SBM ONLINE : The School of Business Management (SBM) has organized the 1st SBM Industrial Talk 2018 on 11th of March, 2018 which was held at SBM’s Kedah Room. The talk was delivered by Mr. Azli Mohamed, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) from Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB) who is also one of the UUM alumni, graduated in BBA (Finance) in 2000. During the talk, he shared with the participants his career development and learning experiences. As the CSO to MAHB, he is responsible for the strategic and innovative execution of the business-side for the aviation-related units and the overall group-level activities with the focus of driving efficiency, organic and inorganic growth, digitization roll-out and maximizing company’s bottom line.

Mr. Azli affirmed that in today’s highly competitive environment, the goal of each organization is to remain competitive and win new customers. Graduates must acquire as much knowledge and skills possible to represent and participate in the generation of innovations. Their personal creativity, knowledge, skills and abilities are possible to generate new innovative ideas that will lead organizations to achieve the competitive advantages needed in the millennial environment. It is believed that to remain competitive and agile in the business market, companies should emphasize on three key attainable factors, which are innovation, continuous improvement and sustainability.

The knowledge sharing session, which was joined by a number of staff and students, was one of the remarkable events and was very encouraging. At the end of session, Dr. Khairol Anuar Ishak, Deputy Dean of SBM, presented a token of appreciation and expressed thanks to Mr. Azli Mohamed for sharing his vast experience in various prominent international and local companies in Malaysia.