Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2017

FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 27 PROFILE OF THE KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT Male Malaysian 50 years of age ALAN LEW KOK CHEONG Mr Alan Lew Kok Cheong is the Head Group Treasury of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad since 1 June 2008. He assumed the role as the Head of Corporate Finance Industrial Services Division in Wah Seong Corporation Berhad with effect from 1 January 2016. He attained his Bachelor of Economics from Monash University, Australia and is a professionally trained accountant with both the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and CPA Australia. He has also read law holding a LLB (Honours) from the University of London. He began his career as a Senior Finance Manager in Wah Seong Corporation Berhad since 2005. He has assumed the current group treasury lead since 2008 in addition to various other support roles from Finance, Tax and Legal for the past 12 years. Mr Alan Lew also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group. Male Malaysian 45 years of age ARAVINDAN A/L K. DEVAPALAN Mr Aravindan A/L K. Devapalan has been the Head of Group Internal Audit for the Internal Audit Department of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad since 13 September 2012. He reports to the Audit Committee and works closely with the Senior Management team to deal with audit issues relating to implementation of internal controls, governance and risk management processes within the Group. Mr Ara is a Chartered Accountant and accumulatedmore than 14 years of experience from two prominent Big 4 accounting firms i.e. PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) and KPMG before making the move to Wah Seong Corporation Berhad. In addition to working in Malaysia, he spent a few years on secondment at PwC Los Angeles where he was involved extensively in undertaking and managing US Sarbanes Oxley group audits. He is a fellow member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”). Mr Ara had since resigned from the position on 28 February 2018. Female Malaysian 40 years of age ARIESZA NOOR Mdm Ariesza Noor is the Head of Group Strategy for Wasco Energy Group of Companies (“Wasco”) and is also the Head of Malaysia Coatings Operations for Pipeline Services. She also heads up the role of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for the holding Company. She attained her Bachelor of Commerce and Management (BCOMHons) Accountancy and Finance Degree from Lincoln University, New Zealand and is an Associate member of CPA Australia. Being a full board scholar of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, she began her career in Tenaga Nasional Berhad since year 1999. She has assumed various financial and accounting roles within Tenaga Nasional Berhad before moving to Wah Seong Corporation Berhad as Manager Investor Relations in 2008. She later took on the role of Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for IHH Healthcare Berhad in 2012 during the listing of the private healthcare group and played a pivotal role in setting up the company’s Investor Relations and Corporate Communications function. She rejoined Wasco in 2014 and under her portfolio she heads the branding and marketing, strategic planning and M&A ventures portfolio for the Oil and Gas Division apart from her carrying out her roles at the holding company. Mdm Ariesza Noor also sits on the Board of subsidiaries and joint ventures for Wasco Energy Group of Companies. Male Malaysian 63 years of age BERNARD YEAP CHEW SOON Mr Bernard Yeap Chew Soon is the Head Finance of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad. He oversees the financial management, accounting and taxation matters of the listed company since 2002. In 2016, his portfolio was expanded to include the Industrial Services Division. He has also held various positions as the Group Financial Controller and Head, Risk Management. He served an initial period of 7 years with Coopers & Lybrand (n.k.a PricewaterhouseCoopers). He has more than 30 years of post-qualifying experience in finance & accounting, taxation, management information systems and operational auditing in public listed and multi-national organisations, including companies such as, Island & Peninsular Berhad and Philips Group of Companies. Mr Bernard Yeap holds a fellowship with the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK and is a member of both the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Mr Bernard Yeap also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group.