Personal Profiles
Malaysia Office | Singapore Office
Lena Yong – Executive Director and Trainer
As Executive Director and Chief Trainer, Lena drives the training curriculum at LIAM Consultants and oversees to material that are included in the training syllabus. She is key to the direction taken in the courses and holds a firm belief that everyone, if taught properly, can be a great sales person.
Lena brings to LIAM a wealth of sales experience both as a sales manager and as a sales person with over 25 years of experience in the financial industry. She was formerly heading sales teams in regional and international equity houses such as CLSA and Australian-based investment bank, Macquarie Group. Prior to becoming a sales person, Lena was a senior analyst with UBS and SG Warburg and began her career as a business journalist in The Business Times in Malaysia.
Mohammad Ridzuan – Managing Director and Chief Trainer
Mohammad Ridzuan, Liam Consultants’ Regulations and Compliance Specialist, graduated from University of Wales, Aberyswyth with BSc Economics, majoring in Accounting and Finance. Ridzuan, as he is fondly known, worked with Bursa Malaysia (the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) and the Securities Commission for 8 years as a Senior Market Examiner (from 1997 to 2005). He was the Head of Compliance at Macquarie Capital Securities Malaysia (from 2005 to 2009) and then moved to Nomura Securities Malaysia as Head of Compliance for Malaysia and the Asia Pacific Emerging Markets (2009 – 2013).
With his vast knowledge on ethics, risk management and corporate governance, Ridzuan has a unique perspective and understanding of optimizing investment objectives within various regulatory and compliance requirements in the Asia Pacific region. He has also trained senior management at various levels on integrity, reputational risks and managing clients’ perceptions of their decisions.