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Agencies, ministries or departments within your jurisdiction responsible for the registration or incorporation of companies or businesses are eligible for membership of the CRF. How to Join the Corporate Registers Forum We have 3 categories of membership. We are pleased to announce the introduction of two new membership categories—Associate Members and Observer Members—as part of our ongoing commitment to modernise, professionalise, and grow the Corporate Registries Forum, while maintaining the primacy of corporate registries in our organisation. These changes reflect the strategic direction adopted at our 2022 AGM and the revised Constitution of 2023, which emphasised inclusivity, diversity, and broader engagement across the corporate registration, economic growth, and anti-money laundering communities. It’s easy to join the CRF. Full Membership Corporate Registers CAN VOTE CAN BE ELECTED CAN PARTICIPATE IN CRF EVENTS AS MEMBERS Apply as a Full Member Observer Membership Corporate Registers CANNOT VOTE CANNOT BE ELECTED CAN PARTICIPATE IN CRF EVENTS AS MEMBERS Apply as an Observer Associate Membership Not For Profit CANNOT VOTE CANNOT BE ELECTED CAN PARTICIPATE IN CRF EVENTS AS MEMBERS Apply as an Associate Member How to choose your membership Full Membership If you are the agency, ministry or department (normally a government body) within your jurisdiction responsible for the registration or incorporation of companies or businesses then we’d love to have you join the CRF. Observer Membership To encourage participation from jurisdictions not yet part of the CRF, we are introducing a one-year Observer Membership. This “try before you buy” model allows corporate registries to experience the full value of CRF membership at a reduced rate. Associate Membership Associate Membership is now open to non-commercial organisations working in the fields of corporate registration, economic growth, and AML. Associate Members will enjoy all the benefits of full CRF membership, with the exception of voting rights in elections.

Bolen Ng representing Aotearoa | New Zealand Bolen Ng Executive Member - Global REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Bolen Ng has been in the New Zealand public service where he has had a varied career over 27 years. He has a strong operational background with a people centric focus and has built cohesive operational teams and remotely managed multiple operational sites across geographical locations internationally, including (Hong Kong, Bangkok, Vietnam, the Middle East and Shanghai). Within New Zealand he has led large complex Immigration New Zealand operations. He has built collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Bolen joined the New Zealand Business Registries, NZ Companies Office, Ministry Of Business Innovation and Employment, in 2021, as the National Manager, and Assistant Registrar and is keen to work with like minded registry counterparts to share challenges and make improvements to our registry systems for our customers whilst maintaining our regulatory role and function. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

CRF provides members with the opportunity to review the latest developments in corporate business registers internationally and exchange information on the operation of corporate business registration systems. The Corporate Registers Forum the global association for corporate registries. The membership is open to government agencies and their officials responsible for the administration of body corporate registers (a register of companies for example). Our purpose is to promote liaison, co-operation and discussion among Members’ jurisdictions/countries in order to identify and spread international best practice, by empowering registries to drive up their standards across the world so that they can help contribute better to their economy’s economic growth. Today, the CRF is a global family of over 70 corporate registries across the planet who share best practice through formal and informal means to drive up standards. The 2024 Conference focussed on key themes of global cooperation, enforcement and compliance, beneficial ownership, and the future of business registries. In 2022 we launched a new 5-year strategy designed to modernise the organisation. OUR CONSTITUTION About the Corporate Registers Forum Goal One: Leading Association Be the leading global association of corporate registries. Goal Two: Maintain Mechanisms Develop and maintain mechanisms to enable members to exchange expertise and knowledge. Goal Three: Effective Structures Build capacity and capability within the organisation through efficient, effective structures to deliver better value for members. History The idea for the forum was first proposed by the New Zealand Companies Office in 1999. The Ministry of Economic Development and the Companies Office hosted the inaugural Asia Pacific Corporate Registers Forum (APCRF) in Auckland, New Zealand on 26-28 February 2003. Delegates from Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Samoa, Singapore, Tonga, the United Kingdom & Vanuatu attended. LEARN MORE Executive Committee President, and Executive Member - Europe Region, and 2023 Conference Director Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas Executive Committee - Global Adel Chouari Executive Member - Global Bolen Ng Executive Member - Global Chia-Tern Huey Min Executive Committee - Global Martin Swain Executive Member - Global Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member - The Americas Region La Donna John Executive Member - Middle East and Africa Region Monaheng Monaheng 2026 Conference Director Chin Li Fen General Secretary Martin Fidler Jones Treasurer Kinnie Wong Assistant Secretary Chloe Ong Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas President, and Executive Member - Europe Region, and 2023 Conference Director Adel Chouari Executive Committee - Global Bolen Ng Executive Member - Global Chia-Tern Huey Min Executive Member - Global Martin Swain Executive Committee - Global Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member - Global La Donna John Executive Member - The Americas Region Monaheng Monaheng Executive Member - Middle East and Africa Region Chin Li Fen 2026 Conference Director Martin Fidler Jones General Secretary Kinnie Wong Treasurer Chloe Ong Assistant Secretary Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas President, and Executive Member - Europe Region, and 2023 Conference Director Adel Chouari Executive Committee - Global Bolen Ng Executive Member - Global Chia-Tern Huey Min Executive Member - Global Martin Swain Executive Committee - Global Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member - Global La Donna John Executive Member - The Americas Region Monaheng Monaheng Executive Member - Middle East and Africa Region Chin Li Fen 2026 Conference Director Martin Fidler Jones General Secretary Kinnie Wong Treasurer Chloe Ong Assistant Secretary Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas President, and Executive Member - Europe Region, and 2023 Conference Director Adel Chouari Executive Committee - Global Bolen Ng Executive Member - Global Chia-Tern Huey Min Executive Member - Global Martin Swain Executive Committee - Global Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member - Global La Donna John Executive Member - The Americas Region Monaheng Monaheng Executive Member - Middle East and Africa Region Chin Li Fen 2026 Conference Director Martin Fidler Jones General Secretary Kinnie Wong Treasurer Chloe Ong Assistant Secretary FULL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Discover the Notable Alumni of the Corporate Registers Forum who have helped advance global business registry standards and collaboration. Notable Alumni Michael Brosnahan CRF Secretary 2011-2021 Rosanne Bell Past President and Executive Committee member Ada Chung Previous Executive Committee Member and Conference Chair 2017 Justin Hygate CRF Secretary 2003 -2011 Kenneth Yap Former Executive Committee Member Neville Harris QSO Past Conference Chair YA Datuk Abdul Karim bin Abdul Jalil Former Executive Committee Member and Conference Chair 2007 Tim Moss CBE Past President and Executive Committee Member The late Rashid Malik Previous Executive Committee member Gareth Jones OBE Previous Executive Committee Member Juthika Ramanathan Former Executive Committee member Richard "Dick" Shaw Previous Executive Member and Conference Chairman 2008 Gordon Jones Previous Executive Committee Member and CRF Conference Chairman 2006

