Ashok Sarangapani is a finance and compliance professional, with more than 25 years of extensive experience in the oil, energy, automotive, and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. He has worked extensively in regional roles with overall accountability in finance, risk management and compliance for 10 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Ashok Sarangapani is managing partner in ABMS Consulting Sdn Bhd (www.abmsconsulting.com), a management consulting company, based in Malaysia and providing Governance, Risk Management, Compliance & IT Solutions in Asia Pacific Markets. ABMS consulting uses its trade-mark Educate, Engage and Enlighten (EEE) approach and helps organisation to reliably achieve objectives, address uncertainty and act with integrity. ABMS Consulting has partnered with Professional Evaluations Certification Board (PECB) Canada in providing ISO certification awareness, training and consultancy. Ashok is a PECB Certified Trainer and ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management Systems) Lead Auditor, who conducts compliance training and ISO certification programs. He was among the select few participants in the prestigious United Nations “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” Program and is an alumnus of the International Anti-Corruption Academy, Austria. Ashok has direct experience in the design, implementation, launch and audit of Anti-Bribery Management Systems in line with ISO 37001:2016 standards, and is adept in conducting ethics and compliance risk assessments and providing mitigation strategies. He also has considerable experience in leading and responding to complex investigations relating to financial fraud, corruption and malpractice. He is a fellow member of Institute of Management Accountants of India, a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS) from ACFS USA, a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional-International (CCEP-I) from SCCE USA, a Governance Risk and Compliance Auditor/Professional (GRCA, GRCP) USA. Ashok holds B.Sc. in Mathematics and has certifications in Project Management and Six-Sigma technologies.

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