GHL System Berhad Annual Report 2018

a n n u a l r e p o r t 2 0 1 8 19 MR LOH WEE HIAN, SIMON Executive Vice Chairman Malaysian, Age 57, Male D I RECTORS ’ PROF I L E C O N T ’ D Loh Wee Hian, Simon, was appointed as Non- Independent Non-Executive Director on 28 December 2010. On the 18 January 2011, he was designated to Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman, and subsequently to Executive Chairman on 3 March 2011. On 1 September 2012, Simon was designated as Executive Vice Chairman, a position that he holds to the present time. Simon started his entrepreneurship in the telecommunications industry. He successfully secured the master distributor license for Ericsson mobile phones for Malaysia in 1989 through Telemas Corporation, a company that he founded and controlled. 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 and bill payments. In the ensuing years, e-pay became a leading electronic top-up processor in South East Asia and subsequently became the largest prepaid top-up network in Malaysia. In 2006, e-pay was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and Simon became its Executive Chairman. 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. Aside from pursuing his entrepreneurship career, he is one of the founding members of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization Malaysia Chapter, a global, non-profit educational organization for business owners to develop themselves and grow globally. He attended all six (6) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 December 2018.