Asia's Best Companies Poll 2024: Market winners

FA reveals the market winners of the Best Companies Poll 2024.

Every year, FinanceAsia publishes its highly regarded benchmark of Asia's best companies.

Based on nomination by Asia’s active community of influential investors and financial analysts, the poll evaluates the corporate behaviour and performance of Asian peers over the past 12 months.

The FA team is delighted to announce the 2024 winners below for the market categories. The industry winners can be found here

Following very positive market participation, we have decided to award up to three medals per category to reflect corporate achievements. Gold, silver and bronze medallists are detailed where applicable.

Congratulations to all our market winners: 

BEST OVERALL COMPANY

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

BEST MANAGED COMPANY

Cambodia
Gold - Royal Railways PLC
Silver - CamGSM PLC

China
Gold - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd
Silver - China Telecom Ltd
Silver - AsiaInfo Technologies Ltd
Bronze - Tencent Holdings Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd
Silver - New World Development Co., Ltd
Bronze - Swire Group

India
Gold - HDFC Bank Ltd
Silver - Tata Motors Ltd
Bronze - Godrej Industries Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk
Bronze - PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

Japan
Gold - Toyota Motor Corporation

Malaysia
Gold - IHH Healthcare Bhd

The Philippines
Gold - Megawide Construction Corporation
Silver - Citicore Energy REIT
Bronze - Bloomberry Resorts Corporation

Singapore
Gold - Innoven Capital SEA Pte. Ltd

South Korea
Gold - IGIS Asset Management Co., Ltd

Taiwan
Gold - Wistron NeWeb Corporation
Silver - Far Eastern New Century Corporation
Bronze - Sercomm Corporation

Thailand
Gold - Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL
Silver - Central Retail Corporation PCL
Bronze - Home Product Center PCL

MOST COMMITTED TO ESG

Cambodia
Gold - CamGSM PLC

China
Gold - Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd
Silver - BYD Auto Co., Ltd
Bronze - AsiaInfo Technologies Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd
Silver - New World Development Co., Ltd
Bronze - CLP Holdings Ltd

India
Gold - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
Silver - Godrej Industries Ltd
Bronze - Bajaj Finance Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT XL Axiata Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Central Asia (Persero) Tbk
Bronze - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk

Malaysia
Gold - IHH Healthcare Bhd

The Philippines
Gold - Megawide Construction Corporation
Silver - Citicore Energy REIT Corporation
Bronze - PLDT Inc.

Singapore
Gold - InnoVen Capital Pte Ltd

South Korea
Gold - Shinhan Asset Management Co., Ltd
Silver - IGIS Asset Management Co., Ltd

Taiwan
Gold - E. SUN Financial Holdings Co., Ltd
Silver - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd
Bronze - SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd
Bronze - Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd

Thailand
Gold - Minor International PCL
Silver - Thai Union Group PCL
Bronze - B. Grimm Power PCL

BEST INVESTOR RELATIONS

Cambodia
Gold - CamGSM PLC

China
Gold - China Telecom Ltd
Silver - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd
Bronze - AsiaInfo Technologies Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - ANTA Sports Products Ltd
Silver - New World Development Co., Ltd 
Silver - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd
Bronze - Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd

India
Gold - Tata Motors Ltd
Silver - Infosys Ltd
Bronze - HDFC Bank Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk
Bronze - PT XL Axiata Tbk

Malaysia
Gold - IHH Healthcare Bhd

The Philippines
Gold - Bloomberry Resorts Corporation
Silver - SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
Bronze - PLDT Inc.

Singapore
Gold - InnoVen Capital Pte Ltd

South Korea
Gold - IGIS Asset Management Co., Ltd

Taiwan
Gold - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
Silver - Qisda Corporation
Bronze - Accton Technology Corporation
Bronze - Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd

Thailand
Gold - B. Grimm Power PCL
Silver - Central Retail Corporation PCL
Bronze - CP All Public Co Ltd
Bronze - Gulf Energy Development PCL

BEST LARGE CAP COMPANY

China
Gold - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd
Silver - Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co., Ltd
Bronze - China Telecom Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd
Silver - Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) PLC
Bronze - Link Real Estate Investment Trust

India
Gold - Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
Silver - HDFC Bank Ltd
Bronze - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT Bank Central Asia Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk
Bronze - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk

Taiwan
Gold - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
Silver - MediaTek Inc.
Bronze - First Financial Holdings Co Ltd

Thailand
Gold - Airports of Thailand PCL
Silver - Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL
Bronze - Central Retail Corporation PCL

BEST MID CAP COMPANY

China
Gold - Li-Ning Company Ltd
Silver - Hengan International Group Company Ltd

Hong Kong
Gold - Kerry Properties Ltd
Silver - New World Development Co., Ltd
Bronze - NWS Holdings Ltd

