Kuala Lumpur · 22 October 2026 · The BrandLaureate Awards

Two Brand ICON Leadership Awards in Kuala Lumpur

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP received The BrandLaureate Brand ICON Leadership Award 2026 as Visionary Brand ICON: Enduring Business Stewardship and Humanitarian Impact, and DR. J AARON K DAVID received it as Corporate Icon: Transformational Leadership & Purpose. The World Brands Foundation presented both awards at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur on 22 October 2026, with its World President, Prof. Dr. KKJohan, on stage. Afterwards the two spoke to camera beside the awards wall and sat together for a recipient interview.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID at the awards wall of The BrandLaureate Awards 2026, The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

Her award

Visionary Brand ICON

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP was called to the stage first. The screen above the stage carried her name, her role as Founder & Managing Partner of CE Global Network International Pte Ltd and her official portrait, beneath the words Visionary Brand ICON, Enduring Business Stewardship and Humanitarian Impact.

Tun Dato' Seri Md Raus Sharif, former Chief Justice of Malaysia and Patron of The BrandLaureate, handed her the gold winged trophy with a handshake while another presenter held up her framed certificate, Prof. Dr. KKJohan at their side. She raised the trophy high in her left hand and held the certificate in her right as Ky. Col. Prof. Dr. Edward Roy Krishnan, International Advisor of The BrandLaureate, and the stage party gave a thumbs-up and applauded on either side. Framed in gold on a red mat, the certificate carries her name, her company and the full title of her award above the signatures and a gold seal.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP raises the trophy beneath the screen naming her award as Tun Md Raus Sharif applauds.

His award

Corporate Icon

DR. J AARON K DAVID followed about a minute later. His screen read Corporate Icon, Transformational Leadership & Purpose, above his name, his role as Co-founder & Partner of CE Global Network International Pte Ltd and his official portrait.

He took the trophy from Tun Md Raus Sharif with a handshake, Prof. Dr. KKJohan again beside the presenters, and laughed as Prof. Dr. Edward Roy Krishnan and a presenter passed him the framed certificate. Then he lifted the trophy at centre stage to the same thumbs-up and applause. Within minutes, the two partners of CE Global Network International Pte Ltd each held a Brand ICON Leadership Award.

DR. J AARON K DAVID raises the trophy beneath the screen naming his award, Tun Md Raus Sharif beside him.

The awards

One Award, Two Distinctions

The World Brands Foundation presents The BrandLaureate Brand ICON Leadership Award to what its 2026 release calls “distinguished leaders, visionaries and changemakers.” This year two of those leaders came from the same Singapore company, and each received the award in a category of its own: DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP as Visionary Brand ICON and DR. J AARON K DAVID as Corporate Icon.

The Foundation describes her category, Visionary Brand ICON, as recognising leadership that reaches beyond corporate achievement into enduring stewardship, broader influence and humanitarian or societal impact, and ranks it as the higher distinction of the two. In the Foundation’s terms, his category, Corporate Icon, recognises distinguished leadership and transformational contribution within the corporate and professional sphere.

In the Foundation’s release on the gala, Prof. Dr. KKJohan, its World President, set the spirit of the evening: “Every great achievement begins with the courage to take the first step,” he said, and spoke of the confidence to believe in what is possible and the conviction to persevere. The theme of The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards 2026 was “The Courage to Challenge.”

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

The BrandLaureate Brand ICON Leadership Award 2026 — Visionary Brand ICON: Enduring Business Stewardship and Humanitarian Impact

Presented on stage at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur on 22 October 2026, beneath the screen naming her category.

Named among the recipients, 23 October (The World Brands Foundation on PR Newswire APAC)

DR. J AARON K DAVID

The BrandLaureate Brand ICON Leadership Award 2026 — Corporate Icon: Transformational Leadership & Purpose

Presented on stage moments after hers, beneath the screen naming his category.

Named among the recipients, 23 October (The World Brands Foundation on PR Newswire APAC)

The souvenir programme

A Page Each in the Programme

The BrandLaureate's souvenir programme for the gala gave DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID a full page each, set beneath the title of their award: Visionary Brand ICON for her, Corporate Icon for him.

