Financial Crime Forum Political Risk and Business Continuity

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30 November, 1 December 2006

30 November 2006

09:30 - Introduction to Political Risk and Business Continuity Issues.

TBA.

09:30 – 10:30 – Entering New Markets – Assessing Risk

TBA

10:30 -11:00 – Coffee

11:00 – 12:00 – When criminals destabilise governments:

Lessons from the Pakistan / Afghanistan border

Mr Muhammad Shiraz, Director General, Central Analysis, Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan.

12:00 – 13:00 The peace dividend:

How the peace deal in Aceh has transformed Indonesia's reputation.

Indonesian Embassy, Kuala Lumpur

Thailand in the past 12 months, and its reflected impact on markets in the region.

CIMB

15:00 – 16:00 Doing business in the face of sanctions:

Making inward investment

DPRK (North Korea) Embassy, Kuala Lumpur

The Bank Negara Malaysia Business continuity plan:

Application outside the financial sector.

Maybank.

1 December 2006

09:00 – 10:00 How London prepared for and recovered from the events of 7 July 2005.

British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur

Political Risks Insurance:

insurable risks and how they are assessed.

Chan Cheng Lok, EXIM Bank, Malaysia.

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee

11:30 – 12:30 Protecting Capital Assets

Hill and Associates.

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

(extended lunch to take account of Friday prayers for Muslim speakers and delegates).

14:00 – 15:00 Communicating when the comms don't work:

How telecoms providers prepare for major incidents and the exceptional loads on their systems.

Celcom

15:00 – 16:00

Terrorism and threats as a cause of destabilising governments

Marsh

16:00 – 16:30 Tea

16:30 – 17:30 Cash management in an emergency

The lessons from Hurricane Katrina and Typhoon Xangsane included that banks were simply washed away. Can you run your business in the absence of working bank branches?

HSBC

17:30 Wrap Up