CNBC Asia Pacific Press Releases

Published: Tuesday, 6 Oct 2009 | 3:00 AM ET

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Singapore – 29 September -- CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, in Asia Pacific is giving viewers a chance to vote for their top business leader between now and October 23, 2009. The business leader with the most votes wins the Asia Viewers’ Choice Award that will be announced at this year’s 8^th Asia Business Leaders Awards on November 26, 2009.

This interactive element enables practitioners of Corporate Asia to have a say in the Business Leader they think should be honored.  The 12 finalists for the Viewers Choice Awards are:

a. Mr. Zhou Jichang, Chairman of Board of Directors, China Communications Construction Co.              

b. Mr. Frank Gaoning Ning, Chairman, COFCO Corporation                    

c. Mr. Shiv Nadar, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Technologies Ltd 

d. Mr. Hiroshi Nagase, President & CEO, NAGASE & Co., Ltd

e. Mr. Peter Bahn-Suk Kim, Vice Chairman & CEO, LG Chem, Ltd                                    

f.  Mr. Johan Dennelind, Chief Executive Officer, DiGi.Com Bhd                

g. Tan Sri (Dr) Francis Yeoh, CBE, Managing Director, YTL Corporation Berhad

h. Mr. Dean Lao Jr., Managing Director, Chemrez Technologies Inc.

i.  Mr. Tan Pheng Hock, President & CEO, ST Engineering         

j.  Mr. Sunny George Verghese, Group Managing Director & CEO, Olam International Limited

k. Mr. Tang Kin Fei, Group President & CEO, Sembcorp Industries Ltd            

i.  Mr. Adirek Sripratak, President & CEO, Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL  

CNBC pioneered the prestigious ABLA to salute remarkable business leaders for their continuing commitment to excellence in Asia. This event gathers the most influential names in both industry and government under one roof to celebrate vision and the spirit of achievement in business leadership.

To vote, please visit http://abla.cnbc.com for more information on the nominees and cast your vote via the website.  Viewers are able to vote until 23rd October 2009.

About CNBC Asia Pacific
CNBC Asia Pacific is uniquely positioned to speak to viewers from across the region. Headquartered in Singapore, the network provides nine and a half hours of live Asia-produced programming, which is complemented with coverage of live market action from Europe and the US. CNBC Asia Pacific's channels, which include CNBC Asia, CNBC-TV18 (India), CNBC Pakistan, Nikkei-CNBC (Japan) are available in more than 21 countries across the Asia Pacific region. CNBC also has a strategic alliance with Shanghai Media Group, which wholly owns a subsidiary, China Business Network, and a partnership with Digital Chosun, part of the Chosun group of companies, the biggest media conglomerate in South Korea.  The channels are distributed via satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcast networks, as well as broadband. CNBC content is also distributed on the 3G platform through selective markets. For more information, please visit us at http://asia.cnbc.com

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