Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2019

33 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 PROFILE OF THE KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT ALAN LEW KOK CHEONG Male Malaysian 52 years of age ARIESZA NOOR Female Malaysian 42 years of age BERNARD YEAP CHEW SOON Male Malaysian 65 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 14 years. Mr Lew also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group. Mdm Ariesza Noor is the Vice President of Group Strategy for Wasco Energy Group of Companies and is also the Vice President of Malaysia Coatings Operations for Pipeline Services. She also heads up the role of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for the holding company. She is a CPA Australia and has a BCom Hons Degree in Accounting & Finance from Lincoln University, New Zealand. 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 member of subsidiaries and joint ventures for Wasco Energy Group of Companies. Mr Yeap Chew Soon held the position as Head, Finance of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad till the expiry of his contract on 6 January 2020 overseeing the financial management, accounting and taxation matters of the listed company and the Industrial Services Division. Effective from 13 January 2020, he was appointed as Senior Director, Industrial Services Division. During his tenor 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.