Syafinaz Merican Binti Isahak Merican

As a global professional with experiences in Malaysia, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore, Syafinaz Merican is currently serving as a Director for three funds managed by Fairshore Asset Management (FAMCO), and is a MAS Regulated Investment Manager based in Singapore representing over USD$4.0bn in assets. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Business Administration (International Business) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA and had early trainings at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where she specialised in regional and local corporate finance covering privatisations, M&A transactions, corporate restructuring, risk, regulation & compliance management, and other advisory services. Syafinaz also served as the Founding Director and General Manager of Patchi Malaysia, and as a Corporate Advisor with Dragoni International LLC, Dubai, where she performed strategic management to enhance the company’s performance and value for DEPA PLC, a global interior contracting and solutions company on the Dubai NASDAQ, to acquire the company as its majority shareholder.