Contemporary
Collection · Brunei
1980s—present · Networks · Industry · TechnologyBruneian Business Builders
Meet three Bruneian business leaders working across regional forums, manufacturing, entrepreneurship networks and digital transformation.
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 and a technology chief executive.
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Regional business networks
Timothy Ong used Asia Inc Forum to connect business, government and policy conversations across the region.
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Young entrepreneur institutions
Hafimi Abdul Haadii helped build YEAB while representing private-sector perspectives in regional forums.
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Industrial operating experience
Hafimi’s work at LVK shows the contribution of local firms in manufacturing and services.
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Digital transformation
Haslina Taib moved from technical work to leading a national technology company and international business representation.
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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 biographyContemporary
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 biographyQuick 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.
- 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 three leaders?
- Each works at the boundary between an operating organisation and wider institution-building for Brunei’s private sector.
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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 9 September 2026.