Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim

ASSISTANT EDITOR, BT GLOBAL

Amar Babu, president of Lenovo Asia-Pacific, says that the company is currently only in the first year of what he sees as a decade-long opportunity for it to capitalise on the AI wave.

Asia-Pacific contributing ‘reasonable part’ of Lenovo’s US$21 billion AI server pipeline

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, CEO and president of Berli Jucker, sees Vietnam as an important growth enginee for BJC, which has traditionally been heavily invested in Thailand.
BEHIND THE NAME

Scaling Berli Jucker’s retail empire – daughter of Thai beer billionaire seeks growth outside home country

Mynt's IPO has been mooted since late 2023, and a successful listing could provide some positivity for the Philippine Stock Exchange.

GCash parent Mynt moves closer to Philippine IPO with board approval

Monday.com's Chris Jordan says that the company's Singapore office will be a base for it to drive growth from South-east Asia, North-east Asia and subsequently India. 

AI work platform Monday.com to use Singapore as its second Asia-Pacific HQ

Stripe's head of global product Abhinav Tiwari said that being in Singapore will help Stripe better serve its clients in the region.

Stripe moves head of global product to Singapore to drive Asia-Pacific growth

Emperador, which owns brands such as The Dalmore, thinks changing consumer preferences could represent an opportunity for it to enter the mezcal market.

World’s biggest brandy maker and Dalmore owner sees an opportunity to expand into agave-based spirits

A technician at Applied Materials' facility in Santa Clara, California.

Applied Materials CTO sees potential to develop robotics ecosystem in Singapore

The Philippines has the largest mismatch between opportunity and trust, with a third of the 46 business executives surveyed citing it.
ASEAN INTELLIGENCE

‘High opportunity, low trust’: Why firms see Asean market as attractive but not easy to navigate

Across Asean, automation and AI are the top investment priority, survey respondents say.
ASEAN INTELLIGENCE

Asean firms to allocate 81% of investments within Asia, move supply chains to region