Indonesia, Malaysia to hold business forum in June
Indonesia, Malaysia to hold business forum in June
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Malaysian deputy prime minister Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Ahmad
Badawi and his Indonesian counterpart, Vice President Hamzah Haz,
will address business leaders at a two-day business gathering at
the Shangri-la Hotel here in early June.
The Malaysia-Indonesia Business Forum will discuss the
economic problems and outlook of both countries, chart out
opportunities for business alliances and provide a valuable
opportunity for business people, including 40 corporate leaders
who will accompany Ahmad Badawi, to explore joint ventures.
"Indonesia can learn a lot from Malaysia, which stood against
the IMF and yet succeeded in coping with its economic crisis,"
said Tanri Abeng, chairman and founder of the Bali-based
Executive Center for Global Leadership (ECGL), which is
organizing the business forum slated on June 4.
Tanri said the meeting would also feature Coordinating
Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro Jakti, State
Minister of State Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi and three other
prominent speakers from Malaysia -- Dato' Mustapa Mohamed,
executive director of the National Economic Action Council, Tan
Sri Dato' Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, group chief executive of Kumpulan
Guthrie Bhd and Rozali Mohamed Ali, chief executive officer of
Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Bhd.
"This forum is part of a series of programs being prepared by
the ECGL to help senior executives in the public and private
sectors broaden their skills and knowledge necessary to be
effective leaders in an increasingly complex and challenging
global environment," Tanri added.
He said Gregory Maassen of Erasmus University, who has led
various positions at the International Finance Corporation, the
private-sector arm of the World Bank, will present a three day
world-class professional development program on corporate
governance at the ECGL campus, Bali Handara Resort, starting on
Tuesday.
Two other leadership training programs, each running for three
days, will follow in the second and third weeks of June, also in
Bali.
Tan Jing Hee, an affiliate of the American Louis Allen
Associates Inc., will introduce the Allen Management Leadership
System to help senior executives implement an effective and
proven framework for improving managerial performance in an
organization, Tanri said.
James J. O'Toole of the University of Southern California who
has written 13 books on leadership and corporate culture will
train Indonesian executives on how to lead changes in an
organization, to overcome resistance to change, and to enlist
employees in the process of change.