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Directors' Profile Year:

 DATO’ SIOW KIM LUN
   Independent Non-Executive Chairman

 LIM JOO SWEE
   Acting Group Managing Director and Key Senior Management

 LEE PENG SIAN
   Executive Director and Key Senior Management

 CHONG YOKE PENG
   Alternate Director to Lee Peng Sian and Key Senior Management

 CHIA MAK HOOI
   Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

 CHIA SEONG POW
   Alternate Director to Chia Mak Hooi

 Fu Mun Win
   Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

 Fu Jia Lik
   Alternate Director to Fu Mun Win

 HO LEE CHEN
   Independent Non-Executive Director

 Ir. Haji Omar Bin Mat Piah
   Independent Non-Executive Director

 Kow Poh Gek
   Independent Non-Executive Director
 
DATO’ SIOW KIM LUN
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
 
Age : 74 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Dato’ Siow Kim Lun was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2011 as Independent Non-Executive Director and was re-designated as our independent Non-Executive Chairman on 15 March 2012. Subsequently, he was re-designated as our Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 31 May 2023.

He obtained his Bachelor of Economics Degree (Honours) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1978 and holds a Master in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 1981. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1997.

He started his career in investment banking with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad in 1981 and later joined Permata Chartered Merchant Bank Bhd (now known as Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad) in 1985. Between 1993 and 2006, he was with the Securities Commission Malaysia where he served as the Director for its Issues and Investment Division and Market Supervision Division.

He is currently a Director of RHB Investment Bank Berhad, Eco World International Berhad, Sunway Construction Group Berhad, Radiant Globaltech Berhad, Malaysian Trustees Bhd. and RHB Trustees Berhad.

He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 September 2023 (“FY2023”).

LIM JOO SWEE
Acting Group Managing Director and Key Senior Management
 
Age : 64 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Mr. Lim Joo Swee was appointed to the Board on 17 December 1996 and is one of the co-founders of EITA Group. He was promoted as the Deputy Group Managing Director of EITA Group since December 2020 and as the Acting Group Managing Director since 31 October 2022 to lead the business and operations of EITA Group. Subsequently, he was re-designated as our Group Managing Director on 30 August 2023.

He attended a course in Diploma in Technology (Electronic Engineering) at Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 1980 and passed Part One (1) of the Engineering Council (United Kingdom) examinations in 1982. He obtained a Master in Business Administration from the Southern California University in 2003. In 1983, he started his career as a Sales and Project Engineer at Fujitec (M) Sdn. Bhd. He left to join Ryoden (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. as an Assistant Manager in 1991 and was promoted to Deputy Manager in 1992. He joined Lim Kim Hai Sales & Services Sdn. Bhd. in 1993 as a Product Manager and was subsequently promoted to Subsidiary Manager in the same year. He left Lim Kim Hai Sales & Services Sdn. Bhd. in 1996 and co-founded EITA Group.

He is registered as a Competent Person under the Factories and Machinery (Electric Passenger and Goods Lift) Regulations 1970 with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia. He is also a committee of The Malaysia Lift and Escalator Association since 2014.

He is also the Assistant Secretary of Chempaka Buddhist Lodge, the Chairman of the school board of SJK(C) Yuk Chai, a committee member of the United Chinese School Committees ssociation of Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, the Vice Chairman of Jabatan Kerja Kemajuan Sekolah-sekolah China Petaling and the advisor of Persatuan Penganut Guang Shou Jin She, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

He does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers but holds directorships in several private limited companies. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

LEE PENG SIAN
Executive Director and Key Senior Management
 
Age : 54 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Mr. Lee Peng Sian was appointed to the Board on 14 December 2009. He was promoted to his current position as the Chief Operating Officer for EITA’s Electrical and Electronics Group since January 2018.

