Key Management Team

Andy Tan Boon Kiong

Project Director
Andy Tan Boon Kiong, a Malaysian, male, aged 48, is our Project Director. He is responsible for our Group’s projects in Gabon.

He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom in 2002. He also obtained a certificate of competency granted under the Factories and Machinery Act 1967 by the chief and deputy chief inspectors of Factories and Machinery which qualified him as a First Grade Steam Engineer.

He began his career in 2002 with Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. as Junior Engineer. He was subsequently promoted to the position of Mill Manager, where he was responsible for palm oil mill operations and projects. He left the company in 2013 to work in Indonesia when he joined PT Super Venture, a company involved in developing and maintaining palm oil mills, as Head of Projects. He was responsible for overseeing palm oil mill construction and maintenance projects in Indonesia.

In 2015, he returned to Malaysia and joined Ecoscience Manufacturing & Engineering Sdn. Bhd. as General Manager of our Group’s operations in Gabon. He was promoted to his current position on 1 August 2021 and is currently responsible for managing and overseeing the implementation of our projects in Gabon.

Tia Tuan Sim

Operational and Technical Director
Tia Tuan Sim, a Malaysian, male, aged 46, is our Operational and Technical Director. He is responsible for the overall operations of our Group’s projects and engineering department. He is one of the founders of our Group.

He obtained a degree in Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from University Teknologi Malaysia in 2001.

He began his career in 2001 when he joined Sahamas Sdn. Bhd., a company involved in the fabrication and installation of palm oil milling equipment, as Project Engineer. He subsequently left the company in 2003 and joined Tractors Manufacturing & Assembly Sdn. Bhd. as Project Engineer where he was responsible for monitoring projects and supervising the workshop operations. In the same year, he left the company to establish Ecoscience Manufacturing & Engineering Sdn. Bhd. (“EMESB”) together with Wong Choi Ong, our Managing Director. He was the Project Engineer of EMESB before he was promoted to his current position on 1 August 2021.

Goh Yu Meng

Head of Human Resources and Administration
Goh Yu Meng, a Malaysian, female, aged 71, is our Head of Human Resources and Administration. She is responsible for our Group’s human resources and administrative function, storekeeping and logistic operations.

She attended Stamford College, Selangor and obtained the LCCI Higher Accounting in 1976. She also obtained her Certificate in Personnel Management from the Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management in 1984.

She began her career with Tampoi Oil Products Sdn. Bhd. in 1976, a company involved in palm oil refinery as Accounts Assistant. In 1979, she left and joined Felda Vegetable Oil Products Sdn. Bhd., a company involved in palm oil refinery as Administrative and Accounts Executive. In 2000, due to the restructuring of Felda group of companies, she was assigned to work under Delima Oil Products Sdn. Bhd., a company involved in palm oil refinery and manufacturing of packaged foods as Administrative and Accounts Manager. She left Delima Oil Products Sdn. Bhd. in April 2011.

In May 2011, she joined Ecoscience Manufacturing & Engineering Sdn. Bhd. as the Finance and Administration Manager where she was responsible for managing the company’s finances and administrative matters. On 1 August 2021, she assumed her present position and is currently responsible for overseeing our Group’s human resources and administrative functions, storekeeping and logistic operations.