DR IVAN MISNER
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, I would
like to say thank you for everyone's presence here today as we come together to
recognize and honor the Father of Modern Networking, Dr Ivan Misner with The
BrandLaureate Legendary Award.
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your information, Asia
Pacific Brands Foundation, the world's only brands and branding foundation
honors many great luminaries in the world, the likes of Hillary Clinton, the
late Nelson Mandela, the late Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alex
Ferguson, Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Dr Ben Bernanke, Michael
Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Brian Tracy, Sir Ratan Tata, and many others. Each one
of these individuals have contributed significantly to the world at large
through their areas of specialization.
Today, the foundation is truly honored to recognize
another highly respected personality to join the league of these great
distinguished luminaries, Dr Ivan Misner.
Fondly called the ‘Father of Modern Networking’ and ‘Networking
Guru’, his unique signature in the domain of brands and branding stands out
like a radiant beacon that continues to stir revolutionary approaches to
business and life.
Dr Misner successfully formulated a new strategy and set
out a favorable path to do business with the primary purpose of building
powerful referral networks – an endeavor which has come to fruition now with
the business networking organization which he fathered, BNI, being regarded as the most prevalent business networking group
in the world – having expanded across North America and globally through a
franchise-based business model.
Author of 23 books, he remained a steadfast advocate of
passing the baton of knowledge to the next generation through the teaching of Networking Skills in university business
studies curricula, as well as Business
Management and Social Capital
courses at several US universities; not to mention being on the board of
trustees for the University of La Verne.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation
is indeed proud to honor the founder of the world's largest business networking
organization, Dr Ivan Misner with The BrandLaureate Legendary Award in
recognition of his outstanding career as the Founder and Chairman of BNI,
Bestselling Serial Author, Trendsetting Networking Personality and
Inspirational Educationist.
Now without further ado, I would like to invite Dr
KKJohan, Ms Chew Bee Peng and Mr Ken Phua, Area Development Director of BNI
Malaysia on stage to present the Award to Dr Ivan Misner.
Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are also pleased to
present The BrandLaureate Industry Champion Brand ICON Leadership Award to
Business Network International (BNI) in the category of Business Networking & Referral. With over
240,000 members worldwide, BNI is the world's largest business networking and
business referral organization. The BrandLaureate is pleased to present the
Award to the Founder of BNI himself, Dr Ivan Misner.
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JAMIE ANDREW
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, I would like to say
thank you for everyone's presence here today as we come together to recognize
and honor the inspirational climber & motivational speaker, Jamie Andrew with
The BrandLaureate International Brand Personality Award.
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your information, The Asia Pacific Brands
Foundation, the world's only brands and branding foundation honors many great
luminaries in the world, the likes of Hillary Clinton, the late Nelson Mandela,
the late Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Founder of
Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Dr Ben Bernanke, William Rothwell, Michael
Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Brian Tracy, Sir Ratan Tata, Sir John Madejski, Lord
Digby Jones, and many others. Each one of these individuals have contributed
significantly to the world at large through their areas of specialization.
Today, the foundation is truly honored to recognize another highly
respected personality to join the league of these great distinguished
luminaries, Jamie Andrew.
He definitely has an extraordinary story. After the surgery that
changed his life; with remarkable resilience he went on to re-learn how to cope
with everyday life, before going on to climb again, undertaking challenges
others might blanch at. He defied all odds as the first quadruple amputee to
conquer Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn. He has managed to scale the 14,692ft
Alpine summit using prosthetic legs and specially adapted poles. It took him
almost 13 hours to reach the summit and return to base camp – about five hours
longer than most climbers but that definitely didn’t stop him from finishing
what he has started.
Despite being differently able, he has made some amazing ascents all
over the world. His astounding
accomplishment include climbing Kilimanjaro, Ben Nevis and participating in the
London Marathon. As a quadruple amputee, he has also made many other remarkable
achievements and raising thousands and thousands of pounds for charity along
the way.
Can you share with us a little bit about your life journey, and what
drove you to continue climbing.
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LIM KOK WING
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology is
a name that we are all familiar with, and it is a homegrown brand that we can be
proud of. Established in 1991, with the motto Driving Innovation for Education,
Limkokwing University is a global educational institution that emphasizes
creativity and innovation.
