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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

Ada Chung representing Hong Kong Ada Chung Previous Executive Committee Member and Conference Chair 2017 REPRESENTING: Hong Kong, China Companies Registry Ms Ada Chung served as the Registrar of Companies for Hong Kong from 2007 until 2020. Ms Chung took up the role of the privacy commissioner for Hong Kong in September 2020. In her role on the CRF Executive Committee Ms Chung served as the CRF Treasurer for thirteen years. Ms Chung hosted the 2017 CRF Annual Conference. Ms Chung is a barrister-at-law and a Certified Public Accountant. She was appointed as the Registrar of Companies of Hong Kong in August 2007 and in the role was heavily involved in the rewrite of the Companies Ordinance, the implementation of the new Companies Ordinance and the introduction of electronic company incorporation and electronic filing of company information in Hong Kong. As a representative of the Financial Secretary, Ms Chung is an ex-officio council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She also sat on the Financial Reporting Council. Before her appointment as the Registrar, she was a Deputy Law Officer and headed the Civil Litigation Unit of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Bolen Ng representing Aotearoa | New Zealand Bolen Ng Executive Member 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

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

Helen Tang (Retired March 2025) representing Hong Kong, China Helen Tang (Retired March 2025) Treasurer REPRESENTING: Hong Kong, China Companies Registry Before assuming the Post of the Registrar of Companies in July 2022, Miss Helen Tang served in various policy bureaux and departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, including the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, the former Home Affairs Bureau, the Government Logistics Department, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Department of Health, the former Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau, the former Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau, the former Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority, the former Health and Welfare Branch, the former Civil Service Branch and the former City and New Territories Administration. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

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Joey Mathekga representing South Africa Joey Mathekga Inaugural Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Divanandum (Prahba) Chinien representing Mauritius Divanandum (Prahba) Chinien Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Mauritius Corporate and Business Registration Department Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Martin Fidler Jones representing United Kingdom Martin Fidler Jones General Secretary REPRESENTING: United Kingdom Companies House Martin Fidler Jones joined Companies House in 2021, responsible for international affairs, following a decade in charity sector public affairs, policy and communications. He has been CRF Secretary since 2021. A fluent French speaker, Martin has also worked at the heart of Parliaments and their governments in Wales, the UK and the EU. He holds an Honours degree in Economics and a Masters in International Relations, with a specialism in climate change politics. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Kinnie Wong representing Hong Kong, China Kinnie Wong Treasurer REPRESENTING: Hong Kong, China Companies Registry Before assuming the Post of the Registrar of Companies in July 2022, Miss Helen Tang served in various policy bureaux and departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, including the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, the former Home Affairs Bureau, the Government Logistics Department, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Department of Health, the former Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau, the former Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau, the former Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority, the former Health and Welfare Branch, the former Civil Service Branch and the former City and New Territories Administration. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Michael Brosnahan representing New Zealand Michael Brosnahan Secretary REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Mr Masena joined the then Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (ROCIP) in 1999 as a Commercial Officer and rose through the ranks to Commercial Officer – Head of Companies and Business Names (2001), Senior Commercial Officer – Head of Copyright Section (2003), Principal Commercial Officer – Head of Companies Division (2007), Deputy Registrar (2009), Registrar (2011), until he become the Registrar General at the newly created parastatal (CIPA). He is credited with putting in place processes that significantly reduced the turn-around times for registering companies in Botswana, spearheading the amendments of the Companies Act, Copyright Act and the Industrial Property Act, and leading the transformation of ROCIP to an autonomous body. Mr Masena has also cemented CIPA’s relationship with international bodies such as the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) and the Corporate Registers Forum among others, ensuring that all CIPA activities are based on international standards. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

K Latha representing Singapore K Latha Assistant Secretary REPRESENTING: Singapore Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni