The Breakfast Grille

On the Breakfast Grille, we speak to Dato' Seri Ir Dr Judin Abdul Karim, the CEO of Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). CIDB, which was formed in 1994, is a regulatory body and the custodian of the local construction industry  He discusses some of the key challenges that CIDB faces: --  Productivity Issues: Productivity in the Malaysian construct...

AEON Co. (M) Bhd Managing Director Ms Nur Qamarina Chew discusses: - Rebranding exercise - ROI - Positioning - Aeon proposition; - How many stores - cities - neighbourhoods; - Whether target number of stores - yearly rollout plan; - Key marketing point of 'constant interior refurbishment' - details; - Middle-class target segment - research - data points; - Expansion - Sungai Petani - Bukit Mertaja...

Datin Maznah Mahbob, Group CEO of the Funds Management Division of AmInvestment Bank, discusses: - Update - assets under management; - Breakdown - areas - concentration; - Demand - source; - Equity funds - proposition; - Fixed income - focus - performance - reasons; - Outlook - equity markets; - Fund management - challenges - ‘deals’ - dirty - managing perception; - Private Retirement...

Professor Norman Davies, British historian and author of Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations, discusses: - Whether there is a more futile effort than the construction of kingdoms; - History appearing to not have taught mankind that empires crumble;   - China - - but flashpoints - Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan; - European Union - similarities - fabled kingdoms like Byzantio...

On the Breakfast Grille, we speak to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. He is a member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet and serves as the President's principal trade advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on trade issues. Ambassador Kirk was in Southeast Asia to discuss current issues in US trade and investment with Asia Pacific economies. He discusses:  -- growth in two...

On the Breakfast Grille, John Brosnan, the Southeast Asia Managing Director for BAE Systems discusses: --  the history and heritage of the company --  the key business areas --  their home markets and what they're focusing on  --  the importance of innovation in staying on top of their game --  business opportunities in Malaysia: BAE is aggressively pitching...

LBS Bina Group Bhd MD Dato' Lim Hock San discusses: - Rebranding - restrategisation - rebuilding - aftermath Global Financial Crisis - losses; - Management decisions - gambles; - Landbank - update; - Outlook - property prices - elaborate; - Positioning - medium end - reasons; - Challenges: tightening liquidity - BNM Responsible Lending Guidelines - higher Loan-to-Value ratios - net income - rules;...

David   Collis , Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School talks about how strategy is taught at the prestigious university See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MIECO Chipboard Bhd MD Dato' Yong Seng Yeow discusses: - 2010 - demand recovery - current situation - construction and property demand - full swing; - Plant utilisation; - Re-opening Kuala Lipis plant; - Raw material costs: glue and wax - outlook; - Regional competition - cheap - undercutting; - Q4 -- results announcements -- bleak outlook - particleboard prices - sluggish global demand - eurozone...

Aluminium Company of Malaysia Berhad (ALCOM) MD Sachin Satpute discusses: - Current business - update; - Contrast - business profile - 60 percent owner: Atlanta, Georgia-based Novelis; - Capex spendng - higher quality products - higher prices - update - move up the value chain; - New markets - South Korea, India, Taiwan and Japan - update; - R&D - importance - update; - Raw materials - costs -...

JATRO AG Founder & CEO Dr. Christoph Weber discusses: - Airline industry - uptake - biofuels - adoption rates; - Aircraft performance - behavior - operation differences; - Challenges - gelling - effects on farm commodity prices - clearing of land for biofuel use; - Aviation industry - impediments to upscale: supply and costs; - Jatro AG: - experience - skills - depth; - Current acreage size -...

Investor and Philanthropist Koon Yew Yin and Salford University Professor of Investing Glen Arnold discuss: - Valuegrowth Investing - (seemingly) contrasting terms of value and growth; - (The tricks behind) purchasing at as low a price relative to its future prospects; - Identifying the elements behind future earnings per share; - Koon - "buy shares that have profit growth prospects" - timeframe -...

Garuda Indonesia President & CEO Emirsyah Satar discusses: - Transformation plan - - meritocracy - resistance - strategy; - Government - political will - necessity; - Competition - LCCs - how coping; - Crashes - safety - terrorism - update - views; - IPO - 'railroaded' - delayed - - overpriced - overly large - background - takeaways - lessons; - Government intereference; - Indonesia - plans -...

