On 21 October 2021, Dato’ Azman Shah Mohd Yusof, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Northport (Malaysia) Bhd (Northport), participated as panelist in one of the concurrent sessions in the Perdana Leadership Foundation CEO Forum 2021. The virtual session, which focused on logistics issues, aptly titled ‘Building the Factory and Supply Chain of the Future’, was also participated by industry experts including Tan Sri Dato’ Soh Thian Lai, President of Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, Krishnan Chelliah, Deputy President of Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders, Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh, CEO of MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd and moderated by Sudev Bangah, Managing Director of IDC ASEAN.

The Perdana Leadership Foundation CEO Forum is the flagship business event organised by Perdana Leadership Foundation, an independent research and archive centre established in 2003. The two-day Perdana Leadership Foundation CEO Forum 2021 with the theme ‘Business in the New Normal’, gathered more than 30 business leaders, industry experts, and Government representatives to share ideas and viewpoints on business issues of the day in lively plenary and concurrent sessions.

The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad delivered the closing keynote of the Perdana Leadership Foundation CEO Forum 2021.

Prior to this, Dato’ Azman has also participated as speaker and panelist in virtual business forums and webinars including Halal Digital Forum 2021 with the topic ‘Championing the Halal Trade & Logistics in February 2021, Sirim STS’ sharing session on Anti-Bribery Management System titled ‘The Journey Towards Achieving ISO37001 Anti-Bribery Management System’ in March 2021, Malaysian Ports & Maritime Week 2021 webinar titled ‘Malaysian Maritime Futures – Different Pathways to Deal with Uncertainty, Disruption & Climate Risks’ in August 2021 and Transport Events Management’s webinar titled ‘Post Pandemic Ports : Safer, Greener, Smarter, Better’ in September 2021.