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2014 - 2015 Executive Committee Ada Chung Treasurer Tim Moss President Teresa Cristina Pantoja Immediate Past President Anil Kumar Executive Committee Meeting Anthony Bwembya Executive Committee Member Kenneth Yap Executive Committee Member Mandy McDonald Executive Committee Member Prabha Chinien Executive Committee Member Rosanne Bell Executive Committee Member Michael Brosnahan Secretary Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2022 - 2023 Executive Committee Louise Smyth President Dr. Geraldine Spiteri Lucas 2023 Conference Director, and Executive Committee Marija Boshkovska Executive Committee and 2019 Conference Director Mariyam Visam Executive Committee and 2022 Conference Director Karen Foat Executive Committee Nor Azimah Abdul Aziz Executive Committee Chin Li Fen Executive Committee Julian Lamb Executive Committee Bolen Ng Executive Member (from April 2023) Abdul Rasheed Purayil KP Executive Member (from April 2023) Helen Tang Treasurer Martin Fidler Jones Secretary Shelley Chua Assistant Secretary Irena Lazarova Assistant Secretary - Technical Workshops Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2006 - 2007 Executive Committee Abdul Karim Executive Committee Member and Chair Elect Gordon Jones Executive Committee Member and Conference Chair Jeremy McNeice Executive Committee Member (Immediate Past Conference Chair) Joey Mathekga Executive Committee Member Juthika Ramanathan Executive Committee Member Prabha Chinien Executive Committee Member Richard Shaw Executive Committee Member Justin Hygate Secretary Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2023 - 2024 Executive Committee Louise Smyth President Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas Executive Member - Europe Region, and 2023 Conference Director Liesl McKay Executive Member - Asia and Pacific Region La Donna John Executive Member - The Americas Region Monaheng Monaheng Executive Member - Middle East and Africa Region Bolen Ng Executive Member Chin Li Fen Executive Member Datuk Nor Azimah Executive Member Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member Nasser Altaweel 2024 Conference Director Helen Tang Treasurer Martin Fidler Jones General Secretary Irena Lazarova Assistant Secretary - Technical Workshops Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2012 - 2013 Executive Committee Neville Harris President Sudhir Mital Immediate Past President Joey Mathekga Executive Committee Member Julian Lamb Executive Committee Member Juthika Ramanathan Executive Committee Member Prabha Chinien Executive Committee Member Ricco Dun Executive Committee Member Rosanne Bell Executive Committee Member Tim Moss Executive Committee Member Ada Chung Treasurer Michael Brosnahan Secretary Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2010 - 2011 Executive Committee Prabha Chinien Executive Committee Member and Immediate Past President Hamad Al Neaimi Executive Committee Member and Conference President Juthika Ramanathan Executive Committee Member Louise Wittwer Executive Committee Member Ricco Dun Executive Committee Member Ada Chung Treasurer Justin Hygate Secretary Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2013 - 2014 Executive Committee Teresa Cristina Pantoja President in Transition Mandy McDonald Immediate Past President Anil Kumar Executive Committee Member Julian Lamb Executive Committee Member Kathrine Morgan-Wicks Executive Committee Member Kenneth Yap Executive Committee Member Prabha Chinien Executive Committee Member Ricco Dun Executive Committee Member Ada Chung Treasurer Michael Brosnahan Secretary Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2016 - 2017 Executive Committee Abdul Rasheed Purayll Executive Committee Anthony Bwembya Executive Committee Dato' Zaharah Abdul Wahab Fenner Executive Committee Hala Khaled Al Ameri Executive Committee Kenneth Yap Executive Committee Mandy McDonald Executive Committee Rosanne Bell Executive Committee Tim Moss Executive Committee Ada Chung Treasurer Michael Brosnahan Secretary Previous Committee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni