Saliza Abdullah is the Managing Director and an accomplished second-generation entrepreneur of BG Capital Holdings Group of Companies (BGCH), an integrated one-stop security and safety solutions provider advocating sustainability and impact.

With more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Saliza has transformed her family business from a single company into a group of companies with nearly 500 employees, celebrating their 30th anniversary on 24 January 2022. Saliza is also Founder of BGCH For The Community and author of an entrepreneurship book “Growing A Sustainable Family Business. Our First 30 Years. Values & Strategies for Entrepreneurs & SMEs.”

Saliza strongly advocates family business sustainability, leadership and entrepreneurship, and has been invited as speaker by several renowned establishments such as The US Embassy Kuala Lumpur, The Perdana Leadership Foundation (PLF), The National Institute of Entrepreneurship (INSKEN), Majlis Amanah Raya Berhad (MARA), Women Leadership Foundation (WLF), Puspanita Malaysia, UKM’s Tun Fatimah Hashim Women’s Leadership Centre, and more.

As a business leader, Saliza successfully led BGCH to become the first Malaysian SME to receive The UN Women Asia-Pacific Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Award 2020 for the category of industry and community engagement. BGCH also received “Subang Jaya Gemilang Bersama Award 2021” from The Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ), acknowledging the company’s social initiatives and continuous work with the local community.

Saliza is also recipient of several entrepreneurship awards, such as The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Creative Young Entrepreneur Award 2011, NCWO Young Entrepreneur Icon Award 2015, MSPC SME Icon Award 2017, AWEN Outstanding ASEAN Woman Entrepreneur Award 2019 and Woman Super Achiever Award 2020 at the 7th World Women Leadership Congress & Awards in Mumbai. Saliza holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University (USA) and Master of Business Administration from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya with industrial training at Université de la Rochelle (France). Saliza is also a Certified Crime Prevention Specialist accredited by The Chartered International Institute of Security & Crisis Management (CIISCM).