Malaysian l Male l Age 52
Date of appointment:
2 February 2018
Board attendance in FYE 2023:
5/5
Membership of Board Committees:
Member of Risk Management Committee
He is responsible for planning, implementing, managing and overseeing financial and compliance management, as well as human resources oversight and related activities for the Group. Additionally, he plays a leading role in identifying, evaluating, and assessing potential investment opportunities. Moreover, he is accountable for the strategic planning and execution of various fundraising initiatives.
Qualification:
He graduated in 1996 from the University of Southern Queensland and is a registered member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountant. He is also a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) in Australia.
Working Experience:
He began his career in accounting practice with Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers) as auditor specialising in the financial and manufacturing sectors. During his tenure, he was exposed to transactions involving review of profit and cashflow forecast for corporate restructuring, tax investigation and review of financial statements for debt facilities and bonds.
Having garnered enough experience and expertise, he subsequently founded a company rendered accounting, taxation and advisory services targeting mainly SMEs to assist and support their growth. In December 2016, he left the company and joined Securemetric Malaysia as Chief Financial Officer overseeing the financial preparation process and issuance of financial information, tax, budgeting and capital planning, implementation of standard operating procedure for the finance division, and the implementation of ISO 9001, ISO 10002 and ISO 27001 for Securemetric Group. He was involved in assisting our Group to obtain a grant from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, fully in charge of Securemetric’s listing exercise and successfully listed Securemetric in the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He successfully identified investors and facilitated the fundraising exercise.
Present Directorship in Public Company and Listed Entity:
Synergy House Berhad
Declaration:
• No family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Group.
• No conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including any interest in any competing business with the Company and its subsidiaries.
• No conviction of offences within the last five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any.
• No public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.
• He directly holds 6,886,200 ordinary shares, representing 1.19% equity interest in the Company.