Congratulations to the founder and president Tan Sri Dato Dr
Lim Kok Wing came out with this great idea one day to name the university
after himself. It was a brilliant idea and creative strategy which makes it
stand apart from other colleges and universities during that time, and
continues to do so today. As they say the rest is history.
AWARDS AND MILESTONES
In 2002 the institute became the first private college to be
recognized as a University College. The
Limkokwing Malaysia flagship campus in Cyberjaya is home to 9,500 students from
around the world is considered to be one
of the top arts and design schools in Asia and is ranked highly among Asian universities.
Today, Limkokwing university has over 30,000 students from
more than 150 countries, across Africa, Europe, and Asia. Do you know that the Limkokwing United
Kingdom campus is located in the center of London at 106 Piccadilly. It has
also expanded its footprint internationally, in cities like Beijing, Gaborone,
London, Maseru, Mbabane, Phnom Penh, Sierra Leone, Namataba.
Limkokwing university is also the winner of the Highest
Enrolment of Foreign Students Award, and Special Award for Globalizing
Malaysian Education from Malaysian Ministry of Education. It also won the
Export Excellence Award from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
THE POWER OF BRAND LEADERSHIP
Standing in front of 20,000 people in this significant event
today is a testament to the Power of Branding, which is the hallmark of success
for Brand which continues to thrive, shine and fly high under the wings of his
leadership. Let’s give Tan Sri big applause.
In the past, present and future education has always been the
bedrock of progress in every nation. It is the key to unlock the future,
particularly in this internet era where new ideas and solutions are created at
the speed of thought.
And Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing is a man, who is ahead of his time.
He has created a unique platform that offers interesting courses and syllabus which
emphasizes the use of ICT for creative branding solutions in different
specialties, including: Animation, Architecture, Business, Entrepreneurship,
Fashion Design, Film Production, Games Design, Global Campus Learning, Graphic
Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Islamic Banking, Journalism, Mass
Communication, Mobile Computing, Software Engineering, Urban Planning and Web
Design
Due to his successful brand leadership, Limkokwing University
has opened doors in many countries and continue to bridge the gap in education
in developing nations, and global cities around the world. As as they said Your Culture is Your Brand. Malaysia
has always been branded as a multi-racial country, and we are proud to be so.
We realise the only way forward is for everyone, no matter their race, religion
to stand united – to learn to work, grow and celebrate with one another.
ABOUT THE BRANDLAUREATE
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your information, The World Brands Foundation,
is the world's only brands and branding foundation honors many great luminaries
in the world, the likes of Hillary Clinton, the late Nelson Mandela, the late
Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Founder of Facebook, Mark
Zuckerberg, Dr Ben Bernanke, William Rothwell, Michael Schumacher, Tiger Woods,
Brian Tracy, Sir Ratan Tata, Sir John Madejski, Lord Digby Jones, and many
others. Each one of these individuals have contributed significantly to the
world at large through their areas of specialization.
BrandLaureate Country Branding Award
Tonight, it is our pride and honour to present this
prestigious award to Limkokwing University of Creative Technology for doing the
country proud through its many effort and initiatives in country branding.
And most importantly to use education to bridge the gap
between nations and promote world peace through cultural diversity, which is the
theme of today’s event “Peace is Possible”.
So without much ado, we would like to welcome DrKKJohan and
Madam Chew Bee Peng on stage to present The BrandLaureate Country Branding Award
to Limkokwing University of Creative Technology for Promoting World Cultural
Diversity.
Our heartiest congratulations once again to Limkokwing
University for winning this prestigious award and we wish you all the best as
you continue spread your wings to every corner of the globe to bring the
message of peace, progress and prosperity, and to make the world a better
place.
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DR.MARSHALL GOLDSMITH
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, I would like to say
thank you for everyone's presence here today as we come together to recognize
and honor the World’s number 1 Leadership Thinker, business educator and coach,
Dr Marshall Goldsmith with The BrandLaureate Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement
Brand Icon Leadership Award.
