TRAITS : DECISIVE

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DECISIVE

According to the second edition of ‘Kamus Pelajar’ decisive can be defined as an attitude that cling to the stand and do not hesitate to opinion and assertion that was made. In other words, decisive means conclusive that can’t be amended again, for sure. This decisive trait has been clearly demonstrated by a prominent businessman Tan Sri Azman Hashim, who is also the main director of the AmBank Group.

( Tan Sri Azman Hashim )

Tan Sri Azman Hashim received his early education at Methodist College in Cambridge Senior Boy's School in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur and finish it until highschool. Born in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Azman has been involved and familiarized himself with the world of accountants started in Messrs. Haines OL & Co. Australia in 1955 (Bowie, 2014). He started his career as an accountant at Bank Negara Malaysia for four years.

After few years, he took the courageous step of resigning in the BNM to set up his own accounting firm named Azman, Wong, Salleh & Co. As a coherent and efficient in doing things, he was offered a position as CEO of Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) (Tay, 2013). At the same time, Maybank facing huge problems and immediately he sold his interest in the accounting firm and become a full-time member of the bank even though it will suffer on more higher risk.

Tan Sri Azman is a decisive and far-sighted person. Due to his far-sighted and did not hesitate with the decision, its made the firm of Azman, Wong, Salleh & Co more strong and stable (Resources Centre, 2000). Consequently, Tan Sri Azman has successfully opened a large bank network in Southeast Asia for 10 years with the introduction of computing systems.

( The AmBank Group )

Deck and determination he possessed in the world of entrepreneurship, Tan Sri Azman had bought Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank, known as AmBank and subsequently was appointed as chairman. On this day, the great empire Tan Sri Azman Hashim has been covering the financial, real estate, manufacturing, and broadcast by some companies listed on Bursa Malaysia (Bowie, 2014). Adhering to the principle where the principle was expressly takes her as leaders of the richest and successful entrepreneur, with an estimated net worth RM543.6 million.

As the conclusion, Tan Sri Azman Hashim is not just a decisive, but also far-sighted person. Just imagine if he is not being decisive, he might not be one of the richest man in Malaysia. Even, the AmBank group also will not be able to stand at what it had now.

Bibliography

Bowie, D. D. (2014). The Entrepreneur Banker : Tan Sri Azman Hashim. Kuala Lumpur: Paady Schubert Sdn Bhd.

Resources Centre. (2000, February 2). Retrieved from National Archives of Malaysia: http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/tan-sri-dato-azman-bin-hashim

Tay, Y. H. (2013, October 11). Entrepreneurial Talk Series : Tan Sri Azman Hashim. Retrieved from UTAR Centre of company and Intelligent Systems: http://utarccis.blogspot.com/2013/10/entrepreneurial-talk-series-tan-sri.html