Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO Founder and chairman of Sunway Group Founding trustee, Jeffrey Cheah Foundation Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO, is the founder and chairman of Sunway Group, one of Malaysia’s largest property-construction groups. Tan Sri Cheah is also the founding trustee of Jeffrey Cheah Foundation (JCF), the nation’s largest education-focused social enterprise. Sunway Group comprises 12 established business divisions and a 14,000-strong employee base spanning across 50 locations worldwide, and is guided by its core values of integrity, humility and excellence. As a master community builder, Sunway adopts a unique Build-Own-Operate model in three of its internationally-acclaimed integrated townships totalling almost 4,000 acres across Malaysia. Sunway is also the largest co-investor in its townships, changing the way people live, learn, work, play amid a safe, secure and connected environment. Sunway Berhad and Sunway Construction Group Berhad, besides being listed on Bursa Malaysia, are constituents of the globally benchmarked FTSE4Good Index, one of the best-known indices in the world for socially responsible investment communities. In 2010, the JCF was established when Tan Sri Cheah transferred the equity of 12 institutions within the Sunway Education Group (SEG) worth more than RM720 million (now in excess of RM1 billion) to the JCF with the aim to democratize access to quality education for young deserving students, in perpetuity. Generous benefactions were made through the JCF to some of the world’s preeminent universities including Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford to facilitate two-way flow of scholars and researchers between SEG and the world-class institutions. Tan Sri Cheah has been most instrumental in elevating the education standards and benchmarks in Malaysia. To date, the JCF has disbursed scholarships exceeding RM210 million to more than 23,000 deserving students. Tan Sri Cheah’s visionary leadership and magnanimous contributions to the communities and the nation, have been recognized by a multitude of international and national bodies. Among Tan Sri Cheah’s growing list of awards and conferment are nine honorary doctorates by leading international universities, Best CEO for Investor Relations (Mid Cap) by the Malaysian Investor Relations Association (2015), Malaysia’s Outstanding CEO by The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (2014) and Malaysia Outstanding Property Personality by The Edge (2013). In August 2014, Tan Sri Cheah received a special invitation from the President of Harvard University to be a member of the Global Advisory Council of Harvard University. He was also appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (“AO”) by the Prime Minister of Australia, and the Honorary Assistant Commissioner of Police title by Malaysia’s Inspector-General of Police. Tan Sri Cheah is among Asia’s best-known philanthropists as recognized twice by Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy in 2009 and 2015. He was appointed Council Member of United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) in 2013. Tan Sri Cheah was also appointed by the Minister of Education to Malaysia’s education panel, which reviews the nation’s education system by the Minister of Education. He is the founding trustee of the Board of Mahathir Science Award Foundation, Razak School of Government, and the Perdana Leadership Foundation. 丹斯里謝富年,澳洲榮譽官員勳章(Order of Australia) 丹斯里謝富年博士是雙威集團主席兼創辦人,也是謝富年基金會(Jeffrey Cheah Foundation) 的創始信託人。雙威集團為馬來西亞其中最具規模的房地產建築集團之一,而謝富年基金會是馬來西亞以教育為核心的最大公益企業。 雙威集團秉持其誠信、謙遜和卓越為企業核心價值,集團擁有12個穩健發展的業務,員工達14,000人,遍布全球50個區域。作為馬來西亞社區開發商的領導者,雙威集團在其3項獲得國際認可的大型綜合城鎮開發項目,採用獨樹一幟的“建設-持有-經營”(build-own-operate)項目融資計劃模式。這三項城鎮發展項目佔地近4,000英畝。 與此同時,雙威也在其開發項目中扮演著“合夥投資者”的重要角色,肩負使命改變社區的生活、學習、工作和玩樂的方式,傾力打造一個舒適安全、安穩無憂和交通完善的居住環境。雙威集團(Sunway Berhad)和雙威建築集團(Sunway Construction Group Berhad), 除了在馬來西亞交易所上市外,也成功入選全球知名“富時社會責任指數”(FTSE4Good Index Series)排名榜,這是一個世界著名的指標,標榜對社會責任所做出的投資貢獻。 2010年,丹斯里謝富年博士重整於1997年成立的雙威教育信託基金,創立了謝富年基金會,將雙威教育集團內市值超過7億2000萬令吉(現在超過10億令吉)的12個教育機構轉至謝富年基金會名下,並秉持宗旨,讓優質教育薪火相傳,造福一代又一代,為莘莘學子提供優質教育的機會。 除此以外,謝富年基金會也慷慨捐贈世界級優秀大學,包括美國哈佛, 英國劍橋和牛津大學,致力於促進雙威教育集團和世界級教育機構的學者和研究員之間的學術研究和合作,讓他們可進行深具意義的雙向交流。丹斯里謝富年在提升馬來西亞教育水平和規範方面扮演著舉足輕重的角色,深獲社會讚揚。迄今,謝富年基金會已贊助超過2億1000萬令吉的獎學金,惠及超過23,000 名應獲獎賞和資助的學生。 丹斯里謝富年博士對社區和國家貢獻良多,深受讚揚,並榮膺無數國際和國內團體所頒發的勳章和勳銜。丹斯里謝富年博士獲9所國際大學授予的榮譽博士學位、馬來西亞投資者聯合會(2015)榮膺頒發“投資者聯合會最佳首席執行員”、The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (2014)頒發“馬來西亞傑出首席執行員”,以及由The Edge (2013)頒發的馬來西亞房地產界風雲人物。 2014年8月,丹斯里謝富年博士榮獲哈佛大學校長特別邀請,成為哈佛大學全球諮詢理事會成員之一。丹斯里也榮膺澳洲首相委任為“澳洲榮譽官員勳章”(Order of Australia)以及由馬來西亞全國總警長頒發“榮譽助理總監”頭銜。丹斯里謝富年博士是亞洲著名的慈善家之一,於2009年和2015年榮登福布斯亞洲大慈善家排行榜,獲得福布斯亞洲表揚其偉大善舉。 丹斯里謝富年博士也於2013年受委為“聯合國可持續發展方案網絡聯盟” (UNSDSN)委員。丹斯里謝富年博士也獲馬來西亞教育部委任為馬來西亞教研究小組成員,直接參與檢討馬來西亞教育制度。與此同時,丹斯里謝富年博士也出任“馬哈迪科學獎項基金會理事會”,公立政府拉薩學院以及柏拉那領導基金會的創始信託人。 |