CGC wins BrandLaureate SME business partner award
KUALA LUMPUR: Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Bhd ( CGC) was awarded The BrandLaureate Small and Medium Enterprises ( SMEs) Strategic Business Partner Award 2018-2019 by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF) recently.
The award is in recognition of CGC and its pivotal role in assisting Malaysian SMEs progress in their businesses. This is the second recognition for CGC by The BrandLaurete, the first award in 2015-2016 named CGC as The BrandLaureate Transformational Organisation Brand Award for its efforts in strengthening the foundation of its brand and improving performance efficiency.
CGC president/chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Zamree Mohd Ishak upon accepting the award from Tan Sri Rainer Althoff, chairman of the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation and Dr KK Johan, president of The BrandLaureat, said, “On behalf of my colleagues in CGC, thank you for this prestigious award. CGC aspires To Be The Household Name For SMEs by 2020.”
He added, “I accord my gratitude to CGC chairman and Board of Directors for their guidance, and my colleagues at CGC for their support, as well as to all our strategic business partners within the SME ecosystem.”
Zamree added, “CGC understands the importance of SMEs and the sustainability of their development in supporting the Government’s aspiration for SMEs to contribute 41 per cent
I accord my gratitude to CGC chairman and Board of Directors for their guidance, and my colleagues at CGC for their support, as well as to all our strategic business partners within the SME ecosystem.
to Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. CGC aims to enhance the viability of SMEs through its Portfolio Guarantee and Direct Financing products and to deliver them with the highest degree of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness.”
The BrandLaureate SMEs Strategic Business Partner Award 2018-2019 is the second award for CGC this year. On 20 February 2019, CGC’s imSME online loan/financing referral platform was accorded a Merit Award as an ‘Outstanding SME Development Project’ by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) in Muscat, Oman.
The BrandLaureate Awards was established by the APBF, a non-profit organisation dedicated to developing brands in a myriad of business backdrops. It is now known as the paramount for brand excellence and is the most prestigious brand awards in the country.
Datuk Mohd Zamree Mohd Ishak, CGC president/chief executive officer