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BIZADVIZE SERVICES SDN BHD
YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS
BIZADVIZE
SERVICES SDN BHD
COMPANY PROFILE

A business consultancy where your business is our business.
o We provide objective advice, expertise and specialist skills with an aim of creating
value, maximizing growth and improving business performance for clients.
o We focus on strategy, structure, management and operations of the organization.
o We identify options with recommendations and provide additional resources and/or
implementation of solutions.
BizAdvize Services Sdn Bhd provides one of the most comprehensive suite of consulting
services and training in the field of Quality Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource
Management, Finance Management and Strategic Management to organizations across all industries
for building progressive and profitable organizations by creating sustainable competitive advantage in
the market.
Our Mission is to provide effective, competitive, result oriented and practical business solutions to
the organization to optimize their operational efficiency in order to maximize return on investment
and ultimately add value to the organization and community.
Our Services
Financial Arena
o Assessment of financial systems
o Implementing standard reporting systems
o Identifying key performance indicators
o Total outsourcing of book keeping activities including invoicing and debt collection, payment
and payroll preparation
o Preparation of management accounts and management reports
o Cash flow forecasting and reporting
Corporate Services Arena
o Company formation
o Corporate secretarial services
o Provision of registered office
Marketing Arena

o Identifying markets locally and overseas
o Development of marketing strategy for the business or product/services
o Assistance with marketing of product/services
Operational Arena
o Assessment of operational capabilities
o Advice on efficiency of production
o Sourcing of resources
o Development of reports and indicators to monitor operations including performance
Investment Arena
o Merger and acquisition services
o Business assessment and write-up for investment sourcing or sale
o Due diligence for investment purpose
o Business assessment for refinancing or restructuring
o Business valuation
Project Management Arena
o Implementation of financial systems
o Process of a merger with an existing business
o Process of streamlining a merger or an acquisition
Business Startup Arena
o Preparation of business plans
o Mentoring for business strategy
o Preparation of reports for funds sourcing
o Assessment of business viability
Management Arena
o To act as Board advisors
o To act as non-executive directors
IT Arena
o To act as IT consultants
o To develop IT solutions
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Associated with BizIT

BizIT is a strategic working partner with BizAdvize Services Sdn Bhd. BizIT is involved with research
and development on IT trends and technologies, providing customized solutions to private and public
sectors. These include
- Cloud Based Human Resource Information Management Systems - BizPeople
- Business Process automation
- Point of sales for trading businesses
- Maintenance for network infrastructure
- IT consultation on design and development of web application and websites
- Cloud based Accounting system - BizAccounts
UK Support
BizAdvize is associated and collaborates with Guy Pain, a partner with Cottons Corporate Finance, a
UK firm of Chartered Accountants.
Working With BizAdvize Services Sdn Bhd
Ambrose Nathan and Guy Pain have worked together successfully in partnership in the UK before
Ambrose left to continue his career in industry in the Far East. They are currently working on
identifying possibilities for mutual cooperation and development of corporate advisory services given
the vast experience held by both of them.
It is believed that assistance can be provided to Brunei Darussalam in its Wawasan Brunei 2035
objectives by working with the Brunei Economic Development Board and other esteemed
organizations to stimulate business and growth in Brunei Darussalam.
Three key areas of cooperation have been identified:-
Advising UK and European Companies in Investing in Brunei Darussalam
With the assistance of BEDB we can advise on the establishment of Pioneer Industries and Service
Companies in Brunei Darussalam by established operators based in the UK and Europe. The BEDB has
recognized a number of key industry clusters within the export-orientated manufacturing and services
sectors. We believe we can assist in bringing such targeted businesses to consider Brunei Darussalam
as a base for future operations and to develop future markets in the Far East. Although such industries
may require initial assistance from overseas personnel, the objective would be to develop and train
local personnel to develop the businesses in the future.
Resource Planning

