Gamuda has been ranked the Top 3 Overall Best Company in Industrials (including Infrastructure) in the 2024 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) Executive Team by Institutional Investor Research (II Research). The Malaysian infrastructure group was also named among the Most Honoured Companies for the Rest of Asia after winning positions in several categories, including No. 2 for Best CEO, No. 2 for ESG, No. 1 for Best Investor Relations Professional, and No. 3 for Best Investor Relations Team.
Gamuda is the only Malaysian company ranked in the Industrials (including Infrastructure) sector in this year’s survey, among the top 3 peers, including Larsen & Toubro and LG Energy Solution.
This achievement solidifies the Group’s regional strategic growth across the Asia Pacific market, underscored by the prestige of II Research, a leading global independent performance and qualitative market intelligence.
The recognition further highlights Gamuda’s strong financial performance, exceptional management and proactive investor relations approach that have driven consecutive project victories in Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Malaysia. The Group will continue its nearly five decades of winning trajectory on innovation, strategic acumen, human capital and resilience.
Gamuda’s 2024 Rankings in Industrials (including Infrastructure) in Asia, include:
- No. 2 for Best CEO – YBhg. Dato’ Lin Yun Ling
- No. 1 for Best Investor Relations Professionals – Mr. Clarence Boudville
- No. 3 for Best Investor Relations Team
- No. 2 for ESG Overall
Among 18 sectors, Industrials (including Infrastructure) has the most combined nominations at 190 companies. Gamuda received positive feedback from analysts, among which are high performance company and excellent management.
SURVEY METHODOLOGY
II Research seeks the opinions of senior executives in corporations, fund management groups, and securities firms to develop rankings and evaluations of individual teams and firms. These rankings measure qualitative performance based on voters’ expressed opinions on research, sales, trading, investment banking, and investor relations.
A total of 5,894 investors, portfolio managers and analysts from 1,388 voter firms participated in the survey, nominating a total of 1,669 companies and 2,595 individuals across 18 sectors. This included 4,943 buy-side professionals from 1,232 buy-side companies with an estimated US $2 trillion in Asia (ex-Japan) equities and 951 sell-side analysts from 156 companies.
Voters rate the companies according to each characteristic or performance attribute. Their votes are then weighted by the rank they have assigned each company and aggregated to produce buy side, sell-side and combined buy- and sell-side rankings for each sector.
Best Investor Relations Programmes Attributes
Financial Disclosure
- Consistency
- Granularity
- Timing to Market (Timeliness)
Services & Communication
- Accessibility of Senior Execs
- Business & Market Knowledge
- Responsiveness
- Earnings Calls
- IR Team Authority & Credibility
- Roadshows/Conferences/Meetings
Best CEO Attributes
- Communication
- Credibility
- Leadership
Best ESG Attributes
- Corporate ESG Strategy
- ESG Engagement
- Financially Material ESG Disclosure
This year, 55 companies attained positions as Most Honoured Companies in the survey. To earn this recognition, a company must achieve a weighted score of 15 or more points across the six categories in the combined, buy-side and sell-side rankings, wherein each first-place position is worth three points; second place, two; and third place, one.
For over 50 years, II Research has produced industry leading qualitative surveys and data across 10 different global markets and key capital market players, spanning North America, Latin America, developed Europe, emerging EMEA and Asia-Pacific. The company recently announced its acquisition of the Asiamoney Broker Poll, marking a significant development in the collection of independent feedback for the investment banking and corporate executive team industries.