Open the souvenir programme pages (PDF, 2.4 MB)

The programme page for DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP, Visionary Brand ICON.
The programme page for DR. J AARON K DAVID, Corporate Icon.

The film

The Night in Four Minutes

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID recorded their recipient highlights beside the awards wall, where they held one gold trophy up together. The film opens on their arrival and the walls of trophies, cuts between the two of them as they speak, and closes with the announcer naming them both, followed by the CE Global Network International logo.

Recipient highlights
Read transcript · The film (4:12)

Checked against the recording with several transcription passes. Words that could not be confirmed are marked [unclear]. DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP introduces herself at 00:08 and DR. J AARON K DAVID at 00:21; her remarks on the award begin at 00:30, his at 00:51 and again at 02:30.

Host

00:01 Ladies and gentlemen, once again, welcome to The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

00:08 Hi, my name is DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP, from Crowned Eagles Global, Heaven Throne Room Ministry and CE Global Network International Private Limited from Singapore.

DR. J AARON K DAVID

00:21 My name is DR. J AARON K DAVID, from CE Global Network International Private Limited and also from Crowned Eagles Global LLP.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

00:30 I am very honoured and very happy today to be recognised as the Global BrandLaureate ICON, Visionary, Enduring Stewardship and Spirituality, in this award, which is equivalent to [unclear] the highest award that they gave.

DR. J AARON K DAVID

00:51 Well, today I am very happy to receive this BrandLaureate ICON Award. The word icon, in Greek, is called eikon. It means it's a resemblance.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

01:05 So, this award has been given by Heaven to me, and it's an endorsement of my last 30 years of my [unclear] and obedience, and faithfully carrying out what the God of the Universe tasked me to do.

01:21 And now, they are going to manifest in me to be the spokesperson to bring solutions to the global problems, and global leaders and even humanity worldwide, to solve all unsolvable problems.

01:36 And also, I represent CE Global Network International Private Limited, which is the global freight forwarding arm that actually finances the Heaven Throne Room Ministry for Crowned Eagles Global.

01:48 Our mission, actually God-given mission, is number one, to be a bridge between Heaven and Earth and humanity, to be an advocate. And number two is to solve all unsolvable problems. And number three is to bring healing and restoration, signs of wonder and miracles. And number four is also to bring the decree of Heaven.

02:08 I thank God that all these years, all the revenue and all the income have been supernaturally brought in without any marketing and advertisement. The mission is to empty Hell, populate Heaven and to save humanity. And now, we are bringing back the Tree of Life to humanity on Earth, so that they can be restored and be perfected and fulfil their destiny and go to a better place.

DR. J AARON K DAVID

02:30 So, this is a resemblance of an… to me, this is an angel. So, to me, it's very important that my calling as a messenger, as an angel, to bring the message of God, to speak what God wants to speak.

02:48 So, my special… my grace is transformation and leadership. So, first, in order to transform others, I must be transformed. Because transformation is within us, within me. And transformation can only be done by God Himself. So, we need to just die to self and God will take over the rest.

03:08 And when the time come, the perfection will come. I will be like a perfect man or a Christ, with the signs and wonder and the wisdom of God. So, in this way, I will become a real leader, to bring many to follow my example as I follow the example of Jesus Christ. So, this is a very important way. That's what I call it. And I would like this to come to pass. And I know it will come to pass.

03:37 Thank you.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID hold up one gold trophy together at the awards wall.

Her words

“A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth”

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP said she was honoured to be recognised, and that the award had been given to her by Heaven. She described it as an endorsement of thirty years of obedience, faithfully carrying out what she said the God of the Universe had tasked her to do. She said she would now be the spokesperson “to bring solutions to the global problems, and global leaders and even humanity worldwide, to solve all unsolvable problems.”

She spoke for the company too, describing CE Global Network International Pte Ltd as “the global freight forwarding arm”, and named the Heaven Throne Room Ministry for Crowned Eagles Global alongside it.

Then she set out what she called a “God-given mission” in four parts. Number one, “to be a bridge between Heaven and Earth and humanity, to be an advocate.” Number two, “to solve all unsolvable problems.” Number three, “to bring healing and restoration, signs of wonder and miracles.” And number four, “to bring the decree of Heaven.”

