Those who will count in 2011

THERE are many interesting personalities who are likely to go on making the news pages in 2011. These are people who have taken up new roles and positions throughout the year, or who had suddenly emerged after a long hiatus from the corporate scene.

Consider Datuk Bakke Salleh, who had been hand-picked by Sime Darby Bhd's board of directors. Bakke, who has a reputation of being highly scrupled, has also made a name for himself as a turnaround specialist of ailing government-linked companies and he sounds like just what the doctor ordered for the troubled Sime.