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Award Ceremony and Dinner December 3, 2008
Forbes Asia’s
Best Under A Billion
Award Ceremony and Dinner Sixty-seven companies were honored at this year’s Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Award Ceremony and Dinner held on Sentosa Island in Singapore for the fourth consecutive year. Some 200 guests attended the award ceremony and dinner at Amara Sanctuary Resort on Sentosa in honor of the top 200 companies that made it to this year’s Best Under A Billion list. Drawing from almost 15,000 publicly listed companies in Asia-Pacific with sales of less than US$1 billion, Forbes editors picked the top 200 of these enterprises that have had consistent growth in both sales and profits over three years. The full list of all 200 companies was published in the September 29, 2008 issue of Forbes Asia.
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Award Ceremony and Dinner December 3, 2008
(L-R): Albert Teo, CEO, Amara Holdings Limited; Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes; Eric Zhu , Chairman & CEO, China Eastsea Business Software, China; Mike Barclay, CEO, Sentosa Development Corporation
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Pink Yuen, COO, Modern Beauty Salon, Hong Kong; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Anil Khanna, MD, Blue Dart Express, India; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Yasunori Fukuha, Chairman, Macromill, Japan; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Tan Sri Osman S. Cassim, Chairman, Hai-O Enterprise, Malaysia; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Phil Stone, APAC Vice President, Endace, New Zealand; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Ali S. Habib, Chairman & Chief Executive, Indus Motor, Pakistan; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Stephen Lee Keng, Chairman, Anchor Land Holdings, Philippines; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Dr. Doreen Tan, Chairman, Best World International, Singapore; Mike Barclay “The Fastest Growing” Special Award RCG, HONG KONG
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Royle Jansz, Senior Director, Distilleries Co. of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Elsa Wang, Executive Board Director, Flytech Technology, Taiwan; Mike Barclay
(L-R): Albert Teo; Christopher Forbes; Dr. Raymond Chu, Chairman & CEO, RCG, Hong Kong; Mike Barclay
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Award Ceremony and Dinner December 3, 2008
The evening also provided an excellent networking opportunity for all award recipients and guests.
(L-R): Stephen Riady, President, Lippo Group; Suguna Madhavan, President, Asia Pacific, Steinway Lyngdorf
(L-R): Moira Forbes, Publisher, ForbesLife Executive Woman; Sandeep Pahwa, MD – Head of Global Banking SEA, Deutsche Bank AG; M. A. Zaman, President & CEO, Royal Falcon Fleet
(L-R): Albert Teo, CEO, Amara Holdings Limited; Paul Tagliabue, Former Commissioner, NFL; Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes
(L-R): Lindsay Birley, Senior VP, Commercial, DHL Express; William Adamopoulos, President & Publisher, Forbes Asia
(L-R): Mike Barclay, CEO, Sentosa Development Corporation; Lawrence Koh, CEO, SkyVenture VWT Singapore
(L-R): Ashok M. Advani, Chairman & MD, Blue Star; Anil Khanna, MD, Blue Dart Express
(L-R): Nariman Karimi, CIO, DHL Express Asia Pacific; Sim Mong Teck, Managing Partner, Sim Mong Teck & Partners; Scott Hunter, SVP of Value Engineering, SAP
(L-R): Manoj Lodha, CFO, Jain Irrigation Systems; Bani Trehan, Assistant VP, Tulip Telecom; Lt Col H. S. Bedi, MD, Tulip Telecom; Atul Hemani, Chairman & MD, Omnitech Infosolutions; Bimal Raj, CEO, Allied Digital Services
(L-R): Zhuang Yuxiang, Vice President, Ctrip.com International; Hank Pu, Board Director, Alltop Technology; Chien Ray Ray, Executive VP, Shinih Enterprise
(L-R): Tan Mok Koon, Executive MD, CSE Global; Norman Lee, CEO, Infrasys; Hang Chin Juan, CEO, Plant Offshore
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Award Ceremony and Dinner December 3, 2008
(L-R): Stephan Clark, Board Director, Jinpan International; Raynauld Liang, Financial Controller, Sino-Environment Technology
(L-R): Alex Kuo, Senior VP, China Security & Surveillance Technology; Elizabeth Ventura,VP Sales & Marketing, Anchor Land Holdings; Yasuhiro Wakebayashi, Chairman, Nihon M&A Center
(L-R): Mark Chang, CEO, JobStreet Corporation; Lim Chai Beng, MD, CB Industrial Product
(L-R): Alvin Ho, Head of Corporate Planning, Armstrong Industrial; Gilbert Ong, Chairman & Chief Executive, Armstrong Industrial; Patricia Khoo, Executive Director, Pintaras Jaya; Chiu Hong Keong, Chairman & MD, Pintaras Jaya
(L-R): Michael Chen, Chairman, UVAT Technology; Dr. Felix Ong Kim Huat, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive, Enporis Greenz
(L-R): Stuart Fisher, VP Channel Sales and Alliances, Sybase; Lloyd Adams, VP, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan
(L-R): Tan Kai Teck, CFO, Midas Holdings; Patrick Chew, CEO, Midas Holdings; Henry Tan, Board Director, Raffles Education
Forbes Asia would like to thank all the award recipients, guests and sponsors of the Best Under A Billion Award Ceremony and Dinner. Host sponsor
Official hotel