She summed it up in one line: “The mission is to empty Hell, populate Heaven and to save humanity.” She closed on the work ahead as she sees it: “And now, we are bringing back the Tree of Life to humanity on Earth, so that they can be restored and be perfected and fulfil their destiny and go to a better place.”

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP smiles for the cameras on arrival at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

His words

“I Must Be Transformed”

“Well, today I am very happy to receive this BrandLaureate ICON Award,” DR. J AARON K DAVID said, and went to the root of the word: “The word icon, in Greek, is called eikon. It means it’s a resemblance.” Of the winged trophy he said, “to me, this is an angel,” and tied it to what he called his calling “as a messenger, as an angel, to bring the message of God, to speak what God wants to speak.”

He described his own grace in the terms of his category: “So, my special… my grace is transformation and leadership.” He set out the order of it: “So, first, in order to transform others, I must be transformed. Because transformation is within us, within me. And transformation can only be done by God Himself. So, we need to just die to self and God will take over the rest.”

Leadership, he said, follows from that transformation: “So, in this way, I will become a real leader, to bring many to follow my example as I follow the example of Jesus Christ.” He ended with a hope and a certainty: “And I would like this to come to pass. And I know it will come to pass.”

DR. J AARON K DAVID at The World Brands Foundation wall on arrival.

The interview

Side by Side for Twenty Minutes

The recipient interview was filmed the same evening in a wood-panelled room of The Majestic, with DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID seated side by side on a leather sofa. The interviewer drew every question from Behold My Messenger, their five-book series: three for her, then two for him.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP spoke of the God of the Universe working through her life. “So what happened is he trained me, taught me for the last 30 years how to walk the life of a crucified life,” she said. Asked how she will carry her Visionary Brand ICON recognition into business values and humanitarian service, she began with her mornings: “So basically, every morning, I will spend about one hour praying to empty the flesh.” She then set out the first of the seven missions of Crowned Eagles Global: “Number one is to act as a bridge between Heaven and Earth and humanity.”

She closed her answers as she did at her award in Dubai: “Try the God of the Universe in DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID. It works because it's fully backed by the power of Heaven.”

DR. J AARON K DAVID was asked what it means to be transformed into “the perfect man, the Christ.” He began with the word in the name of his award: “So men are created to be in the image, or we call it the icon. Image means icon of God.” The way of God, he said, “is just being pure and being still,” and transformation “starts from within.” On leadership and nations he spoke of testing: “we can only be perfected through suffering,” and of those who walk with God: “You walk with God, you talk with God, and you hear His voice.”

Full interview
Read transcript · The interview (20:03)

Checked against the recording with several transcription passes. Words that could not be confirmed are marked [unclear]. The interviewer puts three questions to DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP (from 00:47) and two to DR. J AARON K DAVID (from 11:35).

Interviewer

00:47 So for question number one, DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP, in your five-book series, Behold My Messenger, you share a profound spiritual vision concerning the Trinity. How do you understand the God of the Universe operating through your life to reveal divine wisdom, impart knowledge and add value to the people around you?

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

01:07 Hi, my name is DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP from Crowned Eagles Global, Heaven Throne Room Ministry. For the last 31 years, the biblical Trinity called the Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit and Jesus, or you call the God of the Universe, the same God that is in the Bible, the same God that actually the ancient China emperor worshiped, which is in the Temple of Heaven. And actually it's a biblical God, that is the same God where they just worship the sky, the Heaven, the God of Heaven. So for the last [unclear], I've been molded to be selfless, zero my flesh, soul and spirit.

01:40 And then his divine character can be imparted into me, his character in his perfect character. For example, being patient, being [unclear] of love, and is 100% yielded and obedient without question asked when he asked me to do things. And, like, in all my ways, acknowledge him. So what happened is he trained me, taught me for the last 30 years how to walk the life of a crucified life. That means I no longer live as a human. So I zero myself, my own emotion, my ambition, my feelings, my thoughts, so that I will yield to the divine, their divine nature, and they can walk in.

