Having listed on the ACE Market, Kim Hin Joo, which retails the Mothercare and ELC brands in Malaysia plans to open more clothing outlets and increase its existing toy offerings.

Its chairman, Pang Kim Hin joins us on the Breakfast Grille to discuss their expansion plans and the outlook for maternity, baby and children products for Malaysia.

Real estate listing platform, PropertyGuru, is aiming for a slice of the mortgage broking business in Malaysia. But would regulations allow for this? Would there be pushback from existing players? Can the proptech realise its ambitions and grow their market share in a soft market?

We speak to Hari Krishnan, CEO of PropertyGuru to discuss their role in the real estate sector.

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Mergers and acquisitions have changed the asset management industry globally and even here in Malaysia. We speak to  Juan Eyzaguirre, ASEAN Chief Executive Officer of Principal Asset Management to find out why this is the trend and also the challenges and outlook for the industry while taking a deeper dive on the reforms needed.

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Prashant Aggarwal, the Chief Commercial Officer at Asian price comparison site CompareAsia Group, talks about their latest fundraising round while explaining their business model in the context of Asia’s low e-payments rates and digital penetration.
He also discusses regulatory developments and operational metrics like visitorship, conversion rates and expected milestones.

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Armed with 425 millon US dollars of funding from the likes of Softbank’s Vision Fund and Sequoia, travel app Klook will probably morph into a behemoth for experiential solutions in travel. This is bound to get the attention of some of the more well-known and bigger players in the travel space. Julian Ng speaks to Eric about this and more.

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Amidst mounting alarm that the world's democracies may be swinging more to the side of populism, today on the Breakfast Grille we speak to Yascha Mounk, Political Scientist and Author of the book, "The People Vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It" about his research, populist leaders, as well as the future of democracy.

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Google for Startups is a programme launched in 2011 to give a leg-up to budding entrepreneurs. Roshan speaks to Michael Kim, the APAC Partnerships Manager, for Google’s perspective on the secret sauce of successful businesses. They explore the startup scene in Asia Pacific, the Next Big Thing, and what Malaysia is missing.

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An obstetrician and gynaecologist by discipline, as well as the founder of Mercy Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, is now the Under Secretary General for Partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, continuing her efforts to make the world a better place.

We speak to her about her illustrious decades-long career and the challenges she faces in her field.

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Kawan Food started 40 years ago and has now grown to become Malaysia's largest Asian frozen food manufacturer, famous for its parathas and spring roll pastry. We chart its progress and discuss future growth plans with its Managing Director, Timothy Tan.

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Cherian Varghese, the Regional Managing Director & Vice President for ASEAN & South Asia at the global software firm Oracle Corp., discusses the challenges and opportunities in managing one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the world while navigating competition from larger, younger rivals like Amazon and Google in rhe next big thing, the Cloud.

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