Geared to C-suite Executives, financial leaders and accountants, this seminar will uncover key details and impact in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as well as to equip you with vital lessons that can sustain and uplift your organisation and business to higher levels, despite the expected increased competition and market liberalisation.

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11 April 2016 (Monday)Connexion@Nexus, Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur

What’s in it for Accountants?

TPPA Seminar 2016

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Billed as the largest and most influential trade agreement in history, the TPPA is predicted to expand Malaysia's import and export volumes, and stimulate trade opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. What are the tax, commercial and legislative repercussions of its implementation? How will it affect the accounting profession and business? Accountants, as business partners and managers of value, will be pivotal in ensuring clients and stakeholders benefit from the TPPA. It is imperative for them, as vanguards of business, to have a clear understanding on the ramifications of the TPPA, as they must be competent to guide businesses through the post-TPPA landscape.

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

8.00am Registration & Welcome Refreshment

9.00am Realising Malaysia’s TPPA Vision

Gain a big picture of the TPPA landscape and details of Malaysia’s journey towards membership in this game-changing trade pact. What issues and challenges did Malaysia encounter in the process of becoming a member of TPPA? Where do we stand now, and what more needs to be done to realise Malaysia’s TPPA dream?

Speaker: Wan Wadrina Wan Abdul Wahab | Senior Principal Assistant Director, Ministry of International Trade & Industry

10.00am Morning Refreshment

10.30am TPPA: The Economic Impacts

With the TPPA, will we see a net growth effect? Will economic stimulus and disruption from the TPPA lead to job creation or job losses? PwC’s latest research indicates the TPPA will have far-reaching impact on the Malaysian economy and selected key economic sectors. We examine the economic impact arising from Malaysia’s involvement in the TPPA, and conversely, the impact if Malaysia had rejected the TPPA.

Speaker: Tengku Muhammad Taufik | Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

11.30am Addressing Non-Economic Concerns: A National Interest Analysis

The TPPA is predicted to have a sweeping influence not just on the global market and its member economies, but also on society, regulations, and the environment. What can stakeholders expect from its implementation? Gain an alternative perspective on the non-economic impact of the TPPA.

Speaker: Firdaos Rosli | Fellow, Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

12.30pm Lunch

2.00pm TPPA and the Evolving Roles of Professional Accountants in Business

Accountants, as business partners and managers of value, will be pivotal in ensuring the TPPA takes off. How can accountants steward their organisations to bring the TPPA to fruition? Answering this question and more, we will examine the following concerns: How will TPPA affect accountants in the commercial sphere? What can accountants do to leverage on TPPA? Which industries will benefit from TPPA, and vice-versa, which industries may face increased competition?

Moderator: Wan Saiful Wan Jan | Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)

Panellists: Tengku Muhammad Taufik | Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

YBhg. Dato’ Dr Lukman Ibrahim | MIA Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee Member

3.15pm Tax Impact of TPPA: What Must Accountants Know?

The TPPA is expected to facilitate trade in its twelve member nations by liberalising regulations and breaking down tariff and non-tariff barriers. What can accountants expect in terms of tax developments post-TPPA? Will there be a reduction in levies and diminished taxes? Will there be tax exemptions and lowered trade and non-tariff barriers? We will attempt to separate reality from the rumours to provide an accurate snapshot of its impact on taxation.

Speaker: Thenesh Kannaa | Tax Advisor, TraTax Malaysia

4.00pm Understanding the Legal Implications of TPPA

A new trade pact will undoubtedly require reforms and revisions to existing legislation. In the wake of TPPA implementation, accountants can expect new laws regulating how member countries conduct business. We will examine the relevant regulatory and compliance impact of implementing TPPA, in particular the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, which stands accused of impinging on individual sovereignty. As a fitting conclusion, our expert will explain the impact of TPPA ratification and chart Malaysia’s path forward. We will also look into the ramifications in the event Malaysia withdraw from the TPPA.

Speaker: S. Saravana Kumar | Partner, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

4.45pm Refreshment & End of Seminar

OBJECTIVES

This seminar seeks to:• explain the framework of the TPPA and

Malaysia’s involvement and roles.• evaluate the potential economic and

non-economic impact of TPPA on Malaysia.

• prepare you and your business for the opportunities and threats emerging from TPPA.

• share best practices on how accountants can ensure enterprise sustainability in the post-TPPA regime.

• help you understand the tax and legal complexities of conducting business with other TPPA nations.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• C-Suite Executives• Senior Management• Directors• Accountants• Business Owners• Business Development Managers• Managers and Executives who handle

Finance

SPEAKERS

WAN WADRINA WAN ABDUL WAHAB

Wan Wadrina is currently a Senior Principal Assistant Director, Strategic Negotiations at MITI.

