Asia Pacific’s Most Prestigious Awards For Entrepreneurs

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Chairman Message

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n behalf of Enterprise Asia, I am pleased to announce that the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2013 is now open for nomination. Every year, we seek to recognize Asia’s outstanding and most deserving entrepreneurs.

As advocators of entrepreneurship, we believe that entrepreneurship does not only provide a compelling alternative to individuals to continue their livelihood, but also serves as an important catalyst to spur economic developments and to catapult countries out of recession. Enterprise Asia was founded on the principle that entrepreneurship is an efficacious asset for sustainable economic development, and we strive to promote entrepreneurship as a way of life and to forge greater entrepreneurial co-operation in Asia. We strongly believe that entrepreneurship provides a sustainable solution not only for economic recovery but as well as to overcome other socioeconomic issues. As we champion our mission in developing and promoting entrepreneurship in Asia, it is our hope that the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) program, one of our eminent initiatives in the region will be able to recognize, advocate and promote the importance of responsible entrepreneurship amongst entrepreneurs and the general public. As such, we welcome your nominations to the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2013.

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn | Chairman, Enterprise Asia Former Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia (Dec 1999 – March 2008)

President’s Message

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nterprise Asia grew by leaps and bounds since our inception in 2006. What started in 2006 from the passion of a few individuals in promoting entrepreneurship has now grown into an organization of over 8,000 entrepreneurs. Since its launch in 2007, the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) has expanded its presence to 16 countries, further sealing its position as Asia Pacific’s most prestigious awards for entrepreneurship. Responding to changing society’s demands and landscapes for better corporate governance and sustainable development, the APEA stresses the importance of recognizing sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship amongst entrepreneurs. It is our belief that apart from an entrepreneur’s outstanding achievements in business, it is vital for him/her to embrace a culture of responsibility in an organization, both internally and externally. Part of our mission is also to promote and forge greater entrepreneurial co-operation in Asia. In line with this, our objective is to utilize the APEA award program and offer all local and international participants a platform which encourages dialogue, knowledge sharing and networking. It is our pleasure to inform that this year, the inaugural Asia Entrepreneurship Forum (AEF), Asia’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs will be held to serve this objective. The forum will be a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn from distinguished seasoned speakers, and where captains of industries across Asia will network and share business opportunities on markets across the region. With pleasure, I would like to announce that nominations are now officially open for the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2013. We welcome your nomination and recommendations to help us discover the region’s finest entrepreneurs.

William Ng | President, Enterprise Asia

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About Enterprise Asia

Leading Regional NGO Founded in 2006, Enterprise Asia is now a leading NGO for entrepreneurship development in Asia.

Mission & vision We champion entrepreneurship development across Asia and strive to cultivate a culture of honesty, fairness and corporate social responsibility. Our vision is to create an Asia that is rich in entrepreneurship as an engine towards economic and social development that is both progressive and sustainable development within a world of economic equality.

8,000+

Entrepreneurs network in asia pacific

We have a rich and broad network of entrepreneurs of over 8,000 members of Enterprise Asia. 95% of our members are medium to large size entities.

dedicated research 24 major industries 32 countries Our Strategic Intelligence Unit (SIU) perform studies on 24 major industries across 32 countries to facilitate Enterprise Asia’s entrepreneurship development programs and/or platforms.

Corporate governance

programs diversity

The organization is governed by prominent government and industry leaders who truly believe in the mission of championing entrepreneurship development in Asia.

Enterprise Asia organizes more than 15 regional programs for its stakeholders annually, including but not limited to entrepreneurs, governments, universities, youth groups and the community at large.

Enterprise Asia Strategic Roadmap Russia

Kazakhstan South Korea Japan

Kuwait Bahrain

China Qatar

Pakistan

United Arab Emirates

Taiwan

Nepal

Macau

Hong Kong

Saudi Arabia India Bangladesh

Oman

Vietnam Thailand Philippines Cambodia

Sri Lanka

Malaysia

Brunei Darussalam

Singapore

Maldives

Promoting Entrepreneurial Excellence Across Asia

Indonesia

Enterprise Asia believes in providing a platform, due recognition and publicity to Asia’s leading entrepreneurs to promote sustainable leadership, innovation and responsible entrepreneurship. Building on the success and strength of the programs across 16 regions, Enterprise Asia will continue to expand its reach in the following countries to create a holistic platform for fellow entrepreneurs to build connections, share ideas and play a part in building an Asia that is rich in entrepreneurship.

Australia

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About APEA

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he prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) is a Regional Award Recognition program recognizing and honouring business leaders who have shown outstanding performance and tenacity in developing successful businesses, whilst not neglecting the social responsibilities that come with business leadership.