02:20 So when they walk in me, they begin to open my eyes to see and start to teach their teaching from Heaven, directly about how humanity was being created in his image, according to the 50 acupuncture points, according to the 50 laws of the universe, called the 50 protocol Heaven. So what happened, he said that he created human beings according to his image. So he is the creator, we are the creation. So like the Father created, the creator being, we are like his children because we are in his image. So, and he is like trained me and groomed me, so that I can walk the path that actually he has sent Jesus to show the example.

03:02 And when I follow his example, and so like [unclear] and all our disciples, we are able to [unclear] ourselves and let his divine character come in. And we are able to go into the next realm called the Heaven realm, which is the highest realm in the, you can say, seven dimension. Human beings are dwelling in the two dimensions. So I am dwelling in the seven dimension, where I can see the Creator [unclear] the universe, the Father who is in Jesus, that he will stand in front of me just like you stand in front of me, wearing a white robe, and that he will just speak like you are talking to me or you are holding a three white board with the call decree. What is your message, your instruction, what do you want to speak?

03:36 Or sometimes they will write in the green board in Heaven, like a teacher teaching a student. He will write point by point, and I just copy everything from what he is writing divinely and also through the divine instruction. And from there, he directed me to write the five books. First book is how humanity can be saved. Second book is how humanity can be back into your perfected state, where you can walk like a superhero, like for example, do all the miracles that Jesus is able to do. And the third book is about all his seven names, how he created the universe, the humanity and everything in the beginning, and how it's going to end in less than 40 years' time through 50 comets that's going to hit Earth, [unclear], in 40 years' time.

04:19 So my task as being creator is called the last [unclear]. The first [unclear] surrender the right to rule the universe to Lucifer by eating the forbidden food. So he told me that I'm the last [unclear], that I need to obey the God of the universe, just like how children need to obey the Father, like Jesus obeyed the Creator, the heavenly Father, and being denied himself and then not doing his own will, but do the will that he's the one who sent me. So when I walked that path, he restored me, you know, and I get back the authority that Adam lost to Lucifer.

04:53 So with that authority now, he has sent me to get back that authority, right? And now I'm supposed to show the world and show humanity how to go back to the path of perfection before the [unclear], so that they can be also restored back to be the children of God and able to walk Heaven on earth and have every breakthrough in every part of their life and have fulfilled their destiny, and [unclear] fulfill life.

Interviewer

05:13 Thank you. Okay, we move on to the second question. Doctor, how has your understanding of God, of the God of the universe, shaped your discernment, decisions and leadership? And how do you apply the wisdom and knowledge entrusted to you to become a faithful steward of your responsibilities, resources and calling?

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

05:33 Okay, it's very simple. In fact, the entire breakthrough for every human being on earth, for every government, for every leaders of the nation and every country and every human has been downloaded into me. So I'm the carrier of their source of breakthrough, their source of answer, their source of gifting, their source of going beyond the natural realm. So because all this wisdom is downloaded into me, so when I pray, for example, for a financial breakthrough for somebody, when I pray, just when I just pray and [unclear] command, I'm able to gather the particles of the gold dust from the whole universe, form into a gold bar, and I pray into them for a financial breakthrough, it will come supernaturally; the angel will come and bring the breakthrough for the particular person.

06:16 So how do I apply in business? Because the Creator called the Father, Holy Spirit and Jesus, or called the God of the universe, every year and every day will stand in front of me and tell me, this year I'm going to bring how many million into this organisation, because it serves his purpose to save humanity from the last day, doomsday. Okay, so the Earth is now heading towards less than 40 years, where the 50 comet is coming to impact Earth. So what happened, my task and DR. J AARON K DAVID's task is, we are the last days Noah's Ark. [unclear] the last days Noah's Ark. We are supposed to show humanity how to get back to the Creator and how to progress into a higher order being, like perfected being, full of light, become the sons of God and daughters of God, so that they, the Crowned Eagles Global is a spacious space, you can beam them up and bring them to a new planet, which the Creator created.

07:05 So my job, our job, Crowned Eagles Global's job, is to empty hell and populate Heaven, you know. So my job is to save humanity, save every country from the last day doom, because the Creator who loved the humanity so much has created more me to walk like Jesus, really, really will obey, no more, no ulterior motives, with zero self, 100% doing the Creator's will and carry his love for all humanity in a very tangible manner.

