Business Excellence Awards 2019

The Awards is the BMCC’s flagship annual Gala Dinner; the grandest of its kind and the only initiative in Malaysia to acknowledge the accomplishments of both British and Malaysian brands across all industry and scale. It aims to offer a heighten standard of recognition to companies and individuals who have excelled and progressed the business landscape of UK and Malaysia. After another successful sequel, the BMCC Awards will return in 2020!

Paul Gibbons, Managing Director of Sports Direct Malaysia accepts the Award with his team

Since becoming a joint venture in 2013, Sports Direct Malaysia has grown aggressively, currently operating 30 retail stores with annual sales of over RM225 million and a workforce of over 706 employees. This rapid growth is only set to continue growing with the evolution of larger format stores, incorporating more than 75 brands. The company owns 28 sports brands globally, many of which were never previously available in Malaysia.

The pinnacle achievement at the BMCC Business Excellence Awards; this award recognises a British company investing in Malaysia or a Malaysian company investing in the UK, having displayed a stellar track record of investment in the opposite country by building on its successful local business; bringing mutual economic benefit to both nations.

Choy Wah Wei CEO of Sunway Medical Centre and Professor Peter Heard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Sunway University received the UK-Malaysia Partnership Award on behalf of Professor Jarlath Ronayne, Director of Sunway University

Through its partnership with the University of Cambridge in 2014, the Clinical Research Centre was established at Sunway Medical Centre,  going on to become the first regional site partner for the British university. Researchers from both institutions are working together on researches that focus on prevention, early diagnosis and improved treatments for a range of diseases suited for the Asian genetic composition.

The Outstanding Partnership Award goes to an individual, team or company that has successfully partnered with a UK or Malaysian counterpart. The joint-venture collaboration and synergies created through this partnership will have driven exceptional commercial results and shown significant value-creation to the economy; capitalising on the best of UK & Malaysia expertise through a seamless partnership.

Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah receiving the honorary Award from YB Tuan Lim Guan Eng, Minister of Finance Malaysia, accompanied by H.E. Charles Hay, British High Commissioner to Malaysia and Andrew Sill, BMCC Chairman

Having founded Sunway Group in 1974 from humble beginnings, Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah has since groomed and grown Sunway to become one of Malaysia’s largest conglomerates with 12 business divisions across various sectors. He pioneered the concept of “twinning programmes” in Malaysia with partnerships between Sunway College and the universities of Leicester, Manchester and Greenwich over the years. More than just a leader with a mind for business, Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah has initiated various initiatives with social goals and talent building.

This award recognises an individual who through his/her UK-Malaysian business interests has made a positive impact on their company, and the overall economy, and contributed to the championing of business ties between both countries. This individual would have demonstrated strong leadership skills, creating a culture that motivates, inspires and encourages innovation and ambition in parallel to achieving business success.

Sridharan Nair, Managing Partner of PwC Malaysia accepts the Award from YB Dr Ong Kian Ming, Deputy Minister of International Trade & Industry

PwC Malaysia won the Diversity and Inclusion Award, this year’s highest nominated category, having proven its strong commitment through its holistic flex+ programme aimed at fostering an inclusive workforce as well as establishing effective recruiting strategies to drive diversity.

The Diversity & Inclusion Award recognises companies of all sizes, across all industries that have shown their commitment to developing a diverse workforce. This award recognises organisations that have effective strategies, policies and programs with an ongoing commitment to drive diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Philip Williamson, CEO & Founder of Capital DK & DK Energy Sdn Bhd receiving the Innovation Award from H.E. Charles Hay, British High Commissioner to Malaysia accompanied by Jennifer Lopez, BMCC Executive Director

The Innovation Award went to Capital DK, whose game-changing solutions that employ Machine Learning, AI, Robotic Automation and Deep Analytics have seen them leave their closest competitors years behind

This award is given to a company that relentlessly pursues new solutions and challenges the status quo to operate with greater efficiency and effectiveness. Through developing innovative technologies and taking risks, this company is contributing to Malaysia’s productivity enhancement and paving the way to greater system automation while developing its people’s skill set to tackle these challenges.

Dzameer Dzulkifli, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Teach For Malaysia accepting the Award from H.E. Charles Hay, British High Commissioner to Malaysia and David Ng, BMCC Deputy Chairman

Teach For Malaysia (TFM) recruits top non-education graduates and young professionals into its two-year Fellowship programme with the vision that all children one day will have access to excellent education, and will be empowered to be leaders of their learning and leaders of our nation. Through collaborations with various sectors, such as the Fund A Fellow model, TFM can financially sustain itself as an independent, not-for-profit organisation.

This new Award category recognises an organisation that has successfully applied business solutions to address social problems. Social enterprises are businesses created to further a social purpose in a financially sustainable way. They make their money from selling goods and services in the open market, but profits are reinvested back into the business or community in pursuit of their social mission.