Issue 29
National Airports Corporation
National Airport Corporation (NAC) is driving developments in airport operations, delivering premier customer service and economic opportunities for the residents of Papua New Guinea.
Himalayan Brewery
Himalayan Brewery Ltd has instigated a dramatic reversal of fortunes over the past seven years, recovering from near dissolution to become one of Nepal’s most innovative and modern-thinking beer producersWriter: Matthew StaffProject Manager: Joshua MannSince being acquired back in 2010, Himalayan Brewery Ltd has restructured and upgraded its image and facilities in order to reinvigorate a beer producer that has become synonymous with quality and taste in Nepal.Incepted initially in 1981, the past seven years have presented the Company the perfect opportunity to re-establish itself as a market leader courtesy of fund injections and a more robust management team; culminating in improved quality and a license to produce more than 80,000 hectolitres (hl) of beer per annum.“The brewery is now closely held by three major investors with business value exceeding £10 million. It is incorporated as a closely held public Company,” further details Himalayan Brewery’s Chairman, Arvind D. Joshi. “As with other professionally managed organisations, the Company has various departmental functions for production, technical and quality controls, engineering and plant management, sales and marketing, finance, audit and funds management, procurement, human resources, and administration. And each department is led by a manager with a team of officers and assistants to ensure efficient and effective management.”This may sound like an archetypal business structure, but it has been this refreshing adherence to internal stability that has paved the way for its products to flourish in recent years. At present, this range comprises beers in both 650 millilitre (ml) bottles and in kegs; across its Kathmandu Premium Lager, Iceberg…
Hope Ambulance Service
Hope Ambulance is redefining emergency medical services in Singapore; a growing 15-year longevity typifying its list of achievementsWriter: Phoebe CalverProject Manager: Callam WallerHope Ambulance Service Pte Ltd has honed its ability to provide quality safety services that now set the national standard in Singapore, excelling far beyond expectations for a company of its size.The Company opened its doors in 2003, starting out as a family-run company by Theresa and Charles Johnson with an aim to improve the standards of emergency medical services (EMS) available in Singapore. Both had extensive industry knowledge with the former a critical care nurse and the latter an emergency physician.“Almost 15 years ago we came to the decision that there was something that we could do to improve Singapore’s EMS, hoping to provide seamless medical transport,” explains Dr Charles Johnson, Chief Executive Officer at Hope Ambulance Service Pte Ltd. “This was most definitely a gap that was yet to be filled in Singapore, so we set out with four staff and two ambulances.”At that time every member of the Company was still working in hospitals and subsequently was working two incredibly pressurised jobs simultaneously.Johnson adds: “Our family home became the office and from that point in time we have grown significantly, now with more than 250 full-time staff and 42 operational ambulances to our name.”In a relatively short space of time in this industry, Hope Ambulance has also expanded its remit to offer air ambulance services as well as sea-based emergency response meaning that the Company has operations across air, road and…
NTT Communications Thailand
NTT Com Thailand is spreading its wings with the help of its globally renowned reputation in the creation of thriving data centresWriter: Phoebe CalverProject Manager: Donovan SmithAs the world moves towards an ever-increasing reliance on digital transformation and every transaction can happen with a simple click, NTT Communications Thailand has faced the challenge of moving forward at a faster pace than ever before.Now more than ever, it is important for companies such as NTT Com Thailand to create professional services to be developed according to the needs of each customer’s business. At present there is a marked increase in the number of banking and financial entities utilising NTT Com’s services, predominantly to provide data centre services as well as premium support.NTT Com has recently built two data centres to support financial institutions in Bangkok, ensuring a low risk of flooding with extensive firewall protection to meet the requirements of the financial sector.“We are proudly the leading global ICT company in services including consultancy, architecture, security, international communications and cloud services,” explains Masatoshi Tsuboi, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Sales Consulting, Product & Services in the Data Centre Department. “We specifically aim to optimise information and communications technology in the working environments of each enterprise.”Not only has the Company’s skill been recognised and rewarded by an influx of custom, it has also won Best Cloud-Based service for the fifth consecutive year at Telecom Asia Awards 2017. In a short space of time NTT Com Thailand has reached supreme highs within the industry, having only been…
