About Us
Board of Directors
Y. Bhg Datuk Kamaruddin Bin Taib
Chairman and Independent &
Non-Executive Director
Datuk Kamaruddin Bin Taib, aged 54, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 29 December 2004. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and was appointed as Chairman of the Company on 18 February 2011. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Salford (UK).
Datuk Kamaruddin started his career with a leading Merchant Bank in Malaysia. Subsequently, he served as a Director of several private companies as well as companies listed on Bursa Malaysia. He has gained professional experience by serving on the Board of Companies listed on the Stock Exchange of India and on Nasdaq in United States of America.
Datuk Kamaruddin is a shareholder and director of several private companies. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of IRIS Corporation Berhad, a company listed on ACE Market, Bursa Malaysia, Unicorn International Islamic Bank Malaysia Berhad and Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or Major Shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.
Y. Bhg Datin Kong Yuk Chu
Vice Chairman and Executive Director
Datin Kong Yuk Chu, age 63, a Hong Kong SAR National, is a permanent resident of Malaysia, was appointed to the Board on 15 November 2007. She became an Executive Director of the Company on 1 October 2008 by virtue of her substantial share ownership of Seacrest Land Limited and Top Landers Offshore Inc., jointly with her spouse, Dato’ Bill C.P. Ch’ng which jointly have substantial controlling shares in the Company. She was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Company on 18 February 2011.
Datin Kong has many years of executive experience as a director and chairperson of public listed and private companies in Hong Kong. She was a Director of IHD Holdings Limited (1986-1993), Non-Executive Director and Chairman of China Everbright – IHD Pacific Limited (1994-1996) and a Director in Emporium Department Store and Supermarket (HK) Limited, Hong Kong (1989-1996).
Datin Kong has extensive experience in the design, manufacturing and retail of jade jewellery in Hong Kong and Malaysia. She is the Managing Director of Jacmoli Design Jewellers (HK) Limited, Hong Kong and Jacmoli Design & Jewellers (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia. She is also a Director of Power Pacific Petroleum Sdn Bhd.
She also has interest in the media and movie industry in Hong Kong via Hong Kong Star Makers Limited, which deal in talent scouting, training and filming in Hong Kong and China.
She has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.
Mr Seow Thiam Fatt
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Seow Thiam Fatt, aged 70, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 29 December 2004. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company.
Mr. Seow is a Fellow of CPA Australia, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and past Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in Australia. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He is a past President of MICPA and also served four years as a government appointed Independent Director of the previous Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange (KLCE). He is also a past President of the Lions Club of Petaling Jaya and a past Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
Mr Seow has more than 20 years professional experience as a practicing accountant in the capacity of a Senior Partner of Larry Seow & Co. Moores & Rowland and a Partner of Arthur Young. He diverted from professional practice in 1994 and was previously on the Board of several private and public companies. He has held senior positions as the Finance Director of AC Nielsen (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Business Development Manager of Bolton Berhad and General Manager of the Financial Reporting Surveillance and Compliance Department with the Securities Commission of Malaysia.
He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, Warisan T C Holdings Berhad and Affin Investment Bank Berhad.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or Major Shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangements involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.
Mr Ch’ng Soon Sen
Executive Director
Mr Ch’ng Soon Sen, aged 29, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 20 November 2006 as an Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Ch’ng holds a degree in Business Management (Honours) from the University of Sunderland, UK and possesses an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration accorded by the Association of Business Executives (ABE), UK. He completed a one year course in B.Sc (Hons) in Computing and Business in Kingston University, London, Uk, and one year in B.A (Hons) Architecture in University of Brighton, UK.
He is a director of Top Lander Offshore Inc, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Island which is a substancial shareholder of Malaysia Pacific Corporation Berhad and also a shareholder and director of several private companies.
He is the son of Dato' Bill C.P. Ch'ng and Datin Kong Yuk Chu.
He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.
Y. Bhg Dato’ Syed Hussien Bin Abd Kadir
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Syed Hussien, aged 62, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 15 January 2008. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Dato’ Syed Hussien graduated from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, is also a respected product of the Fletcher School of law and Diplomacy, University of Tufts USA where he obtained his M.A in International Relation. Dato’ Syed Hussein has been conferred with many awards and titles in recognition of his remarkable achievements especially in his tenure as the first Malaysian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. Such awards and titles include Darjah Paduka Mahkota Johor (DPMJ), Darjah Mahkota Pahang (DIMP), Johan Setia Diraja (JSD), Setia Diraja Kedah (SDK), Darjah Johan Negeri (DJN), among others.
Dato’ Syed Hussien was appointed to the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia in 1997 and has served as an Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, his credentials grew by leaps and bounds. He has added to his repertoire a host of other posts such as Principal Assistant Secretary (Organisation of Islamic Conference) Ministry of Foreign Affairs; First Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia in Rabat, Morocco; Counselor, Embassy of Malaysia in Moscow; Consul General of Malaysia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the same time also holding the post as Deputy Permanent Representive of the OIC Secretariat in Jeddah.
He is also presently the Secretary-General of the National Chamber of Commerce & Industry Malaysia; Group Chairman Axisjaya Group; Chairman Malaysia/Gulf Business Council; Director Dagang Net, Advisor Yasmin Holding; Chairman Flexoffice; Director of H20 Sports and Advisor M Pol Precison Rubber products.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or Major Shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangements involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.
Fong Seow Kee
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Fong Seow Kee, aged 54, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 18 February 2011. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Mr. Fong holds a B.A (Hons) Economics & Social Studies from University of Manchester, England, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England, & Wales (ICAEW) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
He has over 30 years experience in the finance industry, primarily in investment banking and private equity. After completing his articleship with Ernst & Young, UK in 1983, he worked with several leading investment banks in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore where he advised companies on a variety of corporate finance transactions including M&A, Fund Raising and Corporate Restructuring. In 1992, he joined a US venture capital firm in Singapore where he managed a pan-Asian venture capital fund investing in the US and across Asia. In 2000, he co-founded iSpring Capital Group, a Malaysia based investment management and advisory firm which currently manages a Government owned venture capital fund.
Since returning to Malaysia in 1996, Mr. Fong has been active in the development of the venture capital and private equity in Malaysia. During that time, he has been involved in the Malaysia Venture Capital & Private Equity Association in various capacities and was Chairman from 2008 to 2010. He has also been invited to sit on various government working committees to provide Industry Feedback on regulatory policies, including that pertaining to the Capital Market reforms announced in 2009.
He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of GHL Systems Bhd.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or Major Shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years.