Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2019

36 WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD PROFILE OF THE KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT LEE YEE CHONG Male Malaysian 51 years of age DR. MARTYN WILMOTT Male Bristish/Canadian 58 years of age RAMANATHAN A/L P.R. SINGARAM Male Malaysian 52 years of age Mr Lee Yee Chong is the Chief Executive Officer for the Industrial Engineering Unit since 1 March 2019. He attained his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from University of Malaya in 1993. He started his career as project and commissioning engineer with ABB Industrial Systems Sdn. Bhd. and subsequently joined Jutasama Sdn. Bhd. as project engineer in 1996. Mr Lee also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group. Dr. Wilmott is the Executive Director of Wasco Pipeline Services Group having rejoined the group in August of 2019. He was previously President of the Pipeline Services Division of the group from 2008 until 2014. From 2014 until 2019 he held the position of Vice President of Tubular Product Technology with EVRAZ the leading Steel and Pipe Manufacturing company in North America. Martyn brings more than 25 years of energy, infrastructure and manufacturing experience to his new role having also held leadership positions with a number of global companies. Dr. Wilmott is based in the Group’s office in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He attained BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in chemistry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He also holds an MBA from The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School, England. He is the holder of 11 patents and has published over 70 technical articles related to pipeline coatings and corrosion. 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.