Pan Kum Wan, a Malaysian aged 72, is our Non-Independent Executive Director and General Manager.
He was appointed to our Board on 2 August 2021.
Mr Pan obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Loughborough University of
Technology, United Kingdom in 1976. He brings with him approximately 45 years of working experience,
of which approximately 24 years were in palm oil refinery operation and 21 years in the construction of
palm oil mills and facilities.
He started his career in 1977 when he joined Tampoi Oil Products Sdn Bhd, a company involved in
palm oil refinery as Production Engineer. In 1979, he left and joined Sawit Oil Industries Sdn Bhd, a
company in palm oil refinery as a site engineer. He was then promoted to the post of Factory Manager
in 1982, a position he held until he left the company in 1984. In 1985, he joined Felda Refinery
Corporation, a palm oil refinery and food manufacturing company, as Factory Manager. In 1994, he left
Malaysia to work in the People's Republic of China where he joined Beijing King Voray Edible Oil Co.
Ltd, an edible oil refining company as General Manager.
Subsequently, he left in 1997 to join Yantai Thian Sheng Edible Oil Co Ltd, a vegetable oil refinery
company as General Manager. He subsequently returned to work in Malaysia in 2001 to take up the
position of Project Manager for Sahamas Sdn Bhd, a company involved in the fabrication and
installation of palm oil milling equipment. In 2004, he left the company to work in Singapore where he
joined Novo Environment Technology Services Pte Ltd, a provider of environmental engineering
products as Senior Manager responsible for product development in water filtration systems and heat
economiser systems. He left Novo Environment Technology Services Pte Ltd in 2005.
In 2006, he joined EMESB as General Manager and since then, he has been contributing significantly
to the growth and development of our Group including the expansion of our business operations to
serve foreign markets. He is responsible for the management and implementation of projects to ensure
timely delivery to customers. He is also involved in implementation of business strategies and business
development.