PROGRAMME - MAICSA CONFERENCE 2025

This session covers the latest regulatory updates issued by the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) impacting corporate governance practices. It is crucial for company secretaries, directors, and compliance professionals to stay informed about these changes to ensure compliance. The session will highlight:

• LLP (Amendment) Act 2024 - Enforcement and Implementation
• Company Limited by Guarantee - Recent Updates
• Moveable Property Security Interest -- Expectations and challenges
• Proposed New Reporting Framework for Nominees under the CA 2016

As sustainability reporting evolves, businesses face increasing challenges in ensuring data accuracy, meeting regulatory compliance, and managing resource limitations. This session brings you exclusive insights to simplify ESG reporting and optimise your sustainability strategy with technology-driven solution. It will also highlight the broader application of the Centralised Sustainability Intelligence (CSI) Platform and provide industry insights.

In the era of heightened governance expectations and regulatory scrutiny, company secretaries must not only ensure statutory compliance but also play a proactive role in safeguarding their organisations from anti-competitive practices. Company secretaries must understand the red flags and advise boards on the governance measures to prevent such practices. This session will delve into the implications and rules for company secretaries including procurement and tendering exercises, other high-impact MyCC cases which offers valuable lessons and compliance takeaways that are directly relevant to board advisory and risk management functions.

Corporate culture is the invisible force that shapes behaviours, decision-making, and accountability within organisations. In today's governance landscape, boards and company secretaries must do more than set policies—they must foster a culture rooted in ethics, transparency, and shared values. This session explores how organisations can consciously build and sustain an ethical culture through structured ethics programmes, leadership commitment, and measurable frameworks. Through a thought-provoking panel discussion, governance professionals will gain insights into practical approaches to developing, embedding, and assessing ethical culture in a way that drives long-term trust and responsible governance.

Because good governance doesn't end—it evolves. In an era of board transformation, leadership transitions are no longer just HR matters—they're governance imperatives. This panel explores why succession planning should be embedded in the governance strategy, not left to chance. From grooming internal talent to planning emergency transitions, discover how organisations can build leadership pipelines that ensure resilience, stability, and board continuity.

This session will enable participants to gain a good understanding of the E-invoicing system including the latest updates into the journey of E-invoicing implementation. The session will delve into the key concern surrounding E-invoicing adoption which amongst others includes updates and practical challenges faced by taxpayers, the types of Government support available and potential penalties for non-compliance.

In an increasingly interconnected world, data privacy and information security have become paramount to the resilience and reputation of organisations. As digital transformation accelerates, the risks of data breaches, cyber threats, and compliance violations grow more complex and consequential. A single incident, whether caused by a malicious attack or inadvertent staff error, can result in financial loss, reputational damage, and regulatory penalties. Therefore organisations must demonstrate that privacy and security are not afterthoughts, but integral to their operations. This session will explore the importance of cultivating a strong foundation in data protection through training and awareness programmes. From regulatory frameworks to crisis response planning, we will examine how proactive measures and continuous training can build resilience, ensure compliance, and maintain digital trust.

The Trustee Amendment Act 2025 introduces pivotal reforms to the Trustee Act 1949, modernising Malaysia's trust framework to align with global best practices. This session provides a comprehensive overview of the key amendments, their practical implications, and the new responsibilities placed on trustees, settlors, beneficiaries, and financial institutions. Participants will gain insights into transitional challenges for existing trusts and how to navigate compliance during the shift. The discussion will also include a comparative analysis with trust law developments in jurisdictions such as Singapore and the UK, with emphasis on anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards.

The discussion will unpack how Malaysia's CPI score reflects public trust, enforcement effectiveness, and institutional integrity—and what this means for the private sector. The panel will also examine current fraud trends, key red flags, and how companies can build resilient anti-fraud frameworks.

In an age of accelerating disruption—be it digital transformation, geopolitical instability, regulatory shifts, or climate risk—boards must become more agile, forward-looking, and adaptive. This session explores how "agile governance" enables boards to move beyond traditional oversight toward proactive leadership. Discover how resilient boards embed agility in decision-making, board composition, stakeholder engagement, and crisis response.