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GHL Systems Berhad
(293040-D)
Annual report 2015
Directors’
Profile
LOH WEE HIAN
Executive Vice Chairman
Loh Wee Hian Simon, 54, was appointed as Non-
Independent Non-Executive Director on 28th
December 2010. Subsequently on 18th January
2011, he was redesignated as Non-Independent
Non-Executive Chairman, and as Executive
Chairman on 3rd March 2011. On 1st September
2012, Simon was designated to Executive Vice
Chairman, a position that he holds to the present
time.
Simon’s background in the telecommunications
industry. He successfully secured the master
distributor license for Ericsson mobile phones in
Malaysia in 1989 through Telemas Corporation,
a company that he controls. As the market
for mobile phone distribution matured, Simon
ventured out in 1999 to co-found e-pay (M)
Sdn. Bhd. (“e-pay”), a company that provides
electronic top-ups for prepaid mobile phones.
In the ensuing years, e-pay became a leading
electronic top-up processor in South East Asia
and the largest in Malaysia in that category. In
2006, e-pay was listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange (ASX) and Simon became its Executive
Chairman.
In 2010, as the market for electronic top-ups
started maturing, Simon ventured out again to
take a 30% stake in GHL. He replaced the existing
Board andmanagement teamwith experienced
professionals and within 2 years returned the
company to profitability after 4 consecutive
years of losses. In 2014, GHL successfully acquired
the whole of e-pay when its general offer was
accepted by e-pay’s shareholders. Since then,
e-pay and GHL have consolidated to become
a significant merchant acquirer in ASEAN. Today,
GHL group entities serve over 140,000 merchants
in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand with card
payments as well as telco prepaid top-up and
bill collection services.
He is one of the founder members of the Young
Entrepreneurs Organization Malaysia Chapter, a
global, non-profit educational organisation for
business owners.
In recognition of his contributions in the
technology sector, he won the prestigious Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of The Year Malaysia Award
under the Technology Category in 2006.