Through a network of national and international contacts we have the ability to source products or
services from the UK or Europe that would be useful to develop business in Brunei Darussalam.
Acquisition of, or Investment in, UK and European Companies and Businesses by Brunei
Organizations or Individuals
We believe there are many opportunities to become involved in advising organizations or individuals
from Brunei Darussalam in the acquisition of, or investment in, UK and European companies and
businesses. We can assist in providing strategic advice, commercial and financial due diligence and
general management assistance. We can also serve on the Board of Directors post acquisition or
investment and provide regular reporting and advice going forward. Such acquisitions or investments
may then lead to developing operational facilities in Brunei Darussalam itself to service Far East and
other markets.
Arena Consultants
Ambrose Nathan, BA (Hons) Econ, FCA – Managing Partner +673 871 0020
Jenifer Tan, BBA - Consulting Partner +673 883 2842
Stuart Kemp, BA (Hons) Econ, MBA, CA, FCCA – Consulting Partner +673 713 3791
Kannan Murugan H.D.S.E, CEH – IT Consultant, Developer + 673 719 7611
Guy Pain BA, FCA , CF – UK Advisor +44 797 0191 224
Paul Hirschfield, Ph.D, LLM, ICSL, LLB, B.Med Sci + 673 886 2339
– Regulatory Compliance Advisor
Address – 2nd
Floor, Unit B, Spg 98, Bgn Hjh Dyg Damit Bte Panglima Asgar Dato Paduka Hj Awg
Abdullah, Kg Delima Satu, Jln Muara BB4713, Brunei Darussalam
Telephone - +673 233 9270
Email – info@bizadvize.biz
Website – www.bizadvize.biz

BIZADVIZE
SERVICES SDN BHD

CONSULTANT PROFILE
Name AMBROSE NATHAN
Position Managing Consultant of BizAdvize Services Sdn Bhd
Biography After obtaining his Economics degree from the University of Wolverhampton, United
Kingdom he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984 and became a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales. In 2010 he obtained his fellowship of
the Institute. He worked in various countries for the last 30 years including United Kingdom,
Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia. He was partner in a UK accountancy practice and held
directorships in a number of companies. He eventually branched out as a business
consultant and worked a number of years in corporatization, merger and acquisition roles
including acting as a receiver and liquidator whilst employed by Price Waterhouse, Malaysia.
He also served as the Finance Director of an oil palm refinery which became the second
biggest single refinery in Malaysia.
He has been involved in the security Industry for a total of 16 years in the capacity of
Finance Director, Regional Financial Controller in Asia based in Hong Kong. For 10 years as
the Country Manager and Director of G4S Secure Solutions Sdn Bhd where he built up
Brunei leading man security and cash management services provider and Brunei first secure

storage facility.
He also recently completed a 3 year contract to lead the Finance and Admin team of the
International School Brunei in his role as CFO and undertook the project management of
the finance and construction of the new school buildings.
In 20012 together with Jenifer Tan, he set up BizAdvize During the last 5 years he worked in
collaboration with the BEDB in relation to Management Consultancy for iCenter and Ministry
of Industries and Primary to provide financial advisory services, training and mentorship to
SMEs, start- ups and Cooperatives
Qualification  Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Economics
 Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales
Other Roles  Mentor for Incubates in the i-Center/ DARe/APICTA/BICTA, Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei
 Former Committee member – French Brunei Business Association
 Former Chairman now committee member– British Brunei Business Forum
 Committee for Persatuan Warganegara Malaysia
 Judge for BICTA awards
Awards  Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award 2010 – Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award (
APEA)

Name JENIFER TAN
Position Consulting Partner of BizAdvize Services Sdn Bhd
Biography A graduate from Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Prior to undertaking the degree, had been
working as an Account Assistant with Deloitte and Touche. After completing her degree,
she had worked as an Accountant in a retail company and soon after was offered to
pursue in a professional field in the insurance industry by the General Insurance
Association of Brunei in mid 2001. Towards the last quarter of 2002 joined G4S Secure
Solutions Sdn Bhd as the Finance Manager for 10 ½ years and assumed additional role in
heading the Cash Operations Recon Department in recent year for 2 years.
She jointly set up BizAdvize in 2012 and has been instrumental in the provision of
accounting services to leading private sector SMEs – both directly and through contracts
with the BEDB, iCentre and MIPR.
Qualification  Bachelor of Business Administration.
 Graduate Diploma of the Malaysian Insurance Institute.
Other Roles  Assisted in the setting up of IT policies and heading the IT Department for 5 years.
 Treasurer and Finance Advisor to the BruWild Society since April 2014.
 Assistant Treasurer to the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Brunei (YEAB) since
March 2016.
Awards G4S Secure Solutions Sdn Bhd
 2007 - Asia Pacific G4S Finance Conference Award for Best DSO

