Making big waves

Tan Sri Rozali Ismail Executive Chairman Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd

THE executive chairman of Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad in Malaysia - a conglomerate with a diverse portfolio of businesses from water treatment to urban township development and property - Tan Sri Rozali Ismail has an impressive and formidable arsenal of well-earned accomplishments to his name.

"Puncak Niaga has always been keenly aware of its duties towards ensuring sustainability, thanks to our DNA as a water treatment and water distribution player. As such, we have a built-in respect and awareness of our responsibility to the environment and the community in all that we do."

Alexander Lenz President Conergy Asia & ME Pte Ltd

CONERGY Asia & ME Pte Ltd has made its presence known in Singapore since 2006. It is a company heating up the energy and economic landscape with its business as one of the world's largest downstream solar companies.

"Boasting reliable German quality and reliability, Conergy possesses one of the industry's most advanced and complete portfolios of solar services and solutions. They provide solar services to energy providers and their customers, leveraging their network of global and local delivery centres to deliver commercially successful solar plants to their customers."

Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Founder & Managing Director Nazmi Textile Mall, Brunei

TAKING a business from its modest beginnings as a single outlet and growing it ten-fold beyond national borders requires tenacity and determination. The founder and managing director of Nazmi Textile Mall, Nazeer Ahmed Mohamed Zakariah, is the personification of persistence, having honed his skills from his beginnings as a humble salesman to now owning and managing a textile business that traverses the globe from Brunei to Dubai. Determination and discipline form the backbone of Nazeer the entrepreneur whose business now includes home décor and fashion as well as textiles and fabrics.

"Success is not just good luck: it is a combination of hard work, perseverance, good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing. Success will not last if you do not take care of it."

Beverly Morales Dayanan Founder Contempo Property Holdings

THE founder of Contempo Property Holdings Inc (CPHI), Beverly Morales Dayanan, has rightfully earned her place in the real estate industry as not only a provider of public, affordable horizontal and vertical property projects, but also as the head of an organisation that is respected and trusted.

Ms Dayanan was astute in identifying the gaps in the housing market in the Philippines. Her Cebu City-based company, founded in 2012, undertakes projects that address the mid-end market gap in the Cebu area while addressing housing concerns in the Philippines where over five million homes still need to be built.

"Ms Dayanan's family once found themselves homeless during the days of struggling to survive. This partly shaped her desire to provide affordable housing for Filipinos."