Mr Beh Kim Ling began his career in the plastics and electronics industry in 1976. He founded V.S. Industry Berhad in 1984 and by 1998, Mr Beh successfully listed the company on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Mr Beh aggressively opened factories in Shenzhen, China in mid 1997 and a few years later acquired 80 acres in Zhu Hai, China to develop an Industrial Park with world-class technologies. By the 5th year of operations in China, Mr Beh successfully listed V.S. International Group Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Under Mr Beh’s leadership, the Group, now enjoys outstanding reputation as a dynamic, innovative and fast growing electronics manufacturing conglomerate. A trusted solutions provider to giant multinational corporations, the Group has won numerous quality and excellence awards, achieved world class Electronics Manufacturing Service status, and exports worldwide. The Group is now poised to grow into a US1 billion dollar business.@ Sept 03

Tan Sri Dato’ Rozali Ismail started his career as a lawyer with various corporations and practiced for several years. He was also part of a pioneer group who conceptualized Islamic banking. In 1989, Tan Sri founded Puncak Niaga. Due to his outstanding capabilities and vast experience, he was entrusted the concessions to privatise water treatment plants for Selangor and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and to construct and operate two water treatment plants. Today, the Group, which operates, and maintains 28 water treatment plants, is the largest water supply concessionaire in Malaysia with a 56% market share of the total treated water requirements in two states, equivalent to a total average production capacity of 1,903 million per day.

His drive in managing Puncak Niaga’s workforce towards high performance, and service oriented excellence resulted in numerous recognitions being accorded to both Tan Sri and Puncak Niaga. A compassionate philanthropist, he supports numerous charitable organisations and is committed to educating children to safeguard our environment.@ Sept 03

In response to the huge worldwide demand for rubber gloves in the early nineties, Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee-Chai and his wife founded Top Glove in 1991 with the vision of exporting made-in-Malaysia gloves to every corner of the world. In a little over a decade, the Group now has 6 factories in Malaysia, 2 in Thailand and 1 in China, with a production capacity of more than 7 billion pieces of gloves per annum. The Group exports to 128 countries. Being very focused and dedicated to his vision, he is grateful to his team of highly competent staff who adheres to his favourite personal philosophies, “Always on The Move” and “Continuous Improvement and Innovations”. Top Glove has won numerous local and international quality accreditations and excellence awards.

Under Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee-Chai leadership, Top Glove is on target towards its goal to be the world’s number One disposable latex and synthetic glove producer by year 2004.@ Sept 03

Dato’ Mohd. Nadzmi started his career as a professional manager – He was appointed the CEO of Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd and 3 years later as CEO of Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd. He made the successful transition to being an entrepreneur in 1996 when he took over the ownership and management of Mara Holdings, now known as Nadicorp Holdings. Despite the Asian financial crisis, he successfully turned around the loss making Group within 1 ½ years with his own innovative management style and by revamping the corporate and operational structure.

Nadicorp is today Malaysia’s biggest Bumiputra conglomerate and is at the forefront of land transportation industry serving 60 million customers a year with 1,200 buses plying 234 routes throughout Peninsular Malaysia. His achievements earned him many accolades, including being inducted into the prestigious membership of the “Global Leaders of Tomorrow” at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. He currently serves as the President of Badminton Association of Malaysia.@ Sept 03

Dato’ (Dr.) Soh Thiam Hong, the founder of BSA International, started its business as an importer of alloy wheels. Applying the visionary strategies of Dato’ Soh, BSA soon became the country’s largest importer of alloy wheels. Since then, with extensive investment in R&D and cutting edge technologies, the Company has transformed into a leading global alloy wheels manufacturer operating from 5 factories with a production capacity of 1.1 million pieces of aluminium alloy wheels per annum and exports to more than 60 countries. The Company is committed to strengthening its reputation in the global industry as an Original Equipment Manufacturer as well as Original Design and Brand Manufacturer.

Over the years, BSA Group has scored many significant firsts including those in product development, and automation processes, and has won numerous local and international quality and excellence awards. Dato’ Soh’s vision is to make BSA among the World’s Top 10 aluminum alloy wheels manufacturers within the next 5 years.@ Sept 03