Organised by Enterprise Asia and supported by local governments, chambers of commerce and businesses, the awards aim to band leading entrepreneurs across Asia to spur greater innovation, fair practices and growth in entrepreneurship. It hopes to be a platform to encourage continued leadership towards sustainable economic development for the region. APEA’s key objectives is to highlight and promote that entrepreneurship comes hand in hand with responsible ethics, regardless of the different industries and environment that they operate in. The Awards Ceremony will be attended by business and government leaders, past APEA winners, diplomatic representatives, social leaders, local and international media to celebrate the success of Asia’s finest entrepreneurs. Beyond recognition, winners of APEA will enjoy many benefits by joining Asia’s largest network of entrepreneurs, and will be invited to attend upcoming award ceremonies, forums, conferences and networking sessions organized by Enterprise Asia. With these, we aim to create synergistic platforms to further enhance regional interaction and cooperation.

Why Participate in APEA?

Winning the APEA is a

recognition and an independent endorsement of your

enterprising spirit, effortlessly improving corporate visibility and media exposure at both national and regional level.

The award helps signify yourself as a

leader of the industry, which

can assist in you gaining an advantage over your competitors.

It sends a positive message to the general public on your company’s

commitment in pursuing business excellence and growth. The award can uplift your staff’s

morale, reinforce investor’s confidence and inspire public and/or customer’s trust.

For SMEs, the award can give you extra

leverage in raising awareness about

your company and products within the market.

Beyond recognition, the regional APEA gives you a lifetime

benefit, as you gain

priority access to all of Enterprise Asia’s programs in the region, to network and share business opportunities with winners from all across Asia.

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Award categories

MOST PROMISING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD Awarded to entrepreneurs that have displayed promising accomplishments in the past and present and have the vision and potential to advance their companies to be leading businesses in the near future. Winners are entrepreneurs who hold the potential to make it big and inspire the young minds to follow their footsteps in becoming successful entrepreneurs in the future. Criteria*: Nominees must be in continued leadership of a registered business for no less than 1 year, with a turnover of no less than USD 1 million in the past one year.

OUTSTANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD Awarded to outstanding individuals who have demonstrated entrepreneurial attributes that serve as role model for emerging entrepreneurs, including the tenacity and perseverance to continue innovating. These individuals continue to provide the vision and direction to their companies and are the captains of their respective industries. Criteria*: Nominees must be in continued leadership of a registered business for no less than 3 years, with a cumulative turnover of at least USD 50 million for the past 2 years. For service based industries, the cumulative turnover should be at least USD25 million for the past 2 years.

9 * The criteria requirements may be reviewed by the Organizers for certain industries or circumstances, under the discretion of the International Advisory Council. Nominees are allowed to submit their nominations under the following industry categories: • • • • • •

Banking and Financial Services Manufacturing Training & Education IT & Communications Transport & Logistic Healthcare & Wellness

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Property & Construction Consumer Products Media & Entertainment Retail and F & B Chemicals & Biotechnology Others

For industries that are not listed above, you may submit the entry under the “Others” category, and suggest a relevant general category to your industry. All nominations are treated equal and go through the same judging process irregardless of the categories that they are submitted for. The suggested category for nomination is subjected to final discretion by the International Advisory Panel of Enterprise Asia.

Special Achievement Awards These awards are accorded to extraordinary individuals that possess true enterprising spirit; crème de la crème of entrepreneurs. These winners are individuals that have shown outstanding ingenuity and recognised as first among equals, have built the company from scratch or have taken the company to new heights since taking over the reins.

lifetime achievement award This award is given to an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit, and contributed to the society for a sustained period of time. His/her contribution deserves to be honoured and remembered by generations to come.

entrepreneur of the year / woman entrepreneur of the year An entrepreneur who have shown exceptional performance in the communication of their visions, brands, and strategies and sets a remarkable standard within the industry.

young entrepreneur of the year An entrepreneur who is 40 years old or below and has demonstrated that business acumen and entrepreneurial traits recognize no age boundaries. He/she also serves as a role model to encourage and inspire young minds to be persistent in their entrepreneurship journey.

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top winners (2009)

Dato’ Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri (Dr.) Yeoh Tiong Lay

Lawrence Ho Yau Lung

Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 (Malaysia) Executive Chairman, Nadicorp Holdings Sdn Bhd

Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 (Malaysia) Executive Chairman, YTL Corporation Berhad

Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 (Hong Kong) Chairman & CEO, Melco International Development Limited

D K Jain

Dr. Mochtar Riady

Dr. Jannie Tay

Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 (India) Chairman & President, Luxor Writing Instruments Pvt Ltd

Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 (Indonesia) Founder & Chairman, Lippo Group

Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 (Singapore) Executive Vice-Chairman, The Hourglass Limited

top winners (2010)

Tan Sri Azman Hashim

H. S. Singhania

Adi Godrej

Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 (Malaysia) Executive Chairman, Ambank Group

Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 (India) Chairman, J. K. Industries

Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 (India) Chairman, Godrej Group

Jiang Xipei

Poon Wai

Hary Tanoesoedibjo

Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 (China) President, Far East Holding Group

Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 (China) Chairman, Ajisen (China) Holding Limited

Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 (Indonesia) CEO, MNC Group

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top winners (2011)

Dennis Lee Seng Jin

Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal

Shobana Kamineni

Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (Hong Kong) Chairman and CEO, Samson Paper Holdings Limited

Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 (India) Chairman, Hero MotoCorp Limited

Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (India) Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Ong Pang Aik

Ann Lee

Tan Sri Rozali Ismail

Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (Singapore) Chairman & Managing Director, Lian Beng Group Pte Ltd

Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (Singapore) Founder & CEO, Adonis Investment Holdings

Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (Malaysia) Executive Chairman, Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad

top winners (2012)

Dr. Lui Che-Woo

Dato’ Lim Hock San

Jaiprakash Gaur

Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 (Hong Kong) Chairman & Founder, K. Wah Group

Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 (Malaysia) Managing Director, LBS Bina Group Berhad

Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 (India) Chairman, Jaypee Group

Navin Jindal

Kobchai Chirathivat

W. K. H. Wegapitiya

Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 (India) CEO, Jindal Steel and Power Limited

Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 (Thailand) President / CEO, Central Pattana Public Company Limited

Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 (Sri Lanka) Chairman, Laugfs Holdings Limited

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judging panel A diverse panel of independent, impartial and seasoned individuals from various backgrounds are selected to execute the judging process. Enterprise Asia seeks to work with these market-driven, customer-centric business, academic, and political leaders in processing the nomination and select the industry’s best. The judging panel is bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and is required to declare any conflict of interest in entries over which they deliberate and to stand aside from deliberations concerning those entries. In the event that the panel decides that there are no worthy achievers in any category, the particular category may not be awarded. The Official Verification Partner will be in charge of verifying the financial data submitted by the nominee, and check the company’s financial health by deriving key ratios.

about your nomination There is an in-depth search and selection process for nominations for the Awards composed of primary, secondary, and tertiary research by Enterprise Asia’s research division. Every year, Enterprise Asia trace and records more than 120,000 companies, across 24 major industries in 36 countries to identify best practices, growth patterns, business excellence, and responsible business ethics of companies within Asia. Industry experts and market participants then assimilates data from secondary research to determine best practices in the industry. This serves as a testimony to pre-qualify an enterprise and/or entrepreneur for the awards. All collaterals submitted by nominees, and information derived by analyst are collated to permit the quantitative and qualitative audit by the appointed Official Verification Partner, Judging Panel and International Advisory Council. Finally, nominations are analysed to verify that the entrepreneur or the company possess evident entrepreneurial spirit with proven track records, and prevails over the stringent criteria set as below: • Evident business growth • Market competitiveness • Innovation of products and services • Technology advancement • Investment in people

• Practise of responsible entrepreneurship • Leadership qualities and entrepreneurial spirit • Vision and strategic direction • Peer and industry recognition • Local and global impact

SELECTION AND JUDGING PROCESS Qualitative Audit Initial Screening by Enterprise Asia

Final Judging by Advisory Panel Qualitative Audit

Winner Announcement

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Testimonials “Brunei is very short on recognition programmes, and the ‘stars’ today are not being recognized enough. So the event (APEA) was very timely.” Tareq Muhmood, CEO of HSBC Brunei “Nowadays everything is global. Our standards are world standards to be able to win this (APEA).” Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim, Executive Chairman of Amcorp Group Berhad “It’s a privilege to be awarded; there is always room to grow the entrepreneurial landscape not just in Malaysia but regionally and Enterprise Asia is a great platform for this.” Peter C. Smerling, President – Central & South Asia of SCA Hygiene Malaysia Sdn Bhd “Top Entrepreneurs should not be shy to receive this Award; they should show what they have achieved so that others can learn from them.” Stanley Setia Admaja, President Direktor of PT. Adira Dinamika Multi Finance Tbk Indonesia “I’m very impressed that Enterprise Asia conduct site audits for every nominee to make sure that they meet the stringent standards; something which I had never experienced with other awards that I had participated in.” Dato’ Seri Dr. Abdullah Fadzil bin Che Wan, Executive Chairman of Swiftlet Eco Park Group of Companies Malaysia “I am exceptionally proud to be honoured with this most prestigious award. This is truly the highlight of my career. Thank you Enterprise Asia!” Jiang Xi Pei, President of the Board of Far East Holding Group Co Ltd “Many thanks to Enterprise Asia for giving us this opportunity to interact with other entrepreneurs from all around the Asia Pacific region. I encourage other entrepreneurs to be a part of this very prestigious program!” Poon Wai, President of Ajisen (China) Holdings Limited

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