Elite Tech Group of Companies
Elite Tech Group of Companies is operating in an increasingly fruitful market, rising to the new challenges set by customers and meeting the demand for wireless connections Writer: Phoebe CalverProject Manager: Donovan SmithThe market for internet connections in Myanmar is increasing on a daily basis and not only is the demand for wireless connections increasing, but so too are internet services due to the significantly improved awareness of its users.Elite Tech Group of Companies consists of three separate companies; Elite Tech Manufacturing, Elite Tech IT Services and Elite Telecom Public Co.Elite Tech Manufacturing produces Hi-Tech ICT equipment at a factory built to assemble base transceiver station equipment, fixed wireless terminals and customer premises equipment. The Company has worked with the likes of Huawei Technologies Co to build upon its projects in the implementation of a qualified communication network. The Company’s IT Services were developed in 2009 with the purpose of distributing the one-time prepaid RUIM cards, SIM cards, top-up cards, mobile handsets and accessories for all mobile networks.“Four years later in 2013 we created Elite Telecom Public to provide internet network services,” begins Chan Nyein Zaw, Director and Chief Executive Officer at Elite Tech Group of Companies. “Within this remit we provide internet services that include domestic private leased circuit, domestic bandwidth wholesales for telecom operators, internet access providers, web design and internet bandwidth wholesales.“All of the aforementioned services are competitively priced and targeted to reach not only small businesses, but also high-level customers.”For Elite Tech Group of Companies, its customers also enjoy faster access speeds, higher…
Accenture Indonesia
With the right people to lead and the necessary knowledge to innovate, Accenture delivers transformational outcomes for a demanding new digital worldWriter: Matthew StaffProject Manager: Donovan SmithAs part of a global organisation that places innovation at its core, Accenture Indonesia continues to succeed as a result of its customer-oriented vision to solve the toughest challenges and to provide unmatched services across strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.As part of a matrix organisational structure whereby each Managing Director is responsible for a certain sector before reporting to a country head, such streamlining is both a facilitator of growth to come, and a reaction to the diversification that has occurred within the Company over the years.Now, as the largest technology services Company in Indonesia, the past 16 years especially - since its rebranding to ‘Accenture’ in 2001 - has witnessed the rise of a truly global digital transformation entity.“We partner with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, driving innovation to improve the way the world works and lives,” the Company enthuses on its website. “With expertise across more than 40 industries and all business functions, we deliver transformational outcomes for a demanding new digital world.”In total, Accenture serves clients in more than 120 countries, retaining a vast amount of repeat clients with whom it has worked for more than 10 years. As such, the Group has also enjoyed 15 consecutive appearances in Fortune’s ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ list; compounded by more than 5,000 active patents and patent applications in 44 countries.In Indonesia specifically, “Accenture has similar…
aCTa
aCTa’s ongoing success in India is epitomised by a series of award-winning architecture projects in Kolkata; each designed courtesy of unrivalled experience and expertiseWriter: Matthew StaffProject Manager: Tom CullumaCTa was inaugurated as a business derived from expertise and opportunity back in 2004, at the hands of a man whose long and distinguished international career leant itself perfectly to architectural success in Asia.The man in question is Stephen Coates whose personal journey began in London before taking him to Hong Kong as a founding Executive Director of Aedas. Subsequently securing work with the Company in China and India, aCTa proved to be a natural progression for the entrepreneur when setting up the practice in Singapore.“India continued to grow as a more natural market than China due to its proximity to Singapore, and the language. Furthermore, Indian developer companies tend to be privately held by hands-on owners. They therefore like the fact that aCTa is owned by an architect who has experience of delivering large projects across Asia and who leads the designs personally,” Coates details the Company’s strategy. “Over time, we have developed an understanding of the unique challenges of designing and delivering projects in this fascinating but challenging market.“Larger foreign architectural practices struggle to make inroads into India but aCTa has been working there successfully since we launched 13 years ago.”East India in particular has been a core focus for the Company in the intervening years, and while aCTa’s skill-set and business proposition would technically facilitate projects anywhere around the world, it is the aforementioned business…
