AZMAN HASHIM DR M MAN OF THE YEAR

12th Richest People in Malaysia

Azman Hashim is one of the great people in Malaysia in term of business and entrepreneurship. Best known as Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim. He is also listed as the 12^th richest person in Malaysia according to a website TheRichestPeople.com in the year 2012. Tan Sri Azman is well known in the finance industry and is one of the big names in the Bumiputra committee in Malaysia. He is also the Chairman of AmBank Group and currently the Executive Chairman of Amcorp Group Berhad. The famous Charted Accountant is generating up to $785 million of assets.

BrandLaureate BestBrands Award 2011-2012 in Petaling Jaya

Recently, Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim was awarded the Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Man of the Year 2012 in the BrandLaureate BestBrands Award 2011-2012 in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur. This award was given based on his success and significant contribution to the development of the country as well as his contribution in making Ambank as one of the main financial institution in Malaysia.

He is the Chairman of AmBank Group

The contribution of Tan Sri Azman has lead Ambank Group into one of Malaysia’s premier financial services group with leading the like of market retail banking, commercial banking, investment banking and insurances. The company has also built in an Islamic banking system and funds management system services. The company has grown bigger and bigger every year with a wide range of innovative products and services introduce.

It was not that strange that this person who started his career in Perth, Australia was nominated as the Dr M man of the year award as he has also lead the Amcorp Group Berhad to a successful 2011 and 2012 years. The company is recently told to be investing in London with a £23 million property project in hand. Tan Sri Azman’s company was invited to join venture with other companies to set up a freehold property in London via wholly owned subsidiary. Amcorp Group is also told to have launched a new global sukuk fund called AmDynamic Sukuk1by primarily in Islamic bonds, both locally and globally. The Sukuk bonds is said to have made a three times higher returns compared with the conventional bonds which is more volatile and uncertain at times.