Interviewer

07:33 Last question. As the recipient of the BrandLaureate Visionary Brand ICON for enduring business stewardship and humanitarian impact, how do you intend to translate the wisdom and knowledge you have received into enduring business values, meaningful humanitarian service and a legacy that reflects the glory of the Creator?

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

07:57 So basically, every morning, I will spend about one hour praying to empty the flesh. Flesh means the love of the flesh, the love of the eye and the pride of life, and the carnal mind, which is limited fallen man's thinking, into a divine brain. That means the Creator brain, when He first created being, human being, able to name all the animals in the Garden of Eden, you know, according to the character. They have the wisdom of God. So I'm praying for the same brain that Adam lost to be restored back into me and also to all created beings, including all the aliens in the universe, on top of all the humanity on Earth.

08:31 And at the same time, for the zeroize of self-will for all humanity, including myself, to submit to do the Creator's will, so that everybody who was sent onto the Earth, they have a divine chip they put into their belly button, and that is your destiny. You will feel sometimes when you're doing certain things, why I don't feel satisfied, there's something inside me, I felt like I'm created for more, there's something inside is drawing person. So that chip itself actually is put in by your Creator when He created you, to draw you to fulfill the purpose where you are being created. So my job is to pray for all humanity, including all aliens, like every day I spend one hour.

09:07 And after that, I will pray for His will to be done in all humanity, in every situation, in the business, in everything. And I will also pray for every humanity, every creature to be perfected. I will pray and cleanse them. And I will plea for them. So our job is to educate, is to, we have seven, the Crowned Eagles Global got seven, actually, mission. Number one is to act as a bridge between Heaven and Earth and humanity. So actually, we are like pleading in the court of Heaven for humanity. There's a reason when all the countries in the world, all the leaders, all humanity, when they cannot find a solution, when they're exhausted all the means. For example, if you've got [unclear] weather phenomena, you have no rain for three years, you've got no rain for your crop, so who can help you, right?

09:48 I mean, you can generate a cloud technology, create all the cloud and all, but, you know, it's like, but beyond things that you cannot do, I can, that's where I can come in. Because I work with angels in Heaven, Heaven, Earth and beneath. The devil and the demons and also the angels, and they all reported to me, because I represent the God of the Universe as a judge, cosmos judge or [unclear] judge. I can access to every book, every humanity, every country, all the solutions, what happened to every situation, every disease, every illness, every cause. I can see all their books. For many generations ago, why you have this condition today is because three generations ago, something happened and they did something, and that, now you're paying the sin.

10:27 We are actually reaping the consequences of that time. So I'm able to open a book and the God of the Universe tell me this is how you solve it for them. You get them to ask for forgiveness and repent and then do something to, and then I get it to undo. Then I can break the curse and then they can have the breakthrough. That is where I come in, solve all the unsolvable problems where humanity already [unclear] all their ability. You know, that is when, when all else fails. Try the God of the Universe in DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID. It works because it's fully backed by the power of Heaven and bang, bang, bang, means what? Wake up, wake up, wake up.

Interviewer

11:35 So DR. J AARON K DAVID, in your five-book series, Behold My Messenger, you explore profound spiritual truths concerning [unclear] divine purpose. What does it mean to be transformed into the perfect man, the Christ, and how can this transformation change the way humanity understands itself, lives and fulfills its highest potential?

DR. J AARON K DAVID

12:00 Okay, for a man to fulfill his purpose, we have to go back to the purpose of why they are created. So men are created to be in the image, or we call it the icon. Image means icon of God. And when God created Adam in His image, He said that, I give you rule over the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, and the creeping things of the sea. It's actually the symbolic things. When God speaks, He speaks symbolic. Angels understood in symbolic terms.

12:34 Even the other sides, [unclear], witchcraft, whatever, they have symbols. So everything in the spiritual realm is based on symbols. So when God created Adam in His image, is to manifest His glory, His power, His manifold wisdom. So because Adam, the first man, missed his calling because he disobeyed, he doubted God. So it's through disobedience, man fall and lost his glorified body, lost his wisdom.

