Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2020

39 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 PROFILE OF THE KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT RAMANATHAN A/L P.R. SINGARAM Male Malaysian 53 years of age Mr Ramanathan P.R. Singaram is the Chief Financial Officer of Wasco Energy Group of Companies, Oil & Gas Division of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad since 1 July 2013. He attained his ACCA from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom in 1994. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He began his career in Wah Seong Corporation Berhad as a Head of Group Internal Audit in June 2006 and took up the role of Group Financial Controller, Oil & Gas Division in June 2008. In 2009, he also took up additional responsibility for the regulatory reporting of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad. Mr Rama assumed his current role in July 2013. Previously he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), Malaysia between 1995 and 2006 and was an Audit Senior Manager at the time of leaving PwC. Mr Rama also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled companies within the Group. SHAMUGAM KARUPIAH Male Malaysian 51 years of age Mr Shamugam Karupiah is the Executive Vice President for the Engineering and Fabrication Division since 1 March 2016. He attained Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from University Utara Malaysia in 1991. Soon after that started his career as an Assistant Accountant with Hong Leong Group, Malaysia. He served at various companies within Hong Leong Group and left in 1998 while serving as Finance Manager. He joined Trox, a German MNC as Finance Director in 1999 and went on to hold the positions of General Manager and Managing Director for their Asia Pacific operations. He returned to Hong Leong Group in 2004 to serve as Financial Controller at their listed affiliate, Southern Steel Berhad. He left Southern Steel Berhad in 2009 to join Wasco Energy as Senior Financial Controller for the Engineering and Fabrication Division. He was promoted to the position of Vice President – Operations in 2014 and assumed his current role as Executive Vice President, Engineering and Fabrication Division in April 2016. Mr Shan also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group.