“We would like to congratulate the Top 10 businesses for successfully making it into the final stage of the race where we will be selecting the most deserving business as the Champion of the AmBank BizRACE season 2,” said Christopher Yap, Managing Director, Business Banking, AmBank Group.
Prior to the Top 30 pitching session, the 30 businesses were exposed to a Four-Day Development Training Sessions which took place on 11, 12, 25 and 26 March 2019. These training sessions covered the topics of Leadership, Culture, Innovation and Process Excellence conducted by subject matter experts in the respective fields. AmBank had also hosted a two-day training session for the Top 100 consisting of a business simulation programme by UTM-Azman Hashim International Business School and an internationally recognised immersive leadership simulation experience.
AmBank completed its second year of BizCONFERENCE series last year consisting of five nationwide conferences which were held in Pulau Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Melaka, and Johor. Each event featured local entrepreneurs and subject matter experts from various industries who shared about their entrepreneurship journey. Three of the BizCONFERENCE sessions were catered to bilingual Malaysians, enabling a more inclusive learning environment than before.
This year’s AmBank BizRACE official partners include Media Prima, the UTM Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS), Microsoft Malaysia, EY and MasterCard. The programme will be further supported by media partners NSTP, Media Prima TV Networks (MPTN), Ripple and Rev Asia.
Participating businesses in their respective stages of the AmBank BizRACE will stand a chance to gain RM 2 million worth of prizes including media exposure for their business, experience a development programme worth RM310,000, a China learning field trip worth RM340,000, a UK-based executive development programme worth RM265,000, AHIBS Executive Education Award worth RM21,000, Media Prima Marketing Strategy Award worth RM30,000, and Microsoft Digital Transformation Award worth RM50,000.
For more information on AmBank BizRACE, visit
ambankbizclub.com.
About AmBank Group AMMB Holdings Berhad is the holding company of AmBank Group and has been listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia since 1988. It is the sixth-largest banking group by assets in Malaysia, with a market capitalisation of around RM11.6 billion and assets of RM137.9 billion at 31 March 2018.
AmBank Group is one of Malaysia’s premier financial solutions groups with over 43 years of experience in supporting Malaysians in their economic development. AmBank Group offers a wide range of both conventional and Islamic financial solutions and services, including wholesale banking, retail banking, investment banking, underwriting of general insurance, life assurance and takaful, stock and share broking, futures broking, investment advisory and management services in assets, real estate investment trust and unit trusts.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is the biggest shareholder in the AmBank Group with a 23.8% holding and provides support with Board and senior management representation, risk and financial governance, product offerings and new business developments. In the general insurance business, the Group has partnered with Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG). In the life assurance and family takaful businesses, the Group has a partnership with MetLife International Holdings Inc (MetLife). The Group benefits in terms of expertise transfer from IAG and MetLife.
For more information, please visit
www.ambankgroup.com Source: AmBank Group
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
AmBank Group
Name: Syed Anuar Syed Ali
Executive Vice President
Group Corporate Communications and Marketing
AmBank Group
Tel: 03-2036 1703
Email: sasa@ambankgroup.com
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