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Ada Chung representing Hong Kong Ada Chung Treasurer REPRESENTING: Hong Kong, China Companies Registry Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

La Donna John representing Belize La Donna John Executive Member - The Americas Region REPRESENTING: Belize The Financial Services Commission La Donna John serves as the Director of Legal and Enforcement at the Financial Services Commission of Belize since September 2020 demonstrating expertise in navigating complex legal landscapes and ensuring regulatory compliance within the financial sector. La Donna is also an inception member of the Project Steering Committee of the Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry. She has also served as a Magistrate for the Government of Belize and is a practising Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, an Honours degree in Law and is pursuing an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Prabha Chinien representing Mauritius Prabha Chinien Executive Committee Member and Immediate Past President REPRESENTING: Mauritius Corporate and Business Registration Department Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Abdul Karim representing Malaysia Abdul Karim Executive Committee Member and Conference Co-Chair REPRESENTING: Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Louise Wittwer representing Cook Islands Louise Wittwer Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Cook Islands Financial Supervisory Commission Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Richard Shaw representing Canada Richard Shaw Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Canada Corporations Canada Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Richard Shaw representing Canada Richard Shaw Executive Committee REPRESENTING: Canada Corporations Canada Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Botswana 2018 21st - 25th May Corporate Registries – A Critical Vehicle for Global Economic Growth The 2018 Corporate Registers Forum conference was hosted by the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) of Botswana. The 15th Annual Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) was held between 21-25 May 2018. The conference brought together over 145 participants representing corporate registrars from around 38 jurisdictions, including 11 African countries. It offered an opportunity to share ideas and best practice, and to discuss emerging registry issues. The theme for the conference was “Corporate Registries – A Critical Vehicle for Global Economic Growth”. HOSTED BY: Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) of Botswana Past Conferences Select a Year

Teresa Cristina Pantoja representing Brazil Teresa Cristina Pantoja Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Anil Kumar representing India Anil Kumar Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: India Ministry of Corporate Affairs Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Monaheng Monaheng representing Lesotho Monaheng Monaheng Executive Member - Middle East and Africa Region REPRESENTING: Lesotho Ministry of Trade and Industry Adv. Monaheng is the Director of One-Stop Business Facilitation Centre [OBFC] and Registrar of Companies in Lesotho. He graduated with a Masters Degree in Intellectual Property with Africa University in Zimbabwe. On the helm of OBFC, he led the reforms in starting and doing business in Lesotho. These saw improvement of Lesotho as investment destination on the then World Bank Doing Business Rankings Key amongst these reforms was a journey of digitization of the business registry. He has been coopted in the steering committee that is building a National Single Window for Lesotho. He is currently steering the process to establish Beneficial Ownership registry and corporate insolvency regime. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Rory Voller representing South Africa Rory Voller Executive Committee REPRESENTING: South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) Adv Voller is the Cabinet-appointed Commissioner of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) of South Africa. He was a member of the legislative drafting team for both the New South African Companies Act and the Regulations, the Companies Amendment Act as well as the Intellectual Property Amendment Act on Traditional Knowledge. He is a panel member on the Take-Over Regulation Panel (TRP) on Mergers and Acquisitions, a board member on the Anti- Money Laundering council, a member of the Financial Reporting Standards Council and the Ministerial Specialist Committee member of the Company law and Intellectual Property law committees. He is also appointed to the King Committee on Corporate Governance. He has also been elected for a second term 2019 to the Executive Committee of the Corporate Registers Forum, a body of Global Company Registrars. As Head of the Intellectual Property Office of South Africa, Adv Voller also sits on the BRICS Heads of IP offices Committee made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni