Forbes Asia Best Under a Billion Forum and Awards Dinner December 9, 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand
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PROMOTION 1 Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner December 9, 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner On December 9, more than 300 guests gathered at Bangkok, Thailand to attend a forum and awards dinner to celebrate and honor the success of Forbes Asia’s 2014 Best Under A Billion companies. This year’s Best Under A Billion list draws from a universe of 17,000 listed companies in Asia Pacific with annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion, have positive net income and have been publicly traded for at least a year. The candidates are screened on their sales growth, earnings growth and return on equity. The result is a final list featuring 200 exceptional small and midsized companies from Asia Pacific. The complete list can be found on www.forbes.com/BUB. Joining the awards dinner as special guests were General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand, General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and M. R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand. General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand gave a keynote address on Thailand’s economic reforms and investment policies. In his address, he remarked on Thailand’s progress in laying the groundwork for economic stability and prosperity in the future. He talked about the government’s priorities to initiate policies that will help build a robust, inclusive and sustainable economy, and to create an efficient and transparent business climate that will boost investment. The Prime Minister also shed light on Thailand’s efforts to upgrade its infrastructure to better facilitate regional trade. In addition, he expressed confidence that Thailand stands ready to take Opening remarks and keynote address by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, a leading role with others in the ASEAN Economic Community that Prime Minister, Thailand will be established in 2015. PROMOTION 2 Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner December 9, 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand This year, three companies were presented with Special Honoree awards. BEST OF THE BEST THE FASTEST GROWING THE BEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT (Left to right) General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Thailand; Lim Kian Onn, Co-Founder, Tune Money; Razman (Left to right) General Prayut Chan-o-cha; Srikanth Hafidz bin Abu Zarim, Chairman, Tune Ins Holdings; Chakkilam, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Cigniti (Left to right) General Prayut Chan-o-cha; Michael Boorne, Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes Media Technologies; Christopher Forbes Non-Executive Director, My Net Fone; Christopher Forbes Selected Award Recipients of Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion: (Left to right) Supachai Chearavanont, President & CEO, (Left to right) Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, President & CEO, True Corporation; General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Thai Beverage; M. R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, Deputy Prime Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand; Loh Minister, Thailand; Zhang Hong Jiang, CEO, Kingsoft Group; (Left to right) Supachai Chearavanont; General Tanasak Meow Chong, President Director/CEO, Lippo Cikarang; Christopher Forbes; Chansak Fuangfu, Director & Senior Patimapragorn; Muhammad Ali Tabba, CEO, Lucky Cement; Christopher Forbes Executive Vice President, Bangkok Bank Christopher Forbes (Left to right) Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi; M. R. Pridiyathorn Devakula; Tan Yeow Khoon, Executive (Left to right) Supachai Chearavanont; General Tanasak (Left to right) Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi; M. R. Chairman & CEO, Cogent Holdings; Christopher Forbes; Patimapragorn; Hitoshi Aiba, President, Money Square Pridiyathorn Devakula; Andrew Tseng, Chairman, Grape Chansak Fuangfu Holdings; Christopher Forbes King Bio; Christopher Forbes; Chansak Fuangfu (Left to right) Supachai Chearavanont; General Tanasak (Left to right) Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi; M. R. (Left to right) Supachai Chearavanont; General Tanasak Patimapragorn; Thomas Chan, Chairman, Playmates Pridiyathorn Devakula; Rho Si Chul, CEO, INTEROJO; Patimapragorn; Marut Arthakaivalvatee, CEO, VGI Global Holdings; Christopher Forbes Christopher Forbes; Chansak Fuangfu Media; Christopher Forbes PROMOTION 3 Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner December 9, 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand Cecilia Ma Zecha, Deputy Executive Director, Forbes Asia and Tim Ferguson, Editor, Forbes Asia, moderated a panel on the “Blueprint for success” with distinguished business leaders. Blueprint for success (Left to right) Cecilia Ma Zecha, Deputy Executive Director, Forbes Asia; Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, President & CEO, Thai Beverage; Loi Pok Yen, Group CEO, CWT; Aloke Lohia, Group CEO, Indorama Ventures; Vikrom Kromadit, CEO, Amata Corporation; Tim Ferguson, Editor, Forbes Asia The evening provided excellent networking opportunities for all award recipients and guests. (Left to right) General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Thailand; Christopher Forbes, (Left to right) General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Vice Chairman, Forbes Media Affairs, Thailand; Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes Media (Left to right) Chartsiri Sophonpanich, President, Bangkok Bank; Supachai Chearavanont, President & CEO, (Left to right) M. R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand; True Corporation; Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, President & CEO, Thai Beverage; William Adamopoulos, Lim Kian Onn, Co-Founder, Tune Money CEO/ Asia, Forbes Media PROMOTION 4 Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner December 9, 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand (Left to right) General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime (Left to right) Lim Kian Onn, Co-Founder, Tune Money; General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Thailand; Christopher Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand; Supachai Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes Media Chearavanont, President & CEO, True Corporation (Left to right) Virasak Sutanthavibul, Senior Executive Vice President, Bangkok Bank; Chartsiri Sophonpanich, President, Bangkok Bank; Chaisith Viriyamettakul, MD, Vibhavadi Medical Center; M. R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, Deputy (Left to right) Narongchai Akrasanee, Minister of Energy, Thailand; Prime Minister, Thailand; Wittawat Pornkul, President, DCON Products; Kumpol Plussind, MD, Chularat Hospital Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes Media (Left to right) Makoto Takano, CMA, Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Japan, CEO, Atomixmedia; (Left to right) Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, President & CEO, Thai Beverage; William Norihiko Ishihara, Managing Partner, Sun Investment; Chutintorn Sam Gongsakdi, Director- Adamopoulos, CEO/ Asia, Forbes Media; Serene Lee, Deputy Executive Director, Forbes Asia; General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand; Fion Chua, Deputy CEO, Biomax Technologies; Sim Eng Tong, CEO, Biomax Technologies Vikrom Kromadit, CEO, Amata Corporation (Left to right) Srikanth Chakkilam, Co-Founder & (Left to right) Leong Yew Cheong, MD, Boilermech Holdings; (Left to right) Norris Lam, Partner, Forbes Group; Loi Pok Yen, Executive Director, Cigniti Technologies; Chartsiri Suthipak Chirathivat, Executive Vice President, Central Pattana; Group CEO, CWT Sophonpanich, President, Bangkok Bank Tan Jun, CEO, Willowglen PROMOTION 5 Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner December 9, 2014 • Bangkok, Thailand (Left to right) Vorapol Socatiyanurak, Secretary-General, Securities and Exchange (Left to right) Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, (Left to right) Chansak Fuangfu, Director & Commission, Thailand; General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister & President & CEO, Thai Beverage; Stuart Kelly, Senior Executive Vice President, Bangkok Bank; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand; William Adamopoulos, CEO/ Asia, Forbes Media MD, Weber Shandwick Aloke Lohia, Group CEO, Indorama Ventures (Left to right) Supakorn Vejjajiva, Director, President & COO, The (Left to right) Supachai Chearavanont, President & CEO, (Left to right) Hitoshi Kano, President & CEO, FISCO; Post Publishing; Michael Boorne, Non-Executive Director, My True Corporation; Vikalp Mundra, Joint MD, Ujaas Energy Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman, Forbes Media Net Fone Forbes Asia would like to thank all the award recipients, guests and sponsors of the Best Under A Billion Forum and Awards Dinner. 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