The Breakfast Grille

Lim Peng Jin, Managing Director of packaging and property firm Scientex Bhd, offers details on its biggest customers, export market, expansion strategy in ASEAN, plans to be among the top five stretch film producers in the world by end- 2011, capacity expansion and strategies to cut its exposure to crude oil prices. He also talks about his property business, which although contributing around 20 p...

Ng Yih Pyng, Group Managing Director of Tomei Consolidated Bhd, discusses the business of diamond and gold manufacture and retail, conflict diamonds, gold as a store of value, the liquidity of the gold and diamond markets as well as prices, scarcity value and the conversion cost of both assets. He also discusses Tomei's regional expansion to China and Vietnam. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

JW Marriott General manager, Mahmoud Skaf, discusses the JW Marriott hotel group generally, occupancy rates, differentiating factors and USPs, Malaysia as a tourism hub and challenges such as terrorism and the economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul W. Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, talks about the US historically being Malaysia's biggest trading partner and whether that is still the case; the value of trade with Malaysia in 2010; the reason for the trade imbalance with Malaysia; reports that US consumption is slowly coming back and what that bodes for Malaysian producers, against the backdrop of the ringgit's rise against the dolla...

Edward Hyde, founder of Gastrodome group, which owns La Bodega tapas bars, The Pressroom and Espressamente illy coffee bars, tells what is important to build brand longevity, and his plans for the group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arrigo Berni, the global CEO of Moleskine, gives a hint on what new products and designs to expect from the premium notebook and writing materials company, and explains the brand cult status, and what is being done to improve quality control. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dheeraj Sinha, Chief Strategy Officer at Bates 141 India and author of the book "Consumer India" helps foreign companies understand the complexities of the Indian market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Myres, President of Tony Romas, tells how the company maintains consistency in quality and customer experience in its 200 plus franchised outlets around the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir John Madejski, Chairman Reading FC and Founder of Auto Trader talks about Reading FC, his hometown club and the trials and tribulations of managing a team in the English Premiership, how he made his early money with Auto Trader, slife as a newspaper advertising executive and today's print media world has changed. He also discusses doing business in the UK and how the Eurozone's problems m...

Parti KITA (Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air) Leader, Zaid Ibrahim, talks about KITA, what it is, what it stands for and its objectives. He also talks about his time in uMNO and PKR and the reasons why he left them. He also discusses corruption, funding and self-enrichment, and the steps towards effecting real and lasting change. He also talks about the Malaysian political landscape, new partie...

Julian Persaud, Managing Director of Google Southeast Asia, talks about its new Malaysian office and the market dynamics of this country, such as ad spend, usage and demographics. He also talks about Internet freedom, growth of its SEA market, biggest products as well as its forays into desktop and mobile operating systems such as Chrome and Android. He discusses global management changes at Googl...

ASEAN GE President, Stuart L Dean, discusses GE's range of businesses in Malaysia and where on the value chain it is. He talks about GE's capital investments in the region, as well as those higher on its value chain, whether Malaysia's missing out on these commitments is related to challenges such as brain drain, human capital issues, procurement challenges and corruption -- as well as how GE appr...

Joseph Tek, CEO and MD of IJM Plantations, one of the most productive oil palm plantation companies in the world, tells how IJM will ramp up yields, his outlook for CPO prices, why there are no plans to go downstream, and tackling environmental issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Too, CEO and co-founder of the World of Feng Shui (WOFS), tells us what to expect for the Rabbit year especially the Prime Minister who is born in the year of the Snake, the science behind using figurines and images, and the company's plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Hardy, founder of the Green School in Bali, talks about how the school is providing children with a green and holistic education.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Mulholland, Managing Director, China-America Capital Company, Chicago, discusses his take on the talks between Barack Obama and Hu Jintao, partciularly on fostering commercial ties (and their differences on currency policy and human rights?, Obama;s (increasingly) tougher line with China, saying their prosperity linked to US military presence, and whether it is true that China has an image pro...

Dato Foo Chu Jong, managing director and founder of Prinsiptek Corporation Berhad, talks about the growth prospects of the company and its strategy of developing land near landmarks like schools and hospitals instead. The company is trading below 50sens and at 10x, which is below the maximum industry peer of 16x. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Thomas, coach and author of the book, "Negotiate to Win", talks about navigating through high level negotiations.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tambun Indah Land Bhd Managing Director Ir. Teh Kiak Seng discusses the company's upcoming IPO, the response, who the biggest buyers of its shares are, and the planned Offer for Sale portion. He talks about landbank, expansion outside of the Northern region, its positioning, his outlook for the property sector and whether there is a bubble, building material costs, its net margins, dividend policy...

Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, human rights lawyer, activist, and political candidate for the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) talks about the Teoh Beng Hock inquest, Lina Joy's intended conversion out of Islam, and the release of Raja Petra Kamaruddin from ISA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abdul Mushir bin Che Chik, Executive Director of Century Software Bhd, discusses the IPO exercise, and defends the Offer for Sale and the allocation of shares for Independent Non-Exec Directors. He also discusses their mostly clients, mainly from the Govt Sector, and contract duration being a risk to the business. He discusses open tenders, its "SAGA" (Standard Accounting System for Government Age...

Irina Bokova, Director General of Unesco, tells how the UN agency is allocating resources to fight illiteracy. UN's Millenium Development goal is that by 2015, every child should be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. EFA Global Monitoring Report for 2009 reported that a relatively large number of countries are far from achiveing education for all by this year because 75 mill...

Professor Dr Joachim Schwass, a Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship at IMD in Switzerland, advises on how to improve the success of passing on wealth to the next generation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Datuk Eddy Leong, the Managing Director of Firefly tells how he is taking on incumbents, AirAsia in the low cost carrier space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Wood, founder and Executive Chairman of Room to Read in US and former executive of Microsoft, tells how the non-profit is able to build more than 10,000 libraries and 1,200 schools, and publish 7.4 million books, and raise more than $30 million last year through private companies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.