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FRONTKEN CORPORATION BERHAD
(651020-T)
ANNUAL REPORT
2015
board of DIRECTORS’
PROFILE
NG WAI PIN
Chairman / Managing Director
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Aged 50, Malaysian
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Appointed to the Board on 10 April 2006
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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 admitted to
the roll of barristers and solicitors of the High Court of New
Zealand in 1989. He then continued practising as a barrister
and solicitor in a leading legal firm in Auckland 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 public company in Taiwan,
R.O.C., a subsidiary of FCB. 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
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Aged 51, Singaporean
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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,formalisingtheGroup’squality
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.