INFORMATION
MARIM Conference of the year 2018 was held on 17 and 18 July 2018 at Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur with a total of 295 participants. The opening ceremony was officiated by Mdm. Jessica Chew, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia after the welcoming address by MARIM’s Chairman, YB Datuk Ir. Lim Tong Kang. There were 23 speakers who shared their expertise and knowledge. The conference attracted many delegates from various industries, both local and international. The highly informative presentation, discussion and “two-way” interactive networking session is proven to be an excellent platform for risk managers to enhance knowledge and expand their network. MARIM managed to gather 12 companies to exhibit their booth in a 360 sqm area. The exhibition is a great platform for exhibitors to directly promote their company’s products or services.
Participant from various countries including: Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippine, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei and China.
RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR 2019
The Risk Management Team of The Year Award is an annual event to recognize companies with best practices in risk management. The Risk Management Team of The Year 2018 was announced during the Gala Lunch, which was held in conjuction with the MARIM Annual Conference on 18 July 2018.
Eight companies submitted their entry form and write-up documents for the nomination. Five were selected to present their risk management activities and were also requested to prepare a short two-minutes video to be viewed during the Gala Lunch.
Top three companies were selected as the best Risk Management Team of The Year 2018. They were Malakoff Corporation Berhad (Winner), FGV Holdings Berhad (First Runner-Up) and UEM Edgenta Berhad (Second Runner-Up).
ANALYSIS DATA
The analysis data shown that in year 2017, MARIM Conference attracted more delegates from top management as compared in the year 2018. However, the number of participant especially the international delegate for year 2018 is higher than in year 2017.
Categories of Participants | Conference 2017 | Conference 2018 |
CEO / EVP / Deputy CEO | 10% | 3% |
CFO / CUO / CSO / COO / CRO | 4% | 8% |
Head / Director / Sr GM / GM / Sr VP | 28% | 24% |
Vp / Asst VP / Asst GM / Sr Manager | 16% | 15% |
Manager / Asst Manager | 21% | 26% |
Executive | 17% | 12% |
Senior Lecturer /Professor | 4% | 5% |
Others | – | 7% |