

Company
Company
‘ Elevating Minds, Leveraging Networks, Creating Success ’
Compass Rose Sdn Bhd Compass Rose Sdn Bhd is a consulting and business development company established in 2009. Our services focus on transitioning industries, entities, and organisations towards sustainability and resilience in an increasingly volatile era.
We know that success in times of uncertainty requires courageous leadership and collaborative change management that involve multiple stakeholders and partners. We provide experience, value-adding networks, and collaborations that will enable the faster achievement of ambitious goals and the enhancement of performance and impact.
We also broker investments in promising business development projects that generate sustainable industrial solutions.
We provide support for achieving international ESG standards certification.
Our advisory services cover the following areas:
- Sustainability for Industry
- Strategy and change management for meaningful ESG goals
- Sustainable certifications and reporting standards (ISO, ISCC, ESRS, GRI)
- Bio-Carbon Business Development
- Organisational resilience through diversity and inclusion
- Training and coaching for performance and impact
Principals
Dr. Thomas Ruehl, Director
Dr. Thomas Ruehl is passionate about achieving operational Sustainability in Industry and the global 1.5º climate goal.
He believes in courageous Change Management and is skilled in driving innovation. He coaches C-Suite executives and is certified to conduct audits for Environmental Management Systems. He has more than 30 years of diverse business leadership experience and competence in the Chemical and related Industries.
He holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Phillipp-University in Marburg and more than 30 registered patents
He grew up in Germany and has also lived in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
Expertise:
- Management Consultant
- Start-up Entrepreneur
- Regional Head of Business Management, Europe, Asia and Pacific
- Head of Chemical Productions
- Auditor for Management systems (ISO 14001)
- Auditor for supply chains of sustainable materials (ISCC)
- Economic assessments and due diligence
- International negotiation
- International project management
- International technology management
- Commissioning for environmental protection, occupational safety, transport of dangerous goods
- Quality management
- Research projects
Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Managing Director
Rinalia Abdul Rahim is passionate about elevating the performance and impact of mission-driven organisations.
She has expertise in leading, managing, and governing global organisations in the technology sector. She has more than 25 years of experience in leveraging information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve lives and empower communities around the world.
Rinalia holds a Master in Public Policy Degree from Harvard University (USA) and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Princeton University (USA). She is certified in Corporate Governance by INSEAD (France) and in Management and Leadership by MIT (USA).
She grew up in Malaysia and has also lived in Germany, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and the USA.
Expertise:
- Leadership, management, and governance
- Organisation strategy development and alignment
- Change management
- Complex ecosystem navigation
- Strategic planning
- Performance metrics and impact communication
- Community engagement
- Internet governance
- Institutional relations
- Multi-stakeholder partnership
- Training/Capacity Building
- Membership management
- Coaching for women in leadership positions