Events 2015

The ASEAN Business Club (ABC) led a high-level delegation for a visit to London to explore two-way investment opportunities between ASEAN and the UK. The highlights of the visit included a roundtable meeting with the Right Honourable the Lord O’Neill of Gatley, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury at the UK

The ASEAN Business Club (ABC) led a high-level delegation for a visit to London to explore two-way investment opportunities between ASEAN and the UK. The highlights of the visit included a roundtable meeting with the Right Honourable the Lord O’Neill of Gatley, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury at the UK

Malaysian banking executive Nazir Razak has been honoured with the Asia House Asian Business Leaders Award at a glittering gala dinner held at Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. The 48-year-old chairman of CIMB Group was selected for the prestigious annual award for 2015 in recognition of his impressive business credentials,

The ASEAN Business Club (ABC) and CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI) jointly launched the third set of Lifting-The-Barriers (LTB) Reports yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, held alongside the 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting.

ASEAN Business Club (ABC) hosted a special dialogue with H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam today in Putrajaya, Malaysia in conjunction with his official two-day visit to Malaysia. Aimed at strengthening trade relations between Vietnam and Malaysia, the exclusive dialogue was held in partnership with the CIMB Group,

The ABC Forum 2015 ended with its fifth annual Gala dinner held alongside the forum, featuring a keynote address on the topic “Why I believe in ASEAN” by accomplished Singaporean diplomat - HE Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-large at the Ministry Foreign Affairs, Singapore.

The private sector urged ASEAN governments to provide well-structured regional channels to provide real sectoral input to policy makers in order to realize the vision of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The sentiment is strongly reflected by over 300 leading regional corporate leaders and policy makers attending the 3rd Annual ASEAN

The ABC inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the ASEAN Business Club Forum 2015 to jointly launch a research grant programme aimed at providing actionable research on policies and business procedures to expand SME access to finance.