Board of Directors

SEE TOH KEAN YAW was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company since 16 February 2022. He is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since year June 2001 and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom since May 2004. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He spent the early years of his career with BDO Binder Public Accountants, where he specialised in auditing, taxation and consultancy. In 1999, he left the auditing profession and joined Ire-Tex Group as an Accountant, responsible for the financial management, corporate finance and accounting functions. He was eventually promoted to Group Accountant, Financial Controller and Chief Financial Officer before being appointed as Executive Director of IreTex Corporation Berhad (“Ire-Tex”) (Stock code: 7183) after Ire-Tex’s successful IPO (initial public offer) on the Bursa Malaysia Stock Exchange in 2004.

Over the past 15 years in Ire-Tex, he was responsible in the formulation and implementation of the Ire-Tex Group’s corporate strategies as well as overseeing the corporate finance, investment management, merger and acquisition aspects of the Group. From 2010 to 2014, he served as an Independent and Non-Executive Director and an audit committee member of Eka Noodles Berhad (Stock code: 7182), a company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

As a founding partner of Kairous Capital Group since Year 2015, he has acquired more than 10 years experience in private equity and venture capital field including fund raising, deal sourcing, investment portfolio monitoring and value creation. So far, he has concluded several tech and non-tech investments into several companies based in China and South East Asia and also successfully assisted portfolio companies exit via IPO onto the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. See Toh is also an Executive Director in Velocity Capital Partner Berhad and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of MMAG Holdings Berhad. He has no family relationship with any Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company.

SHERENE LEE MONG EE was appointed to the Board of the Company on 22 November 2022 and has served as Executive Director since her re-designation on 10 January 2024.

Ms. Sherene is a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). She is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University. She began her career as an account assistant in 2008 and commenced her auditing career with Deloitte Malaysia in 2012. In 2014, she joined Deloitte Singapore, where she audited multinational corporations and listed companies across various industries, including manufacturing, logistics, marine, trading, shared services, recruitment, IT and communications engineering, warehouse management, and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

In 2017, after more than five years with Deloitte, she returned to Malaysia to establish her own business consulting practice. Over the years, she has been involved in the establishment and advisory of companies across diverse industries, with a focus on accounting digitalisation, business advisory, and financial analytics.

Ms. Sherene does not hold any directorships in other public companies. She has no family relationship with any Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company.

CHUA EI MING was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 17 October 2023. He is a Chairman of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and also a member of Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee. He obtained his Bachelor of Law (Honours) from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Having chambered in Messrs Shahdan Wong Law & Associates, Petaling Jaya, he was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2010. He has been a partner in Messrs May Chew & Associates since year 2011 and become the founder of Messrs Eiming Chua & Co. in year 2017. He started his practice with Mr. Law How Chong as a conveyancing lawyer. His area of expertise is in contract law, property law, estate law, banking law, corporate law, and intellectual property law. During his practice he handled various forms of conveyancing and banking cases as well as writing legal opinions for companies and drafting various legal agreements, including cross-border joint-venture agreements. He is now focused in property development and conveyancing.

Mr. Chua does not hold any directorships in other public companies and holds 7,166,932 ordinary shares (direct interest) and 8,944,932 ordinary shares (indirect interest) in the Company.

LING WEE TAK LING WEE TAK was appointed as an Independent NonExecutive Director of the Company with effect from 8 July 2022. He was appointed as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committees on 22 November 2022 as well as member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees with effect from 22 November 2022. Mr. Ling Wee Tak is an Accountant by profession, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Mr. Ling has many years of professional experience in accounting, finance, auditing, corporate restructuring, corporate finance and venture capital investment. He started his career in 1996 by joining Johnson & Johnson Sdn. Bhd. as Assistant Accountant where he gained his initial two years experience in accounting and finance in a multinational company. He then joined TY & Partners as auditor until 2001 before he left to join Netrove Group, a boutique venture capital and corporate finance firm. In Netrove, he was responsible in deal origination, investment evaluation and post investment monitoring. He was also involved in corporate finance and assisting the portfolio company in merger and acquisition and IPO exercise. To further advance his career, he took up the Finance Director position in 2007 at Joinland Group, a company involved in the participation of environmental friendly projects, property development and international distribution of cold storage products. He later joined DK Leather Seats Sdn. Bhd. in 2016 as Group Financial Controller, a company involved in manufacturing and distribution of automotive leather upholstery. He is currently working as a freelance consultant providing corporate restructuring, financial advisory, fund raising, corporate finance mainly focusing on F&B and FMCG industries.

Mr. Ling does not hold any directorships in other public companies and holds 1,047,600 ordinary shares (direct interest) in the Company.

LIM PENG PENG was appointed as an Independent NonExecutive Director of the Company since 9 April 2024. She is also a member of the Audit, Risk Management, Nomination and Remuneration Committees since 9 April 2024. Upon graduation, Ms. Lim worked in Deloitte KassimChan (“Deloitte”) for 5 years and was promoted to Audit Manager in 2006. Subsequently, she worked at Horwath First Trust and Ernst & Young in Singapore from 2007 to 2008. She rejoined Deloitte and progressed to Audit Director in 2012.

She was the Group Financial Controller of SCGM Bhd from 2016 to May 2017. She joined Kudos Ling Chuo & Lim as Audit Principal and resigned in August 2023. Then she joined SY Sai & Co on 1 September 2023 as Audit Principal.

Ms. Lim currently sits on the Board of Directors of SCGM Bhd as an Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairperson of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, as well as a member of the Nomination Committee.

Ms. Lim has no family relationship with any Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company.