The Breakfast Grille

Nafis Jasmani - Country Manager for Axis Communications ASEAN - Axis's history - From print servers to security cameras - Issues in surveillance - Innovative technologies of Axis - Types of customers - Budgets in surveillance systems - Trends in surveillance` - Malaysia crime rates impact on business - Shift of analog to digital - Focus on smart capabilities - Malaysians' expectations of security&...

In this Aug 2013 interview, Christopher Boyd, Executive Chairman, CB Richard Ellis Malaysia discusses the following questions: - Having come from the Regroup fold and then signing an affiliate agreement with the global property consultancy CBRE in 2009 to tap on some strategic affiliations -- how has this partnership lived up to expectations? - As a full-service consultancy CBRE performs the whole...

Fusionex International plc, MD Ivan Teh discusses the following issues: UK LISTING - Early start - story - Advisors Panmure Gordon - inteest received - Chose AIMS -- reasons - IPO valuation - progress - Pros - cons - pushbacks - Amount raised - proceeds - reasons - Visibility - market for shares OPERATIONS - Staff - location - Positioning - Client base - Growth - targets - Industry 'Big' themes -...

Ng Chin Heng, Executive Chairman of Coastal Contract Bhd joins us on the breakfast grille to discuss: - highest contract sales and order book in its history - continued demand for Offshore Support Vessels - capacity to fulfill orders - venturing into jack-up rigs - improved consistency in revenues with new asset ownership approach  - oil prices affecting business - geographical spli...

Tony Collingridge, Director of UK Trade & Investment for Malaysia   on the breakfast grille discusses: - David Cameron pledging  £8 billion of bilateral trade by the year 2016 - TPPA affecting trade figures - trade barriers in Malaysia - what expertise Malaysian corporates can lend to the UK - sectorial growth prospects for UK corporates in Malaysia - NEM and ETP influencing de...

Ho Wen Yan, CEO of Hua Yang Bhd - Is affordable housing compromising quality and comfort? - Design and technological factors - Degree of price appreciation and speculative activity - Build-then-sell policy in property development - Abandonment by developers - Build-then-sell may increase house prices - Quality issues of current system - Commute time from affordable housing centres to urban employm...

Mark Laudi, Executive Editor and Founder of Investor Central discusses:  STARTUP  - How - why - transition - story  - Funding - backers  - Profile: shareholders  - What the promise is - LT MT ST  OPERATIONS  - Clients- Footprint- LT vision   CHALLENGES  - People  - Adoption  - Retention  - Price, margin pressure  - Shallow moat / com...

Malcolm Rowe,  Regional VP of South Asia for Akamai. -How content delivery network works -Different levels of service -Algorithm provides intelligence to deal with different levels of service -MIT collaboration -IPv4 to IPv6 -Presence in the Asia Pacific region -The direct-to-smartphone generation (skipping PCs) -Competition -Customers -Internet security issues -Have Malaysian companies fully...

IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) President Dr. Klaus Wucherer discusses: Founded in 1906, the International Electrotechnical Commission is the world’s oldest organization in standardization for all electric, electronic and related technologies. The organization is headquartered in Geneva. The IEC Council is the organization’s supreme body. Malaysia joined the organi...

Award winning graphic designer, Stefan Sagmeister talks about happiness and design, and how Malaysia needs to develop its own language of design.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahmad Zakie, CEO of the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia - history and mission of FIMM - FIMM's independence - performance of fund managers vs indices - distribution and marketing focus - the problem of the high cost of investing - agent competency - arms length in the unit trust industry - related party transactions channelled by unit trust companies to their banking parents - update of...

SMR Technologies Chairman & CEO Dato' Dr R Palan discusses the following questions: - You’ve been a trainer all your life. At what point did you realise the necessity to institutionalise your work into a corporate structure  - Discuss the path to SMR - and then the path to becoming a PLC  BUSINESS PLAN - REVENUE STREAMS  - Discussion on each -- and which is the biggest con...

Ahmad Hadri Haris, the CEO of Malaysian GreenTech Corporation, is on the Breakfast Grille to discuss its role in encouraging nationwide acceptance of green technology, its areas of priority, and challenges in it faces in inculcating green technology. He also gives us an update on the progress of the Green Technology Financing Scheme, which was introduced by the government to support the developmen...

