Yang Kian Lock, a Malaysian, male, aged 55, is the founder and Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, and has been with PLYTEC Group (“PLYTEC Group” or “the Group”) since March 1999. He was appointed to the
Board of PLYTEC on 1 June 2018. He attended all six (6) Board meetings of the Company held in the financial year ended 31
December 2023. He is not a member of any Board Committee of the Company.
Academic/Professional Qualifications:
• Graduateship of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), Malaysia in 1994.
• Member of the Technological Association Malaysia (M.T.A.M.).
• Registered Professional Technologist (P.Tech.) with the Malaysia Board of Technologists (“MBOT”).
Experience:
Mr. Yang is an entrepreneur with approximately 30 years of experience in the construction building materials industry. He first
gained exposure to sales and marketing activities in 1989 as an independent sales representative with American Express (M)
Sdn. Bhd. in the marketing of credit cards. He left American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd. in 1990 to pursue his ICSA professional
qualification.
Over the course of his career, beginning in 1993, he has accumulated extensive experience in sales and marketing within the
steel wire mesh industry. In 1997, he took on the role of Marketing Manager, where he was responsible for overseeing and
managing a marketing team tasked with the sales and marketing of cut-and-bent steel products that are made to prescribed
engineering requirements for use in the construction industry.
In March 1999, relying on the technical knowledge in the engineering of various construction building materials acquired by him
throughout the years, he together with 2 business partners, acquired Sudut Swasta Sdn. Bhd. (“SS”) to venture into trading and
distribution of building materials such as cut-to-size wire mesh, plywood and timber products.
He subsequently diversified the business of SS to include wire mesh fencing products, supply of construction formwork and
construction engineering solutions by incorporating PLYTEC Fencing System Industries Sdn. Bhd. in 2002, PLYTEC Formwork
System Industries Sdn. Bhd. in 2012 and PLYTEC IBS System MFG Sdn. Bhd. in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed as a director
of BIM Engineering Solution & Technology Sdn. Bhd.
He has been actively participating in industry associations to advocate and promote the interests of the construction building
materials industry in Malaysia. He has been an active executive committee member of the Building Materials Distributors
Association of Malaysia (“BMDAM”) since 2004. He served as the President of BMDAM from 2014 to 2016 and was re-elected
for a second term from 2016 to 2018.
He was also appointed as a member of the Productivity Nexus under the Professional Service Industry by the Malaysia
Productivity Corporation for the term of 2017 to 2019. In 2017, he was recognised as SME Icons by Malaysian Service Providers’
Confederation (“MSPC”) for his outstanding contributions towards innovative, articulative and motivative talents that led the
industry. In 2019, he was appointed as a council member of the MSPC. From 2016 to 2018, he was also actively participating
in the implementation of the Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) initiated by Construction Industry
Development Board.
As the Group Managing Director, he spearheaded the business plans and strategies to facilitate the growth of the Group to
become a specialist in providing construction engineering solutions and pioneering digitalisation in the Malaysian construction
industry. Under his leadership and guidance, the Group has grown rapidly to become one of the leaders in providing
construction method engineering (CME) Solutions in falseworks and integrated digital delivery with the adoption of Building
Information Modelling technology.
Present Directorship:
Mr. Yang does not hold directorship in any other public company and listed companies. He is currently the Group Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Group and the director of PLYTEC’s subsidiaries. He is also a major shareholder of the
Company.
Other information:
Saved as disclosed above, Mr. Yang does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in
any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries. He does not have any family relationships with any other Director
or major shareholder of the Company. He has neither been convicted for any offences within the past five (5) years other than
traffic offences, if any, nor received any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial
year ended 31 December 2023.