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Teresa Cristina Pantoja representing Brazil Teresa Cristina Pantoja President in Transition REPRESENTING: Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Karen Foat representing Australia Karen Foat Executive Member (August 2022 - current) REPRESENTING: Australia Australian Registry Business Services Karen is the Deputy Registrar of the Australian Business Register, and the Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Business Registry Services business line at the Australian Taxation Office, which is leading our organisation to be a leading tax, super and registry service. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2007 - 2008 Executive Committee Abdul Karim Executive Committee Member and Conference Co-Chair Juthika Ramanathan Executive Committee Member - Conference Co-Chair Silas Modiba Executive Committee Member Lynn Lynch Executive Committee Member Rosanne Bell Executive Committee Richard Shaw Executive Committee Member Rashid Malik Executive Committee Rosanne Bell Executive Committee Justin Hygate Secretary Previous Committee 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

Executive Committee | Corporate Registers Forum 2021 - 2022 Executive Committee Mariyam Visam 2022 Conference Director and Executive Committee Abdul Rasheed Purayil KP Executive Committee Conductor Paul Masena Executive Committee Karen Foat Executive Member (August 2022 - current) Marija Boshkovska Jankovski Executive Committee Ong Khiaw Hong Executive Committee Sanjai Raj Executive Committee Shelley Chua Assistant Secretary Helen Tang Treasurer (from July 2022) Martin Fidler Jones Secretary Robin Hayes Assistant Secretary Michelle Crosby Executive Committee (stepped down August 2022) Kitty Tsui Treasurer (to July 2022) Previous Committee 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

Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden representing Samoa Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member - Global REPRESENTING: Samoa - SIFA Samoa International Finance Authority Mrs. Sieni Voorwinden is the CEO of the Samoa International Finance Authority. In this role she is the Registrar and Regulator of all international entities registered and licensed in and within Samoa. She has over 15 years’ experience in international financial services. She has been instrumental in the development of Samoa’s International Finance Sector, spearheading the establishment of the Samoa International Business Finance Centre Ltd, which is the commercial and marketing arm of the Authority. Sieni is a leading member of National Working Groups addressing various issues relating to the International Finance Sector and is the co-lead negotiator on behalf of Samoa in Samoa’s efforts to delist from the EU Blacklist. She is the lead for Samoan delegations to the OECD Global Forum Peer Review Group on Exchange of Information for Tax transparency as well as other International Standard Setting bodies such as the Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors, Asia Pacific Group on AML/CFT. Sieni has a wealth of experience in compliance, legal and business development initiatives, and is often called upon by international organizations to share insights on these key issues. She is a strong advocate for the Pacific Region in finding solutions for the decline in Correspondent Banking Relationships in the Pacific. Sieni is a lawyer by profession and holds a Conjoint Degree – Bachelor of Arts and Law from University of Auckland, NZ. She is in her second term as the SIFA Chief Executive Office. Prior to her appointment as SIFA CEO in 2020, she was employed as the Chief Operations Manager – of The Cause Collective New Zealand, a Pacific social change agency based in Auckland New Zealand. She holds the traditional chiefly titles of Tuifaasisina from her mother’s family in Falelatai and the title Toeolesulusulu from her father’s family in Satupuala, both villages on the South West Coast of Upolu in Apia Samoa. She is a proud mother of 4 and considers this to be her most challenging but most fulfilling role. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas representing Malta Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas President, and Executive Member - Europe Region, and 2023 Conference Director REPRESENTING: Malta Malta Business Registry Geraldine Spiteri Lucas is a lawyer by profession who acquired a Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta and a warrant to practice in Maltese Courts. She also read a Masters Degree in European Studies and Comparative Law. Geraldine was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Business Registry and Registrar in 2021. Previously to her appointment, she used to head the Legal and Enforcement Unit of the said entity and oversaw its overall function. She also worked for several years in the private sector with a leading Maltese law firm. She is also a member of the board of examiners for the department of Commercial Law of the University of Malta. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Mr Khiaw Hong Ong representing Singapore Mr Khiaw Hong Ong Executive Committee REPRESENTING: Singapore Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Louise Smyth representing United Kingdom Louise Smyth Executive Committee REPRESENTING: United Kingdom Companies House Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Ross van der Schyff representing New Zealand Ross van der Schyff Executive Committee REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Lawyer Ross van der Schyff is the Registrar for registers managed by the Companies Office, including the Register of Companies. He is also the Commissioner of Patents, Trade Marks, Designs and Plant Variety Rights. Mr van der Schyff is the General Manager of Business Integrity Services, Market Services at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). He previously held a number of senior public service roles including General Manager of Resolution Services and Service Support and Design within MBIE Market Services. Mr van der Schyff has also managed the Insolvency and Trustee Service and the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. Before entering the public service in 2003, he was a partner of a law firm, heading up its insolvency division. 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