Age: 72

Gender: Male

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 19 November 2004

Education & Qualification

Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from Monash University, Australia

Experience & Achievements

Tan Sri Datuk Chen Lok Loi was appointed to the Board on 19 November 2004. He was redesignated as the Non-Independent Non-Executive Director in March 2023.

He began his career in 1982 as real estate agent. He joined the management of MKH Berhad in 1982 and was appointed to the Board of MKH Berhad in 1984. In 2005, he was redesignated as Group Managing Director of MKH Berhad, a position he presently holds.

He has 43 years of experience in property development and construction related businesses and former Chairman of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia under Act 739 (2018 to 2020). His experience in the industry was recognised through “REHDA Recognition Award 2013, REHDA Personality” awarded by Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (“REHDA”) in 2013, Malaysia’s Top 30 Green Catalysts awarded by GreenTech Malaysia in 2014, “CEO of the Year” awarded by Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) in 2015, and Outstanding Property CEO Award awarded by The Edge Malaysia in 2018.

He presently served as the Patron of REHDA of Malaysia and Industry Advisor for Master of Business Administration (Building Management) Programme in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. As an advocate of healthy living, he is also the President of the Race Walkers’ Association of Malaysia and past Captain of the Royal Selangor Golf Club.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Group Managing Director of MKH Berhad (listed on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia)
GK Resort Berhad and Intelek Murni (M) Berhad (subsidiaries of MKH Berhad)

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

He is the brother of Tan Sri Dato’ Chen Kooi Chiew @ Cheng Ngi Chong and Datuk Chen Fook Wah, the substantial shareholders and the uncle of Chen Wei Chyong. He has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 46

Gender: Male

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 30 July 2021

Education & Qualification

Diploma in Economics from University of London
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Economics and Management from University of London, United Kingdom
Certified Credit Professional from Institut Bank-Bank Negara (now known as Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers)
Member of Incorporated Society of Planters
Member of Institude of Corporate Directors Malaysia

Experience & Achievements

Dato’ Lee Khee Meng was appointed to the Board on 30 July 2021. He is responsible for overseeing and managing the overall plantation operations of the Group. He is also a member of the Executive Committee.

He began his corporate career in 2000 as Graduate Trainee, Corporate Banking in Public Finance Berhad (now known as Public Bank Berhad); and was early-promoted to the rank of Senior Officer for its Corporate Loans Department. In 2002, he joined AXA Affin Assurance Berhad as Business Analyst, in which he assisted top-level management with country analysis framework, and formulated strategies towards corporate planning and business development. In 2005, he joined United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Berhad as Account Relationship Manager for the Commercial Lending Division, and was further involved in the setup of a new branch.

He thereafter served as Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Operations and Finance, of Haus Living Concepts Sdn. Bhd. from 2006 to 2007 and from 2007 to 2008, respectively. Between 2008 to 2010, he was accepted into the United Kingdom Highly Skilled Migrant Programme and relocated to Wimbledon Park, London. He partnered with mainland China property developers from previous furnishing projects, and facilitated their investments into the UK property development projects. After the projects’ completion, he relocated back to Malaysia; and joined RHB Bank Berhad in 2010 as Outlet Manager, where he managed 2 branches in Klang Valley during his tenure. In 2011, he joined MKH Berhad as Finance Manager, and rose through the ranks to the position of Plantation Director of the Group in 2014. In 2021, he was further appointed as Executive Director of the Company.

He is passionate about sustainable palm oil practises and has been an international delegate at Indonesia Palm Oil Conference since 2012 (except for periods affected by Covid-19). He has been regularly invited by authorities and industry players to share his views on policies, initiatives, mechanisation, and innovative practices relevant to the industry.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

He does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 49

Gender: Female

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 30 July 2021

Education & Qualification

Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) from Charles Sturt University, Australia
Master of Business Administration (Information technology) from Charles Sturt University, Australia

Experience & Achievements

Ms. Chen Wei Chyong was appointed to the Board on 30 July 2021. She is responsible for overseeing the Group’s overall human resource, administration and IT functions. She is also a member of the Executive Committee.

She started her career with MKH Berhad Group as Admin Officer in 2002, where she was involved in day-to-day administrative and accounting tasks.

She was promoted to Senior Human Resource and Administration Executive in 2012 and in later in the same year to Human Resource Manager. In 2015, she also assumed the administrative function and redesignated as Manager - Human Resources and Administration.

In 2016, she was promoted to Senior Manager - Human Resources and Administration and to Assistant General Manager - Human Resources and Administration in 2022 and resigned in 2023.