In this 2013 interview, Reza Ghazali, the Country Head & MD Korn Ferry International discusses the following questions:  - Company perspective - industries most served - levels of designation most served - Fee structure: fee vs retainer KF: 1/3rd GLCs are willing to pay -  - GLC or private: which is the bigger market segment for you: if so, dynamics? - Sources of talent: typical sour...

One of Silicon Valley's oldest chipmakers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., or AMD, the world's second-biggest maker of microprocessors for PCs, laptops and corporate servers and one of the largest suppliers of graphics processing units. But AMD, which is Intel's chief rival, has been losing money and struggling to redefine itself as consumers increasingly favour tablets over laptops. Ryan Sim, t...

DH Flinders Ltd ED Craig Dunstan discusses the following questions:  - Reportedly, you and your partner Stephen Hawkins started out initially as real-estate investment professionals, though the firm very quickly morphed into a broad corporate advisory firm. Briefly tell us how DH Flinders is a unique firm in an increasingly crowded advisory market?  - Why Asia, ANZ footprint  -...

Datin Teh Geok Lian, CEO of the KDU Education Group joins us   on the breakfast grille to discuss: - her past experience in the oil and gas sector and her current role in education - differing objectives of a business in education versus other sectors - payback period of investments in education - KDU Smart Schools (3 schools on 1 campus) - attracting good teachers - pay scales in schools - r...

GD Express Carrier Bhd EDC Teong Teck Lean discusses the following questions:  - Singapore Post investment - Synergies - whether fulfilled  - Deal more beneficial to GDEX - issues  - Nonetheless a good investment for SingPost - where the growth come from  - And where the next leg of earnings growth will come from  - Importance of East Malaysia? More hubs in Peninsula - Val...

Richard Thomas, Chief Representative of Gatehouse Bank plc on the breakfast grille today. Gatehouse Bank PLC is a fully Shariah compliant, London-based wholesale investment bank which commenced operations in Malaysia this year via a representative office. Richard Thomas discusses: - their findings in Asia so far - whether real estate will be their focus in the region - the licencing process in Mal...

Alvin Ng Chun Kooi, CEO and Executive Director of Gabungan AQRS joins us on the breakfast grille to discuss: - construction order book - meeting expectations of RM500m of new contract wins - 40% of 2013 revenue from property development - allocation of resources between construction and property development - expectations of property launches totalling RM1.3bn of GDV this year. Only launched RM527...

INCEIF President & CEO Daud Vicary Abdullah discusses the following questions:  - INCEIF: Set up in 2005 by Bank Negara -- eight years into the gig where are you in terms of student enrolment, teaching body  - Endowment of 600 million ringgit was allocated by Bank Negara to cover operating expenses at INCEIF. > Breakdown of spend  > Key ROI for Islamic Finance industry&nbs...

Over the last 14 years, Catcha Group has evolved tremendously, going from portal and search engine, to publishing company, to investment group.   The company has interests which span print media, an online property portal, a network of online automotive sites, as well as running Microsoft’s online assets in Malaysia. On the Breakfast Grille is CEO and Co-founder of Catcha Group, Patrick...

On the Breakfast Grille is the CEO of Courts Asia, Terry O’Connor. Courts Asia is an electrical, IT products and furniture retailer in Singapore and Malaysia. He discusses: -- The company's turbulent history and turnaround plan -- The shift in focus towards consumer electronics from furniture -- Update on the number of stores in Singapore and Malaysia -- Breakdown of the revenue between...

As the Islamic Finance industry moves beyond the infancy stage of the last decade, Malaysia is poised to take the lead in this industry. But many argue that globally there are still many misconceptions about Shariah-compliant investing. Datuk Noripah Kamso is on the Breakfast Grille to address these myths and misconceptions. With almost a decade of experience in Islamic finance and as the founding...

Bernard Peillon, President of Hennessy Cognac joins us on the breakfast grille to discuss: - eau de vie: what is it? - Hennessy's marketing startegy - creating a new generation of cognac fans - the old and new faces of Hennessy Cognac - wealth and age affecting the palate - Asia (partiuclarly China and India) as a growing market - cognac blends: customised for the asian palate? - ability to s...