Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion Award Ceremony and Dinner Award Ceremony and Dinner November 23, 2010 ADVERTISEMENT 1 Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion Award Ceremony and Dinner Eighty-five companies were honored at this year’s Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Award Ceremony and Dinner held in Hong Kong. Some 210 guests attended the award ceremony and dinner to celebrate and honor the success of the best small to midsized companies in the Asia-Pacific. This year’s Best Under A Billion list draws from close to 13,000 publicly listed Asia-Pacific companies with actively traded shares and sales between $5 million and $1 billion. The top 200 companies were identified by Forbes editors based on their profitability, growth and future prospects. The full list of all 200 companies was published in the September 2010 issue of Forbes Asia.
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Forbes Asia’s
Best Under A BillionAward Ceremony and Dinner
Award Ceremony and DinnerNovember 23, 2010
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Forbes Asia’s
Best Under A BillionAward Ceremony and Dinner
Eighty-five companies were honored at this year’s Forbes
Asia Best Under A Billion Award Ceremony and Dinner
held in Hong Kong.
Some 210 guests attended the award ceremony and
dinner to celebrate and honor the success of the best
small to midsized companies in the Asia-Pacific.
This year’s Best Under A Billion list draws from close to
13,000 publicly listed Asia-Pacific companies with actively
traded shares and sales between $5 million and $1 billion.
The top 200 companies were identified by Forbes editors
based on their profitability, growth and future prospects.
The full list of all 200 companies was published in the
September 2010 issue of Forbes Asia.
(Left to right) Simon Galpin; Christopher Forbes;Justin Chiu, Non-Executive Chairman, ARA Asset Management Ltd, Singapore; Hera Siu
(Left to right) Simon Galpin, Director-General, InvestHK; Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes; Peter Fitch, Chairman, Austin Engineering Ltd, Australia; Hera Siu, President, SAP China
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Lu Weibing, Chairman & Chief Executive, Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Co, China; Simon Galpin
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Suman Gupta, Chairperson, Ushdev International Ltd, India;Simon Galpin
(Left to right) Simon Galpin; Christopher Forbes; Ng Chin Heng, Executive Chairman, Coastal Contracts Bhd, Malaysia; Hera Siu(Left to right) Simon Galpin; Christopher Forbes; Ng Chin Heng, Executive Chairman, Coastal Contracts Bhd, Malaysia; Hera Siu
(Left to right) Simon Galpin; Christopher Forbes;Ng Chin Heng, Executive Chairman, Coastal Contracts Bhd, Malaysia; Hera Siu
(Left to right) Simon Galpin; Christopher Forbes; Farid Rahman, President, Bank Himpunan Saudara 1906, Indonesia; Hera Siu
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Young Baik Ro, CEO, Uju Electronics Co Ltd, South Korea;Simon Galpin
Aces Electronics Co
(Left to right) Simon Galpin; Christopher Forbes; Iven Yuan, Chairman, Aces Electronics Co Ltd, Taiwan; Hera Siu
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes;Pisit Leeahtam, Chairman, Pruksa Real Estate Plc, Thailand; Simon Galpin
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes;Pham Phu Tuan, Executive Director, Vietnam Dairy Products, Vietnam; Simon Galpin
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(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Zhang Shi Quan, Chairman & General Manager, Zhejiang Shibao Co Ltd, China; Simon Galpin
Award Ceremony and DinnerNovember 23, 2010
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Yu Lai Si, Salina, CEO & Executive Director, Water Oasis Group Ltd, Hong Kong; Simon Galpin
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(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; W.D.N.H. Perera, MD, Royal Ceramics Lanka Plc; Simon Galpin
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Zhou Xin, Executive Chairman, E-House (China) Holdings Ltd; Simon Galpin
(Left to right) Christopher Forbes; Zhou Xin, Executive Chairman, E-House (China) Holdings Ltd;Yvonne Choi, Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Commerce, Industry and Tourism), InvestHK; William Adamopoulos, President & Publisher, Forbes Asia
(Left to right) Hera Siu, President, SAP China; Jeet Nabha Khemka, MD, Indag Rubber Ltd
(Left to right) Kenneth Tai, Chairman, Richtek Technology Corporation; Lim Sing Poew, CFO, Riverstone Holdings Ltd
(Left to right) Lim Ho Seng, Chairman, Baker Technology Ltd; Frankie Tan, Executive Chairman & CEO, Hiap Seng Engineering Ltd
(Left to right) Hera Siu; Christopher Forbes; Dennis O. Valdes, President, Philweb Corporation; Simon Galpin
(Left to right) Low Bok Tek, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive, Latexx Partners Bhd; Kuan Kam Hon, Executive Chairman & MD, Hartalega Holdings Bhd
“Most Profitable” “Return On Investment - Short Term” “Best Performance”
The evening provided an excellent networking opportunity for all award recipients and guests.
(Left to right) Bernard Lim, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive, Design Studio Furniture Manufacturer Ltd;Kenny Loi, Group Financial Controller, Mudajaya Group Bhd
(Left to right) Yong Wook Kim, CFO, Cowon Systems Inc; Jae Chan Cho, President, Morgan Korea Ltd
This year, three companies were presented with the Best Under A Billion Special Awards. Philippines’ Philweb Corporation was named “Most Profitable” company, Sri Lanka’s Royal Ceramics Lanka Plc was presented with “Return On Investment – Short Term” award while China’s E-House (China) Holdings Ltd took home the “Best Performance” award.
Award Ceremony and DinnerNovember 23, 2010
(Left to right) Sureerat Prachayanukul, Senior Vice President & Financial Controller, Advanced Information Technology Plc; Christopher Forbes
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(Left to right) Nand Khemka, Chairman, Indag Rubber Ltd; Ong Chong Hua, Executive Director, Ho Bee Investment Ltd
(Left to right) Virginia Choi, CFO, 361 Degrees International Ltd; Denny Wong, Chairman & CEO, Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd
Forbes Asia would like to thank all the award recipients,guests and sponsors of the Best Under A Billion
Award Ceremony and Dinner.
(Left to right) Simon Galpin, Director-General, InvestHK; Ganapathy V, CFO, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd
(Left to right) Paras Savla, Chairman & MD, Deep Industries Ltd; Gautam Seengal, CEO, Compact Disc (India) Ltd; Raghav Jindal, MD, Jindal Drilling & Industries Ltd
(Left to right) Michael Kay, MD & CEO, McMillan Shakespeare Ltd; Simon Fortune, Group Executive Integration, McMillan Shakespeare Ltd; Christopher Forbes
(Left to right) Jing Ulrich, MD & Chairman, China Equities and Commodities, J.P. Morgan; Hans Diederen, CEO Private Banking Asia, ABN AMRO
(Left to right) Wen Yibo, Non-Executive Chairman, Sound Global Ltd; Chuck Mulloy, Vice President, Field Marketing, SAP Asia Pacific Japan
