MISC Annual Report 2017

87 Strategy & Performance A NOTE OF APPRECIATION I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to our valued shareholders, clients and partners for their unwavering trust and confidence in us despite the ongoing challenges of the Oil & Gas industry. My sincere thanks also go to the Malaysian Armed Forces for their continuous efforts to protect our fleet from the threat of regional piracy. My sincere gratitude goes to the members of the Board of Directors for their wise counsel in helping us navigate through the shoals of another challenging year to emerge an even stronger and better entity. Your astute insights continue to be an invaluable help to MISC Group. Last but not least, my utmost gratitude goes to the rest of our leadership team and our employees for their hard work, loyalty and invaluable contributions to MISC. Thank you all for rising above the challenges of our industry, for keeping your heads down, riding through the tough times and never giving up. Thank you for continuing to exhibit a spirit of innovation, excellence and above all, faith in MISC. I am both honoured and humbled to be serving alongside such a talented and hardy group of professionals. Moving forward into 2018, MISC aims to be Better, Faster and Stronger and we will achieve this by collaborating across teams, businesses and our industry. As we venture forth with a clear sense of purpose towards achieving our aspirations to consistently provide better energy related maritime solutions and services, I call upon all our stakeholders to lend us their unwavering support. I am confident that MISC will realise its full potential even as we all work together to overcome all challenges and seizing meaningful opportunities. YEE YANG CHIEN President/Group CEO 15 March 2018 PRESIDENT/GROUP CEO ’ S REVIEW As we push t he boundar i es of what we are accus t omed t o , t he people of MISC w i ll con t i nue t o be dr i ven by a s t ead fas t bel i e f , pr i de and pass i on as we focus on bu i ld i ng a gl obal bus i ness and brand .