South East Asian asset management licensed by the Securities Commission of Malaysia.
Shireen authored an Amazon #1 Bestseller in 2023 – “We Are All Stakeholders – Culture, Politics and Radical Accountability in the Boardroom”. Entreprenuer in the US named her book as ‘one of the top four books to read for Entrepreneurs who want to break the mold’.
She has served on several Boards and Board Committees in public-listed companies including as Non-Executive Chairman of Bursa Malaysia and Independent Non-Executive Director of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA).
Datuk Shireen has been named one of 25 most influential women in the Asia Pacific region for asset management by Asian Investor in June 2011 as well as honoured by Forbes Asia as one of the 50 Asia’s Power Businesswomen in 2014.
Datuk Shireen holds a Masters of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University, United States and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, United States.
Ms Elaine G.E. Lim
Ms Elaine is a talent development professional with over 29 years of proven track record of developing transformative leaders in technology teams, retail operations and professional services. Currently an Asean Talent Development Leader (Director) at Ernst & Young Consulting, she focuses on leadership development, performance management, systems implementation (SAP SuccessFactors) and strategic change management for 20,000 people across the region.
Ms Elaine holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, and is also a ICF Certified Associate Coach.
Ms Devi Sahny
After three years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs New York, Ms Devi moved to Singapore and founded edtech startup, Ascend Now 7 years ago. The company creates personalised curriculums around the areas of Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, Soft-Skill programs, and Character Building based on students’ preferences. Ascend Now students have created over 1,000+ social enterprises, and the monetary impact created by students’ ventures exceeds USD 350,000.
Passionate about education, Ms Devi has many awards and accolades to her name including, Forbes 30 Under 30, Prestige 40 Under 40, TedX and Ted Speaker, St Gallen Symposium Honouree Speaker, Generation Tatler Awardee, and Sequoia Capital Spark Fellow.
Ms Devi graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University, USA – College of Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy and Economics.