Corporate Whirl
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TALENT CONTEST: Julaiha
Nor Hassan (centre), winner of AmBagus 2017, receiving a trophy and mock cheque worth RM5,000 from AmBank Group chairman
Tan Sri Azman Hashim (left) and Kelab AmBank Group president and AmBank Group head of group corporate communications and marketing Syed Anuar Syed Ali. Julaiha, from AmBank Metropolis Tower Johor Baru branch, won the contest recently for her rendition of ‘Girl on Fire’ by Alicia Keys. 2
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: CIMB Group chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (left) and group chief financial officer Shahnaz Jammal at the CIMB Group Holdings Bhd half-year financial results announcement in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. The group’s first-half net profit increased 35.5 per cent to RM2.28 billion.
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FUND-RAISING: (From left) Hong Leong Investment Bank managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Lee Jim Leng, Danajamin Nasional Bhd chief corporate and investment officer Amri Sofian, CEO Mohamed Nazri Omar, DRB-HICOM Bhd chief operating officer (properties, corporate planning and strategy) Shaharul Farez Hassan and group director, treasury, Aminah Othman at the guaranteeing of the 19-year RM340 million Medium-Term Note Programme issued by Northern Gateway Infrastructure Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. 4
ENCOURAGING INNOVATIONS: MRT Corp Standard and Compliance director Tuan Syed Mahdhar Syed Hussain
(left) accepting the transport infrastructure category award for the building information modelling level 2 implementation for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line from Geospatial Media and Communication chief executive officer Sanjay Kumar (centre). The awards were presented during the Asia Geospatial Excellence Awards 2017, which was held in conjunction with the GeoSmart Asia 2017 Conference in Putrajaya recently. 5
ECONOMIC COOPERATION: (From left) Malaysia-Japan Economic Association (Majeca) honorary secretary Tan Sri Dr Michael Yeoh, vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Iqbal, Japanese economic expert Prof Motoshige Ito, Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Makio Miyagawa and Majeca vicepresident Datuk Md Taib Abdul Hamid at the Abenomics, the ‘Japanese Economic Policy and the Future Japanese Economy Seminar’ in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.