FRONTKEN CORPORATION BERHAD
(651020-T)
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
16
board of DIRECTORS’
PROFILE
NG WAI PIN
Chairman / Managing Director
• Aged 49, Malaysian
• Appointed to the Board on 10 April 2006
• Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Ng Wai Pin, formerly a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Frontken Corporation Berhad
(“FCB”), was re-designated as the Chairman / Managing Director of the Company on 19 January
2012. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Auckland and was practising as a
barrister and solicitor in a leading legal firm in New Zealand for a number of years before returning
to Malaysia where he joined Shook Lin & Bok, a legal firm in Kuala Lumpur. He was admitted as
an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1993. He later became a Director and
Chief Executive Officer of a company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with regional
operations, before returning to private practice in law. From September 2005 to February 2009, he
was the Chief Operating Officer of a company listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited and was
seconded as the Chief Executive Officer of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
He is also the Deputy Chairman of Ares Green Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of FCB, listed
on the Gre Tai Securities Market in Taiwan. He also sits on the board of BSL Corporation Berhad.
He has no family relationship with any other Directors or major shareholders of the Company. He
has not been convicted of any offences within the past ten years. He has no conflict of interest
with the Company.
DR TAY KIANG MENG
Executive Director / Chief Scientist
• Aged 50, Singaporean
• Appointed to the Board on 10 April 2006
Dr Tay Kiang Meng holds a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) in Manufacturing Systems
Engineering from University of Portsmouth, and a Master of Science in Advanced Manufacturing
Systems and a PhD in Engineering from Brunel University, United Kingdom.
He is responsible for research and development leading the Group’s technology roadmap,
spearheading research and development (“R&D”) activities, formalising the Group’s quality systems,
developing critical manufacturing technologies for FCB’s semiconductor technology and advanced
materials engineering, and exploring new technology opportunities for the Group. He has more than
20 years of professional experiences in technology development, R&D, and has led some of the
most significant technology innovations in semiconductor-related manufacturing technology and
advanced materials engineering.
An engineer and scientist by training, Dr Tay began his professional R&D experience with research
think tank, Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore. Dr Tay has received honours
and awards in many of his academic, research and technology development work.
Dr Tay also sits on the board of the FCB’s subsidiary, Ares Green Technology Corporation, as its
Chairman. He has no family relationship with any other Directors or major shareholders of the
Company. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past ten years. He has no conflict
of interest with the Company.
