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9 November 2005
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Region's Top CEOs
named at Asia Business Leader Awards
9 November 2005
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CNBC Asia Pacific to Present
Asia Business Leader Awards in Kuala Lumpur
Singapore, 9 September 2005 - The world leader in business
news CNBC will be presenting the fourth Asia Business Leader
Awards (ABLA) this November in Kuala Lumpur. The prestigious
regional-wide ABLA has showcased and profiled outstanding
examples of corporate leadership since its launch in 2001,
and has been previously held in Singapore, Hong Kong and
Shanghai. ABLA 2005 will be presented in association with
Malaysia Airlines, Oracle and Heidrick & Struggles, a global
executive search and leadership consultancy.
The following five awards will be presented at the ABLA
Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner on November 9:
o Asia Business Leader of the Year - Recognizes the chief
executive who is able to retain loyal customers, inspire and
motivate stuff, grow profitability and make his vision for
the company a reality.
o Asia Innovator of the Year - Rewards incentive thinking in
business. It is based on achievements in new product
development and groundbreaking business processes, business
models and strategies.
o Asia Corporate Citizen of the Year - Acknowledges
outstanding contributions to the arts, education, the
environment and community development.
o Asia CEOs' Choice of the Year - Determined by a poll
conducted with top executives throughout the region. Heads
of companies will be invited to vote either by email or
through the official Asia Business Leader Awards 2005
website.
o Malaysia CEO of the Year - Specially created to recognise
excellence in Malaysian leadership, this award recognises an
exceptional Malaysian business leader whose vision and
management abilities have helped steer his company
successfully in his home country and in the global
marketplace.
ABLA 2005 winners will be selected through a unique
three-phase judging process, based on a combination of
criteria including financial performance, leadership,
creativity and innovation, and social responsibility. The
independent panel of judges - who comprise world-respected
management strategists, academics, corporate personalities
and senior journalists - evaluate candidates with a focus on
their ability to create short-term advantages, long-term
value, competitive edge and the demonstration of leadership
in the business community.
The judging panel is led by Professor Mark E Zmijewski, Dean
of Executive MBA programs, University of Chicago Graduate
School of Business (GSB). Other members of the panel include
Yusli Mohamed Yusoff, Chief Executive Officer of Bursa
Malaysia, Professor Suchada Kiranandana, President of
Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, Kyong Shik Kang,
Former Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, and Phillip
Overmyer, Executive Director of the Singapore International
Chamber of Commerce.
Alexander P Brown, President & CEO, CNBC Asia Pacific, said:
"Malaysia's economy is one of the most vibrant in Southeast
Asia, the result of decades of industrial growth, prudent
leadership and political stability. Hosting this year's ABLA
in Malaysia represents CNBC's commitment to the business
community in Malaysia. We look forward to celebrating the
best in dynamic leadership and corporate excellence as we
countdown to the grand finale this November in Kuala
Lumpur."
Professor Mark E Zmijewski, Dean of Executive MBA programs,
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) and
Lead Judge, said: "The ABLA 2005 will recognise business
leaders who have successfully steered their companies on the
path to success by inspiring their employees to confront
today's business challenges and by preparing them to
identify and capture the opportunities that await them in
this era of globalisation. These outstanding business
leaders know the value of keeping abreast of the latest
innovations in business management to create and execute new
business models that adjust to the ever-changing business
environment. ABLA 2005 will salute those leaders throughout
Asia who have effectively energised their companies to seize
opportunities, laid the foundation for strong corporate
governance, and developed a healthy corporate culture and
community."
Notes to Editors:
ABLA's three-phase judging process:
1. In the first phase, a dedicated team from the Awards'
Knowledge Partner University of Chicago Graduate School of
Business (GSB) Asia Campus shortlisted semi-finalists based
on four performance measures - Sales Growth, Operating
Margin, Earnings Before Interest (EBIT) Per Employee and
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) - sourced from industry
databases.
2. The second phase of the judging process entailed a
face-to-face interview with the semi-finalists by
Development Dimensions International, a global human
resource consulting company specialising in leadership
development and Research Partner of the Asia Business Leader
Awards 2005.
3. In the third and final phase, transcripts of the
interviews with all the semi-finalists will be presented to
a regional judging panel consisting of world-respected
management strategists, academics and corporate
personalities, who will select the winners.
