Gerard M. Pillai
Strategy Advisor
Gerard has more than 20 years of industry experience working for Global Multinational Consulting Organization, Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers), United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) funded Inter Governmental Organization in addition to advising technology companies from start up to growth stages, including overseeing Mergers & Acquisitions by Global Brands and IPOs.
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He is a past Councilor of PIKOM (The National ICT Association of Malaysia), a member of Technopreneur Association of Malaysia(TeAM), past panelist for MDeC (Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation) committees, Evaluator for Government Committees, Panelist for SIRIM, HRDF Committees among other appointments.
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In 1999, he was accepted as a Professional member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia. He is a member of the Institute of Marketing Malaysia (IMM), Malaysian Association of Facility Management (MAFM) and Associate of the Institute of Asset Management, UK.
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Gerard is also a member of the Malaysian Finance Association, an Associate member of the Malaysian Association of Certified Coaches and a member of the Malaysia Australia Business Council.
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He was also the Consulting Chief Operating Officer for a currently listed entity on the ACE Market.Gerard graduated with a BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance (Liverpool, United Kingdom) and MBA (International Management) (Australia) in 1993 and 2001 respectively.