The Top Three Priorities for a Better Future for Malaysia

The virtual PLF CEO Forum 2021 came to a grand close on 21st October with a Closing Keynote Address by former Prime Minister and PLF Honorary President, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In a speech that was broadcast live to the Forum, “Top Priorities for an Improved Future”, Tun remarked how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed lives in Malaysia and the world, as well as necessitated new solutions.

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The Y Factor: How Youth are Impacting Business and Politics in Malaysia

Moderator
Mr Eddin Khoo, Founder-Director, PUSAKA

Panellists

• Oh Ei Sun, Principal Advisor, Pacific Research Center of Malaysia
• Miss Qyira Yusri, Co-Founder & Education Director, UNDI18, Persatuan Pengundi Muda
• Arif Tukiman, Founder and CEO, RunCloud

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Is There a Jobs Crisis in Malaysia?

Moderator
Mr Reza Ghazali, Client Partner & the Head of ASEAN, Pederson & Partners

Panellists

• Mr Mohd Syukri Ahmad Sudari, Vice President, Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)
• Dato’ Azlin Ahmad Shaharbi, President, Peniagawati
• Mr Abd Qadir Hairi Abu Hassan, Chief Executive Officer, SOLVNEX Digital Sdn Bhd
• Dato’ Sri Dr Mohd Uzir, Chief Statistician Malaysia, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)

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Building The Factory and Supply Chain of the Future

Moderator
Mr Sudev Bangah, Managing Director, IDC ASEAN

Panellists

• Tan Sri Dato’ Soh Thian Lai, President, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)
• Dato’ Azman Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Northport (Malaysia) Bhd
• Krishnan Chelliah, Deputy President, Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders
• Ibrahim Mohd Salleh, Chief Executive Officer, MASKargo

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Reviving Retail: The Way Forward

Moderator
Mr Firdaos Rosli, Chief Economist, Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC)

Panellists

• Mr Shafie Shamsuddin, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, AEON Co.
• Mr Fong Wai Hong, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder, StoreHub
• Mr Kenneth Chuah, President, Lotus’s Stores Sdn Bhd (Lotus’s Malaysia)

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Are We There Yet? Future-Proofing Malaysian SMEs

Moderator
Datuk Dr Hamzah Kassim, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The iA Group

Panellists

• Mr Adam Yee, President & Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Malaysia
• Mr George Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Innov8tif Solutions Sdn Bhd
• Mr Gopi Ganesalingam, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Industry Officer, MDEC
• Mr Rizal Nainy, Chief Executive Officer, SME Corp

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Tourism & Hospitality: A Long Journey of Recovery

Moderator
Mr Nigel Wong, Honorary Secretary-General, ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA)

Panellists

• Denis Ong, Secretary General, Malaysia Budget & Business Hotel Association (MyBHA)
• Miss Mint Leong, Deputy President, Malaysian Inbound Tourism Association (MITA)
• Yap Lip Seng, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH)
• Francis Teo, President, Malaysian Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (MACEOS) Read More “CEO FORUM 2021: CONCURRENT SESSION A”

The Environmental Imperative and What It Means for Businesses

IT’S WAY PAST TIME FOR US TO ACT TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT

Sunway’s Centre for Planetary Health’s newly appointed Executive Director, Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, or Dr Jim as she prefers to be called, is no stranger to crises. The founder and former CEO of humanitarian NGO Mercy Malaysia, Dr Jim has been to locations devastated by war, famine, and natural disasters, and has seen her share of hardships. Now, however, the scale of the devastation that is under way is global and we cannot return to “business as usual”.

“The business-as-usual attitude that has spanned entire generations, is one the main reasons that the pandemic happened in the first place, with zoonotic leaks spurred on by the human-created, human-generated imbalances in our relationship with the natural ecosystem,” Tan Sri pointed out in her keynote address at the CEO Forum, “The Environmental Imperative and What It Means for Businesses”. Read More “CEO FORUM 2021: KEYNOTE SPEECH 3”

Shifting The Malaysian Economy into Higher Gear: Statistics, Strategy, And Action

THERE IS NO RETURN TO “BUSINESS AS USUAL”

Where does the Malaysian economy stand in terms of its recovery and what are government plans for its way forward? Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, addressed these questions in his remarks on “Shifting the Malaysian Economy into Higher Gear: Statistics, Strategy, and Action” at the Forum.

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