SAP SE today announced the appointment of Duncan Williamson as Managing Director for Malaysia. In this new role, Williamson will be responsible for leading and driving business growth and operations for Malaysia, building on SAP’s success and presence over the past 25 years in the country. He will report directly to Claus Andresen, President and Managing Director of SAP Southeast Asia.

An 18-year SAP veteran, Williamson joined SAP in 1999 and has held various leadership roles across several board areas within the company. He was most recently Managing Partner for the Nestlé business, one of the biggest global accounts at SAP, where he was responsible for driving and coordinating a multi-year, strategic business relationship with the customer, globally and across all lines of SAP’s business.

Bina Puri Holdings Bhd achieved its latest milestone, when its local wholly-owned power subsidiary, BP Energy Sdn Bhd on 4 December 2017 has accepted the Letter of Acceptance to undertake a development of 5.00 MWa.c. Large Scale Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Plant in Kunak, Sabah from Suruhanjaya Tenaga (ST).

Bina Puri Group Executive Director, Datuk Matthew Tee Kai Woon said “Moving forward, we are indeed very positive and planning to add more solar farms and mini hydro powers onto our power portfolio. This is Bina Puri’s first power project in Malaysia after the successful listing of our power subsidiary in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) June 2017. The project is on Build-Own-Operate (BOO) basis, is located at Kampung Dasar, in Kunak and all documentation is expected to be finalised by March 2018.”

The 30% Club Malaysia chapter is intensifying its efforts to help Malaysia achieve 30% women representation on public listed corporate boards by 2020.

 Founding Chair of the 30% Club Malaysia, Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar said, “The country has set itself a target to reach 30% women representation on public-listed boards by 2020, and the 30% Club is working very hard to meet this target. During the course of 2017, we have been focusing our efforts in helping to place at least one woman director on all-male boards, particularly those of large market cap or top 100 companies, and I am pleased to report we are making very good progress.”

At TechMatch ASEAN 2017, MDEC announced Sunway iLabs as Malaysia’s fifth Malaysia Digital Hub™. As a Digital Hub, Sunway iLabs will offer start-ups the opportunity for global expansion, ready access to high-speed broadband and fibre optic connectivity, funding and facilitation opportunities, workforce-ready ecosystem, technologically focused and a holistic convenience and lifestyle experience.

“We are delighted to announce Sunway iLabs as Malaysia’s fiBh Digital Hub™. Digital hubs provide start-ups and tech entrepreneurs the connections and dynamic workspaces to achieve rapid growth and help Malaysia establish itself as a digital and tech hub in the ASEAN region,” said Chief Executive Officer MDEC, Datuk Yasmin Mahmood.