The Breakfast Grille

Gary Hamel, noted business thinker and author of the book 'What Matters Now' discusses: -- The five challenges that MATTER NOW in determining if an organization thrive or dives -- the need for a "moral renaissance" in capitalism -- how to create a 'new'type of capitalism -- one that is more conscientious, accountable, noble, etc -- case studies of successful manangement models, e.g. Gore-Tex maker...

Exim Bank CEO/MD Dato' Adissadikin bin Ali discusses: - Purpose - who it reports to funding sources; - Cost of funds; - Contrast with conventional lenders - differences; - MoF - ‘special share’ - implications - details -- "phone calls from above"; - Accountability - EXIM's biggest deals; - Details of clients -- GLCs - percentage of overall client base - value terms; - AR 2011 - ‘...

James Wong, Executive Director of HDD components maker, JCY International.  He discusses: -- his outlook on the average selling price of HDD components, which rose by 20% as a result of supply shortage after most manufacturing facilities were destroyed during the floods. --  JCY's stellar financial results and if they can sustain the growth --  possibility of JCY's current clients r...

Following major discoveries of shale gas reserves in the US, it is estimated that natural gas will overtake coal and become the second most widely used source of energy by 2025. Shell worldwide is also expected to produce more gas than oil this year. This is said to be to be the golden age for gas. But there are environmental concerns, for example, France has banned fracking, an activity in shale...

Dr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy at AMP Capital in Sydney, discusses: - ECB holding holding key interest rate unchanged; - Whether Fed or ECB will move first on Eurozone; - Fed comments - beige book - chances - QE3; - QE3 options - shape and form; - Aussie GDP - up twice as much as forecast - views; - Equities strategy - deep discounts - outlook. See omnystudio.com/...

NagaCorp Ltd CFO/ED Philip Lee discusses: - Casino licence - granted - Royal Government of Cambodia - rights - 70 - exclusivity; - Country issues - land rights - legislative and regulatory infrastructure - flaws - Cambodian legal system - uncertainty - foreign investment rules; - 3rd - worst on corruption perception index - globally - issues; - Tourism - No.2 income generator - sensitive to econom...

NAVIS Capital Partners, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Nicholas Bloy discusses: - Navis positioning - private equity investments - buyouts - recapitalisations - financial restructurings - South and Southeast Asia focus - deals done - performance; - Ideas generation - due dilligence - negotiations - purchase; - Qualifying criteria; - Target sectors; - Losing bidder - France’s Casino - Car...

In this 2012 interview, Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd MD Soren Ravn discusses: - Q1 earnings - expectations - rest of year; - Market share update; - Update - performance - luxury beer brands - Asahi - Kronenburg 1664; - Raw material costs; - Group EBITDA margin - update; - Outlook - prices increases this FY; - Outlook for malt - marketing - distribution costs this FY; - Singapore - contribution -...

Dutch Lady MIlk industries Bhd Managing Director Rahul Colaco discusses: - Ascended from Marketing Director to MD  - new business plan; - Marketing - core expertise - skills to top table; - Raw Material - costs - update; - Record pre-tax profits - “highly effective promotions” - marketing campaigns - details - outlook; - Fresh campaigns - details; - Ability to pass on price increa...

Today on the Breakfast Grille, His Excellency Vincent Piket, European Union Ambassador to Malaysia, discusses: -- the situation in the Eurozone: if European unity is on the rocks -- likelihood of Greece leaving the Euro -- The growth vs austerity debate -- trade with Malaysia: growth targets -- Malaysia's aim to move up the value chain to become a high-income nation -- an update on the Malaysia-EU...

Will China become the next superpower of the world? What will that world look like? On the Breakfast Grille, Martin Jacques, author of "When China Rules the World" discusses: -- What he means by "contested modernity". For over two hundred years we have lived in a western-made world, one where the very notion of being modern was synonymous with being western. But Jacques argues that...

In this 2012 interview, Perodua Managing Director Aminar Rashid Salleh discusses: - Weak Sales - amendments Hire Purchase Act - tighter lending guidelines - impact; - BNM - household debt - levles - defaulters; - Plans - become financier - talks with Toyota Motor Capital - details; - Regulatory conditions - issues; - Concerns - default - margins - cost of capital; - Entering the second-hand car ma...

The Baroness Warsi, Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister Without Portfolio, discusses: - Appointment - response - criticism - Tories badly out of touch - increasingly diverse Britain - gender, racial or religious standpoint; - Position - overpromoted - unjustifiably successful - due race / gender - whether ironic - diversity - met accusations; - Enemies - strategy; - British soft pow...