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your information, The Asia Pacific Brands
Foundation, the world's only brands and branding foundation honors many great
luminaries in the world, the likes of Hillary Clinton, the late Nelson Mandela,
the late Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Founder of
Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Dr Ben Bernanke, William Rothwell, Michael
Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Brian Tracy, Sir Ratan Tata, Sir John Madejski, Lord
Digby Jones, and many others. Each one of these individuals have contributed
significantly to the world at large through their areas of specialization.
Today, the foundation is truly honored to recognize another highly
respected personality to join the league of these great distinguished
luminaries, Dr Marshall Goldsmith.
A world-renowned business educator and coach, Dr Goldsmith is the
leading expert in his field. He delivers keynote speeches about leadership and
coaching for professional associations, executive groups and human resource
organizations and his client list are the who's who of America’s top CEOs and
brands. His singular ability to get results for top leaders has drawn over 150
CEOs and their management teams to address change in the workplace.
Dr Goldsmith is the author of 36 books, which have sold more than
two million copies, been translated into 30 languages, and became best-sellers
in 12 countries. He is the co-founder of the Marshall Goldsmith Partners, a
network of top-executive coaches. He also teaches executive education at
Dartmouth's Tuck School and is a fellow in the National Academy of Human
Resources. On top of that, he is
extensively involved in volunteer service with a number of institutions and has
been named National Volunteer of the Year.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation is indeed
proud to honor one of the most influential and top-ranked coach and mentor in
the world, Dr Marshall Goldsmith with The BrandLaureate Hall of Fame Lifetime
Achievement Brand Icon Leadership Award in recognition of his outstanding
career and the meritorious contribution he has made to people all over the world
by empowering them with his knowledge and insight.
Can you share with us a little bit about your career experience and
what does it take to be a good leader.
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SERELY ALCARAZ
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, I would like to say
thank you for everyone's presence here today as we come together to recognize
and honor Ms Serely Alcaraz with The BrandLaureate International Brand
Personality Award.
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your information, The Asia Pacific Brands
Foundation, the world's only brands and branding foundation honors many great
luminaries in the world, the likes of Hillary Clinton, the late Nelson Mandela,
the late Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Founder of
Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Dr Ben Bernanke, Marshall Goldsmith & William
Rothwell, Michael Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Brian Tracy, Sir Ratan Tata, Sir
John Madejski, Lord Digby Jones, and many others. Each one of these individuals
have contributed significantly to the world at large through their areas of specialization.
Today, the foundation is truly honored to recognize another highly
respected personality to join the league of these great distinguished
luminaries, Ms Serely Alcaraz.
Having been prominent in the human resource and organization
development profession for more than two decades, Ms Alcaraz is a luminary
packing extensive know-how in international HRD and has delivered learning and
development solutions to many of the world’s leading companies.
An advocate of lifelong learning for the betterment of self and
others, the immense branding aura which she projects continue to propel her to plateau
of excellence, with the aptitude to continue to bring about development; as
evidenced by the leadership post she now hold at ITD World, a foremost global leadership development
organization and provider of business education, corporate training,
professional competency development programs, business coaching & consulting
services, as well as mega events and conferences in the Asia Pacific.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation is indeed
proud to honour the exceptional, Ms Serely Alcaraz with The BrandLaureate
International Brand Personality Award in recognition of her outstanding career
and the meritorious contribution she has made to people all over the world by
empowering them with her knowledge and insight.
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WORLD CHINESE ECONOMIC FORUM (WCEF)
On behalf of
the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, I would like to say thank you to the
organizers of World Chinese Economic Forum for having us here at this auspicious
event. Indeed today is made even more special as we come together to recognize
and honor key leaders and influencers of the world with The BrandLaureate Awards. But before we proceed, please direct
your attention to the screen for a short multimedia video on the Asia Pacific
Brands Foundation and The BrandLaureate.
Ladies and
Gentlemen, for your information, The Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, the
world's only brands and branding foundation honors many great luminaries in the
world, the likes of Hillary Clinton, the late Nelson Mandela, Tun Dr. Mahathir,
the late Steve Jobs, Muhammad Ali, Sir Richard Branson, Ben Bernanke, Mark
Zuckerberg and many others. Each one of these individuals has contributed
significantly to the world at large through their areas of specialization. Today,
the foundation is truly honored to recognize key leaders and economic
influencers present today to join the league of these great distinguished
luminaries.
