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Rosanne Bell representing Australia Rosanne Bell President REPRESENTING: Australia Australian Registry Business Services Rosanne leads the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)’s Registry team which is responsible for providing efficient and accessible business registers that make it easier to do business. In this role, she oversees the administration of over 30 legal registers, registers of companies and business names, and a range of professional and other registers. The Registry team handles more than 3 million lodgements and facilitates more 120 million searches each year. Rosanne is also responsible for ASIC’s Customer Contact Centre, which handles over 900,000 enquiries annually. Rosanne has implemented major reforms including the National Business Names register and a new Financial Advisers Register. She also leads ASIC’s work with government to substantially modernise business registers. Rosanne is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the president of the international Corporate Registers Forum, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and postgraduate qualifications. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Louise Smyth representing United Kingdom Louise Smyth Executive Committee REPRESENTING: United Kingdom Companies House Louise Smyth joined Companies House in September 2017 as Chief Executive and Registrar for England and Wales. Before joining Companies House Louise held a number of senior positions at the International Property Office (IPO), including director of IT, Director of People, Places & Services. Louise went on to become Chief Operating Officer in 2014, responsible for Corporate Services: IT, People, Places and Services and Finance. Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Hamad Al Neaimi representing United Arab Emirates Hamad Al Neaimi Executive Committee Member and Conference President REPRESENTING: Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Kenneth Yap representing Singapore Kenneth Yap Executive Committee REPRESENTING: Singapore Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden representing Samoa Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega-Voorwinden Executive Member 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

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

Hala Khaled Al Ameri representing United Arab Emirates Hala Khaled Al Ameri Executive Committee REPRESENTING: United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Global Market Registration Authority Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Mr Michael Brosnahan representing New Zealand Mr Michael Brosnahan Secretary REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Michael Brosnahan representing New Zealand Michael Brosnahan Secretary REPRESENTING: New Zealand Companies Office Previous Comittee Members: Select a Year Notable Alumni

Richard Shaw representing Canada Richard Shaw Inaugural Executive Committee Member REPRESENTING: Canada Corporations Canada 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

Hong Kong 2017 6th - 10th March Corporate Registries - Challenges and Opportunities, Today and Tomorrow The 2017 Corporate Registers Forum conference was hosted by the Hong Kong Company Register (CR). The 13th Annual Conference of the Corporate Registers Forum was held in Hong Kong from Monday 6th March to Friday 10th March 2017 which included a tour to the Company Register and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The theme for the conference was “Corporate Registries – Challenges and Opportunities, Today and Tomorrow”. HOSTED BY: Hong Kong Company Register (CR) Past Conferences Select a Year