Operator-built compliance credibility
ABMS Consulting was founded to do one thing well: help organisations build anti-bribery and compliance systems that actually work — led by someone who has done it inside a regulated business, not only advised on it.
Ashok Sarangapani
Founder & CEO, ABMS Consulting Sdn. Bhd.
Ashok brings more than 25 years of experience across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific — in oil and energy, automotive, and consumer goods — including a 14-year tenure at Puma Energy, where he led the APAC region's Compliance & Risk function. There he directed the design, implementation, launch, and audit of the ISO 37001:2016 anti-bribery management system across the region. That is the difference ABMS brings: the standard is not theory here. It has been built, audited, and lived inside a complex, multi-jurisdiction business.
He is a PECB-certified ISO 37001 Lead Auditor and Certified Trainer — through ABMS's partnership with PECB Canada — and holds CCEP-I, CFCS, GRCA, and LIFA credentials. He also brings a mathematics degree and a certified management accountant designation, and is a Six Sigma Green Belt and integrated management systems auditor — analytical and financial rigour alongside the compliance expertise.
ABMS Consulting Sdn. Bhd. was established in 2019, serving Malaysian and regional organisations on anti-bribery, ISO 37001, Section 17A, compliance management, and governance.
Credentials
- PECB-certified ISO 37001 Lead Auditor & Certified Trainer
- CCEP-I · CFCS · GRCA · LIFA
- 14 years leading APAC Compliance & Risk at Puma Energy
How ABMS is different
Practitioner-led, proportionate, and built to be audited
Practitioner, not theorist
Systems designed by someone who has implemented and been audited against the standard.
Proportionate
Sized to your organisation and your real risk — not a template that fails on contact with reality.
Audit-ready
Documentation and evidence that hold up in front of a certification body, regulator, or court.
In the field
Training, auditing, and speaking on anti-bribery — in practice
ABMS has delivered ISO 37001 implementation and Lead Auditor training to organisations including Bank Rakyat, Yinson, RHB Bank, and Technology Depository Agency — and Ashok has spoken on corporate liability and Section 17A at MACC, IACA, and United Nations forums.
Talk to a practitioner
Bring an active mandate, an open question, or a draft policy you want reviewed.
Whether you are facing the CIDB G7 deadline, building a Section 17A defence, or preparing for an ISO 37001 audit — start with a direct conversation, not a sales pitch.