TRENDS IN WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN ASIA PACIFIC

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1 TRENDS IN WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN ASIA PACIFIC AUGUST 23, 2017 (August 22, 2017 in North and South America) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

2 MODERATOR PETER WALTS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Employment Law Alliance Global Peter Walts joined the ELA as a business development consultant in 2014 and now serves as COO of the organization. He is a highly energetic and successful business leader with over 25 years' experience helping organizations grow in challenging, competitive, and volatile markets. Pete is responsible for leading the operational activities of the ELA and works closely with board and committee leaders to develop growth for the organization. MARIE COSTA, SPECIAL COUNSEL Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne, Australia Marie specializes in workplace health and safety and is a key member of Corrs Employment, Workplace Relations and Safety team. With over a decade of experience practising in criminal and workplace health and safety law, Marie s skills are unique to Corrs and are invaluable under the current workplace health and safety statutory regime, which is a criminal regime. Marie assists a range of clients with incident response, advice, investigations, prosecutions, coronial inquests and training. CARL BLAKE, SENIOR ASSOCIATE Simpson Grierson Auckland, New Zealand Carl is a senior associate in the firm's employment law group. He provides strategic advice on all aspects of employment law, including corporate restructures, sales and purchases of businesses, personal grievances, employment agreements and policies, health and safety, human rights and privacy, accident compensation, and collective bargaining. Carl regularly attends mediations on behalf of employers and has appeared before the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court and Court of Appeal. His work experience, at the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Human Rights Commission, gives Carl a broad understanding of ACC issues affecting employers and compliance issues with legislation, such as the Human Rights Act and Privacy Act.

3 JENNY TSIN, PARTNER Wong Partnership Singapore Jenny Tsin is the Joint Head of the Employment Practice and a Partner in both the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice and the Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice. Jenny is experienced in all aspects of employment laws, with particular focus on preventing and resolving disputes between employers and employees. In this context, Jenny regularly drafts and negotiates exit agreements and manages disputes when they arise. Jenny also advises clients in respect of their employment related regulatory obligations such as those under the Employment Act, the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, the Central Provident Fund Act and the Industrial Relations Act. Jenny is recognised as a leading lawyer for Employment in Singapore by Chambers Asia-Pacific Asia Pacific's Leading Lawyers for Business and The Legal 500 The Client s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession, as well as a leading practitioner in the area of Labour & Employment in Best Lawyers, Asialaw Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Profiles and Who's Who Legal. Chambers Asia-Pacific highlights her skill "in contentious employment matters, including negotiating exit agreements, wrongful terminations and investigating employee misconduct", lauding Jenny for her "very good technical knowledge" and that she "is very mindful of the possible adverse publicity that these matters can generate and advises accordingly." Who's Who Legal also praises her for giving "very timely responses", offering "high-quality advice" and that she "demonstrates deep subject matter knowledge." Jenny is a Vice-Chair of the International Pacific Bar Association's Employment & Immigration Committee. She speaks frequently at employment law seminars, such as those organised by the International Pacific Bar Association. She co-authors the Randstad Workpocket Singapore and is a consultant editorial board member for LexisNexis Practical Guidance on Employment Laws in Singapore. VIVIEN YUI, PARTNER Wong Partnership Singapore Vivien YUI is the Joint Head of the Employment Practice and is a Partner in the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Establishment, Corporate Governance & Compliance, and Private Equity Practices. Her main practice areas are private mergers and acquisitions, employment, corporate governance and compliance and general corporate and commercial work. Vivien practises general corporate law, with an emphasis on representing private equity investments, especially in biotechnology and biomedical companies. Her clients in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and biotechnology industries include major private equity firm 3i, Bio*One Capital (the dedicated biomedical sciences investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board) and Invida Group, formed by Zuellig, Quintiles and Temasek Holdings and now owned by Menarini, the largest pharmaceutical company in Italy. She has also been involved in transactions with major healthcare and pharmaceutical players such as GlaxoSmithKline, Reckitt Benckiser, Eli Lilly, Novartis, amongst others. She regularly advises The Employment Law Alliance clients is the most on licensing, comprehensive development network and marketing of laboragreements. and employment Vivien is attorneys recognised inas the a leading world. Our members provide employment, lawyer labor, in the area and of immigration life sciences expertise transactional in more in Who's than Who 120 countries Legal's The around International the globe, Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. all 50 U.S. states, and all 10 Canadian provinces. We work closely together to ensure our clients legal matters are handled seamlessly wherevervivien they do is the business. Joint Head We of provide the Firm's a Employment smarter, more Practice, efficient she and regularly effective advises alternative multinational to corporations using a single on their multi-state global share or multi-national incentive plans law and firm. establishment of local employment practices, benefits and policies. She also assists clients with immigration law and regulatory issues.

4 REENA ENBASEGARAM, PARTNER Shearn Delamore & Co. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia An Industrial Relations lawyer since 2002, Reena does, apart from conducting hearings/trials in this area of practice also provide advice on various aspects of employment law. This includes advice on disciplinary action, managing unsatisfactory performance, dealing with employment issues in restructuring exercises as well as drafting/vetting employment-related documents. LL.B (Hons), University of Glamorgan, Wales Certificate of Legal Practice Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya CYNTHIA CHUNG, PARTNER Deacons Hong Kong Cynthia is head of the Corporate Commercial group and also leads the HR and Pensions practice. She has considerable experience in all labour-related matters and obtaining employment visas for expatriates and their families. She also advises on occupational retirement schemes and the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF). Cynthia is also experienced in the setting up and advising on on-going requirements of companies limited by guarantee e.g. private clubs and non-profit organisations. Cynthia regularly advises employers on drafting of employment contracts, reviewing employment related policies and handbooks, drafting of benefit compensation plans, advising on employment disputes, discrimination issues and privacy issues. She recently acted for a major airline in restructuring their workforce after a change in business strategy. Other highlights include advising a multi-national company in defending a claim of discrimination in the Equal Opportunities Commission. ATUL GUPTA, PARTNER Trilegal Bangalore, India Atul Gupta is Partner, Trilegal and is part of Employment and Corporate practice group. He possesses extensive experience and specialist knowledge of India s complex labour and employment laws, and regularly assists clients in managing all legal aspects of their human capital. Over his career, Atul has also represented numerous companies on business acquisitions and investments, and has extensively advised on compliances under corporate and foreign exchange laws, as well as a wide range of regulatory and technology law related issues. Atul s practice reflects his mixed corporate and employment law experience, giving him the ability to provide comprehensive advice on complex domestic and cross border transactions. He regularly advises clients on asset and business sales/acquisitions and is well placed to help clients navigate the corporate and employment law issues that form a pertinent part of these transactions. Atul draws upon a broad base of experience and practical knowledge in his practice, and his clients have included major organizations across varied sectors such as food and confectionary, automobile, logistics, health and imaging, renewable power, retail, e-commerce, technology services, outsourcing, consulting, IT products & services and telecom. Atul regularly conducts training sessions for clients and also contributes to legal publications by organizations such as the IBLJ, World Bank, etc. Atul has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 guides. Atul is an alumnus of University of Pune. He is a member of Bar Council of Karnataka, India.

5 NOTES The Employment Law Alliance is the most comprehensive network of labor and employment attorneys in the world. Our members provide employment, labor, and immigration expertise in more than 120 countries around the globe, all 50 U.S. states, and all 10 Canadian provinces. We work closely together to ensure our clients legal matters are handled seamlessly wherever they do business. We provide a smarter, more efficient and effective alternative to using a single multi-state or multi-national law firm.