Now
without further
ado, as we proceed to the Award presentation, I would like to call upon the Award
presenters, YBhg Tan Sri Rainer Althoff, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Brands
Foundation, Dr KKJohan, President of The BrandLaureate and witnessed on stage
by The Honorable Leung Chun-ying and YBhg Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew to present the
Award to H.E. Shaukat Aziz.
1.
The first Award is The
BrandLaureate Hall of Fame- Lifetime Achievement Award to H.E. Shaukat Aziz, the 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan and Game
Changer of Pakistan’s Development & Economic Growth.
H.E. Shaukat Aziz’s illustrious
career in the field of economics and finance saw him climbing up the corporate
ladder in the iconic banking institution by helming various top positions in
Pakistan and globally. His immense contributions
to Pakistan include the introduction of macroeconomics policies, pushing up
Pakistan’s GDP and the drastic drop in poverty and inflation rates.
2.
The
BrandLaureate Life Inspired Global Thought Leadership Achievement Award 2018 to
Dr. Yan Lijin as an Influential Thought Leader in International Politics,
Global Economics & International Bilateral Promotions and Co-operation.
Dr. Yan has done extensive
work in Diplomacy and International Cooperation where he holds the positions of
President of Centre for Law and Globalization, Beijing and Co-Chairman,
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Council. His area of expertise concerns the
“One Belt One Road” initiative and he plays a significant role in coordinating
with various countries in the project planning and implementation of it. He has
also carried out major projects and contributed significantly to the friendship
between China and the world.
3. The BrandLaureate Life Inspired Global Thought Leadership
Achievement Award to Mr Clyde Prestowitz as the Founder & President of
Economic Strategy Institute, Influential Strategist and Author on Globalization
Competitiveness.
As the founder and
President of the Economic Strategy Institute (ESI), Mr Prestowitz’s leadership
has propelled ESI into an important role in the public policy process, influencing
and often defining the terms of the debate in the areas of international trade
policy, economic competitiveness, and the effects of globalization. He has
played key roles in achieving congressional passage of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and in shaping the final content of the Uruguay Round,
as well as providing the intellectual basis for current U.S. trade policies
toward Japan, China, and Korea.
4. The BrandLaureate Life Inspired Global Thought Leadership
Achievement Award to Professor Dr. Kriengsak Chareonwongsak as an Influential
Thought Leader and his contributions to Thailand’s national development.
Professor Dr. Chareonwongsak holds the position of trust within a
nation’s innermost circle of elite policy makers, providing counsel on matters
of national interest with the power to shape the future lives of millions. As a
Thai scholar he has an impressive career that involves handing out critical
advice and strategic guidance in a score of political, business and academic
positions.
5.
The
BrandLaureate Life Inspired Global Thought Leadership Achievement Award 2018 to
Dr Jin Park as a Global Influential Thought Leader In International Bilateral
Relationship And His Contribution To South Korea’s Political and Economic
Growth.
As the
Executive President, Dr. Park promotes sustainable economic growth, democracy and human
rights, integration and regional cooperation through Asia Future Institute, an
independent policy think-tank designed to conduct research on the U.S.-Asia
relationship and promote Korea's role in the Asia-Pacific region of. He also played an
important role in promoting mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation
between Korea and the United States through Korean-American Association (KAA)
where he serves as the Chairman.
6. The BrandLaureate Life Inspired Global Thought Leadership
Achievement Award to YBhg Tan Sri
Dr. Michael Yeoh as a public intellectual,
social entrepreneur and influential thought leader.
As the Co- Founder of
and chief executive of Malaysia’s influential Asian Strategy and Leadership
Institute (ASLI), Tan Sri Yeoh played a pivotal role in spearheading it to
become a leading independent think tank. In addition to establishing ASLI, he
is also the Founder and Vice-Chairman of
Asli’s Centre for Public Policy Studies
(CPPS). Under his stewardship, ASLI was
ranked no. 23 in the world among think tanks with budget below USD5 million and
22 in the world among think tanks to watch, with CPPS ranked 7th best in Asia
Pacific region.
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