CHARTERED Institute of Building (CIOB) Malaysia has honoured YTL Corporation Bhd’s Datuk Yeoh Soo Keng with a “Women of the Year” Award.
Presented at CIOB’s Golden Jubilee Dinner & Awards Night 2026, the award was in recognition of Yeoh’s exemplary leadership, contributions and lifelong commitment to Malaysia’s built environment as well as social development.
The civil engineer, whose career spans four decades, made history as the first woman in Malaysia to construct a building on a turnkey basis – YTL’s first headquarters, called Plaza Yeoh Tiong Lay in Kuala Lumpur.
She is the first chairwoman of Cement & Concrete Association Malaysia and first woman president of Asean Federation of Cement Manufacturers (AFCM).
She is also instrumental in the sale and promotions of Malaysia’s first low-carbon eco-friendly sustainable building material called slag cement and fly ash cement.
As AFCM chief, she united the regional cement producers under the banner of decarbonisation and drove Asean-wide decarbonising initiative.
In her role as chief commissioner of Girl Guides Association Malaysia, she champions resilience and leadership among young girls and women.
She is also executive director of Malayan Cement Bhd and YTL Power Bhd.
