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Bruneian Business Builders

Meet four Bruneian business leaders across regional forums, manufacturing, digital transformation, agricultural technology and food markets.

By Biography Compass Editorial TeamPublished 9 September 2026Reviewed 4 October 2026

Why these lives

Hydrocarbon wealth dominates Brunei’s economic story, but diversification depends on people who build institutions and operating businesses beyond extraction. These profiles follow a regional forum founder, an industrial executive, a technology chief executive and an agritech entrepreneur linking farmers to training, markets and finance.

  1. 01

    Regional business networks

    Timothy Ong used Asia Inc Forum to connect business, government and policy conversations across the region.

  2. 02

    Young entrepreneur institutions

    Hafimi Abdul Haadii helped build YEAB while representing private-sector perspectives in regional forums.

  3. 03

    Digital transformation

    Haslina Taib moved from technical work to leading a national technology company and international business representation.

  4. 04

    Agritech and food systems

    Vanessa Teo connected farm data, training, online markets and access to finance through Agrome IQ.

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4 sourced biographies

Meet the people behind the milestones

Timothy Ong seated at a Horasis meeting
BruneiBusiness

Contemporary

Timothy Ong

Business leader and founder of Asia Inc ForumThe Bruneian businessman who founded Asia Inc Forum and has connected corporate, government and civil-society leaders across the Asia-Pacific.Read biography
Hafimi Abdul Haadii at a 2019 gender-equality event in Brunei
BruneiBusiness

Contemporary

Hafimi Abdul Haadii

Executive director of LVK Group and regional business adviserThe third-generation Bruneian business leader whose work spans a family group, entrepreneur networks, competition policy and regional advisory councils.Read biography
Haslina Taib at the 2016 World Assembly for Women event in Brunei
BruneiBusiness

Contemporary

Haslina Taib

Chief executive of Dynamik TechnologiesThe technology executive who returned to Brunei after an international career and led Dynamik Technologies through major national digital projects.Read biography
Vanessa Teo seated at centre with a microphone during the 2018 Brunei Chevening Youth Forum panel
BruneiBusiness

Contemporary

Vanessa Teo

Agricultural technology entrepreneur and food-systems innovatorA Bruneian agricultural technology entrepreneur who connected farm management, training and an online produce market to the country’s food-security challenge.Read biography

Quick answers

Bruneian Business Builders FAQs

Who founded Asia Inc Forum?
Timothy Ong founded the Brunei-based organisation and developed its regional leadership and policy programmes.
Who is Hafimi Abdul Haadii?
She is executive director of LVK Group, a founding member of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Brunei and a regional business adviser.
Who leads Dynamik Technologies?
Haslina Taib became the company’s first local chief executive after progressing through technical and leadership roles.
Who founded Agrome IQ?
Vanessa Teo founded the Brunei-based agricultural technology company to support farmers through training, farm data and market access.
Why does Brunei seek economic diversification?
Oil and gas remain central to revenue and exports, making private-sector capability and new industries important to long-term resilience.
What connects these four leaders?
Each works at the boundary between an operating organisation and wider institution-building for Brunei’s private sector.

Research sources

How the milestones were checked

Institutional records, official organisations and specialist archives support this collection. Individual biographies provide event-level citations and image licensing. Last reviewed 4 October 2026.

  1. Asia Inc ForumLeadership team
  2. Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaHafimi Abdul Haadii profile
  3. United Nations GenevaHaslina Taib profile
  4. Majlis Ilmu, Government of Brunei DarussalamPlatform for Educating a New Generation of Modern Farmers
  5. ASEAN SecretariatFifth ASEAN Inclusive Business Summit outcome report