ABLA is presented by:
CNBC Asia Pacific
CNBC is the undisputed world leader in business news and
information, providing viewers the world over with insight,
analysis and real-time access to market data and
indispensable business information. CNBC Asia Pacific is
uniquely positioned to speak to viewers from across the
region. Headquartered in Singapore, the network provides 10
hours of live Asia-produced programming, which is
complemented with coverage of live market action from Europe
and the US. CNBC Asia Pacific's channels, which include CNBC
Asia, CNBC-TV18 (India), Nikkei-CNBC (Japan) are available
in more than 34 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
CNBC Asia Pacific also has a strategic alliance with China
Business Network, a subsidiary of the Shanghai Media Group.
The channels are distributed via satellite, cable and
terrestrial broadcast networks.
Associate Sponsors:
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier of Malaysia, is
recognised as one of Asia's largest, flying more than 48,000
passengers to over 110 destinations across 6 continents
every day. Currently operating 111 aircraft, Malaysia
Airlines' fleet is one of the world's youngest, dominated by
Boeing 737s, 747s and 777s, the most technically advanced
aircraft in the sky today.
Malaysia Airlines holds a lengthy record of service and best
practice excellence, having received more than 100 awards in
the last 10 years. It was the first airline to win the
"World's Best Cabin Crew" award by Skytrax UK for four
consecutive years from 2001 to 2004. It was also recently
rated "5-star airline" by Skytrax. For more information,
visit www.malaysiaairlines.com.
Oracle
Oracle's business is information - how to manage it, use it,
share it, protect it. For nearly three decades, Oracle, the
world's largest enterprise software company, has provided
the software and services that let organizations get the
most up-to-date and accurate information from their business
systems. Several Oracle customers around the world have
improved their ability to use information and IT as
strategic assets and are now able to share data and
processes, measure results for continuous improvement, align
stakeholders, and communicate a single truth to all their
constituents.
Heidrick & Struggles
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. is the world's
premier provider of senior-level executive search and
leadership consulting services, including talent management,
board building, executive on-boarding and M&A effectiveness.
For more than 50 years, we have focused on quality service
and built strong leadership teams through our relationship
with clients and individuals worldwide. Today, Heidrick &
Struggles leadership experts operate from principal business
centers in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North
America. For more information about Heidrick & Struggles,
please visit www.heidrick.com.
Knowledge Partner:
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) Asia
Campus
Founded in 1898, the University of Chicago Graduate School
of Business (GSB) is a Nobel Prize-winning powerhouse. It is
recognized globally for producing world-changing ideas and
extremely well prepared graduates.
Chicago GSB is known for its world-renowned faculty, which
includes more Nobel Prize winners than all other business
schools in the world combined. It is also the first business
school to have a Nobel Laureate on its faculty and is also
the first and only business school to have had 6 Nobel Prize
winning faculty members.
The GSB is also the first business school to offer a Ph.D.
program in Business back in 1920. And it is also the first
to offer an Executive MBA program back in 1943.
The Chicago GSB Asia campus in Singapore, which opened five
years ago, attracts executives throughout Asia and other
countries to its Executive MBA program. The part-time
Executive MBA program prepares high-potential managers and
experienced professionals for positions of greater
responsibility. The program includes joint residential
sessions in London, Chicago and Singapore with students from
all three campuses that are fully owned by the GSB. The
Executive MBA program offered in the Asia campus (in
Singapore) is exactly the same program offered in the London
and Chicago campuses and is taught by the same faculty who
teaches in all GSB programs.
The GSB supports an active network of more than 39,000
alumni around the globe. These graduates lead and succeed in
every possible industry including some 5,500 CEOs and top
officers of firms worldwide.
Research Partner:
Development Dimensions International
DDI is a human resource consulting company specializing in
leadership development. DDI was established in 1970 by two
organizational psychologists William C. Byham, PhD. And
Douglas W. Bray PhD.
DDI has helped to train and develop more than 10 million
leaders in organizations worldwide. More than 15 million
people have benefited from participation in one or more of
DDI's leadership training or assessment systems. Their newly
acquired skills have influenced the work lives of more than
200 million employees.
For more than three decades in Asia, DDI has worked closely
with numerous multinational corporations, who count on its
local consultants' understanding of local cultural and
business practices to provide consistent worldwide
applications of its solutions.
Today, close to one third of DDI's business is done outside
of North America through its network of 75 offices in 26
countries. In Asia, DDI has operations in Singapore, Kuala
Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Japan, Korea,
Indonesia and the Philippines.
Official Hotel: Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Media Partners: Dow Jones and The Asian Wall Street Journal
Official Broadcast Partner: Astro
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