13:11 My mission is to walk like Jesus, because Jesus set the example to walk in the glory of God. He said, can't you see, whatever I do, it's my Father who do it to me. I of myself can do nothing. What I see my Father do, I do. What I hear, I judge. And my judgment is just because I do only the will of Him to send me. So actually, basically, the most basic thing is man, or Adam, so-called the original man that was created, must know his calling. His calling is to be a ruler, or to rule behalf of God, actually, to manifest the glory of God, to rule the universe.

13:47 So that's the main thing, and man must know his calling. If he do not know his calling, then he will be just like any ordinary person, just to eat to live, or live to eat. Whichever it is, it's just come out to square one, you know. It's more than that. So Jesus always said, man shall not live by bread alone, by food alone, but by every spoken word that proceeds from the mouth of God. It means that you must listen to God, because God knows your destiny. God knows how to bring you to your destiny. And that's where the transformation comes in. Firstly, man must know his destiny.

14:21 Then man must know the way of God. The way of God is very simple. The way of God is just being pure and being still. Because it's only to purities you can see things from the heart of God, because God is pure. And from the clarity, you can see things very clearly, not from a turbid, turbidities, you know, where it's so messy. It's just crowded with a lot of emotion and mental disagreement and opinion. And there are too many opinions in the world. There are too many people have their own philosophies, and they don't agree, you know.

14:56 And it's never come to an end. It never end on, never end. So basically, we have to go back to God. So God is pure. God is still. When we have these clarities in the mind, in the heart, and we have this stillness of the heart and mind, we can be attached back to the God that is pure. And then we can see how God sees things. And then we become transformed, because it is something like many religions are seeking for immortality, or we call the perfect man. In Taoism, they talk about the perfect man.

15:28 You know, the perfect man is still and he's clear. He's very tranquility, you know. He's not affected by emotion. He's not affected by any reasoning of men, all the debates, because all these are just opinions, theories. But the real thing is you have to go back to the origin. Going back to the origin where you think like God, you feel like God, you walk like God, and then you become His partner, and then God flows through you. God sees a pure heart. He comes into you and He manifests through you. And that's where the transformation started. It starts from within.

16:01 It doesn't start from outside where you're trying to improve yourself, do something good, or trying to, based on a principle. It doesn't work that way, actually. It all must start from the heart. So the Bible says, it says that [unclear] your heart, for out of it is the issue of life. Whatever it is, the life is [unclear] from the heart. That's the transformation.

Interviewer

16:23 Thank you so much. Last question is, Doctor, how do you believe spiritual wisdom, divine understanding and the principles revealed through Behold My Messenger can transform leadership, empower individuals and nations, and help humanity overcome its seemingly unsolvable challenges in pursuit of a more perfected state?

DR. J AARON K DAVID

16:43 Okay. Basically, God has called men to rule. So actually, men are born to be king. Men are born to rule the galaxies, the universe. So basically, the important thing is we have to know the way of God. The way of God is you have to go through His testings, because there's a saying in the scripture saying that we can only be perfected through suffering. The word suffering means you have to undergo something. Undergo what? Undergo a lot, a lot of things that give you the opportunity to pick up the fruits.

17:18 One of the fruits called the [unclear] fruits of righteousness. It means that you can, despite all the consequences, despite all the bad things that happen, despite all the situations, despite all the unfairness of the world, the imbalance of the world, you know, in terms of justice and righteousness, you still can maintain that kind of understanding that God is in control, and then you have to move in His direction. So basically, you have to go through all this called chastisement.

17:50 The word chastisement is also called discipline, correction. So God will chastise us [unclear] suffering, [unclear] undergoing a lot of things, so that we can produce the peaceable fruits of righteousness. [unclear] fruits of righteousness means when God sees that this guy, despite I put him through all the trials and the testing, yet he still trusts in me, and yet he still gives his peace and clarity of his mind. He is not agitated, he is not angry, he is not jealous, he is not screaming here and there, he is not losing his mind. He still has that kind of peace and assurance. And God said, that is my righteous guy.

18:24 And then He says that I will use this guy to show the world who I really am. And God is love. And God is in control. There is no second. As far as God is concerned, the devil is working for Him. Whatever evil things are happening, God says, I create evil, I create good. I permitted all these things for the testing of men, so that I can see whom I can find as my friend. And with that friend, I found, just like He found Abraham. Abraham was the father of the Muslims, father of the Arab country, father of the Jews, father of the Christians.