He graduated from the University of Technology Malaysia in year 1992 in Electrical Power Engineering and obtained a Master in Business Administration in year 2000 from the University of Bath, United Kingdom. He started developing EITA Power System Sdn. Bhd. business in 1994. Currently, he is responsible for the group’s operations in manufacturing, electrical equipment trading and services and also Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning (EPCC) of high voltage business up to 500KV.

He was appointed into The Electrical and Electronic Association Malaysia (TEEAM) as council member in year 2017 and subsequently appointed as the Honorary Secretary in 2019 until 2021. He was appointed as TEEAM Vice President & Chairman of manufacturing group in 2021 until 2023.

He does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers but holds directorships in several private limited companies. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

CHONG YOKE PENG
Alternate Director to Lee Peng Sian and Key Senior Management
 
Age : 65 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Mr. Chong Yoke Peng was first appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on 8 January 2001 and resigned on 1 November 2018. Subsequently, he was re-appointed as an Alternate Director to Mr. Lee Peng Sian on the same date.

He graduated in 1982 with a Certificate in Materials Engineering from Tunku Abdul Rahman College. In 2001, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.

He started his career in 1982 as a Quality Control Supervisor in Lion Metal Industries Sdn. Bhd. Subsequently, he joined See Sun Engineering Sdn. Bhd. as a Sales Executive in 1983 and in 1987, he left to join BBC Brown Boveri Sdn. Bhd. as a Sales Representative. He was a Sales Executive with Lim Kim Hai Electric Sdn. Bhd. in 1988 and was promoted to the position of Sales Manager in 1990. He joined EITA Electric Sdn. Bhd. as the General Manager/ Executive Director in 1996 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2009.

He has gained vast working experience over the last forty (40) years in managing sales and marketing of Electrical and Electronic components business in Malaysia.

He does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers but holds directorships in several private limited companies. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

CHIA MAK HOOI
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Age : 59 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Mr. Chia Mak Hooi was appointed to the Board on 20 August 1997 and is also a member of the Audit Committee (“AC”) and Nomination and Remuneration Committee (“NRC”).

He graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance from the Arizona State University, United States of America.

He started his career in 1989 as an Assistant Accountant with Concept Enterprises Inc. In 1991, he joined QL Feedingstuffs Sdn. Bhd. as a Finance Manager where he was mainly responsible for accounts, tax and audit planning, and cash management. In 1996, he was appointed Finance Director of the company and was involved in the listing of QL Resources Berhad on the Second Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He was later appointed as the Executive Director of QL Resources Berhad in 2000 where he is actively involved in the group’s corporate activities, strategic business planning and also the group integrated livestock expansion programs both locally and overseas.

He is also a director and/ or shareholder of several private limited companies. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

CHIA SEONG POW
Alternate Director to Chia Mak Hooi
 
Age : 69 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Mr. Chia Seong Pow was first appointed to the Board as a Non- Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 March 2017 and resigned on 1 November 2018. Subsequently, he was re-appointed as an Alternate Director to Mr. Chia Mak Hooi on the same date.

He graduated from Tunku Abdul Rahman College with a diploma in Building Technology.

He is one of the founder members of QL Resources Berhad Group. He joined CBG Holdings Sdn. Bhd. as Marketing Director in 1984. He has more than forty (40) years of experience in the livestock and food industry covering layer farming, manufacturing, trading and shipping.

Currently, he is mainly in charge of layer farming, regional merchanting trade in food grains as well as new business developments. Majority of the QL Resources Berhad’s new expansion programmes were initiated by him.

He is a Director of QL Resources Berhad and also a director and/ or shareholder of several private limited companies. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

Fu Mun Win
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Age : 32 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Mr. Fu Mun Win was appointed to the Board on 1 December 2022.

He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering, Mechatronics from the University of Sheffield in 2013 and holds a Master of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Major from the Babson College in 2018.

