INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMANDATO' SOK ONE A/L ESEN
Aged 64, Malaysian, Male
Appointed on 1 May 2022
Dato’ Sok One A/L Esen (“Dato’ Sok One”) was appointed to the Board of the Company on 1 May 2022 as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman.
Dato’ Sok One holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science from University Sains Malaysia and a Bachelor’s Degree of Jurisprudence from University of Malaya. In 1981, he started his career as an investigation officer under Anti-Corruption Agency which is now known as Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (“MACC”) serving in various capacities and states including Perak, Kelantan and Sarawak.
Thereafter, he was transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Headquarters in 2005 and eventually, took on various leading roles in the investigation division including as Deputy Director of Intelligence Division, Deputy Director of Special Operations Division and the former Director of MACC in Negeri Sembilan.
In 2015, he was awarded with Darjat Indera Mahkota Pahang and carried the title of Dato’ from the Sultan of Pahang for his many years dedicated in the public service. Then in 2018, Dato’ Sok One retired from his last position in MACC as the Deputy Director of Special Operations with the rank of Deputy Commissioner in which he has led numerous investigations and special operations to curb the bribery and corruptions among both public and private sectors.
Throughout his thirty-seven (37) years career in MACC specialising in the areas of financial investigation and intelligence, he has worked closely with Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong (ICAC) in financial investigation. He too works jointly with Corruption Practice Investigation Bureau of Singapore (CPIB), Kapika Indonesia, Anti-Corruption Bureau Brunei (BMR) as well as National Anti-Corruption Commission Thailand (NACC).
Dato’ Sok One was also the pioneer of Anti-Money Laundering Investigation in MACC where he had attended courses and conference on money laundering regime in Bangkok, Colombo, Praque and New York, where he devotes his time into training alongside maintaining and strengthening partnerships among numerous anti-corruption agencies in ASEAN.
Currently, he is one of the Directors of a security company known as Special Skills Security Services Sdn. Bhd. which provides various professional and protective security services for his clientele. As the director, he is responsible to oversee and coordinates the operations and business development of the company.
Dato’ Sok One presently sits on the Board of MMAG Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. As Dato’ Sok One was appointed on 1 May 2022, he has not attended any Board meeting held during the financial period ended 31 March 2022.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMR. HOO SWEE GUAN
Aged 40, Malaysian, Male
Appointed on 26 November 2021
Mr. Hoo Swee Guan (“Mr. Hoo”) was appointed to the Board of the Company on 26 November 2021 as an Executive Director.
Mr. Hoo is a qualified accountant. He is a member of CPA Australia and the Malaysian Institute of Accounts. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Victoria University, Australia.
Throughout his career, he accumulated experience across various industries including audit and advisory, steel and hardware industry, oil & gas and renewable energy sector, services and retails industry, property development industry, freight and logistics industry, food and beverage industry and manufacturing industry. His vast experiences well-equipped himself to render the services to multi-national companies such as Johor Corporation Berhad, Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS), CPA Australia (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad, and many other public listed companies listed in Bursa Malaysia Berhad.
Mr. Hoo also involved in business advisory division during his tenure with an audit and advisory firm to turn-around a few public listed companies as well as a few private limited companies. His expertise in taxation, business development and strategic planning, sales and marketing, merger and acquisition, as well as solvency contributed to his success pathway along with his partners.
Currently, he is an Executive Director of BCM Alliance Berhad and Executive Director of Computer Forms (Malaysia) Berhad as well as sits on the Board of several private limited companies.
He attended one (1) out of six (6) Board Meetings held during the financial period ended 31 March 2022 since his appointment to the Board on 26 November 2021.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORDATO' SRI GAN CHOW TEE
Aged 57, Malaysian, Male
Appointed on 26 November 2021
Dato’ Sri Gan Chow Tee ("Dato’ Sri Gan”) was appointed to the Board of the Company on 26 November 2021 as an Executive Director.
Dato’ Sri Gan holds a Diploma in Accounting from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College. He has vast experience and knowledge in the business world. He is an outstanding entrepreneur with more than fifteen (15) years of experience in property developments and multi-business investments. To-date, he had completed property developments for residential, industrial and commercial around Klang Valley and Negeri Sembilan.
In year 1991, Dato’ Sri Gan and his business partners opened a garment factory in Penang, operating clothing wholesale business, mainly specialising for department stores and large-scale stores. With that partnership, they continue to actively explore into real estate industry such as industrial factories and commercial developments.
