Date: Thursday 7th  at 9 am to 10 am
Key speaker: Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, Senior Associate, Vriens & Partner, Malaysia
Questions: Please forward your questions to Allan Jensen, Chairman before the event: chairman@mdbc.org.my

Agenda

1. Intro, Mr. Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

2. Discussion and answers to participants questions (send to Chairman in advance of the event)

2. Q&A session

Shazwan is a Senior Associate at Vriens & Partners’ Malaysia office and brings along 10 years of professional experience in the field of politics, journalism and the media. He consults for clients from various verticals such as technology, healthcare and transportation.

From 2009 to 2020, Shazwan worked for online news portals the Malay Mail and The Malaysian Insider as an assistant news editor and senior journalist. Shazwan received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Monash University, and a Master in Diversity and the Media from the University of Westminster, UK. He was also a 2012 Chevening scholarship recipient.

Date: Friday May 15th at 9 am to 10 am
Key speaker:Edward Lee, Chief Economist, Standard Chartered, ASEAN and South Asia
Questions: Please forward your questions to Allan Jensen, Chairman before the event: chairman@mdbc.org.my

This crisis is unlike others. No one is insulated. From just China and Asia, the coronavirus outbreak has spread to major economies including the United States and euro area. Necessary containment measures are adding to the economic depression. While infection rates may appear to be peaking, risk of recurrence remains. We have significantly downgraded our global growth outlook, but downside risks predominate. Financial markets have moved from a vol shock to a VAR shock and now back to a vol shock. Are we back to market normalcy or is this just a mirage? Join us for an interactive discussion.

• Events of past weeks are unprecedented
• Albeit delayed, the West is experiencing severe consequences of a global pandemic
• Central banks are on a slashing spree and yields have dropped globally
• Governments are pledging massive fiscal support
• We assess the global fundamental outlook and macro strategy and zoom in on ASEAN and Malaysia, which has weathered the impact for longer

Speaker:

Edward Lee, Chief Economist, Standard Chartered

Edward leads the ASEAN and South Asia economic research team, with economists based in India, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. He provides macroeconomic analysis and on-the-ground views on major economic issues in the region. He is often featured in media and has regular interactions with policy makers in the region. Edward was a founding member of the Standard Chartered Rates Strategy team and was previously Head of Asian Rates Strategy. Edward holds an Honours degree in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore