Speaker

YBhg. Dato’ Azman Shah

Dato’ Azman Shah Mohd Yusof is the CEO of Northport (Malaysia) Bhd, a member of MMC Group, since February 2016.

Dato’ Azman began his career with the Central Bank of Malaysia in 1992 and subsequently worked for companies involved in property development, real estate investment trust, hotel management, media/radio broadcasting, information technology and port management.

He is currently the President of the London School of Economics (LSE) Alumni Association, Honorary Auditor of the Harvard Club of Malaysia, Executive Council member of the Malaysian Biomass Industries Confederation (MBIC) and Vice President of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI).

Dato’ Azman holds a Bachelor of Economics from London School of Economics, UK and attended the “Macroeconomic Policy and Management” Executive Program at Harvard University, USA.

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Day 2
October 21, 2021
8:45 am

Concurrent Session D: “Building the Factory and Supply Chain of the Future”

The pandemic caused disruptions in the supply chain as well as halted production across many sectors worldwide. Lockdowns necessitated closures of production facilities, while reduced demand resulted in over-capacity. At the same time, the pandemic revealed the vulnerability of global supply chains, with China temporarily closing down its economy and the rest of the world restricting flows of goods.

Malaysia’s manufacturing sector was badly hit in 2020 and though it is recovering in 2021,are there practices that can be implemented to enable it to better cope with supply and demand shocks? This session explores the challenges of the manufacturing sector and its supply chains, and the need to build resilience.