The Judges

Our judging panel comprises members of our leadership team and rising entrepreneurs. Scroll down to learn who's on board this year.

Nurul A'in Abdul Latif
Markets Leader
PwC Malaysia

Nurul A’in Abdul Latif is the Markets Leader at PwC Malaysia. She also leads the Assurance Technology, Information, Communications and Entertainment (TICE) and Energy Industry Practice in Malaysia. She has over 16 years of experience in providing audit and business advisory services. Nurul has worked with clients in a range of industries including media, telecommunications, and oil & gas, for both public listed companies as well as cross border clients. Nurul is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). She's trilingual. She speaks and writes Mandarin, English, Malay, and is a mother to four children.

Yeoh Chen Chow
Co-Founder
Fave

Chen Chow is the co-founder of Fave, one of South East Asia's fastest-growing local commerce O2O platform, which connects thousands of restaurants, cafes, spas, studios, hotels and services with millions of consumers. He is also the co-founder of KFit, a regional fitness sharing platform. Prior to Fave and KFit, he was the Regional Operations Director for Groupon Asia Pacific, Product Manager for JobStreet.com and a management consultant with Accenture. Chen Chow is an Eisenhower Fellow and an alumnus of Cornell University. He is an active angel investor, with investments in about 10 start-ups in the region. In his free time, he enjoys mentoring students, young professionals and entrepreneurs.

Dato' Mohammad Faiz Azmi
Executive Chairman
PwC Malaysia

Dato’ Faiz is the Executive Chairman of PwC and was an Assurance partner in Financial Services from 1996 to 2012. He is the immediate past President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), past Chairman of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) and was appointed Chair of the Islamic Finance Consultative Group of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in 2016. When he’s not busy at work, Dato’ Faiz enjoys traveling around the world, fiddling around with his film and digital cameras and working on his photography skills. He is also a self-confessed geek and enjoys flying drones and testing out the latest gadgets.

Stephanie Ping
Co-Founder & CEO
WORQ

Stephanie Ping is on a mission to build and grow the largest and most productive network of community-driven coworking spaces in ASEAN with the goal of creating a better work-life for the modern workforce. She envisions spaces which are convenient, affordable and inspiring, where members thrive by collaborating with each other. Previously the Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at Axis REIT, she was instrumental in growing the REIT from RM1b to RM2b in 3.5 years - providing 27% shareholder returns per annum at its peak. This was the highest return achieved at the REIT to-date and within the industry. She graduated in the top 5% of her department at Stanford University with a BA in Economics and MS in Management Science and Engineering. After years living in San Francisco and Chicago, Stephanie returned to Malaysia to create an entrepreneurship community for Asia, inspired by her experience at Stanford and Silicon Valley.

Tan Siow Ming
Deals Leader
PwC Malaysia

Siow Ming is the Deals Leader in PwC Malaysia. With over 24 years of professional experience with PwC, Siow Ming’s expertise includes deal advisory, negotiation support, sell-side advisory, financial model reviews and due diligence. He has also worked with both private equity and corporate clients spanning different industries notably manufacturing telecoms, food & beverage, plantations, hospitality, industry chemicals and consulting services. He is passionate about developing the next generation of leaders in the Deals practice and regularly tweets (@siowmingtan) about the latest happenings within his team.