Name STUART KEMP
Position Consulting Partner of BizAdvize Services Sdn Bhd
Biography After obtaining his Economics degree from Kingston University, UK in 1986 he began
his career in a Chartered Accountancy practice in Chancery Lane, London. He moved
from practice, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the ACCA and undertook Senior
Financial roles with leading organisations – including a Lloyd’s of London Managing
Agent and the London Ambulance Service.
He moved to Brunei Darussalam in 1998 to undertake the role of Director of Finance &
Administration for one of the Royal Family’s entities before returning to the UK to lead
the implementation of the London Ambulance Service’s Y2K project. In 2000 he
obtained his MBA from Manchester Business School, UK and migrated to New Zealand
with his family.
In New Zealand he undertook Senior Financial and Operational roles – including within
Supply Chain Management for Carter Holt Harvey (New Zealand’s largest company) and
within ICT Project Management for both leading Local Government bodies and as the
Consulting Manager for the New Zealand practice of Australia’s leading ICT vendor
(TechnologyOne).
He returned to Brunei Darussalam in 2009 as the Executive Director/CEO of Asia Inc
Forum and led the company through four business cycles – including the company’s
participation in the APEC CEO Summits in Singapore, USA and Russia as well as the
ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum with the country heads of Thailand, Malaysia and the
Philippines.
From late 2012, he has been Consulting Partner with BizAdvize as well as being the CFO
for an innovative, technology leading Engineering Start-up. Between April 2013 and
June 2015, he assisted the iCentre in an Advisor role.
He has a particular interest in delivering effective change management to enhance
business processes and thereby an organisation’s market position.
Qualification  Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics
 Master of Business Administration
 Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
 Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand

Other Roles  Former Chairman and Treasurer of the Britain Brunei Business Forum.
 Honorary Treasurer for the Royal Brunei Yacht Club for 2014 and 2015.
Name KANNAN MURUGAN
Position IT System Developer/Engineer
Biography Kannan has excellent programming skills in Open Source Languages PHP, ASP, MySQL
and Enterprise Application development tools Visual Basic 6, VB .NET, SQL Server, and
strong knowledge in Database driven applications for Android and iOS. Kannan had 6
years experience in Web scripting and development, and 8 years of relevant experience
in Designing, Planning, Installing, Trouble shooting and maintenance of Wired
Networks, Wireless Networks, VPN Solutions, Remote Access Solutions.
Kannan had also acquired expertise from hands on experience in installing, configuring,
testing, WiMAX products (Intelligent Access Point, Subscriber Module, MWR),
configuring Ethernet Switches, Wired and Wi-fi Routers and other networking
equipments.
Kannan has been supporting the Brunei IT industry since 2002 while working for well
established private company in Brunei where he led projects servicing both private and
government sector.
Qualification  Higher Diploma in Software Engineering
 Certified Ethical Hacker v7
 Certified PHP Developer
 C++
 Java
Other Skill
Sets
• Networking Operations & System Administration
• LAN, WAN implementation, cabling, topologies.
• Maintaining, Optimizing & Troubleshooting PC Hardware
• IBM ISS Site Protector/Server Sensor, RSA Authentication, TalariaX, Trend Micro
Control Manager, Trend Micro Office Scan