Previously, she was a Counsellor (Economy) at Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

TENGKU MUHAMMAD TAUFIK

Taufi k is Executive Director, Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Capital Sdn Bhd. He joined PwC

after accumulating 15 years experience in the private sector with particular focus on project analysis, feasibility reviews, fi nancing and structuring for capital projects in the Oil & Gas industry. He has strong exposure in both strategic planning and investment valuations. Throughout his time in the private sector he managed key work streams to support entry strategies for business and worked closely with senior management teams to develop investment plans and related fund-raising requirements. Most recently he co-led the PwC team which conducted the National Cost Benefi t Analysis before Malaysia’s entry into the TPPA. As part of the assignment he was responsible for conducting the sectoral analysis to assess the impact of the agreement to key sectors of the Malaysian economy, including Oil & Gas, Palm Oil and Automotive. He is a member of MIA and ICAEW.

FIRDAOS ROSLI

Firdaos is a Fellow at the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. He started his career in the accounting and

banking sectors before moving to the public sector as an Assistant Director in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 2004. He held various responsibilities in bilateral and regional relations, Asia Pacifi c Economic Cooperation, as well as the main secretariat to the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement negotiation team. He also served in the Minister’s Offi ce as the Senior Private Secretary to the Deputy Minister of MITI. Recently, he was tasked as the project director of a Cabinet-mandated report entitled “The National Interest Analysis on Malaysia’s Participation in the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership” with a group of researchers from ISIS Malaysia. Firdaos studied Business Foundation Programme from St. Andrew’s College, Cambridge before pursuing his degree in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University, United Kingdom. He also holds a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Malaysia.

WAN SAIFUL WAN JAN

Wan Saiful is Chief Executive of IDEAS. He is also Director of the Southeast Asia Network for Development, and Chairman of the

Istanbul Network for Liberty. Additionally, he is also a member of the Advisory Board at Laureate International Malaysia; member of the Advisory Board of the University of Nottingham’s School of Politics, History and International Relations; a Governor at Raffl esia Education Group; and Chairman of IDEAS Academy, a not for profi t learning centre for stateless and refugee children in Kuala Lumpur. In August 2015, he was appointed as a member of the National Consultative Committee on Political Financing, following the Prime Minister's announcement on its set up. He is a columnist for The Star and Sin Chew Jit Poh newspapers and contributes to several other national and regional press. His opinions have been quoted by various media, including the BBC, Reuters, Asian Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera and The Economist.

YBHG. DATO’ DR LUKMAN IBRAHIM

Dato’ Dr Lukman is President of ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee, and is a member

of the MIA Council and the MIA Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee. He is the Chief Executive Offi cer of LI Commerce Sdn Bhd. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Progressive Impact Berhad, in addition to being the Audit Committee Deputy Chairman for the company. Prior to this, he spent over 24 years in the automotive industry in various portfolios including being the Managing Director of PHN Industry Sdn Bhd and had also served in Proton Part Centre Sdn Bhd, PROTON Berhad, and Automotive Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Dato’ Dr Lukman is a fellow member of the ACCA, and a member of MIA and MICPA. He holds a BBA majoring in Accounting & Finance and an MBA from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, as well as a PhD in Accountancy from UiTM.

THENESH KANNAA

Thenesh is Partner at Thenesh, Renga & Associates (TraTax Malaysia), a fi rm of chartered accountants dedicated to

providing quality tax advice. He is licensed tax agent on Income Tax and GST, and is a sought-after presenter on tax matters. He had spoken at over 100 conferences and seminars and was interviewed by Traxx.fm of RTM 4 on the TPPA. He is also a prolifi c writer, having authored three taxation books for Kluwer Wolters (CCH), including the Master GST Guide, as well as a wide range of articles on contemporary tax matters. Thenesh holds a diploma in International Taxation from the Leiden University, Netherlands. He is a fellow member of ACCA and a member of MIA, CTIM and IFA (Netherlands). He is also a member of the CTIM's Editorial Committee and the Technical Committee for Indirect Taxes.

S. SARAVANA KUMAR

Saravana is a tax lawyer with Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill, and appears before the Special Commissioners of Income Tax, the

High Court and the Court of Appeal on various tax and customs disputes in Malaysia. He also represents taxpayers in negotiations with the Inland Revenue Board, Royal Malaysian Customs and Ministry of Finance. Besides tax litigation, he actively advises on tax advisory & planning, tax audit & investigation, transfer pricing, double taxation issues in cross-border transactions, indirect tax and stamp duty matters. He has written numerous tax-related articles, and co-authored CCH Asia’s Malaysia Singapore Tax Cases Digest. He is also a frequent speaker at tax conferences. Saravana holds an LL.B (Second Class Upper Honours) from University of London, an LL.M in Taxation from the London School of Economics and an M.Sc in Development Planning from University College London. He has been called both to the English Bar and Malaysian Bar.

I urge all Malaysians to keep an open mind on the TPPA. Acknowledge that while there are costs, there are also benefi ts to Malaysia.

Dato' Mustapa MohamedMinister of International Trade and Industry (Source: The Star Online)

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TPPA SEMINAR 2016 – What’s in it for Accountants?

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11 April 2016 (Monday), Connexion @ Nexus,Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur

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