The Breakfast Grille

Azlan Abdullah weighs up complaints about unfair trading in the steel sector with the fairness of protection for his products and from tariff hikes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hitachi-Sunway's Group CEO Cheah Kok Hoong takes us through the thinking behind the JV and whether the Malayisan IT landscape is prepared for the onslaught of the mobile age. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this 2013 interview, UMW Holdings Bhd President and Group CEO Datuk Syed Hisham Bin Syed Wazir discusses its dominant auto businesses and sales of its mainstay Toyota and Perodua vehicles. He also talks about prospects at its 55%-owned newly listed UWW Oil and Gas Bhd subsidiary and ends the discussion with its PNB parent, GLC status and stake selldown issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

Matt Bradley, President of Ford Asean talks to us about Ford's growth in the Asean region as well as the Asean auto competitive landscape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alistair Elliott, Senior Partner and Group Chairman of Knight Frank discusses Malaysia's residential and commercial property markets, drivers of the London property market, the Battersea project, emerging property hotspots like Dubai, the 'Skyscraper Index', central banks, monetary easing, interest rates and the supply of money, market timing and Knight Frank's plans to double its turnover to &pou...

Professor Bettina Buechel of IMD talks about creating a high performance organisation in a globally competitive environment, and what we can learn from Indian managers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After bitcoins and freemium ecosystems, could peer-to-peer lending be another phenomenon that develops into something that may displace money and banks? We also suss out details of Zopa's fast-growing business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first policewoman in India and social activist, Kiran Bedi, talks about leadership, and how spirituality and detachment plays a part. She is most famous for transforming the notorious Tihar Jail of 10,000 inmates.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UMW Oil and Gas Bhd's President Rohaizad Darus comes on the Breakfast Grille to talk about the company's recent successful listing, which has long been in the offing. Along the way the company saw a change of management and the strengthening of its business, which has inspired investors to participate in its IPO. Rohaizad talks about what the future holds for UMW Oil and G...

In this November 2013 interview, Mark Mobius, Ph. D., Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group discusses: his outlook for new and emerging markets, Malaysia's reform plans, his fund performance, the taper deadline and its effect on the EMs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barakah Offshore Petroleum Bhd's president and CEO Syed Rahim Syed Jaafar comes on the Breakfast Grille to discuss the company's plans post-listing via an RTO. The company, which is in the business of pipeline commission, transport and installation and hook-up commissioning for the oil and gas industry talks about growing organically and how it expects to stand toe-to-toe with...

Jesse Colombo, an independent economic analyst, investor and Forbes columnist, discusses emerging market bubbles among others he sees forming in Social Media companies, US colleges, US healthcare and housing in many European and North American countries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gone are the days of 'government knows best'. A sentiment echoed by many politicians, but can they walk the talk? Bantah TPPA's co-founder Anas Alam Faizli sees the negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks as a litmus test. Thus far, the record has been dismal, according to Anas. He discusses the coalition's negotiations with the government and its efforts in increasing awarenes...

Clint Laurent, Author of Tomorrow's World, joined us on the breakfast grille to discuss his book which studies the demographic and socio-economic structure of the world in twenty years' time. He speaks to Shiao Chan about why he chose to publish the book when he did, how projections are made 20 years into the future and the possible errors in extrapolation. He dispels commonly accepted myths and p...

ABB Malaysia's President and Country Manager, Stephen Pearce, comes on the Breakfast Grille to talk about the company's plan for expansion in the power and automation space. He discusses ABB Malaysia's role in the upcoming the major power plant and rail projects, and how the mothership, the ABB Group, views the region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adrian Ch’ng, Chief Executive Officer of JobsDB group discusses online recruitment trends and themes, sibling rivalry with Jobseek and industry challenges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guests Datuk Seri Michael Yam, President, REHDA (Real Estate Housing Developers Association) and Yee Wing Peng, Country Tax Leader of Deloitte Malaysia delve deeper into the GST and RPGT that were included in the 2014 Budget. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mathijs Benink, Senior Manager of Supply Chain Solutions for APAC, Middle East and Africa, for the Holland International Distribution Council, discusses the economic and comemrcial proposition for companies that might mull using the country as a potential gateway into the matured but complex and diverse European market. In particular, Benink discusses the direct and indirect tax schemes at play an...

On the Breakfast Grille we have Westports Holdings Bhd's CEO Ruben Emir Gnanalingam, who came on to talk about the company's recently completed listing that raised just over RM2 billion for its major shareholders. The company is poised to expand its operations further. However, recent headlines about Westports biggest customer pulling out has caused the share price to skit...

On the Breakfast Grille we have Chong Kim Seng, the CEO of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives giving his insight into these new financial instruments. Designed to enrich the market, most investors however are still wary of diving into derivatives. During the interview Chong Kim Seng talks about the future of derivatives for Bursa Malaysia, what is in the pipeline going forward and...

Akhbar Satar, president of Transparency International Malaysia shares his thoughts about where the efforts of handling corruption in Malaysia are going. We also get his view about his predecessor's, Paul Low, move to the government and the controversy in TI-M's recent leadership selection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Anderson, former editor of Wired and bestselling author of The Long Tail talks about his latest book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, and how 3D printing will change the world. He is also CEO and founder of 3D Robotics, makers of low-cost drones based on open-source technology. BFM spoke to him exclusively at the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur. See omnystudio.com/l...

Main Market-bound Karex Bhd has been pegged as the world's largest condom manufacturer with around 3 billion pieces produced a year. Once listed, Karex aims at doubling its output and strengthening its R&D operations. Karex's CEO MK Goh talks about getting to grips with new markets and how to get past the taboo of talking about sex. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Faris Yahaya, the MD of Cyberview Sdn Bhd, discusses the challenges besetting Cyberjaya (human capital constraint, policy inconsistency, multiple stakeholders, politicisation), as well as his plans for the future and meeting its original ambitions of being the 'Silicon Valley of the East' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Consortium Zenith-BUCG Sdn Bhd Chairman Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli discusses the project awarded by the Penang State Government to undertake the RM6.3bil Penang Road and Undersea Tunnel Project. Issues discussed include tender process, environmental impact, toll rates, Ewein's involvement and his BAFIA charge in 1994 by Bank Negara. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.