On the Breakfast Grille, we speak to Dr Jay D. Keasling, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the chief executive officer of the Joint BioEnergy Institute. Synthetic biology is is the design and construction of new biological entities such as enzymes, genetic circuits, and cells or the redesign of existing biolo...

PESTECH International Berhad CEO Paul Lim discusses: - Transition - electrical equipment trader and supplier in 1991 - listed co; - Journey to value-add then to manufacturer and then on to international company; - Producing own brand - decision - year - rationale;   - IPO: Tough market conditions, risk-off mentality - approach; - Choice of Bank Islam as adviser - skills - reach - fees; - Valu...

Tri Corporation CEO Carlo Peratoner, discusses: - Executive development solutions - corporate education - experiential leadership - simulation programs - details; - Customers - needs - demands - GE, Microsoft, Boeing and all the top Dow 30 companies - proposition; - Services - strategic alignment and managing change, strategy and vision development, business acumen, financial skills development, l...

Green Packet Berhad MD/CEO Puan Chan Cheong, in this 2012 interview, discusses: - Coverage update - ‘Nationwide’ status -- East Malaysia - update; - Subscriber update; - ARPU update; - Competitionv - subscriber acquisition costs; - Equipment - depreciation issues: partly blamed for losses - challenges - capital-heavy business; - WIMAX - LTE - debate - issues; - Software and services bu...

Flextronics International Senior VP of Finance Manny Marimuthu discusses: - The Flextronics proposition in Asia; - Malaysia proposition - 11 manufacturing facilities, one R&D centre and currently 20,000 people to get to 23,000 employees; - Reasons for being bullish; - Adding jobs - headcount; - Rising Costs - regional comparison; - Growth - CAGR forecasts - outlook; - Margins - razor thin - 20...

Kenny Tan, managing director of KEN Holdings, is back on the Breakfast Grille. He gives an update on the KEN Rimba Jimbaran project, as well as the KEN TTDI development. KEN TTDI is also a milestone for the company -- its first foray into the hospitality business -- with the development of 36 corporate suites there. He also discusses the on-going plans for the 'green' hotel in Penang, pl...

On the Breakfast Grille, Ong Ewe Hock, managing director of DuPont Malaysia, discusses:  -- its business segments -- major growth drivers for the company -- the company's financials -- growth targets -- how DuPont plans to weather the economic headwinds -- challenges in getting talent -- the Oil Palm Center of Excellence, to promote oil palm as a significant adjacent crop to DuPont -- R&D...

  Our Mother's Day Special on the Breakfast Grille: Helen Read, the founder and Managing Director of Ms. Read & her son, Benjamin Yong, the founder of the BIG group with its collection of restaurants and supermarkets like Plan B, T forty twoand Ben's Independent Grocer. Helen Read of Ms. Read discusses: -- how she started just sewing buttons to designing a clothing line for...

The Breakfast Grille presents a Mother's Day Special with The Chicken Rice Shop (TCRS) founder Gaik Wong, and her daughter Wong Kah Lin, the CEO of the company.  They discuss: -- How the recipe for the chicken rice served at their restaurants is a meld of both grandmothers' receipes (one from Hainan & the other from Penang) -- Although chicken rice is available everywhere from your local...

Sime Darby Healthcare MD Raja Azlan Shah Raja Azwa discusses: - Developments - two new hospitals - Ara Damansara and ParkCity; - Investment amounts - source - adherence- budget - timelines - details; - ETP - reasons for appointment to EPP status; - Medical tourism - arrivals - expectations - targets; - Medical education; - Plans - double revenue to 600 million ringgit - 2016 - organic - M&A; -...

Has the adoption of fiat money 40 years ago created an unsustainable economic paradigm in the US, with the unprecedented expansion of credit? Is this then the start of a New Great Depression? On the Breakfast Grille is author of 'The New Depression: The Breakdown of the Paper Money Economy" Richard Duncan, and he discusses: -- How US debt has ballooned almost fifty-fold in the four decade since th...

Aker Solutions Asia-Pacific president Crawford Tennant discusses: - Aker’s services within the stable; - Previous posting within subsea solutions - 'Christmas trees' - etc; - The umbilicals business: carrying data - fluid - chemicals; - Clients - producers - installers; - Typical lifespan; - EMs: West Africa - Asia - CAGR of between 11 and 18 per cent annually - growing presence; - Choice of...