Directors' Profile

DATUK WIRA FARHASH WAFA SALVADOR
Executive Chairman

Male, Aged 42

Datuk Wira Farhash Wafa Salvador (“Datuk Wira Farhash”), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 9 May 2023.

Datuk Wira Farhash was graduate with professional qualification major in Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, a masters holder major in Master Science in Finance from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom and a degree holder major in Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Datuk Wira Farhash brings with him over more than a decades worth of experience in the field of business, consultancy and advisory. In the business front, his illustrious career spans across a broad range of sectors which includes construction, technology, hotel, food & beverage. He is also a staunch advocate to promoting the development of the Small Medium Enterprise (“SME”) industry in the country. Moreover, Datuk Wira Farhash is a multi-talented innovator with five awardwinning patents held across the world including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and China.

As testament to his talents and invaluable contribution to the industry, he was named, amongst the many, Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020 by the Global Business Leadership Awards, Enterprising Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019 and Technopreneur of the Year in 2018 by SEBA, Malaysia Outstanding National Entrepreneur Bumiputra in Business in 2018, 100th most influential young entrepreneur in 2017 and Bumiputera Entrepreneur Startup Scheme Award by the Bumiputera Agenda Leadership Unit (TERAJU) in 2016.

He is or had been a director and/or shareholder in at least ten (10) private companies which includes Swag Technologies Sdn Bhd, Salvador & Sons Sdn Bhd and Pacific Samudera Sdn Bhd. He was also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bluemont Group Limited (now known as Southern Archipelago Limited) from 2014 to 2016, a Public Listed Company listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (“SGX”).

He presently sits in the Board of Advisory of Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia, a non-government organisation that thrives on the frontier of gathering, creating and developing sustainable companies with strong entrepreneurship traits. He is also a Group Executive Chairman of Apex Equity Holdings Berhad, a Non-Independent and Non-Executive Chairman of 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad and a Director of Berjaya Construction Berhad.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Male, Aged 55

Wong Kok Chau (“Kok Chau”), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 24 November 2016 and re-designated as Managing Director on 1 July 2020. He is a member of the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

He started his career with Ernst & Young providing corporate advisory services to business investors. Next, he joined a French based fast-moving consumer goods, BIC, as their Regional Controller for Asia. Kok Chau was a member of the Asian growth strategy execution team.

He was subsequently recruited by Kepner-Tregoe (KT), a US-based training and consulting company as Financial Controller for Asia Pacific. His responsibility included financial and management reporting, treasury, costing, logistic and administration, and managed a team of back office support resources across 6 countries.

Midway in his career with KT, he switched role to be a full time Consultant. He was a key resource in margin improvement and strategy formulation consulting projects, assuming the role of analyst and process consultant. He managed a regional inside sale team, responsible for selling training services and identifying consulting opportunities.

He left KT to establish his own business in Singapore. A Davids & Company (ADC) is a productivity improvement consulting company, focus on increasing the thinking capability of people to solve problems and get the right things done right first time. Amongst the projects he implemented were formulating business direction of a global facilities management company and improving cross functional team communication and coordination of a regional telco.

In EForce, he is responsible to formulate and execute strategic projects for business growth, increase operational efficiency, improve service delivery quality and business development.

On 9 July 2018, Kok Chau was appointed as an independent and non-executive director of MY E.G. Services Berhad. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee, Chairman of Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee, and a member of the Risk Management and Remuneration Committee of MY E.G. Services Berhad.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Male, Aged 49

Eng Shao Hon (“Shao Hon”), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 2 January 2013. He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1999. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, holding a MCSD certification from Microsoft Corporation in 2003.

Shao Hon started his career in 1999 with Motorola Malaysia as Research & Development (R&D) Software Engineer. He was responsible for the design and development of software for new telecommunication products.

Two years later, he joined EForce as a Senior Software Engineer and subsequently, he was transferred to R&D department to assist in the development of the CyberBroker suite of solutions.

He was the solution designer and key person in the development of StockBanking System, where his knowledge and expertise in Share Margin Financing System was applied.

He did not hold any directorship in public companies and listed issuer.

Presently, he is the Chief Technology Officer responsible for research and development function in EForce.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Male, Aged 69

Datuk Mat Noor Bin Nawi (“Datuk Mat Noor”), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of the Company on 27 September 2019. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Resource Economics) from Universiti Putra Malaysia and Master of Science (Policy Economics) from University of lllinois, Urbana- Champaign, USA.

Datuk Mat Noor had served with the Government of Malaysia for over 30 years where he started his career in the Malaysian civil service in 1981 as an Agriculture Economist at the Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (FAMA) before joining the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department in 1983. He had since continued to serve the EPU in various capacities and his last position was the Deputy Director General I, EPU, prior to joining the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in October 2011.

He was the Deputy Secretary General, Treasury (Investment) in MOF and later became the Deputy Secretary General, Treasury (Policy) at the MOF, a position he held since 16 November 2012. He then retired from the Malaysian civil service on 6 June 2015.

On 1 October 2015, Datuk Mat Noor was appointed as Chairman of Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank) and retired on 31 September 2018. Currently, he is the Chairman of Carrier International Sdn Bhd and MX Global Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the Board of PDX.com Sdn Bhd, Cuscapi Berhad, Asiapac Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd, Megah Perkasa Security Services Sdn Bhd and Permodalan Kelantan Berhad.

He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of EForce.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Male, Aged 68

Dato’ Sri Ismail bin Ahmad, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of the Company on 1 July 2020. He graduated with Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), Universiti Putra Malaysia and Masters of Business Administration, University of Hull, United Kingdom.

He started his career as a diplomatic and administrative officer.

He has more than 35 years of experience in public service, in 1991 he work as Assistant Secretary for Economic Planning Unit, in 1988 he is Deputy Registrar for National Institute of Public Service (INTAN), in 2006 he is the Senior Director of Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operation and Consumer Affairs and in 2013 he is the Director General of Road & Transport Department.

He did not hold any directorship in public companies and listed issuer.

He is Chairman of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of EForce and a member of Audit Committee.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Female, Aged 41

Elisa Tan Mun-E, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of the Company on 1 December 2021. She graduated from The One Academy with Diploma in Graphic Designer.

She has vast working experience in private sector. In 2006, she worked as Assistant Designer at White Fairy Sdn Bhd. In 2012 she was the Business Development Executive at Megastonic Sdn Bhd. In 2013 she was a Director at Beyond Entity Sdn Bhd and subsequently taken additional rule as Talent Manager. Currently she was the Managing Director at Awesome Loungh Sdn Bhd.

On 1 June 2023, she was appointed as Independent Non- Executive Director of MYTECH Group Berhad.

She is a member of Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of EForce.

She has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.