He started his career in 2014 as a Business Associate in Protg Associates. Subsequently, he joined BraunWeiss as a Financial Analyst in 2017 and in 2018, he left to join Eastland Food Corporations as a Process Manager. He was a Tech Lead with Shopee Singapore in 2019 and was promoted to the position of Regional Product Manager in 2021. Currently, he is a Product Lead of TripleA Technologies Pte Ltd.

He does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. He attended all four (4) Board Meetings held during the FY2023 since his appointment to the Board on 1 December 2022.
Fu Jia Lik
Alternate Director to Fu Mun Win
 
Age : 33 years old, Gender : Female, Nationality : Malaysian

Ms. Fu Jia Lik was appointed to the Board on 1 December 2022.

She obtained her Bachelors in Human Genetics in 2012 and a Master in International Business Management in 2013 from the Newcastle University. She also obtained her Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy from Harvard Business School Online in 2019.

She started her career in 2014 as a CSR Business Development in People Systems Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. Subsequently, she was promoted to the position of Business Consultant in 2016 and Senior Business Consultant in 2017, and Senior Manager, Corporate Advisory Services in 2019. Thereafter, she joined Easy Consulting Sdn. Bhd. as Managing Consultant in 2020. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Easy Consulting Sdn. Bhd. since February 2023.

She does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. She attended two (2) out of four (4) Board Meetings held during the FY 2023 since her appointment to the Board on 1 December 2022.
HO LEE CHEN
Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Age : 62 years old, Gender : Female, Nationality : Malaysian

Ms. Ho Lee Chen was appointed to the Board on 1 November 2018. She is the Chairperson of the AC and a member of NRC.

She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountant (MIA) and is a fellow Member of the CPA Australia. She is a finance professional with close to thirty (30) years of finance and marketing experience in public listed companies across different industries, in particular Malaysia Airlines Berhad, Genting Group and Southern Bank Bhd. She had roles in internal audit, group treasury and accounting, property development, e-Commerce and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

She does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. She attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

Ir. Haji Omar Bin Mat Piah
Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Age : 64 years old, Gender : Male, Nationality : Malaysian

Ir. Haji Omar Bin Mat Piah was appointed to the Board on 20 November 2020. He is a member of the AC and NRC.

He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from University of Malaya in 1985 and holds a Master of Industrial Safety Management from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2006.

He was the Director General of the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), responsible for ensuring the safety, health and welfare of people at work as well as protecting other people from the safety and health hazards arising from work activities. He was responsible for the administration and enforcement of legislations related to occupational safety and health in Malaysia, executing the Occupational Safety and Health Master Plan 2020 with the aim to reduce rate of accident and to inculcate preventive culture that contribute towards enhancing the quality of working life.

Prior to this, he was the Deputy Director General (Occupational Safety) DOSH from 16 February 2015 to 8 April 2018, Director of DOSH Johor from 2008 to 2015, Director of DOSH W.P. Kuala Lumpur from 2005 to 2008, Director of Coordination and Planning Division DOSH HQ from 2001 to 2004 and Director of Major Hazard Division DOSH HQ from 1997 to 2001.

He does not hold directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held during the FY2023.

Kow Poh Gek
Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Age : 67 years old, Gender : Female, Nationality : Malaysian

Ms. Know Poh Gek was appointed to the Board on 30 August 2023. She is also the Chairperson of the NRC and a member of the AC.

She graduated with a Diploma in commerce (Cost&Management Accounting) from Koleh Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia in May 1982. She has been a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountant since June 1988 and a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants since March 1993.

She has more than forty (40) years of experience in accounting and finance, and has served in various sectors such as investment holding, banking, hotels and resorts, direct selling, manufacturing and trading/ services. She was the Chief Financial Officer of EITA Resources Berhad from January 2012 to December 2017, where she was respoinsible for EITA Group's finance and accounts, investor relations functions and risk management.

She is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of GDB Holdings Berhad and QL resources Berhad.

She was appointed to the Board on 30 August 2023, hence, she did not attend any Board Meetings held during the FY2023.