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Dato' Boey Chin Gan
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian

Dato' Boey Chin Gan, obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University Kebangasaan Malaysia (UKM).

Dato’ Boey is very active in the social economic development of the country. He has served as the Press Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government
of Malaysia for 11 years from 1993 to 2004. In 2004, Dato’ Boey was the Kedah State Assemblyman. Dato’ Boey has vast experiences and extensive knowledge in administrative and strategic planning by virtue of his long service in government sectors.

Dato' Teoh Seng Kian
Alternate Director to Dato’(Dr.) Teoh Seng Foo
Malaysian

Dato' Teoh Seng Kian was appointed as Alternate Director to Dato’ (Dr.) Teoh Seng Foo, the President, on 1 December 2009.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree from Australia in 1984. He started his career with an Australian company specializing in manufacturing of building

materials. Upon returning to Malaysia, he served as director in a company involved in quarrying and infrastructure construction. He is currently the Group Managing Director of Meda Inc. Berhad.

Dato' Amos Siew Boon Yeong
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian

Dato' Amos Siew Boon Yeong, was appointed to the Board on 27 October 2005. He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1984 and is currently a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and an associate member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He is also a Certified Financial Planner
and is a member of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia. He started his auditing career and professional training with the accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand in 1978 before establishing his own practice in 1988. He is currently the sole practitioner of the public accounting firm, Messrs. Siew Boon Yeong & Associates.

He has vast experience in auditing, tax planning, corporate finance and financial planning and has been involved in numerous assignments on mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring and liquidation.

Mr. Lim Ean Hong
Independent Non-Executive/Director
Malaysian

Mr. Lim Een Hong, was appointed to the Board on 29 March 2010. He graduated in 1991 from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1992. He is a lawyer by profession.

Mr. Lim started his career as a litigation lawyer handling banking and civil litigation cases from 1992 to 1996. He was

a partner of Eugene Tan & Co from 1994 to 1998 before setting up his own firm. He was a partner and founder of EH Lim, Lee & Partners, which was set up in 1998. He is currently the CEO and director of Eduspec Holdings Bhd.

Mr. Lim is exposed to property and land conveyancing transactions, property financing and land dealings. He has vast experience in land dealings negotiations, corporate restructuring, joint venture participation, acquisition, investment management and general corporate representation.

Dato' Tiong Kwing Hee
Group Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director
Malaysian

Dato' Tiong Kwing Hee, was appointed to the Board on 18 September 2008. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) majoring in Business Administration from Hanover College, United States of America in 1982 and a Master Degree in Business Economics from Miami University, United States of America in 1983.
He started his career with Sim Lim Holdings Berhad in 1983 as Executive Officer in charge of corporate finance and was promoted to Manager in 1984 and General Manager in 1985. He left Sim Lim Holdings Berhad in 1987 following his takeover of 190,000 acred of virgin timber concession in Kapit, Sarawak and was a shareholder cum Director of Marketing in Wansuria Sdn Bhd.

He was a substantial shareholder in London Pacific Ltd, a company listed in the New Zealand Stock Exchange between 1988 and 1994. In 1994, he left the timber industry when he sold off his stake in Wansuria Sdn Bhd to Pan Pacific Asia Berhad. In 1995, he joined D-Systems Pte Ltd, Singapore as Chief Executive Officer before being given a 2-years contract as Executive Director of Pancaran Ikrab Berhad in October 1997.

In 2000, Dato' Tiong was appointed as Executive Director of Mercury Industries Bhd. He joined EcoFirst Consolidated Berhad on 2 September 2008. Dato' Tiong has more than 26 years of hands-on experience, extensive knowledge and exposure in international business, corporate planning, corporate finance and corporate turnaround.

Dato' (Dr.) Teoh Seng Foo
President/Non-Independent Executive Director
Malaysian

Dato' (Dr.) Teoh Seng Foo, was appointed to the Board on 5th May 1997. An accountant by profession, Dato' Teoh is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Chartered Management Accountant and Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom. Dato' Teoh has wide experience, having held senior management positions in

multi-nationals such as Intel Technology, Woodward & Dickerson Inc., Coopers & Lybrand and Esquel Group. Dato’ Teoh was conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by University of Abertay Dundee, United Kingdom. Currently, he is also a Patron of the University of Abertay Foundation based in United Kingdom.

Locally, Dato' Teoh is the Senior Advisor to Yayasan Pendidikan Bistari and Centre for Education Opportunities Bhd. He is also the Chairman of Eduspec Sdn Bhd and Youtheme Online Sdn Bhd, both involved in the promotion of e-learning in schools.

Dato' Syed Ariff Fadzillah
bin Syed Awalluddin
Chaiman/Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian

Dato’ Syed Ariff Fadzillah bin Syed Awalluddin, was appointed to the Board on 27 January 2006. He graduated with a B.A. (Hons) History degree from the University of Malaya. He has a Diploma in Development Administration from the London School of Economics. He also holds a M.A. in International Relations from the New York University. He

commenced his career path as the Assistant District Officer in Kulim, Kedah in 1967. He was Assistant Secretary in the Public Service Commission between 1970 and 1972 before being transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Prior to retiring in November 2001, he served as the Ambassador of Malaysia to the Kingdom of Thailand from 1996 to 2001, Ambassador to the Republic of Korea with joint accreditation to Mongolia (1992 to 1995) and Ambassador of Malaysia to Fiji with concurrent accreditations to Tuvalu, Tonga, Western Samoa, Kiribati and Nauru (1998 and 1991). His other foreign assignments include postings to Indonesia, Libya and Canada. He was also the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations between 1982 and 1986. From 1991 to 1992, he served as the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of Southeast and South Pacific.