Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2020

33 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 GIANCARLO MACCAGNO Deputy Managing Director HALIM BIN HAJI DIN Independent Non-Executive Director Mr Maccagno, an Italian, male, aged 57, was first appointed as an Executive Director of WSC on 1 June 2004 and subsequently promoted to be the Deputy Managing Director on 1 January 2007. Mr Maccagno is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Wasco Energy Group of Companies. He is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the Wasco Group. Mr Maccagno attained his Bachelor in Business Administration from Tecnico Commerciale Maddalena Adria (RO) Italy in 1982, after which he worked with Socotherm S.R.L, Italy from 1984 to 1987 as a Trainee in Production and Project Management. He was appointed as Project Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Nigeria from 1987 to 1990 and was briefly seconded to Petro-Pipe Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“PPI”) in 1990 to assist in the setting up of PPI’s coating plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. After serving as Country Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Taiwan from 1991 to 1992, he returned to Malaysia in 1993 to be the General Manager of Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Kuantan, Malaysia. He has vast experience in the global pipe coating business and the Oil and Gas business in general. Mr Maccagno is a Director of Petra Energy Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies. Encik Halim, a Malaysian, male, aged 74, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 22 May 2002. 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 IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. and Kwasa Land Sdn. Bhd.. Encik Halim had on 22 March 2020 retired from the Board of BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad. He is also a Director of several other private limited companies. PROFILE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS