Irmohizam Receives Malaysia Outstanding Business Icon Excellence Award 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) – Datuk Seri Dr Irmohizam Ibrahim, group managing director of World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) and board director of the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), received the Outstanding Business Icon Excellence Award 2025 at the Malaysia Economic Forum held at Berjaya Times Square Hotel yesterday.
The award was presented by Tunku Datuk Seri Utama Naquiyuddin Tuanku Ja'afar.
The forum, themed 'Navigating the Future: Pioneering Economic Resilience and Green Prosperity', was jointly organised by the Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) and the KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific (KSI). It brought together leaders from government, business, and academia to chart Malaysia's economic direction amid global uncertainty.
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