Dato’ Sri Gan also cooperates with China partners to develop factories in the Hong Kong industrial zone and the industrial developments in Australia. Being an optimistic person, he also tried to develop in other fields such as logistics business in Guangzhou, China and in Malaysia. In addition to real estates, logistics and transportation services, he and his partners decided to explore food and catering industry in the year 2012.
Dato’ Sri Gan’s perseverance and hard work had won him the ASEAN Business Outstanding Award in 2016 by the ASEAN Retail Chain and Franchise Federation.
He has a contagious enthusiasm and passionate belief in people and inspires them to become prouder, stronger, and be more valuable as a contributor to their organisations. He strongly believes that team work, enthusiasm for creating values, and constantly ensuring business models remain prudent are the way forward to create a better future environment.
Dato’ Sri Gan plays an instrumental role in a few listed companies as stakeholder management. Hence, he has hands-on experience in board engagement and risk management. He is the Chairman of Mirame Land Berhad and also an Independent Non-Executive Director of a tiles manufacturer company, YB Ventures Berhad. In addition, he has also invested in food and beverage industry especially Chinese fine dining and banquet restaurants around Klang Valley.
He attended one (1) out of six (6) Board Meetings held during the financial period ended 31 March 2022 since his appointment to the Board on 26 November 2021.
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMR. WONG KOK SEONG
Aged 53, Malaysian, Male
Appointed on 29 November 2021
Mr. Wong Kok Seong (“Mr. Wong”) was appointed to the Board of the Company on 29 November 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company.
Mr. Wong is a Chartered Account and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Open University, United Kingdom. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and also a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).
Having spent fifteen (15) years in the United Kingdom(“UK”), Mr. Wong has gained extensive exposure from a United Kingdom accounting firm, Appleby & Wood, where he was an audit partner from 1999 to 2005. His experience extended to multi-national companies where he was appointed as Finance Director for several UK-based companies. During his tenure there and also currently, he is responsible for the preparation of business plans, budgets and organisational financial statements, due diligence, accounting and taxation, management, project financing and implementation.
Over the last few years, he has extensively been involved in a wide range of businesses, such as cross border trading, manufacturing and property development.
On his return to Malaysia in 2006 and upon obtaining his audit license, he joined an audit firm, Messrs. Hasnan THL Wong & Partners, and is currently its Managing Partner. He is also made a partner in another audit firm, McMillan Woods GKJ. Due to his business acumen, he currently sits on the Board of several public listed companies in Malaysia and Singapore.
Mr. Wong presently sit on the Board of M N C Wireless Berhad, PNE PCB Berhad, PDZ Holdings Bhd. and Computer Forms (Malaysia) Berhad.
On 4 December 2017, Mr. Wong Kok Seong was publicly reprimanded by the Securities Commission Malaysia with a fine of RM539,000 for breaching of the Securities Industry (Compliance with Approved Accounting Standards) Regulations and Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 in relation to his former directorship in Trive Property Group Berhad.
He attended one (1) out of six (6) Board Meetings held during the financial period ended 31 March 2022 since his appointment to the Board on 29 November 2021.
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMS. KHO SEE YIING
Aged 45, Malaysian, Female
Appointed on 1 May 2022
Ms. Kho See Yiing ("Ms. Kho”) was appointed to the Board of the Company on 1 May 2022 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is the Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Company.
In 1997, she obtained an Advance Diploma in Hospitality Management, Isle of Man, UK. She holds a Bachelor Degree of Business Administration from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Scotland, which she obtained in 2005.
Ms. Kho began her career in a few health and wellness multi-level marketing companies since 1999. In a few years, she had held top management positions.
She was a consultant in multi-level marketing for commercial laundry, health and wellness industry for more than twenty (20) years. During her advisory in the said industries, with the extensive experience in marketing, advertising and promotion, and operations, she had achieved over 40 million in revenue annually in a commercial laundry company. For the beauty and healthy industry, Ms. Kho has expanded the market to Indonesia and Taiwan. In 2016, she entered the commercial laundry industry and had brought astonishing results to the company until present.
Ms. Kho presently sits on the Board of Computer Forms (Malaysia) Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
As Ms. Kho was appointed on 1 May 2022, she has not attended any Board meeting held during the financial period ended 31 March 2022.
