KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): When Alain Esseiva is not occupied with his role as founder and CEO of fiduciary services company Alpadis Group, he can be found training for or participating in ultramarathons around the world. His first run in 2009 took place in Vietnam in the aftermath of a tornado, with a rerouted race path that made his legs swell and burn. Rather than be dissuaded, he was hooked.