Annual Report 2019

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OVERVIEW STATEMENT (CONT’D.) 5. Professional Development of Directors In line with Paragraph 15.08 of MMLR, the Directors recognise the importance and value of continuous professional development in order to keep themselves abreast with the changes in the aviation and digital industry, as well as new statutory and regulatory requirements. During the Financial Year, the Directors attended and participated in training programmes, conferences and seminars that covered the areas of corporate governance, finance, global business developments and relevant industry updates, which enable them to discharge their duties effectively. The details of training programmes, conferences and seminars attended by the Directors during the Financial Year are outlined below: Name Programmes Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun • Global Entrepreneur Symposium 2019 at the International Islamic University of Malaysia on 24 September 2019. • Seminar Siswapreneur 2019 at Kolej Mawar, UiTM on 19 October 2019. Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes • Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leaders Program Design Workshop, Hawai’i, 1 January 2019 to 7 January 2019. • MIT Asia Business Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 2 March 2019. • Harvard Asia Business Conference Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 3 March 2019. • Money 20/20 Asia, Singapore, on 19 March 2019. • Milken Tokyo Symposium, Tokyo, on 25 March 2019. • 22 nd Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference, Hong Kong, on 26 March 2019. • Oracle Open World Asia 2019, Singapore, on 27 March 2019. • ABAC Luncheon Dialogue Meeting, Bangkok, on 4 April 2019. • ASEAN Secretariat Dialogue, Jakarta, on 9 April 2019. • 3 rd Credit Suisse Asia Entrepreneurs Forum, Singapore, on 14 May 2019. • Rise Hong Kong on 9 July 2019. • Rakuten Optimism 2019, Yokohama, Japan, on 1 August 2019. • Cloud Training for Directors, Sepang, on 7 August 2019 (AirAsia in-house training). • Data Dashboard Training for Senior Management, Sepang, on 16 August 2019 (AirAsia in house training). • EPF Learning Campus 2019 Knowledge Fair, Kajang, on 9 October 2019. • ASEAN Business & Investment Summit Keynote, Bangkok, on 2 November 2019. • National Resilence College, Puspahanas, Putrajaya, on 10 December 2019. • Suhakam 2019 International Human Rights Day Forum, Bangsar South, on 10 December 2019. • MDEC 2019: MySkills, Bangsar South, on 10 December 2019. • Obama Foundation Leadership, Bangsar South, 11 December 2019 – 13 December 2019. • Kuala Lumpur Summit, KLCC, on 19 December 2019. 186 MORE THAN JUST AN AIRLINE >