Nominations for the awards started on Monday, November 21^st2011. Deadline for submission is 6pm, January 31^st 2012.

Announcement of shortlisted nominees will take place after the results of First Tier Jury Panel. Finalists of the awards will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, February 16^th 2012.

Muriel de Saint Sauveur is the Head of Diversity of Mazars Group, an international auditing and advisory group, present in 61 countries with over 13 000 professionals. She is also the author of ‘A Women’s World, A Better World?’ In her book, Ms Muriel interviewed 100 women coming from 33 different countries to share their visions for the future: A female G20, a new vision of leadership..

Helena Phua has 20 years of publishing experience and 15 years senior management regional business role and now she is the Deputy Managing Director of International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific. She brought about the highest circulation growth in Asia positioning IHT as the  regional leader in circulation and leadership.

Dato’ Hafsah Hashim is the Chief Executive Officer of the SME Corporation Malaysia. She has initiated several programmes and initiatives for the development of women entrepreneurs. She is passionate about the development of companies in Malaysia, in particular SMEs.

Sanjay Modi is the Managing Director at Monster.com. His deep understanding of the business and the region has carved a leadership position for the company in India, Middle East and Southeast Asia in the online recruitment space.

The Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur has set out to offer its guests gracious Malaysian hospitality as one of the hallmark features of this luxurious five-star hotel centrally located in Kuala Lumpur’s downtown business district.

Preferential hotel rates will be provided for our delegates who will stay at the Royale Chulan.

For more information:

www.theroyalechulan.com.my

PENIAGAWATI was set up on 24 March 1980 and is one of the pioneer associations for women entrepreneurs.

The patron of PENIAGAWATI is Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and the President is Dato’ Hazimah Zainuddin, who was the Ernst & Young Malaysian Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2002.  Currently, PENIAGAWATI has more than 1000 members from various industries and professions such as oil and gas, bio-technology, information and communication technology, real estate, manufacturing, retail, legal, accountancy and many others.

She is best known for leading Amway’s entry into China in 1991, and served as Chairwoman & CEO of Amway China until her retirement. Under her leadership, Amway China  transformed to a 8,500 employees, 300,000 active salespeople and over US$3 billion in revenues company.

Mrs Cheng will address at the opening panel discussion; the making of a leader – C-level discussion. This panel explores the key pillars leading to success – influence, innovation and inspiration – and discusses what makes a leader whilst revealing the setbacks leaders face on their way to top.

Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor addressed the audience of the forum with a keynote address on engaging and empowering women in business and the economy.

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