18:57 He's the father of many nations. God said, I found Abraham because he staggered not at the promise, my promise, through unbelief. He was very strong in faith, giving glory to me. Therefore, I am imputed to him as righteousness. So God is looking for a righteous man. Where can I find this righteous man? One who will give himself [unclear] and pursue peace and seek after this God of righteousness. That will be a transformation for kings, for nations, for any leaders in the world. Because as long as you have the God of the [unclear], who is the scriptwriter of the whole world, He knows the beginning and the end. There's no others.

19:36 If we follow this God of creators and be His friend, well, you will be like Enoch, you will be like Noah. You walk with God, you talk with God, and you hear His voice, and you do His command, and you represent Him as a God on earth.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

19:52 Mini God.

DR. J AARON K DAVID

19:52 Mini God. Yep.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

19:54 Because you are [unclear] of God.

DR. J AARON K DAVID

19:55 Yep.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

19:57 Thank you so much.

Interviewer

19:58 Thank you. Thank you for your time.

DR. J AARON K DAVID

19:59 Thank you.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP

20:00 God bless everyone.

Interviewer

20:01 Thank you.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP raises her trophy beneath her name on the screen.
DR. J AARON K DAVID raises his trophy beneath the words Corporate Icon, Tun Md Raus Sharif beside him.

The arrival

An Evening at The Majestic

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID arrived at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur on the evening of 22 October 2026 for The BrandLaureate Awards Gala Dinner, presented by The World Brands Foundation. They stepped in from the street through the hotel’s tall glass doors and walked the red carpet across the marble lobby, past the banner for The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards 2026 and its theme, “The Courage to Challenge.”

She wore a silver beaded gown with crystal fringe on the shoulder straps and star-shaped pins in her hair; he wore a dark navy suit, white shirt and red tie. Each wore a pink rose corsage.

On the way in they signed the guestbook at the reception table, posed together at the official backdrop and between the banners of the BestBrands and SMEs BestBrands Awards, and walked a corridor hung with large paintings.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID arrive along the red carpet beside The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards banner.
DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID lead the way along the painted corridor.

Among the guests

With the Hosts, the Guests and Their Team

At The BrandLaureate BestBrands backdrop, DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP and DR. J AARON K DAVID were photographed with Prof. Dr. KKJohan, who had stood with the presenters on stage for both of their awards.

Hilary Ng, Chief Executive Officer of The BrandLaureate, was photographed with them at the same backdrop and greeted DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP with a handshake.

Miss Universe Malaysia, part of the stage party for both presentations, posed with the two at the backdrop, as did Alain Robert, the French Spider-Man, an International Brand Personality of The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards 2026.

Their team from CE Global Network International Pte Ltd and Crowned Eagles Global joined them for the evening and gathered around them at the backdrop. Through the night the two posed with fellow guests before the sponsors’ wall of The BrandLaureate, and DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP raised a toast with guests in evening gowns.

The coverage

Carried Across Asia

The World Brands Foundation announced the 2026 recipients on 23 October in a release on PR Newswire APAC, carried the same day by Yahoo Finance. The release names DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP, Founder & Managing Partner, and DR. J AARON K DAVID, Co-founder & Partner, of CE Global Network International Pte Ltd among the recipients of The BrandLaureate Brand ICON Leadership Award 2026, honoured for “their visionary leadership, outstanding contributions and enduring influence in their respective fields.”

The release sets out the history of the awards: The World Brands Foundation launched The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards in 2006, and over 3,000 brands and more than 500 international brand personalities have since been honoured through The BrandLaureate. It records a special segment featuring TVBI, TVB’s international business platform, and names Alain Robert, the French Spider-Man, among the year’s International Brand Personalities. The BrandLaureate shared the news on Facebook.

The organiser's media report lists 138 placements of the release across 18 countries and territories.

DR. SHEKINAIH SIEW SIN YAP signs the guestbook, DR. J AARON K DAVID standing behind her.
DR. J AARON K DAVID signs the guestbook.

Every moment of the evening, from the red carpet to both award presentations and the people who shared the night with them: 90 photographs in the gallery.

Open the photo gallery

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