Alex Malley, Chief Executive Officer of CPA Australia
Alex Malley FCPA, chief executive officer of CPA Australia, is recognised internationally by business peers and the wider community for his innovation and independent thinking.
Alex’s journey has included being a CEO, board director, life coach, consultant, educator and benefactor in business, government, higher education and non-profit sectors.
Most recently, Alex was CEO of an international professional medical association where he secured global alliances to effect positive outcomes in health care and management worldwide.
Kris Taenar Wiluan, tips on being an entrepreneur
Mr. Kris Taenar Wiluan serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of PT Citra Tubindo Tbk (“Tubindo”), an Indonesian public listed company which manufactures and supplies oilfield tubular equipment to major oil and gas companies in Asia, Australia, Middle East, Russia, South America and USA. Mr. Wiluan is the founder and President of the Citramas Group, of which business activities include oilfield equipment manufacturing, shipping and logistics, drilling services, infrastructure development comprising port, ferry terminals and telephone companies, and the hotel and leisure industry.
Betty Lim, tips on starting our your business in Vietnam
Betty Lim gives us some insight on how to start a business in Vietnam!
In year 2006, Betty relocated to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam after selling her shares in Accelgo to her partner as she was head-hunted by a company in Vietnam specializing in HR services and import of frozen food from overseas as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In the view of upcoming business opportunities in Vietnam and the growing economy in the Indochina region, Betty set up Finex Company Limited with her associate local Vietnamese friend providing a full range of human resource services and business consultancy in year 2007. As of today, Finex has grown to a size of 280 employees and has offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Chon, Yong Ho, Director of Small & Medium Business Corporation S. Korea.
Growing economic globalisation creates increasing competitive challenges and new business opportunities for SMEs. South Korea offers big potential in technology partnerships and bilateral trade for South East Asian region.
This interview covers how the government of South Korea assist companies like Hyundai to reach the global market.
Robert Levitt, Social Entrepreneur
Mr. Levitt employs a unique investment philosophy that identifies developing global trends and recognizes the countries and their industries and companies, which will greatly benefit from these trends. Traditional money managers usually learn about a country, especially an emerging economy, by reading industry produced studies and visiting that country for 24 hours–meeting representatives of local companies in the suite of a posh hotel. Instead, when Mr. Levitt zeros on a country in which to invest, he relocates to that country (for a period of minimum 90 days) to attain an intimate understanding of the local culture. By steeping himself in the local everyday life, seeking to live as much as he can as a local, he attains a powerful knowledge of the country and its culture, which in turn enables him to make better investment decisions. Most recently, he has lived in Indonesia and Malaysia, as they have been his favorite investment regions. For many years, he has been a strong advocate of the growth potential and economic success of Indonesia and Malaysia. This has won him the attention of a major global TV network: CNBC where he is a frequent guest on their key programs in their studios in Asia, Europe and the U.S. He’s also been frequently interviewed by The Edge, and BFM 89.9 Business Radio Malaysia, The Jakarta Globe and The Jakarta Post.
Kevin Gaskell, MD of Porsche on Leaderononomics Show
Kevin is an energetic and passionate leader with a proven record of managing growth, driving successful turnarounds and delivering substantial improvements in companies already considered to be market leaders. Recognised as one of the most capable managers of his generation he is able to define and implement positive change within organisations large and small.
R Gopalakrishnan, director of Tata Sons Limited
R Gopalakrishnan worked for his first 31 years in India’s most Indian multinational, Hindustan Unilever. Since then, he has worked for India’s most multinational Indian company — Tata.
Currently, he is a director of Tata Sons. He is also the chairman of Tata AutoComp Systems, Rallis India and Advinus Therapeutics, vice chairman of Tata Chemicals, and a director of Tata Power and Tata Technologies.
He also serves as an independent director on the boards of the Indian subsidiaries of Akzo Nobel and BP Castrol.
Michael Podolinsky Asia’s Productivity Guru
Michael Podolinsky develops Productive Leaders and teams, equipping them with the skills necessary to succeed.
He has impacted over 11 million people worldwide and worked with over 700 clients in 33 countries.
He is the Pearson / Prentice Hall author of 13 books (2 McGraw Hill books on Productivity coming out in 2011), including Mining For Gold… Facilitation Skills to Unearth a Wealth of Ideas From Your Team, Go For Your Goals!, Winning at Work, From Stress to Success, Smart leadership, and Making Better Choices for the Rest of Your Life.
Miha Pogačnik World Renowned Violinist, Entrepreneur & Cultural Ambassador
Miha Pogacnik is an exceptional virtuoso, in the corporate and political world, as well as the musical stage. He is the creative force for intercultural and diplomatic missions, using his music as the media to channel his thought. Miha Pogacnik is a visionary in every sense. 1981 Miha founded IDRIART, the Institute of the Development of Intercultural Relations Through the Arts, based in Germany. Miha Pogacnik has been described as a “maker of magic”.
Dato’ Sri Idris Jala
Dato’ Sri Idris Jala, who is from the Kelabit ancestry, is the current Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister’s Department and chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu). He is a Senator in the Dewan Negara, upper house of parliament.
Before that, Idris used to work for Shell. In 2005, the Malaysian government elected him as CEO of Malaysia Airlines due to massive losses of the company. In February 2006, he announced the airline’s business turnaround plan from a 9-month loss of USD400 million in 2005 to achieving a record profit of USD260 million in 2007 until September 2009.
In May 2008, Idris appeared on national television announcing the airline’s first ever ‘zero fare’ for domestic and a selection of international flights, a move that raised his spat between him and AirAsia’s boss, Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes to a new level.
Idris Jala is a Kelabit from Sarawak. He is one of the few non-Malay non-Muslims to have been appointed to head a GLC.
