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 holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Lincoln's Inn in 1976 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1977. He practiced law with a leading law firm in Malaysia from 1979 and was a partner of the firm from 1981 to 1994. He re-joined the firm as a Partner in 1 August 2007. In the academic field, Dato' Johari is presently an Adjunct Professor at University of Technology Mara Law Faculty.
Presently, Dato' Johari is a Director of Hong Leong Industries Berhad, British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad, Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and Daiman Golf Berhad; Chairman of Daiman Development Berhad and Deputy Chairman of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.
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 30 years. He was the Chairman of the Malaysian Chapter of the Young Presidents Organisation ("YPO"), an international grouping of more than 10,500 chief executive officers and leaders of major companies and organizations over the world. He became a director of the International Board of Directors of YPO in 2000 and served until 2003 during which he was the Chairman of YPO's Global Leadership Congress in Beijing, China.
He is currently the Group Managing Director of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad and the Executive Vice Chairman of Ancom Logistics Berhad.
Dato' Siew is a substantial shareholder of the Company.
Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lin See Yan
Tan Sri Lin joined the Board on 30 October 2000 and is currently the Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
Tan Sri Lin is an independent strategy and financial consultant. Qualified as a Chartered Statistician, Tan Sri Lin graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and Harvard University (where he received three degrees, including a PhD in economics). Tan Sri Lin is the Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and also Professor of Economics (Adjunct), Universiti Utara Malaysia, Professor of International Finance & Business (Adjunct), Universiti Malaysia Sabah as well as an Eisenhower Fellow and a Chartered Statistician and a Chartered Scientist, London.
Tan Sri 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. Tan Sri Lin continues to serve the public interest after his retirement, some current appointments include : member of the Prime Minister's National Innovation Council and the Prime Minister's Economic Action Council Working Group; key Steering Committees at the Ministry of Higher Education; Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; Advisory Board of the Malaysian-Japanese University Centre; Governor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; Trustee, Malaysia University for Science & Technology and Monash University (Sunway Campus); Chairman Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA); Regional Director for Asia, Harvard Alumni Association at the University; and President, Harvard Club of Malaysia.
Tan Sri Lin is currently a Director of Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad, Genting Berhad, Genting Malaysia Berhad, Wah Seong Corporation Berhad, JobStreet Corporation Berhad, KrisAssets Holdings Berhad and Top Glove Corporation Berhad. He also sits on the boards of a number of public listed and private businesses in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Datuk Ir (Dr) Mohamed Al Amin Abdul Majid
Datuk Al Amin joined the Board on 16 June 1997.
Datuk Al Amin 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 Institute of Engineers Malaysia ("IEM") and is a professional Engineer. He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree – Doctor of Science from Aston University, United Kingdom.
Datuk Al Amin has extensive experience in business and corporate management. Currently he is the Executive Chairman of Country View Berhad and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad; Chairman of the Small Medium Industries Development Corporation ("SMIDEC") and Zurich Insurance (M) Berhad.
Datuk Al Amin also holds stewardship position in several private companies which are involved in a wide range of businesses such as construction, investment, distributorship, general trading and project management.
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.
Edmond Cheah Swee Leng
Mr. Cheah joined the Board on 31 December 2011.
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 started his career as an Audit Manager with a professional accounting firm in London. He was later the Manager in charge of portfolio investment in a merchant bank in Malaysia and subsequently in charge of the corporate and planning division of a public listed company in Malaysia. Mr. Cheah 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 an Investment Committee Member and Director of MAAKL Mutual Berhad and the Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ("SPCA"). He is also the Chairman of Adventa Berhad and a Director of Ancom Berhad and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.
Lim Hock Chye
Lim Hock Chye joined the Board on 1 December 2011. He is currently a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
He gained his LLB (Hons) degree from University of London, United Kingdom and holds a Certificate in Legal Practice. Mr Lim was formerly a consultant with an organisation promoting good corporate governance and practices within corporate Malaysia. Prior to that, he was a Deputy Editor with the Star Newspaper, where he wrote for the Business Section.
He is also a panel speaker for Rating Agency of Malaysia and Bursatra Sdn Bhd on Continuing Education Programmes for directors of public-listed companies in Malaysia. He continues to lecture on promotion of good corporate governance within Corporate Malaysia.
Currently, he sits on the boards of Silver Bird Group Berhad, TSM Global Berhad, Ancom Logistics Berhad and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad and is the Group Director Strategic Planning at HELP University Kuala Lumpur.