About Us Board of Directors
Dato' Johari Razak
Dato' Johari joined the Board on 27 November 1992. He was appointed the Group Managing Director on 2 July 1994 and the Executive Chairman on 30 July 2003. He was re-designated to his present position on 1 August 2007. He is currently a member of the Audit Committee.
Dato' Johari graduated from University of Kent, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Law degree and qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn. Presently, he is the Managing Partner of a leading law firm in Malaysia; Director of Hong Leong Industries Berhad, British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad, Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and Daiman Golf Berhad; Chairman of Daiman Development Berhad; Deputy Chairman of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad and an adjunct Professor of Law of Universiti Teknologi Mara.
Dato' Siew Ka Wei
Dato' Siew joined the Board on 23 October 1985. He was appointed the Deputy Group Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer on 17 October 1995 and assumed his present position on 30 July 2003.
Dato' Siew graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Operational Research from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom. He has extensive working experience in the field of petrochemicals locally and internationally for more than 20 years. He was the Chairman of the Malaysian Charter of the Young Presidents Organisation ("YPO"), an international grouping of more than 8,500 chief executive officers of major companies over the world, and was a director of the International Board of Directors of YPO. He is currently the Group Managing Director of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad and the Deputy Chairman of Tamco Corporate Holdings Berhad.
Dato' Siew is a substantial shareholder of the Company.
Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lin See Yan
Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Lin joined the Board on 30 October 2000 and is currently the Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lin graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and received three degrees, including a PhD in economics from Harvard University. He is a Chartered Statistician British Chartered Scientist and an independent strategic and financial consultant.
Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Lin has a long and distinguished history of service with the Government of Malaysia and the private sector in various posts. He was Chairman/President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Bank Group and for 14 years previously, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, having been a central banker for 34 years. After his retirement, he continues to serve actively in a diversified range of public, charitable, educational, financial, industrial and commercial institutions both locally and abroad. Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lin See Yan Aged 70, Malaysian, Independent and Non-Executive Director.
He is currently the Regional Director for Asia; Harvard Alumni Association at Harvard University; the Governor for Asian Institute of Management, Manila; the President for Harvard Club of Malaysia; a Member of Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, Prime Minister's National Innovation Council, MHE Select Committees on major critical issues on Higher Education; a Trustee for MAKNA (National Cancer Council); Malaysian Economic Association Foundation, Prime Minister's Exchange Fellowship Program Malaysia and others.
Tan Sri Dato Dr Lin is currently a Director of Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad, Genting Berhad, Genting Malaysia Berhad, Wah Seong Corporation Berhad, JobStreet Corporation Berhad and KrisAssets Holdings Berhad. He also sits on the boards of a number of public listed and private businesses in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Datuk IR DR Mohamed Al Amin Abdul Majid, JP
Datuk Ir Dr Al Amin joined the Board on 16 June 1997. He qualified with a Diploma in Technology from Oxford College of Further Education and holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. He is a Corporate Member of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia ("IEM") and is a professional Engineer. He has extensive experience in business and corporate management which includes serving as Chairman for Gabongan Pemborong Bumiputera Berhad since 1988 and Zurich Insurance (M) Berhad since 1989. Currently, he is the Executive Chairman of Country View Berhad; Chairman of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad, the Small Medium Industries Development Corporation ("SMIDEC") and the Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia ("CICM").
Datuk Ir Dr Al Amin is also a shareholder/director in several private companies which are involved in a wide range of businesses such as construction, investment, distributorship, general trading and project management.
Dato' Mohamed Husein
Dato' Mohammed join the Board on 16 October 2009. He was appointed as member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration and Nomination Committee on the same day.
Dato' Mohammed graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1970 and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA in 2003. He spent 31 years with the Maybank Group and held various management positions including Head of Corporate Banking, Head of Malaysian Operations, Managing Director of Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad and, prior to his retirement in January 2008, was Executive Director / Chief Financial Officer of Maybank.
Currently, Dato Mohammed is the Chairman of Quill Capital Trust; a Director of Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad, MCB Bank Limited (listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange), Danajamin Nasional Berhad, CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited, PT Maybank Indocorp, University Malaysia Kelantan and several other private limited companies.
Edmond Cheah Swee Leng
Mr. Cheah joined the Board on 30 August 2005. He is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
Mr. Cheah is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Association of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales. He is also a Certified Financial Planner.
Mr. Cheah's professional experience has been in the fields of merchant banking, corporate and financial advisory, portfolio and investment management, unit trust management and financial planning. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Public Mutual Berhad, a former Council Member and Chairman of the Secretariat of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers ("FMUTM"), a former Task Force Member on Islamic Finance for the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority ("LOFSA"), a former member on the Securities Market Consultation Panel in Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and a founder member and a past President of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia ("FPAM").
Mr. Cheah is currently the Chairman of Adventa Berhad and Director of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad, an Investment Committee Member and Director of MAAKL Mutual Berhad and Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ("SPCA").
Chan Thye Seng
Mr. Chan joined the Board on 19 October 1999. Mr. Chan graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Hons.) degree from University College Cardiff, United Kingdom. He had 13 years experience as a practicing lawyer, after having been called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1980 and the Malaysian Bar in 1992.
Mr. Chan was previously on the Boards of the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange and Malaysian Futures Clearing Corporation Sdn Bhd. He is currently the Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Pacific & Orient Berhad ("P&O") and Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad.
Mr. Chan is a substantial shareholder of the Company through his shareholding in P&O, a substantial shareholder of the Company.