The economy of Malaysia is the fourth largest in Southeast Asia according to the International Monetary Fund 2020. It is also the 36th largest economy in the world. Labour productivity in Malaysia is significantly higher than in neighbouring Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines or Vietnam, due to a high density of knowledge-based industries and adoption of cutting-edge technology for manufacturing and digital economy. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2019, the Malaysian economy is the 27th most competitive country economy in the world.
The International Medical University (IMU) is a private, English language, health sciences university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Malaysia's leading private medical and healthcare university. It was established in 1992, and is active in research and teaching within medicine and healthcare with a strong international orientation. IMU is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia's largest private healthcare group IHH Healthcare, which is majority-owned by the Mitsui & Co.. The current CEO of IMU is Abdul Aziz Baba.
YTL Corporation Berhad is a Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate, founded in 1955 by Yeoh Tiong Lay, after whom the group is named. The company has grown from a small construction firm into a global infrastructure company generating over RM18 billion in revenues with over 70 percent coming from overseas.
Sime Darby Berhad is a Malaysian trading conglomerate. Its core businesses operate and serve in the industrial, motors and logistics sectors as well as the healthcare, and insurance segments.
Gleneagles Hospital is a private hospital on Napier Road, Singapore next to Napier MRT station. It provides medical and surgical services. It is part of Parkway Pantai, itself a subsidiary of the Malaysian–Singaporean private healthcare group IHH Healthcare.
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad is a Malaysian universal bank headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and operating in high growth economies in ASEAN. CIMB Group is an indigenous ASEAN investment bank. CIMB has a wide retail branch network with 1,080 branches across the region.
Jerudong Park Medical Centre is the major private hospital in Brunei Darussalam which mainly provides specialised healthcare services. It is located in Jerudong, some 20 kilometres from Bandar Seri Begawan. The hospital also houses Gleneagles JPMC.
The Acıbadem Healthcare Group is a Turkish healthcare institution, operating with 17.000 employees. It comprises 21 hospitals and 16 medical centers. The group consists of a network of general hospitals, medical centers, outpatient clinics, an ophthalmology center and various laboratories.
Healthcare in Singapore or the Singapore healthcare system is supervised by the Ministry of Health of the Singapore Government. It largely consists of a government-run publicly funded universal healthcare system, delivered through schemes such as Medisave, Medishield Life and Medifund, while also including a significant private healthcare sector. In addition, financing of healthcare costs is done through a mixture of direct government subsidies, compulsory comprehensive savings, a national healthcare insurance, and cost sharing.
Abu Bakar bin Suleiman is a Malaysian physician, academic administrator, business executive and former civil servant. He is currently chairman of IHH Healthcare, Asia's largest private healthcare group, and president of the IMU Group, the parent company of the International Medical University in Kuala Lumpur. He served as vice-chancellor (president) of the International Medical University from 2001 to 2015.
Fortis Healthcare Limited (FHL) is an Indian multinational chain of private hospitals headquartered in India. Fortis started its health care operations from Mohali where first Fortis hospital was started. Later on, the hospital chain purchased the healthcare branch of Escorts group and increased its strength in various parts of the country. The Escorts Heart and research Center, Okhla, Delhi became a major operating unit of the chain. The FMRI hospital at Gurgaon is the headquarter of Fortis healthcare with all the major facilities at the hospital. Currently, the company operates its healthcare delivery services in India, Dubai and Sri Lanka with 36 healthcare facilities.
Selcuk Yorgancioglu is a Turkish businessman in the finance industry. 'Yorgancioglu' is the founding partner of Tork Partners, an advisory and investment platform he founded in 2019 to invest with, advise and help manage private and institutional investors into Turkey and regional emerging markets. He currently serves as an independent board member and vice chairman of the risk & audit committee in BUPA Acıbadem Insurance company, a full subsidiary of BUPA UK. He also acts as a strategic advisor to the executive management of GittiGidiyor, a full subsidiary of eBay.
Kuala Lumpur Hospital is a Malaysian government-owned public hospital in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. Founded in 1870, HKL is a not-for-profit institution and serves as the flagship hospital of the Malaysian public healthcare system. This hospital serves as a tertiary and referral hospital. It is located on 150 acres of prime land in the city with 84 wards and 2,300 beds, making it one of the largest hospitals in the world. More than 90 per cent of the beds in HKL are allocated for subsidized patients, providing access to an internationally established standard of affordable healthcare.
IHH Healthcare Berhad is an international private healthcare group focused on upmarket health services, and is Asia's largest private healthcare group. It offers a full spectrum of integrated healthcare services from clinics to hospitals to highly specialised care and a wide range of acute medical services. It is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and has a wide geographical footprint throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, India, Greater China and across Asia and, Central and Eastern Europe. The group has over 65,000 employees across 80 hospitals in 10 countries. It is listed on Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Exchange. In recent years, IHH has expanded significantly in India and Greater China.
Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong is a multi-specialty private hospital in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. The 500-bed hospital is a joint venture between Singapore-based Parkway Pantai and Hong Kong-listed NWS Holdings, with The University of Hong Kong being the hospital’s exclusive clinical partner. The hospital opened on 21 March 2017. Gleneagles is also a full-scale teaching hospital, offering clinical training to medical students of HKU Medical Faculty.
Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur (GKL) is a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hospital was funded in 1996, and commenced its operations on 1 August 1996. GKL is a subsidiary of Pantai Medical Centre Sdn Bhd, which is owned by IHH Healthcare, which owns three other Gleneagles hospitals in Malaysia.
The Gleneagles Medical Centre is a 360-bed private hospital in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. Founded in 1973 as the Penang Medical Centre, it was renamed after its acquisition by Parkway Pantai, a Singapore-based healthcare conglomerate. The hospital now consists of a 19-storey annexe, along with its original six-storey building.
Gleneagles Global Hospitals is a hospital network based in India.
Tan See Leng is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Manpower since 2021 and Second Minister for Trade and Industry since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been a Member of the 14th Parliament representing Marine Parade ward of Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2020.