In 2021, she was appointed as Executive Director of the Company, where she is responsible for overseeing the Group’s overall human resources functions which include talent acquisition, training of employees, setting and maintenance of human resource policies as well as IT and administration functions.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

She is the daughter of Tan Sri Dato’ Chen Kooi Chiew @ Cheng Ngi Chong and the niece of Tan Sri Datuk Chen Lok Loi who are members of the Board of the Group. She is also the niece of Datuk Chen Fook Wah, a substantial shareholder. She has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 63

Gender: Male

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022

Education & Qualification

Bachelor of Surveying from University of New South Wales, Australia
Master of Science (Land Administration and Development) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Intensive Diploma in Oil Palm Management and Technology from the Institute of Malaysian Plantation and Commodities
Registered as Land Surveyor with the Board of Land Surveyor, Peninsular Malaysia

Experience & Achievements

Mr. Yeo Kiat Seng was appointed to the Board on 11 August 2022. He is also a member of the Nomination Committee.

His non-independent directorship arises due to his involvement in Jurukur Jitu Runding as a land surveyor. Jurukur Jitu Runding provides land surveying services to MKH Berhad group’s property development division. For financial year ended 30 September 2024, the consideration for the land surveying services was RM0.3 million.

He began his career in 1987 as a Graduate Surveyor at Syarikat Jurukur Konsultant, where he was responsible for field survey works, survey computation and drafting as well as the management of survey teams. He left in 1996.

In 1996, he founded Jurukur Jitu Runding, a land surveyor firm registered with the Land Surveyors Board which provides land surveying services. He oversees the overall operations and growth of the business and provides strategic guidance and directions to the senior management team. In 2013, he co-founded Jitu Konsult Sdn. Bhd. and is responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the company in the provision of land surveying and land housing development services. In 2018, he co-founded Jitu Runding Sdn. Bhd. and is responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the company in the provision of land surveying services.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

He does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 67

Gender: Male

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022

Education & Qualification

Diploma in Agriculture Science from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now known as Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Experience & Achievements

En. Yahya Bin Ariffin was appointed to the Board on 11 August 2022 and was redesignated as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 25 April 2024. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.

He began his career in 1979 as a Trainee Assistant on West Estate under a training scheme for Ketengah Jaya Sdn. Bhd., responsible for monitoring daily harvesting and field operations and left in 1980.

He joined Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad (now known as Sime Darby Berhad) in 1980 as a Planting Assistant, responsible for assisting in maintenance operations and developing strategies to improve production. He was promoted several times and in 2006, seconded to Minamas Plantation, Kalimantan, Indonesia as Acting Senior General Manager of Estate Operations, responsible for overseeing the overall estates & mills operations.

Upon the merger of plantation units in Permodalan Nasional Berhad in 2007, he was appointed as Head of Plantation Operations for the Kalimantan/Sulawesi region, responsible for managing the overall operations of estates and mills.

He returned to Malaysia as an Estate Advisor in 2013 under Sime Darby Plantation Berhad, responsible for providing advisory services on the overall plantation’s operation and strategic planning up until his retirement in 2017.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

He does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 64

Gender: Female

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 20 May 2022

Education & Qualification

Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA)
Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Chartered Banker, Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and Chartered Banker Institute, UK
Certified Information Systems Auditor, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)

Experience & Achievements

Ms. Leong Sow Yoke She is the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

She started her career in 1983 as an Audit Assistant with Azman, Wong, Salleh & Co/Salleh, Leong, Azlan & Co., providing financial and IT audit and consultancy services. In 1987, she left as an Audit Senior/Acting Manager and joined the Lion group of companies as the Head of IT Audit, where she established and led the group’s IT audit functions until 1989.

In 1989, she joined Overseas Union Bank (Malaysia) Berhad as an Audit Senior and was promoted to Head of Internal Audit in 1990, responsible for overseeing and leading all internal audit functions in the bank. In 2002, she joined United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Berhad following the merger of the two banks. In 2003, she was promoted to Head of Division, Internal Audit and assumed similar responsibilities until 2010.

In 2010, she joined Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad as Group Chief Internal Auditor, responsible for overseeing the internal audit function of the group; she retired from the bank in 2020.

