Collin Swee Email & Phone Number

Collin is the current President of the Entrepreneurs Organisation Malaysia (EO) for 2023-24. EO is a global 'by invitation' peer-to-peer entrepreneur organisation, with over 17,000 members worldwide in 60 countries and a size of over USD50 Billion in cumulative sales revenue of all its members. EO members employs over 2.9 million employees globally.Collin began his career as a lawyer in the legal practice of Messrs. Shook, Lin and Bok in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He transitioned into the entrepreneurship sector in 1995, initially assisting in the restructuring corporate exercise of a company in the industrial sector, Whilst undertaking this work, he was witnessing the burgeoning and rapid growth of the ports and logistics supply chain industry in Malaysia and South East Asia. He decided to take the opportunity to ride on this wave of opportunity and initiated a 'transfer of technology' enterprise by inviting the multinational corporation Cargotec OY of Finland (previously Partek OY) to set up a joint venture in Malaysia. Cargotec is a public listed company in the Helsinki stock exchange with over Euro 3 Billion yearly turnover and is one of the largest global provider of specialist products and services for the ports and logistics supply chain industry. Collin helmed Cargotec Malaysia as Managing Director from 2001 to 2016,, growing the business into an operation which breached the RM100 Million turnover threshold and employing more than 150 multinational staff. This also led to Collin being promoted to a regional position as a Director in the Cargotec Regional Executive Management Team overseeing the Asia Pacific Region in 2013.Collin believes in the future of technology, and in 2018 founded Newport Technologies, a technology start-up focusing on the development of software and technology tools for the global Port industry. Newport has received a grant from the Government of Malaysia to carry out research and development in the areas of automation and safety for the port industry. Collin is also passionate about social impact and nation building. Inspired by his peers in EO, Collin co-founded Projek57, an award winning social enterprise based in Malaysia. Projek57 is a 'Movement of Hope', to inspire unity between the different races and faiths in communities, and to empower youths to be involved in creating a better future for the Nation. Collin is married to Debbie Choa and have 2 teenage sons. In his free time, Collin enjoys the game of football supports Manchester United. You can find him on the weekends playing football for his local club.

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