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Vietnam Corporate Governance Forum

Implementing Good Corporate Governance to Contribute to Business Efficiency and Economic Growth

8th - 9th October 2009
New World Hotel Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Philip Armstrong
Heads, Global Corporate Governance Forum
(One of the world’s foremost experts in Corporate Governance)

Philip Armstrong heads the Global Corporate Governance Forum, based in Washington DC, United States. The Forum is a multi-donor trust fund co-founded by the World Bank Group and the OECD to promote global, regional and local initiatives to improve the institutional framework and practices of corporate governance in developing countries and emerging markets. The Forum is located in the International Finance Corporation’s Business Advisory Services Vice Presidency.

Philip is an internationally acknowledged expert on corporate governance and was the principal convener and main editor of the 2002 King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa. He has had a distinguished and varied career in executive and senior management in a number of South Africa’s prominent listed companies, including holding the position of Senior Vice President: Corporate Secretary of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited. Immediately prior to heading the Forum, he was Director: Corporate Governance at a leading South African law firm.

Philip Armstrong has served with distinction on a number of boards of companies, governing bodies of professional institutions, and policy initiatives in South Africa and internationally. He is a former member of the board of governors of the International Corporate Governance Network, member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a fellow and past President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Southern Africa. He has been closely involved in the affairs of the Institute of Directors in South Africa, and was instrumental in producing the Commonwealth Guidelines on corporate governance (1999).

Noteworthy, has been his involvement as an expert resource on corporate governance for the NEPAD initiative in Africa. And more recently, in 2006, he was conferred with an honorary doctorate in business administration from the Oxford Brookes University in the UK in recognition of his contributions to corporate governance internationally, with particular reference to developing countries.

Philip works extensively with governments, regulators and policy makers, institutions and organisations, companies and boards in the private and public sectors globally on issues of corporate governance policies, standards, practices and implementation.

