Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2020

36 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD PROFILE OF THE KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT ALAN LEW KOK CHEONG Male Malaysian 53 years of age Mr 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 Australia and has also read law holding a LLB (Honours) from the University of London. He is a fellow member of CPA Australia and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. 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 15 years. Mr Lew also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group. BERNARD YEAP CHEW SOON Male Malaysian 66 years of age Mr Yeap Chew Soon currently holds the position as Senior Director, Industrial Services Division. During his tenure with the Group, he has also held various positions namely, the Group Financial Controller and Head, Risk Management. Prior to joining the Group, he served several 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 Yeap holds a fellowship with the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and is a member of both the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Mr Yeap also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group. BILLY OOI GIAP HWA Male Malaysian 48 years of age Mr Billy Ooi is the Head of Finance, Industrial Services Division in Wah Seong Corporation Berhad since 1 January 2020. Previously he held the position of Deputy Head of Finance in the same Division. In 2000, he attained his CPA (Certified Public Accountant) from The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of both the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Mr Billy Ooi has started his career in Wah Seong Corporation Berhad as Finance and Admin Manager back in 2003 and took up the role of Financial Controller, Renewable Energy Division in July 2007. In 2011, he took up additional responsibility as General Manager of Mackenzie Industries Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Jutasama Sdn. Bhd. During his years of service from 2012 until July 2019, he was promoted from General Manager to Senior Vice President of Mackenzie Industries Sdn. Bhd. He is an indirect shareholder of Mackenzie Industries Sdn. Bhd. by virtue of him holding 9.74% in Tema Energy Ventures Sdn. Bhd. being a shareholder of Mackenzie Industries Sdn. Bhd. Before starting his career with Wah Seong Corporation Berhad, he worked with Taliworks Corporation Berhad as Financial Accountant after 4 years professional articleship with an international accounting firm, BDO, of which he attained valuable technical and financial experience.