DAMCO CEO Asia Pacific Tony Hotine discusses: - Freight rates; - Outlook global trade; - Oil price - concerns - outlook - implications; - "Cautious" and uncertain" market conditions - strategies to address; - Environmental concerns - global freight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UEM Land Holdings Bhd MD/CEO Datuk Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim discusses: - UEM Land - Sunrise integration; - Dato Tong Kooi Ong - role; - Landbanking - where buying - prices now; - Nusajaya Gateway - details - types - demand - outlook; - General property demand outlook; - Property sales -- rollout plan; - Foreign JV - plans - India - Vietnam - Myanmar -- issues - challenges; - Financial targets - NP...

Today on the Breakfast Grille, Naveen Tewari, Founder and CEO of InMobi Pte Ltd discusses: -- InMobi is the largest independent mobile advertising network in the world. Founded in India in 2007 and has business set up in the Asia Pacific region, Africa, US, Europe, and Japan. -- It is backed by some of the industry's highly regarded investors such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sherpalo...

On the Breakfast Grille, we are joined by Yong Kwek Ping. He is the CEO of Inventis Investment Holdings (China), a private equity firm based in China and one of the largest PE firms investing in the greater China region. He is a native Singaporean and a Senior Fellow of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Yong gives us an overview of the private equity market in China, and discuss...

On the Breakfast Grille is John Culver, president of Starbucks Coffee China and Asia Pacific. In this role, John provides overall leadership to Starbucks company-operated markets in China, Australia, Singapore and Thailand, as well as the company's entry into India. He is also responsible for growing and developing Starbucks joint-venture and licensed operations in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,...

On the Breakfast Grille is Bradley Mulroney, CEO and President of Lafarge Malayan Cement. He discusses: -- Lafarge Group's restructuring and how that has affected Malaysia's operations -- How Lafarge Malaysia will benefit from ETP projects -- Outlook for construction sector -- how much of Lafarge Malaysia's capacity is for doemstic use and how much for export -- volatility in coal price -- ef...

Cass Business School Professor of Transformational Leadership Chris Roebuck discusses: - Goldmans - Greg Smith - letter - 'Muppets' - how Goldmans could have handled the crisis better - leadership standpoint; - When banks forgot about clients' welfare - focus only on their own bottom lines;  - Views - how employees need to become more entrepreneurial - pitfalls; - Follow the leader - Lloyd Bl...

Johore Tin Bhd Managing Director Edward Goh Swee Wang discusses: Cans and tins business:   - Outlook - Tin price outlook - Duty exemption issue     Dairies business: - Recent diversification into the diaries business - reasons - Stronger-than-expected earnings - Outlook for the business - Profit guarantee - mechanics   Valuations - PER 5x - contrast FMCGs - Dutch Lady and Nestl...

EITA Resources Bhd, Group MD Fu Wing Hoong discusses: - Offer for sale - reasons; - Fu himself - selling 5.2 million shares -- and leaving only 1.1 m shares - whether wrong signals; - Remuneration - 1.25-1.3m / yr - justify; - Financial record - revenue - choppy - margins; - Pink forms - independent directors - justify; - Mkt cap - post IPO - 99m rgt - plans for liquidity - interest; - Dividend po...

Penang Chief Minister And DAP Secretary-General YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng discusses: - Melbourne Roadshow; - CAT generally; - Governance - Competency - Accountability - Transparency; - State govt finances; - Open Tender - details and explanation; - Bumi contracts - accusations of marginalisation; - FDI - Performance - comparatives - outlook; - Medical tourism - competition from Langkawi; - Second link...

This year will mark 40 years since Siemens Malaysia was incorporated. On the Breakfast Grille, President and CEO of Siemens Malaysia Prakash Chandran discusses: -- how Siemens plans to drive its healthcare business to reach its 35-38% target for 2012 -- Siemens' interest in the proposed KL-Singapore High Speed Rail Link, the LRT extension project and the MRT project -- if Sieme...

BNP Paribas Malaysia Bhd CEO Krishna Chetti discusses: - Full commercial license - wholesale banking - main business thrusts; - Whether retail; - Corporate finance - equities research - asset management - Islamic asset management; - Potential linkages - Europe; - Rivals: Mizuho - Sumitomo - ADCB - Mandiri - ICBC - differentiators; - Inter Asia-Europe trade - outlook - opportunities; - Client - sec...