Name GUY N PAIN
Position Corporate Finance Consultant
Biography Guy obtained his Accountancy degree from Birmingham City University, United
Kingdom in 1981 and then entered into a training contract with Kidsons. He then
qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 and became a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He became a Fellow of the Institute in
1996 and gained the Corporate Finance qualification in 2006.
Guy was in partnership with Ambrose Nathan, Managing partner of BizAdvize, in a UK
accountancy practice and has spent the majority of his working life being involved with
Corporate Finance, advising domestic and international clients in many business
development areas. Between 1996 and 1998 he worked in industry as Group Finance
Director for an international hardware manufacturing group where he helped
restructure the group from a loss making situation into a highly profitable worldwide
operation with a manufacturing facility in the US and a new distribution operation in
Australia that also serviced the Far East markets.
Guy is currently a partner with a medium sized firm of Chartered Accountants based in
the Midlands, United Kingdom, where he is Corporate Finance partner, leading a team
of people located in the firm’s six offices. He provides corporate finance services to a
number of national clients as well as those from US, Australia, Germany, Ireland and
Thailand.
Guy has historically focused on a number of key corporate areas including:-
• Business Acquisitions
• Business Finance Raising
• Succession Planning and Business Disposals
• Strategic Planning, Business Plans and Financial Forecasts
• Tax Efficient Corporate Restructuring and Incentives
• Company and Business Valuations
• Financial and Commercial Due Diligence and Business Reviews

Qualification Bachelor of Accountancy
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Name PAUL HIRSCHFIELD
Position Regulatory Compliance Advisor
Biography Paul serves as a Consultant within the firm’s Private Client, Corporate, Civil Litigation
and Property practice grouping. Prior to working in Brunei, Paul had worked as an
academic whilst undertaking part-time practice work with a number of Barristers
Chambers and Law-Firms in England. Paul’s doctoral research involved an examination
of the legal and fiduciary implications arising from the process of utilizing Trust and
Trust-like instruments within Multi-Corporate Group structures. Prior to undertaking his
doctorate Paul was a part of the first cohort of LLM students at the University of
London to read International and Comparative Trusts Law, under the supervision of
Professor David Hayton and Professor Paul Matthews. He arrived in Brunei in 2000
upon the launch of the Brunei International Financial Centre and was the first applicant
to be successfully licensed by the Brunei International Finance Center to act as
Registered Agent and Licensed Trustee in conjunction with a private legal practice.
Paul undertakes work in a variety of fields, but maintains a primary interest in Private
Client Work. He has collaborated with a number of leading international firms in this
respect, including, Clifford Chance (New York and London), Charles Russell Solicitors,
(London), Baker and Mackenzie, Deacons (Hong Kong), Wikborg Rein & Co, Simmons
and Simmons, Maple and Calder (Cayman Islands). Paul undertakes drafting, and review
exercises in a range of fields and has undertaken assignments in corporate due
diligence, international commercial work (contentious and non-contentious),
international multi-corporate group structuring and administration, international trusts,
(including Charities), protectorship, probate and succession matters. Although Paul has
consulted upon litigation at all levels, the greater part of Paul’s Consultancy Work does
tend to be High Court work, particularly at appellate level.
In addition to having a continuing academic interest in Corporate Law, Restitution, and
Equity, Paul has written upon, lectured and has delivered Conference Papers in
Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Human Rights, Trusts. Paul’s last published work was
collaboration with a Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong) on Human Rights
Law in the Commonwealth Law Journal.
Spoken Languages: English (Fluent); Malay (Reasonable), Mandarin, (Reasonable with
basic writing skills) and French (Reasonable).
Qualification  2000, Ph.D (Cantab), (Trinity Hall, Cambridge).
‘An examination of the role of trusts in the process of international corporate

structuring and restructuring’.
 1997, LLM (London), International and Comparative Trusts Law with Intellectual
Property (with Distinction).
 1996, ICSL, Bar Vocational Course
 1995, LLB (Hons),
 1992 B.Med Sci, (London)
Other Roles Paul served as a Committee Member and Secretary to the Brunei British Business
Forum, a Registered Society run in conjunction with the British High Commission
(Brunei Darussalam) for the promotion of trade links between Britain and Brunei and
the Brunei Music Society.
Formerly
 Consultant to YC Lee & Co (Brunei Darussalam) and Chief Executive Officer of
SSTC Ltd, (a Company Registered under the International Business Companies
Order, Brunei Darussalam).
 Visiting Lecturer in Company law with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies –
University of Sussex.
 Visiting Lecturer, Tutor in Equity and Trusts, Nottingham Trent University.
 Barrister at Law, 5 Bell Yard, London (Commercial).
 Barrister at Law, Goldsmiths Chambers, Inner Temple, (London), (Family
Property),

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