Calvin Chan, a Malaysian male aged 54, is primarily responsible for the
financial and accounting, human resources and commercial services
functions of our Group. He graduated from the University of New South
Wales, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1992. He is a Certified
Practising Accountant of CPA Australia since 1996 and a Chartered
Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1997.
Calvin began his career in 1993 with Arthur Andersen & Co. as an Audit
Assistant where he was responsible for statutory audit of private and
public limited companies, internal audit review and fraud investigation
exercise. He left Arthur Andersen & Co. as a Manager in 2000 to join
Federal Paint Factory Sdn Bhd as a Finance Manager. In 2001, he was
promoted to Chief Executive Officer cum Finance Manager where he
was responsible for overseeing the company’s marketing and business
development activities, implementation of approved development plans
and policies as well as handling all matters pertaining to accounting
and finance. He then joined Prestasi Flour Mill (M) Sdn Bhd in 2004
as the Financial Controller where he was responsible for all accounting
and finance matters of the company. In 2005, he joined Furniweb
Industrial Products Berhad (now known as PRG Holdings Berhad) as
Group Financial Controller and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer
in 2008. During his tenure with Furniweb Industrial Products Berhad,
he was responsible for numerous functions within the group including
accounting, finance, human resource, administration and information
technology matters. Calvin left Furniweb Industrial Products Berhad and
joined our Group as Finance Director in 2014. He is also a director of
KHPT Holdings Berhad, a public company.
He does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major
shareholder of the Company, nor any personal interest in any business
arrangement involving the Company. He has no convictions for any
offences within the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any and
has not been imposed of any public sanction or penalty by the relevant
regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2023.