Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2017

FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 25 Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Date of appointment: 20 July 2004 PROFESSOR TAN SRI LIN SEE YAN Non-Independent Non-Executive Director Date of appointment: 25 May 2015 TAN JIAN HONG, AARON Independent Non-Executive Director Date of appointment: 22 May 2002 HALIM BIN HAJI DIN Encik Halim is a Chartered Accountant who spent more than thirty (30) years working for multinational corporations and international consulting firms. He accumulated eighteen (18) years of experience working in the Oil and Gas Industry - six (6) years of which as a Board member of Caltex/Chevron, responsible for financial management before engaging in the consulting business. Prior to his appointment as a Board member of Caltex Malaysia, Encik Halim served as Regional Financial Advisor for Caltex Petroleum Corporation Dallas, Texas overseeing the investment viability of the Corporation’s Asian subsidiaries. Encik Halim also had extensive experience in corporate recovery when he worked for Ernst & Whinney, London, United Kingdom in mid 1980’s. He was appointed as Managing Partner of the Consulting Division of Ernst & Young Malaysia in 1995. He later became the Country Advisor of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting when Cap Gemini of France merged with Ernst & Young Consulting. In 2003, he with two (2) partners took over the consulting business of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Malaysia through a management buyout and rebranded it as Innovation Associates, currently known as The IA Group, where he is currently the Chairman of the Group. Encik Halim was also a Council member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 1994 to 2003. Encik Halim also served as a Board member of Employees Provident Fund (KWSP) for four (4) years from April 2009 till May 2013. Encik Halim is a Board member of BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad, IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. and Kwasa Land Sdn. Bhd. He is also a Director of several other private limited companies. 71 years of age 78 years of age 34 years of age Malaysian Malaysian Malaysian Male Male Male Professor Tan Sri Lin, a British Chartered Scientist, is a Harvard educated economist. Qualified as Malaysia’s first Chartered Statistician, he graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and Harvard University (where he received three (3) degrees, including a PhD in Economics). He is Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Professor of Economics (Adjunct), Universiti Utara Malaysia; Pro-Chancellor & Research Professor at Sunway University, and an Eisenhower Fellow. Prior to 1998, he was Chairman/President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Bank and for fourteen (14) years previously, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, having been a central banker for thirty four (34) years. Professor Tan Sri Lin continues to serve the public interest, including member, Competition Appeal Tribunal; as well as a member of a number of key Steering Committees at Ministry of Higher Education (including the Putrajaya Higher Education Task Force); Member, Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; Economic Advisor, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia; Governor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; Director, Monash University Malaysia and Sunway University; and Chairman Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA) as well as President, Harvard Club of Malaysia. Professor Tan Sri Lin advises and sits on the Boards of a number of publicly listed and private businesses in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia including Chairman, Cabot (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. He is also a Director of Ancom Berhad, Genting Berhad, IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. and Sunway Berhad. Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Mr Tan began his career as a Financial Advisor Associate with UBS Financial Services, Inc from 2008 to 2010. He was promoted to become a Branch Analyst, specializing in private wealth management in 2010. In 2011, he returned to Malaysia and joined Hong Leong Investment Bank as a Client Relationship Executive until 2013. In 2013, he moved on to join Wasco Energy Ltd Group, an international Oil and Gas and Industrial Services Group as Project and Operations Senior Manager. Mr Tan was appointed as the Executive Director of Yi-Lai Berhad (“YLB”) on 5 June 2014. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee of YLB and is presently responsible for the strategic business direction of the YLB Group and plays an active role in the overall management. Mr Tan has been appointed as an Alternate Director to Mr Tony Tan Choon Keat on the Board of IGB Corporation Berhad since 29 November 2016. He also sits on the Board of several private limited companies. PROFILE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS