PERVEZ RUSTIM MANECKSHA @ PAUL MANECKSHA
Chairman & Independent Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit Committee
Mr Pervez Rustim Manecksha @ Paul Manecksha, a Malaysian, aged 63, was appointed to the Board on 12 February 2007 and as Chairman on 2 June 2008. He is a Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London, United Kingdom. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1971 and has been in active law practice since then. He was also admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in Canberra, Australia in 1978. He is currently the Managing and Principal Partner of the law firm, PR Manecksha & Associates. He is currently not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad
ESWARAMOORTHY PILLAY S/O AMUTHER
Executive Director
Mr Eswaramoorthy Pillay S/O Amuther (Bryann), a Singaporean, aged 43, was appointed to the Board on 8 December 2006 and as Executive Director on 26 December 2006. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Studies from the University of Newport, United States of America and has extensive experience in the field of information technology. He is currently not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
MEVIN NEVIS A/L AF NEVIS
Executive Director
Mr Mevin Nevis A/L AF Nevis, a Malaysian, aged 55, was appointed to the Board on 22 February 2008 and as Executive Director on 2 June 2008. He graduated from the INSEAD EURO ASIA International Management Programme in Fontainbleau, France and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Executive Management. He started his career with Standard Chartered Bank Berhad ("the Bank") in 1972. Rising through the ranks under the Bank's Executive Management Trainee program, he has held various executive and senior managerial positions in the Bank during the period from 1980 to 2007 such as Branch Manager, Area Manager for Northern/Central Region, Head of Small & Medium Enterprises, Head of Large Local Corporations and Head of Product Management for Cash Management, Trade & Securities Services. From 1990 to 1992, he was assigned to the Bank’s offices in Chicago and Los Angeles in the United States of America as Senior Relationship Manager for multinational corporate businesses. His last posting before he left the Bank in October 2007 was as Director/Head of Transaction Banking. Thereafter, he joined the Linear Group in late 2007. He is currently not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
KHOO ENG CHIN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Khoo Eng Chin, a Malaysian, aged 52, was appointed to the Board on 22 February 2010 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. He started his career with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (“MIMB”) in 1986. He was involved in all aspects of Corporate Advisory, Corporate Banking and Money Market operations. He was with MIMB for 10 years and in 1996, he left MIMB as an Assistant Branch Manager to join ECM Libra Securities Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Smith Zain Securities Sdn. Bhd.). In 2004, he joined Kenanga Investment Bank as the Senior Manager, Corporate Finance and in October 2008, he left Kenanga Investment Bank as an Assistant Vice President. He is currently not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
SAW HENG SOO
Executive Director
Saw Heng Soo, a Malaysian, aged 54, was appointed to the Board on 7 May 2010 as Executive Director. He graduated with a Diploma in Commerce from Kolej Tunku Abdul Raman Malaysia in 1980 and completed his examination of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 1981. He has been a member of the ACCA in 1984 and Fellow of ACCA in 2001. Over the last 34 years of his carrer, he had worked with the International Accounting Firms for 8 years. He had also served as Group Chief Accountant/Director of Subsidiaries with Chocolate Products Berhad for 5 years. He was General Manager of Trade Ocean Exporter Sdn. Bhd., an international food exporter, for approximately 2 years. He was Operations Manager of Berjaya Sports Toto – Philippine Operations for approximately 2 years. He served as General Manager of Paragon Paper-Mill of Hai Meng Holdings Berhad for approximately 3 years. He was appointed as Senior General Manager of Golden Frontier Berhad and later promoted to Group Operations Director for 10 years. He is currently attached to an investment holding company as a Director and is not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
YAP CHEE KEONG
Executive Director
Yap Chee Keong, a Malaysian, aged 55, was appointed to the Board on 7 May 2010 as Executive Director. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) degree in Economics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom (1978). He is also a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (1981). He has auditing experience in England from 1978 to 1981. He also has extensive financial experience gained from his career in merchant banking from 1981 to 1997 with Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad. He is now a Financial Adviser and Company Director. He has served as a Director of serveral public listed companies but is currently not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
NEOH CHEE KEAN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Neoh Chee Kean, a Malaysian, aged 56, was appointed to the Board on 7 May 2010 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He graduated as a Chartered Accountant from ACCA in the United Kingdom in 1977 and was admitted as an Associate of ACCA in 1981 and a fellow in 1986. He was also admitted as a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants in 1981. He has more than 30 years of working experience in accounting, audit, finance, tax, company secretarial and manufacturing which he accumulated in an International Audit Firm, a multi national company and various management consultancy firms. He is currently not a director of any other public company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
OTHER INFORMATION
- None of the Directors are substantial shareholders of the Company.
- There are no family relationships among the Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company.
- None of the Directors has any conflict of interest with the Company.
- None of the Directors has been convicted of any offence, other than traffic offences, within the past 10 years.
