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Adel Chouari representing Tunisia Adel Chouari Executive Committee - Global REPRESENTING: Tunisia National Center for Business Register Adel Chouari serves as the founder and Director General of the Tunisian Business Registry. With a distinguished career spanning over 25 years at the National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI). After earning his master’s degree in communication and journalism from the Institute of Press and Information Science (IPSI) in Tunis in 1992, Chouari began his career at INNORPI in 1993. His early roles included serving as a communications officer and subsequently as a project manager for the digitization of invention patent documents. In these capacities, he established the first unit for disseminating information contained in patent documents and founded the Tunisia Academy of Industrial Property. Chouari has pursued extensive training in trademark and patent protection, engaging with prestigious organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich and US Patent and trademark office (USPTO) in Washington. As a project manager, he played a pivotal role in modernizing INNORPI's industrial property information system and spearheaded the institution’s digital transition. In 1996, Chouari was tasked with managing the Central business Registry, overseeing the dissemination of legal and economic information on companies gathered from local business registries at courts. This role provided him with valuable insights into the register’s economic significance and its role in safeguarding third-party rights and enhancing transparency. Driven by a strong belief in the trade registries value, Chouari embarked on a mission to modernize the Tunisian Business registry legislation and IT system. In 2010, he launched the first Tunisian governmental website for accessing to companies’ documents and data. By 2017, as Tunisia classification on the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list, Chouari led a comprehensive overhaul of the legislative and regulatory framework governing the business registry system culminating in the creation of the National Business Register in October 2018 including beneficial owner registry. In 2022, founded the AFREC the Alliance of Business Registries of French speaking countries. CHOUARI is actually Director General of the Tunisian Business Registry and member of the national FATF committee and actively participates in numerous national steering committees dedicated to modernization and the digitalization of the administration and AML-FT issues Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Rashid Malik representing Pakistan Rashid Malik Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Pakistan Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Ms Zahrah Abd Wahab Fenner representing Malaysia Ms Zahrah Abd Wahab Fenner Executive Committee REPRESENTING: Malaysia Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Sanjai Raj representing New Zealand Sanjai Raj Executive Committee REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Sanjai has 32 years public sector experience: Official Assignee, Group Manager Radio Spectrum Management and General Manager Consumer Protection & Standards. Sanjai currently holds the position of General Manager Market Integrity with a portfolio that includes: Building Practitioner Licensing, Electrical Workers Licensing, Immigration Advisors Authority, Auctioneer Licensing, Business Registries, Radio Spectrum Management, Fuel Quality Monitoring, Legal Metrology, Motor Vehicle Trader Licensing, Criminal Proceeds – Integrity and Enforcement and the Insolvency and Trustee Service. Sanjai holds the position of New Zealand Standards Executive and he is the Registrar for: Companies, Financial Service Providers, Building Societies, Friendly Societies and Credit Unions, Industrial and Provident Societies, Personal Property Securities and Unions. Sanjai holds a Bachelor of Arts and an Masters in Public Administration. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Lynn Lynch representing United Kingdom Lynn Lynch Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: United Kingdom Companies House Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Michael Brosnahan representing New Zealand Michael Brosnahan Secretary REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Since 2005 Michael has been the Registry Services Manager at the New Zealand Companies Office. Between 1993 and 2005, Michael held the position of ICT General Operations Manager for the Ministry of Economic Development. Within the Companies Office, Michael is responsible for the delivery of all New Zealand Companies Office services mainly through electronic systems and the internet for registers relating to Companies, Personal Properties Securities, Superannuation Funds, Incorporated Societies, Building Societies, Charitable Trusts, Unit Trusts, Friendly Societies Motor Vehicles Traders and Credit Unions. Michael also oversees the New Zealand Companies Office international registry reform projects within developing countries, working extensively in the Pacific region and in Africa. Michael holds the executive position of Secretariat for the Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) a role he was appointed to in 2011. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Marija Boshkovska Jankovski representing North Macedonia Marija Boshkovska Jankovski Executive Committee REPRESENTING: North Macedonia (Republic of) Central Register of Republic of North Macedonia Marija Boshkovska joined Central register of the Republic of Macedonia in August, 2017 as General Director of the Institution. As professional in business economics and financial accounting management, she has been involved in the implementation of numerous development projects - essential for the progress of the Central register. Her vision for the Central register arises directly from the needs of the private sector and all service users (including foreign and domestic investors), and from the institutional need to access and share up-to-date information in order to increase the efficiency of their work. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Uganda Virtual Conference 2021 9th - 11th November Ease of Doing Business: The role of Corporate Registries Tukusanyukidde! The 16th Annual CRF Conference was held virtually (wholly online) and will be hosted by the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB). The conference ran from the 9-11 November 2021. The conference theme was Ease of Doing Business: The role of Corporate Registries (The physical conference planned for Kampala, Uganda in September 2020 was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic). HOSTED BY: Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Past Conferences Select a Year

Rosanne Bell representing Australia Rosanne Bell Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Australia Australian Registry Business Services Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Bolen Ng representing Aotearoa | New Zealand Bolen Ng Executive Member (from April 2023) 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

Juthika Ramanathan representing Singapore Juthika Ramanathan Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Singapore Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Mariyam Visam representing Maldives Mariyam Visam Executive Committee and 2022 Conference Director REPRESENTING: Maldives Ministry of Economic Development Visam is the Registrar of businesses at the Ministry of Economic Development. Visam is leading the digitalization program of business registry services to modernize and increase accessibility to business services across the country. She also oversees FDI registrations and provides her expertise in formulating investment policies. Visam is also a member of the Board of Directors of Capital Market Development Authority (CMDA). Visam has over 15 years of experience in economic affairs and financial sector. Visam also contributes to the academia by facilitating training programs, postgraduate courses in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Risk Management & Business Ethics. Visam holds a Master’s Degree in Business Economics from the University of Queensland, Australia. Visam was the 2022 Conference Director. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni