KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia,
Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CCI
France Malaysia (CCIFM) appoints its new chairman, Datuk Zainal
Amanshah replacing its outgoing Chairman SM Nasarudin SM
Nasimuddin.
SM Nasarudin was the Joint Group Executive Chairman of Naza
Group of companies and has contributed 10 dynamic years of
chairmanship from 2009-2019.
CCIFM new chairman Datuk Zainal Amanshah was officially
introduced to the French business community during the annual Back
to Work Cocktail organized by the Chamber, on the 9th October at
Sofitel Damansara.
Over 200 guests were welcomed by Mr. Gilles Waeldin, President of CCIFM, in the
presence of H.E. Frédéric Laplanche, French Ambassador to
Malaysia, showcasing the strength
and network of the French Business Community in Malaysia.
There are about 500 French companies in Malaysia, comprising over 300 subsidiaries of
French companies and some 150 French entrepreneurs whom have chosen
Malaysia as their principal place
for business, employing nearly 30,000 people with a total turnover
of USD4.8 billion.
Datuk Zainal joins CCIFM as its
new chairman after having completed an eight-year tenure as the CEO
of InvestKL. During his leadership at InvestKL, the agency
successfully attracted more than 80 multinational corporations to
set up regional hubs in Greater Kuala
Lumpur and brought in a total of more than USD3 billion of committed and approved
investments.
Datuk Zainal also worked closely
with CCIFM to ensure assistance was always given to French
investors and he played an active role on the development of CCIFM.
He officiated the launching of our third business center in KLCC
area, end of last year and the signing of the memorandum of
understanding between CCIFM, TALENTCORP and InvestKL to facilitate the collaboration on
the Malaysia Global Talent Programme.
Datuk Zainal will further
strengthen the ties between Malaysia and France, with what has already been an eventful
year for the French investment which major collaboration between
Airbus and Air Asia, on the order of additional aircrafts and
agreement to support the development of the Malaysian aerospace
industry. Also, Groupe PSA and Naza Group have further concretized
their partnership in expending their shared operation plant in
Gurun, Kedah, as the first manufacturing hub in ASEAN for Groupe
PSA.
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