CHAIRMAN
En. Mohammad Nizar Bin ldris
Bachelor of Law (Honours), AMP (Harvard). A Member of the Malaysian Bar.
First appointed to the Board on 21 November 2000.
The Chairman of the Board, Nomination and Remuneration Committee and member of Audit Committee. En Nizar started his career in the Civil Service and the Judicial and Legal Service. Prior to joining the private sector, he was the Senior Federal Counsel responsible for tax and treasury matters. In 1976 he joined the Royal Dutch Shell Group. He worked in Malaysia, The Hague (Netherlands) and London. He was the first non-European to Head the Legal Division of Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd in London which dealt with the Royal Dutch Shell Group’s business, investments and joint ventures for the world.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Dato’ Richard Wong Swee Yee
Associate Member of Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia and a member of the Institute of Fire Engineers.
Appointed to the Board since incorporation of the Company on 18 January 1986.
Managing Director. Executive, Non-Independent Director. Chairman of the Executive Committee and Employee Share Option Scheme (“ESOS”) Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee. Dato Wong has been in the fire safety and prevention industry since 1979. As the founder, he has been instrumental in building up FITTERS Group. His entrepreneurial & innovation skills, coupled with his foresight has led the Company to move into both upstream and downstream activities in the fire-fighting industry. He has contributed greatly to the fire safety industry by bringing into Malaysia state-of-the-art technology. He is instrumental in taking the Group to greater heights by diversifying into new areas of property and renewable, alternative waste-to-energy development.
INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Kong Sin Seng
Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) from the University of Kent, England. A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
First appointed to the Board on 22 December 2001.
Chairman of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee and ESOS Committee. Mr Kong started his career as an articled clerk with Reeves & Neylan, Chartered Accountants in the United Kingdom from 1978 to 1982 and subsequently joined Price Waterhouse (now known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in 1983. He then joined Promet Berhad as Group Financial Executive in 1983 and United Detergent Industries as Financial Controller in 1986. In 1987 he was attached to Promet Petroleum Ltd in Jakarta and subsequently with the Dharmala Group, Indonesia in 1989 as Group Financial Controller. He subsequently became the Managing Director of Heavy Equipment Division and the Director of Financial Services Division. He joined FACB Berhad as the Chief Financial Officer in 1995 and in 1997 was the PA to the Chief Executive Officer of MBF Capital Berhad and as Senior Vice President in MBF Finance Berhad. Since 2000 he became the Chief Executive Officer of Goldwealth Capital Sdn Bhd and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Widetech (M) Berhad.
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
En. Mohamad Jamil Bin Mohd Yusof
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and a Diploma in Radio Engineering from Technical College, Kuala Lumpur.
First appointed to the Board on 15 September 1997.
Member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee. En Jamil started his career with Radio TV Malaysia (RTM) as a Technical Assistant and later became a Regional Engineer and a Project Engineer. During his tenure with RTM from 1963 to 1974, he was involved in operations and maintenance of Radio/ TV equipment and later in establishing new broadcasting stations. He then joined Chubb Malaysia Sdn Bhd as a Manager in Electronics Division. In 1982, he was appointed as Deputy Managing Director and subsequently became the Managing Director. In 1994, he joined G-Five Security Consultancy Sdn Bhd as its Managing Director.
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
En. Zahedi Bin Haji Mohd Zain
Bachelor of Science Hons. (Applied Science) from Brighton Polytechnic, United Kingdom
Encik Zahedi, 56, a Malaysian was first appointed to the Board on 26th January 1994. On 22nd December 2001, he was appointed as the Alternate Director to the late Tan Sri Datuk Paduka Dr Hajjah Saleha binti Haji Mohd Ali and ceased on 21st March 2011 after her demise. He was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1st April 2011.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (Applied Science) from Brighton Polytechnic, United Kingdom. He started his career as a production engineer with Petronas in 1981. In 1985 he joined Perusahaan Dapat Sdn Bhd (now known as Autoliv Hirotako Safety Sdn Bhd) as an Executive Director, a position which he still holds. He is also a Director of Hirotako Holdings Berhad since 1994.
NON-INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Datuk Dr. Soh Chai Hock
PJN, DSSA, DSM, JSM, KMN, AMN, PBM, LLD(USA), F.I.(FIRE) E.(UK), MMIM
Datuk Dr. Soh Chai Hock, 66, a Malaysian was first appointed to the Board on 1st April 2011. He is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director.
He holds a Doctorate of Laws (LLD) from Anna Maria College, Paxton, Massachusetts, USA and was the adjunct Professor for the Master of Science (MSc ERP) programme in the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia.
He is a fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers and the National Chairman of Malaysia Fire Prevention Council. He was appointed as Fire Expert in the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Japan, an inter-government organization that aids the socioeconomic development of 20 Asia Pacific countries.
Datuk Soh is trained in “Senior Crisis Management (Anti-Terrorism)” by Louisiana State University, USA and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on “Disaster Command and Control”.
He was a member of the post Cabinet Committee in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, a member of the Fire Experts Committee, United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), Geneva, Switzerland in 1997 and the past Vice-President, International Fire Chiefs Association of Asia (IFCAA) Japan. He retired as Director-General of the Malaysian Fire & Rescue Service in 1999 after 36 years of service.
EXECUTIVE, NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Datin Goh Hooi Yin
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), 1st class Honours, University Malaya.
First appointment to the Board on 15 December 2008.
Datin Goh began her career with an insurance company. She subsequently joined an IT organization and effectively served in various positions spanning across sales & marketing, project management, consulting, customer service and profit-centre responsibilities. She joined the Group's privatized CMS subsidiary, assisting in the ISO accreditation and overseeing the maintenance operations. Prior to her appointment to the Board, she serves as an Advisor to the Group - in the Group’s journey towards being an IT-driven organization.