Board of Directors

• JEN (R) TAN SRI YAACOB BIN MAT ZAIN
  Chairman
  JEN TAN SRI YAACOB had a distinguished career spanning nearly 40 years in Angkatan Tentera Malaysia before retiring in 1993 as a Panglima Angkatan Tentera Malaysia. He had attended courses at the Australian Army General Command and Staff College, the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, United States of America, the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom, including the Advance Management Programme at Harvard Business School.

  Apart from his directorship in the Company, he is the Chairman of Affin Investment Bank Berhad, Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Berhad, SPK Sentosa Corporation Berhad, NV Multi Corporation Berhad, FTEC Resources Berhad as well as a Board Member of Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad.
  

• DATO’ SRI LEONG HOY KUM, D.P.M.S., J.P.
  Group Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer
  His initial training was in plastics technology and he began heading the plastics division in 1979. He has been on the Central Committee of the 900-member Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Associations since 1986. He has been the Honorary President of the Young Malaysian Movement Association (YMM) since 1999 and of The Dramatic Art Society, Malaysia since 1996. Besides that, he has been the Vice-President of the Table Tennis Association of Malaysia since 1999.

  In recognition of his achievements, he was conferred an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in Business Administration by the Honolulu University, Hawaii in 2000. He was conferred the Darjah Paduka Mahkota Selangor (D.P.M.S) which carries the title of “Dato’” and the Jaksa Pengaman (J.P) awards by his Highness, Sultan of Selangor in 1996 and 2001 respectively.

  He also sits on the Board of Directors of various other private companies.
  

• MR STEVEN NG POH SENG
  Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer
  Mr Ng has more than 15 years experience in corporate finance, accounting and auditing.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in accounting from the University of Wales (UK).  He is a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He worked in a Chartered Accountancy firm in United Kingdom and upon his return to Malaysia, served as a Manager in Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad before joining SP Setia Berhad.  After 8 years of service in SP Setia Berhad, he left as Head of Corporate Affairs prior to joining the Company.

  He joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer responsible for the Group Corporate and Finance division before being appointed to the Board.
  

• MR LIM KIU HOCK
  Executive Director
  Mr Lim has more than 25 years experience in property development.  He holds a Bachelor (Hons) Degree in Housing, Building and Planning from the University of Science, Penang.  He is a member of The Chartered Institute of Building, United Kingdom (CIOB).  He was the head of the property division of the Berjaya Land Bhd for 13 years, before moving on to MK Land Holdings as Chief Operating Officer, and then on to Zelan Development Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Tranoh Consolidated Berhad as Managing Director.  He is well experienced in handing the development of golf and seaside resorts, shopping malls development and management, residential housing schemes and privatization of projects from the government.
  
  He joined the Company as Business Development Director before being appointed to the Board.
  

• MS LEONG YUET MEI
  Non-independent Non-Executive Director
  Ms Leong has been attached to RHB Securities Sdn Bhd as a Dealers Representative since 1991.  Prior to that she was attached to KAF Discount Berhad as a Senior Accountant.
  
  

• CAPTAIN (RTD) IZAHAM BIN ABD. RANI
  Independent Non-Executive Director
  Captain Izaham served in the Malaysian Armed Forces for nearly 14 years before his early retirement in 1992.  He attended various career courses conducted internally as well as in Australia and Singapore. He was the Business Development Manager at the Kukup Golf Resort in Pontian, Johor before serving Port Dickson Golf & Country Club as the General Manager until end 2004. 

  Captain Izaham is also a Director in a leading multinational petroleum company from the Sultanate of Oman, (MB Petroleum Services Sdn Bhd) and Epicentro Resources Sdn Bhd which deals in Defence Products and is a subsidiary of British Aerospace (BAE Systems).
  

• MR LOH KOK LEONG
  Independent Non-Executive Director
  Mr Loh is an accountant by profession and has been attached with international accounting firms both in Malaysia as well as overseas for more than 20 years, 3 years of which as a partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Kuala Lumpur. He is currently a partner of a professional services firm, Russell Bedford LC & Company (formerly known as Lean Chin & Co.).

  Apart from his directorship in the Company, he is also a director of The Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Berhad.