India
Gold - Prestige Estates Projects Ltd
Silver - Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd
Bronze - ICICI Securities Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT Bank Syariah Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Mega (Persero) Tbk
Bronze - PT Bank BTPN (Persero) Tbk

Taiwan
Gold - Far Eastern New Century Corporation
Silver - Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd
Bronze - Asia Vital Co., Ltd
Bronze - SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd

Thailand
Gold - Home Product Center PCL
Silver - Minor International PCL
Bronze - Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL

BEST SMALL CAP COMPANY

China
Gold - AsiaInfo Technologies Ltd
Silver - 361 Degrees International Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Ming Yuan Cloud Group Holdings Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT Bank Pan Indonesia Tbk

The Philippines
Gold - Citicore Energy REIT Corporation
Silver - Megawide Construction Corporation

Taiwan
Gold - Sercomm Corporation
Silver - Hwahsia Glass Co., Ltd
Bronze - Arcadyan Technology Corporation

Thailand
Gold - GFPT PCL
Silver - Thai Union Group PCL
Bronze - Erawan Group PCL
Bronze - Central Plaza Hotel PCL

BEST CEO

Cambodia
Gold - Simon Perkins - CamGSM PLC

China
Gold - Zhongyue Chen - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd
Silver - Nianshu Gao - AsiaInfo Technologies Ltd
Silver - Takeshi Kosaka - Li-Ning Company Ltd
Bronze - Qingliu Xu - Hengan International Group Company Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Raymond Kwok - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd
Silver - Robert Xu - Kingdee International Software Group Company Ltd
Bronze - Ronnie Chan - Hang Lung Properties Ltd

India
Gold - T.V. Narendran - Tata Steel Ltd
Silver - Deepak C. Mehta - Deepak Nitrite Ltd
Bronze - Ande Prathap Reddy - Balaji Amines Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - Sunarso - PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
Silver - Jahja Setiaatmadja - PT Bank Central Asia Tbk
Bronze - Darmawan Junaidi - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk

The Philippines
Gold - Edgar Saavedra - Megawide Construction Corporation
Silver - Oliver Tan - Citicore Energy REIT Corporation
Bronze - Jeffrey Lim - SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
 
Taiwan
Gold - Douglas Tong Hsu - Far Eastern New Century Corporation
Silver - James Wang - Sercomm Corporation
Bronze - Chee Ching - Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd

Thailand
Gold - Dr. Harald Link - B. Grimm Power PCL
Silver - Prasit Boondoungprasert - Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL
Bronze - Thiraphong Chansiri - Thai Union Group PCL

BEST CFO

China
Gold - Wanzhou Meng - Huawei Technology Co., Ltd
Silver - Joseph Tsai - Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd
Bronze - Yuzhuo Li - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Edward Lau - New World Development Co., Ltd
Silver - Jim Lam - NWS Holdings Ltd
Bronze - Man To Au - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

India
Gold - Srinivasan Vaidyanathan  - HDFC Bank Ltd
Silver - Anindya Banerjee - ICICI Bank Ltd
Bronze - Samir Seksaria  - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - Sigit Prastowo - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk
Silver - Viviana Dyah Ayu Retno K - PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
Bronze - Novita Widya Anggraini - PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk

Malaysia
Gold - Dilip Kadambi - IHH Healthcare Bhd

The Philippines
Gold - Jez dela Cruz - Megawide Construction Corporation
Silver - Mia Cortez - Citicore Energy REIT Corporation
Silver - John Nai Peng Ong - SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
Bronze - Simon Ho - Maya Philippines, Inc.

Taiwan
Gold - David Wang - Far Eastern New Century Corporation
Silver - Alex Liou - Sercomm Corporation
Bronze - Ocean Huang - Hwahsia Glass Co., Ltd
Bronze - Lora Ho - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd

Thailand
Gold - Paisan Chirakitcharern -  Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL
Silver - Chantanida Sarigaphuti - SCC Group Inc.
Bronze - Siriwong Borvornboonruthai - B. Grimm Power PCL

MOST COMMITTED TO DEI

Cambodia
Gold - CamGSM PLC

China
Gold - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd
Silver - AsiaInfo Technologies Ltd
Bronze - China Merchants Group Ltd

Hong Kong SAR
Gold - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd
Silver - ANTA Sports Products Ltd
Bronze - Swire Pacific Ltd

India
Gold - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
Silver - Prestige Estates Projects Ltd
Bronze - Tata Motors Ltd

Indonesia
Gold - PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk
Silver - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk

Malaysia
Gold - IHH Healthcare Bhd

The Philippines
Gold - SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
Silver - Citicore Energy REIT Corporation
Bronze - Megawide Construction Corporation

South Korea
Gold - IGIS Asset Management Co., Ltd

Taiwan
Gold - Accton Technology Corporation
Silver - Cathay Financial Holdings Co., Ltd
Bronze - Momo Inc

Thailand
Gold - Minor International PCL
Silver - Thai Union Group PCL
Bronze - Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL

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