Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2019

37 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 PROFILE OF THE KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT SHAMUGAM KARUPIAH Male Malaysian 50 years of age SIVARAMAYAH A/L SIVALINGAM Male Malaysian 48 years of age WOO YING PUN, IRENE Group Company Secretary Mr Shamugam Karupiah is the Executive Vice President for the Engineering Division since 1 March 2016. He attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from University of Utara Malaysia in 1991. Soon after that began a 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 the Asia Pacific operations. He left Trox in 2004 and returned to Hong Leong Group 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 Division. In 2014 he was promoted to the position of Vice President – Operations for the Division. He assumed his current role as Executive Vice President, Engineering Division in April 2016. Mr Shan also sits on the Board of a number of subsidiaries within the Group. Mr Sivaramayah A/L Sivalingam is the Head of Group Internal Audit of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad since 1 August 2019. He reports functionally to the Audit Committee and administratively to the Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Managing Director in assisting Wah Seong Corporation Berhad to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance. He attained his Bachelor in Accountancy (Hons.) from the Universiti Utara Malaysia and Master in Business Administration from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is a member of both the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (“IIAM”) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”). Mr Siva has over 20 years of experience where he assumed various responsibilities in internal auditing, external auditing, risk management, quality management, cost accounting and compliance in public listed companies and other esteemed organisations with more than 15 years in senior position handling internal audit in the Oil and Gas industry including companies such as Sapura Energy Berhad and Sumatec Resources Berhad. (Please refer to her profile under Corporate Governance Overview Statement)