Bringing export to greater heights
Panel of industry experts: (From remaining) Subramaniam, Kuan, Arif, Ong and Muhd Shahrulmiza.
PETALING JAYA: The Export Excellence Awards (EEA) 2022, organised by Star Media Group Bhd (SMG) and Typical Chartered Malaysia with PKT Logistics Team Sdn Bhd as co-sponsor, will shortly make its return for the 3rd consecutive calendar year.
Aimed at recognising Malaysia’s main exporters, EEA highlights the achievements and milestones of local corporations in exporting their solutions and services to the earth.
Its launch will be held on May well 12, setting up 10am, at W Lodge KL. These intrigued can register at bit.ly/EEAlaunch.
It will be attended by Regular Chartered Malaysia controlling director and main government officer (CEO) Abrar A Anwar, as effectively as SMG group CEO Alex Yeow, among the other company.
To be held in conjunction with the start is the EEA Kuala Lumpur roadshow, which will kick off with a panel discussion titled “Transport as a Pivotal Lifeline of Trade”.
The panel will see industry experts like Port Klang Authority basic supervisor Capt K Subramaniam, PKT Logistics Team main marketing and advertising officer Kuan Eu Jin, Normal Chartered Malaysia transaction banking product sales director Arif Afifuddin and Transcargo Around the world (M) Sdn Bhd director Ong Chin Keong weighing in on the worth of transport to trade.
Subramaniam is at the moment the president of the Intercontinental Association of Ports and Harbours, which signifies about 160 ports in 90 nations and is also the secretary-common of the Eastern Dredging Affiliation, the regional human body of the Environment Dredging Association.
Meanwhile, Kuan, who is tasked with major PKT Logistics Group’s diversification options, has extra than two a long time of operate expertise in the fields of business enterprise improvement, logistic functions, fleet routine maintenance and corporate preparing.
With 16 several years of company banking knowledge – ranging from trade functions, trade finance gross sales and income management sales to romantic relationship management – Arif’s existing role is anchored on running Malaysian conglomerate customers and attending to their working cash demands.
Ong, as Transcargo director, oversees the continuing enlargement of the logistic network and assistance offerings, major the company’s strategic growth programme to boost its footprint for bigger get to and worth for consumers by connecting air and sea logistics to around the world procurement marketplaces and customers.
The key regions of discussion during the panel session will revolve all around the function of transportation in the progress and advancement of trade as perfectly as a pivotal lifeline of trade that contributes to the progress of the economic system the essential learnings and classes from Covid-19 that can be executed into ahead-wanting procedures the method of transportation to transaction to be certain trade financing alternatives and the foreseeable future of world trade and transportation.
It will be moderated by Matrade transformation and electronic trade division customised programme part deputy director Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria.
He obtained broad knowledge in trade marketing functions, professional current market intelligence, global trade problems, small business improvement and networking though on overseas assignments in New York and Taipei for 10 years cumulatively.
EEA is organised by Star Media Team in partnership with Normal Chartered Malaysia, with PKT Logistics Team as co-sponsor and Matrade as patron. It is audited by BDO.
For far more data on EEA, take a look at exportawards.com.my, or email [email protected]