She joined Bangkok Bank Berhad, a subsidiary of Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand), as an Independent Non-Executive Director in 2022.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Independent Non-Executive Director at Bangkok Bank Berhad

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

She does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 73

Gender: Male

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022

Education & Qualification

Bachelor of Agricultural Science from University of Malaya
Master of Science majoring in Crop Production and Physiology from Iowa State University of Science and Technology, United States of America

Experience & Achievements

Mr. Ong Kim Pin was appointed to the Board on 11 August 2022. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

He began his career in 1976 as an Agricultural Officer in the Department of Agriculture of Malaysia, responsible for managing the production of cocoa, coconut and coffee planting materials in Perak. He took a paid study break in 1980 to pursue his Master of Science, and in 1983, he continued services in the Department of Agriculture of Malaysia, managing and specialising in the production of cocoa, coconut, coffee seeds and other planting materials up to 1988.

He began working as an agronomist at Eastern Plantation Agency (Johor) Sdn. Bhd. (now EPA Management Sdn. Bhd.), a subsidiary of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad, in 1988. His duties included assessing, evaluating, and recommending agronomy practices for the production of oil palm, rubber and cocoa crops. Promoted to Comptroller and Department Director of Research and Development in 1996 and 2002, respectively, he was responsible for managing research and development activities in the field of agronomy and on the technical aspects of the production of various plantation crops such as oil palm, rubber, tea, coffee and banana, up to his retirement in 2007.

Post retirement, he acted as freelance consultant for plantation crop advisory, research and feasibility studies, technical advisory and training, to several oil palm companies in Malaysia and Indonesia namely, Consulting Advisor (Agronomy) with EPA Management Sdn. Bhd.) (a subsidiary of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad (2007 to 2013), Consultant (Research and Development) with Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad (2012 to 2022), Consultant (Planting Advisory and Agronomy Consultancy) for Unico Desa Plantations Berhad (2013 to 2014), Consultant (Agronomy Consultancy and Planting Advisory) for Incasi Raya Group (Indonesia) (2015 to 2017) and Consultant (Agronomy) for Kwantas Corporation Berhad (2020 to 2022).

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

He does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 73

Gender: Male

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022

Education & Qualification

Bachelor of Agricultural Science from University of Malaya
Post-graduate diploma in Maze Production from International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico
Master of Agriculture in Agriculture (Farm Management) from University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Experience & Achievements

Mr. Tan Hoe Hing was appointed to the Board on 11 August 2022. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee.

He began his career in 1976 as an agriculture officer in the Department of Agriculture of Malaysia, responsible for ensuring all agricultural practices and products were in compliance with local regulations and effective farm operations. He received several promotions over the years and retired in 2007 as the Director of Paddy, Industrial Crops and Floriculture, where his responsibilities included overseeing and providing services for the development of these agricultural commodities.

In 2008, he was appointed by Malaysian Agrifood Corporation Berhad as the Vice President, Standards and Certification, in which he was responsible for the adoption of Good Agricultural Practice in corporate-owned farms and carrying out farm audits on suppliers’ farms to make sure they comply with good agricultural practice, and he left in 2011 upon completion of the contract period.

He has been engaged on a contract basis by Cypark Resources Berhad (listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia) since 2015 to manage agricultural integrated solar farm projects involving the production of high-value crops in solar greenhouses. He also leads a horticultural team to carry out quality and performance improvement, developing standard operating procedures and methodology for effective operation under controlled environments in solar greenhouses. He left in 2024 upon completion of the contract period.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

He does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Age: 58

Gender: Female

Malaysian

Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022

Education & Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) majoring in Geography from Universiti Sains Malaysia
Master of Arts (Linguistics - Translation Studies)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Translation Studies from Universiti Sains Malaysia

Experience & Achievements

Dr. Hasuria Binti Che Omar 2022. She is also the Chairperson of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

She began her career in 1995 as a Language teacher for the Centre for Language and Translation at University Sains Malaysia (“USM”), where she prepared study courses and conducted classes on subjects related to language and translation studies. She was promoted to Lecturer in 1998, in which she taught undergraduate students. In 2005, she was promoted to Senior Lecturer and her responsibilities expanded to include more research and publications and supervising postgraduate students for research and in mixed-mode study programmes. In 2009, she was promoted to Associate Professor, where she led and coordinated courses and managed research and partnerships with other educational institutions. She was also responsible for designing and developing a range of study programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. She was the Deputy Dean (Academic, Students and Alumni) from 2013-2018 for the School of Humanities, USM before retired in 2022 after 26 years of service.

She has been the Advisor of the Malaysian Association of Sign Language Interpreter since 2006, Vice-President of the Malaysian Translators Association since 2009, a voluntary professional body established under the auspices of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), and assumed her current position as President of the Malaysian Translators Association on 23 December 2023. She is currently one of the Council Members of the International Federation of Translators (Fdration Internationale des Traducteurs, FIT), based in Paris, France.

Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil

Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

She does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.