Dhaya Maju Infrastructure Asia
DMIA Group’s vision of eminent construction growth is being achieved with integrity, foresight, professionalism and competenceWriter: Matthew StaffProject Manager: Tom CullumIncorporated in Malaysia in 1996, the subsequent 20-plus years have witnessed the exponential growth of DMIA (Dhaya Maju Infrastructure Asia Sdn Bhd) Group, virtue of numerous prestigious projects both domestically and overseas.Having now established itself in the local and international construction industry, the next goal for the business has been to utilise those same skills and that existing reputation to diversify its remit; subsequently venturing into the property development market and into an array of large railway infrastructure projects.Ultimately catering for civil engineering, building construction, property development and railway works, the DMIA Group that exists today is a far cry from the one that incepted 21 years ago.“Having successfully completed a number of prestigious construction projects, we have established our name in the local construction scene,” Executive Director (ED), Datuk Seri Subramaniam Pillai affirms. “Among these projects are the Central Link KLIA Expressway, the rail link to West Port, part of the Electrified Double between Gopeng and Ipoh, and major slope rehabilitation works along the North-South Expressway and the LHDN building in Bangi.“In recent years, we have ventured into property development with our maiden project at Setapak Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, and another few locations in Klang Valley; and are planning another mix and residential township development at Senawang, Negeri Sembilan.”Its multimillion ringgit projects in India further typify the evolution that DMIA has enjoyed in recent years, and help to compound an initial vision and mission that…
Solomon Islands: Seek the Unexplored
For many, notions of paradise revolve around peace, relaxation, untouched beauty, and isolation; a haven that almost seems unearthly in its make-up. When visiting the Solomon Islands though, you get a more loaded, complex, deep and poignant form of paradise that is optimising its natural tourism appeal to boost its overall economy and business acumen.Not just a fortress of solitude for holiday makers, the Solomon Islands in fact made its name as a genuine fortress during World War II and now reaps the sympathy and deserves of that hardship through a tourist influx that comprises war buffs, veterans and families; as well as the inevitable swathe of holiday-makers, scuba divers, surfers and backpackers each year.More recently though, a new demographic has entered the equation too, in the form of the business traveller. Creating a circle of opportunity, the increase in tourism has boosted levels of hospitality and conference potential in the country; subsequently encouraging more and more expos, delegations and conventions to be hosted across the nine provinces - most prominently in the capital, Honiara.Lonely Planet recently described the country as one of the top five in the world to visit, calling them “the South Pacific Islands as they used to be”, and this is backed-up vehemently by those truly in the know. The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau has enjoyed a front-row seat to the rise of its beautiful country, and is playing an integral role in capitalising on its potential in the future.“The newly emerging, multi-faceted Solomon Islands can pretty much cater to every taste,…
Gas Asia Summit & Exhibition (GAS) 2017
The fifth edition of Gas Asia Summit & Exhibition (GAS 2017) takes place from 25-27 October, 2017 bringing up-to-date discussions on the dynamic Asian gas market. The GAS 2017 programme will be developed around the theme, "Connecting the Gas & LNG value chain across Asia” with a panel of market leaders that will serve in an advisory capacity to the conference programme.The event aims to address all aspect of the gas and LNG value chain from the upstream to the downstream and power sector as well as highlight new dynamics that are revolutionising the Asia gas market today.GAS 2017 conference aims to draw 300 regional and international C-level executives and decision makers in the industry while the exhibition aims to draw 2,500 visitors with a key interest in doing business in Asia’s gas & LNG portfolio. WHEN: 25-27 OctoberWHERE: Marina Bay Sands, SingaporeWEBSITE: http://www.gasasiasummit.com