SPEAKERS

	Nguyen Dinh Cung Deputy President of CIEM, Ministry of Planning and Investment
	Charles Canfield IFC Senior Corporate Governance Officer
	Tony Burchill Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission Tony has qualifications in Economics and Asian Politics/History from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Monash University and a Masters of Business (eBusiness) from RMIT. He also taught Marketing Planning at Monash University. Previous professional roles include Financial Journalism at Fairfax and Project Management at Mobil Oil. At Austrade, Tony worked as the Trade Commissioner based in Jakarta from 1996-2001, as the Industry Specialist for the Global IT Team in Melbourne between 2001-2004, and most recently Trade Commissioner in New Delhi 2004-2007 including oversight of Pakistan and Infrastructure Projects for South Asia. Since September 2007, he has been working as the Senior Trade Commissioner for Vietnam based in HCMC. In addition, he is the ASEAN Team Leader for Education and Business Services. Interests include tennis, writing and kickboxing. He is married to Anggia and has two children, Jay and Renee.
	Chong Kwang Puay Partner, Audit, KPMG Vietnam Chong Kwang Puay is an audit partner based in Ho Chi Minh City. He was previously with KPMG Singapore before transferring permanently to KPMG Vietnam in 1998. Kwang Puay started his career in Vietnam on subsidiaries of multi-national companies before specializing in the audit of Vietnamese listed companies and Vietnamese companies with the intention to list on local and foreign stock exchanges. He is therefore one of the few audit partners living in Vietnam with experience in the listing of companies on overseas exchanges. Through this unique blend of experience, Kwang Puay is familiar with challenges that Vietnamese companies face in complying with international financial reporting standards and best practices in financial reporting and disclosures.
	Dominic Scriven OBE, Director, Dragon Capital Group Dominic is British and graduated in 1985 from Exeter University, in Law and Sociology. During more than twenty years in investment, he has worked in Europe and Asia, and for public UK, US and Chinese firms. He enrolled in Hanoi University in 1992, and two years later in 1994, co-founded Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital has an asset base of around $1.5bn, and invests across the Vietnamese economy. The company is a core developmental shareholder in VFM, Vietnam’s first domestic fund manager; and also HSC, the securities arm of the HCMC provincial government. A Vietnamese speaker, he sits on a number of boards including five public companies. He was awarded an OBE in 2006, and pursues external interests ranging from art and propaganda, to conservation and sustainability.
	Steve Farrer Senior Consultant, World-Check (Asia) Mr. Farrer is Senior Consultant with World-Check (Asia), responsible for business development and regulatory liaison. Mr. Farrer has over 18 years experience in fraud risk management and anti-money laundering in Asia / Pacific. Previously, as Director, ACI Worldwide (Asia / Pacific), Mr. Farrer was responsible for business development for ACI’s fraud and AML technological solutions, as well as providing AML and fraud consulting to ACI’s customers. Earlier, Mr. Farrer spent 5 years with MasterCard International (Asia / Pacific) where, as Vice President, he enjoyed responsibility for implementing MasterCard’s regional fraud risk management strategy and member compliance monitoring; as well as co-developing and implementing MasterCard’s AML global audit processes and procedures. Prior to this, Mr. Farrer enjoyed a successful career as a senior officer with the Royal Hong Kong Police, latterly, directing investigations into commercial fraud cases and counterfeit payment instruments. He is one of the few recipients of the highest gallantry award in Hong Kong – His Excellency the Governor’s Commendation for Bravery. Mr. Farrer holds a B.Sc in Pathological Science (Reading, UK), an MBA (Henley, UK), is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and a UK-qualified teacher (PGCE). He is a frequent author and speaker.
	Hannes Valtonen Director of Compliance, Vina Capital 8 years of professional experience in Asia (Japan, China, Korea and Vietnam), including managing internal audit and compliance in retail, real estate and financial services sectors 4 years of financial control and internal audit experience in European automotive industry 1-year EU China-based business training program; internal audit qualifications (CIA, CFSA, CFE) MBA from University of British Columbia with exchange at Tokyo University, B.A. Economics from York University, Toronto Canada
	John Ditty Managing Partner, KPMG, Vietnam John Ditty has been living and working in Vietnam since 1993 and he is the Joint Managing Partner of KPMG Limited and KPMG Cambodia Limited. His current responsibilities include overall responsibility for the Audit and Advisory practices of KPMG and he is also responsible for Risk Management and Ethics and Independence issues. During his time in Vietnam John has worked with state, private and foreign owned business in a range if industries and has extensive experience in dealing with risk and compliance matters. John has significant experience in transitional economies in Asia and Eastern Europe and in the provision of audit and advisory services in Vietnam.
	Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara Program Manager, IFC Advisory Services Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara is Project Manager of the newly launched Corporate Governance Project in Vietnam. Prior to this position he was managing an IFC Corporate Governance Program in the Balkans, South East Europe. He is a licensed attorney and holds an MBA as well as a Master in European Law and a LL.M. Prior to joining IFC, Juan Carlos F. Zara has worked with Froriep Renggli (3rd biggest law firm in Switzerland), HSBC Republic and Ernst & Young. His major is in the field of corporate law and corporate governance as well as strategy.
	Chris Fruend Founder & Managing Partner, Mekong Capital Chris Freund is the founder and Managing Partner of Mekong Capital. As the Managing Partner, Chris is accountable that Mekong Capital works effectively as an organization, and that each of the team members are empowered to achieve extraordinary results, to fulfill our commitment that Mekong Capital achieves consistently excellent investment returns as a private equity investor in Vietnam. Chris Freund is a member of Mekong Capital's internal Management Committee. Prior to forming Mekong Capital in 2001, Chris Freund was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Templeton Asset Management, Ltd., the emerging markets arm of the Franklin/Templeton Group. Chris Freund's involvement with Vietnam dates from mid-1994 when he was doing a research project for Harris Associates, a Chicago based fund management firm. Chris Freund worked for Templeton in Vietnam from early 1995 until mid-1998. In mid-1998, Chris relocated to Templeton’s Singapore office, where he covered the technology sector in emerging markets. Chris moved back to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in April 2001 to establish Mekong Capital. Chris Freund is a member of the Board of Directors of Mekong Enterprise Fund II, Ltd., and Chairman of Vietnam Azalea Fund Limited. Chris is a Special Advisor to the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI). Chris Freund is one of the co-founders, and a non-executive Director, of Management Consulting Group Ltd., which owns VietnamWorks.com, Vietnam's most successful job recruitment website, and Navigos Group, the largest executive search company in Vietnam. Chris holds a Bachelor degree in Psychology, with honors, from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Chris grew up in Chicago and attended the Latin School of Chicago.
	John Davis YKVN Lawyers and Chulalongkorn University John R. Davis is a Senior Foreign Lawyer of YKVN and has more than 17 years of experience as a lawyer in both Asia and the U.S. His practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions, especially cross-border ones, for domestic and international investors. For 7 years he was based in White & Case LLP's Hanoi office and involved in matters for clients in Vietnam and most of the other ASEAN countries. He is licensed by Vietnam's Ministry of Justice as a foreign lawyer in Vietnam. In addition to his transactional practice, Mr. Davis is active as a consultant to governments in the region. He advises them on the reform of laws affecting commerce and on regulatory issues, especially those related to competition law. In the area of investment, Mr. Davis advises regarding the formation and operation of joint ventures and 100% foreign-owned enterprises including issues regarding BOT projects, tax consequences of corporate structures, the leasing and purchase of land and buildings and the restructuring of debt. In banking matters, he represents banks in complex lending transactions in Vietnam and advises them with respect to operational and regulatory issues. He has been involved in significant cross-border acquisitions by Korean, Malaysian, Thai as well as Vietnamese companies. Mr. Davis is a member of the team that advised the State Bank of Vietnam on the restructuring of Vietnam's commercial debt in the London Club, and the issuance of $543 million of Brady Bonds and their listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. He also advised the People's Bank of China on the regulatory framework for China's asset management companies, the Malaysian GLC and the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia in the acquisition of a strategic stake in an American aircraft manufacturer. His partial client list includes Asian Development Bank, State Bank of Vietnam, People's Bank of China, Ministry of Finance of Malaysia, Citibank, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Credit Lyonnais, Chase Manhattan Bank, Chinfon Bank, Procter & Gamble, Morgan Stanley, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Banpu Power, Monsanto, Siam Cement, Daewoo Electronics, LG Electronics and China Construction Holdings.