Yang Kian Lock, a Malaysian, male, aged 56, is the
founder and Group Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and has been with PLYTEC Group
(“PLYTEC Group” or “the Group”) since March 1999. He
was appointed to the Board of PLYTEC on 1 June 2018. He
attended all six (6) Board meetings of the Company held
in the financial year ended 31 December 2024. He is not a
member of any Board Committees of the Company.
Academic/Professional Qualifications:
• Graduateship of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries
and Administrators (“ICSA”), Malaysia in 1994.
• Member of the Technological Association Malaysia
(M.T.A.M.).
• Registered Professional Technologist (P.Tech.) with
the Malaysia Board of Technologists (“MBOT”).
Experience:
Mr. Yang is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience
in the construction building materials industry. He first
gained exposure to sales and marketing activities in 1989
as an independent sales representative with American
Express (M) Sdn. Bhd. in the marketing of credit cards. He
left American Express (M) Sdn. Bhd. in 1990 to pursue his
ICSA professional qualification.
Over the course of his career, beginning in 1993, he has
accumulated extensive experience in sales and marketing
within the steel wire mesh industry. In 1997, he took on the
role of Marketing Manager, where he was responsible for
overseeing and managing a marketing team tasked with
the sales and marketing of cut-and-bent steel products
that are made to prescribed engineering requirements for
use in the construction industry.
In March 1999, relying on the technical knowledge in the
engineering of various construction building materials
acquired by him throughout the years, he together with
2 business partners, acquired Sudut Swasta Sdn. Bhd.
(“SS”) to venture into trading and distribution of building
materials such as cut-to-size wire mesh, plywood and
timber products.
He subsequently diversified the business of SS to include
wire mesh fencing products, supply of construction
formwork and construction engineering solutions by
incorporating PLYTEC Fencing System Industries Sdn.
Bhd. in 2002, PLYTEC Formwork System Industries Sdn.
Bhd. in 2012 and PLYTEC IBS System MFG Sdn. Bhd.
in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed as a director of BIM
Engineering Solution & Technology Sdn. Bhd..
He has been actively participating in industry associations
to advocate and promote the interests of the construction
building materials industry in Malaysia. He has been an
active executive committee member of the Building Materials
Distributors Association of Malaysia (“BMDAM”) since 2004.
He served as the President of BMDAM from 2014 to 2016
and was re-elected for a second term from 2016 to 2018.
He was also appointed as a member of the Productivity
Nexus under the Professional Service Industry by the
Malaysia Productivity Corporation for the term of 2017
to 2019. In 2017, he was recognised as SME Icons by
Malaysian Service Providers’ Confederation (“MSPC”)
for his outstanding contributions towards innovative,
articulative and motivative talents that led the industry. In
2019, he was appointed as a council member of the MSPC.
From 2016 to 2018, he was also actively participating in the
implementation of the Construction Industry Transformation
Programme (CITP) initiated by the Construction Industry
Development Board.
As the Group Managing Director, he spearheaded the
business plans and strategies to facilitate the growth of
the Group to become a specialist in providing construction
engineering solutions and pioneering digitalisation in the
Malaysian construction industry. Under his leadership and
guidance, the Group has grown rapidly to become one of
the leaders in providing construction method engineering
(CME) Solutions in falseworks and integrated digital
delivery with the adoption of Building Information Modelling
technology.
Present Directorship:
Mr. Yang does not hold directorship in any other public
company and listed companies. He is currently the Group
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Group
and the director of PLYTEC’s subsidiaries. He is also a
major shareholder of the Company.
Other information:
Mr. Yang holds an approximately 2% of shareholdings in
Yeo Cheng Choon Hardware & Machinery Sdn. Bhd., a
private limited company, which has business dealings with
PLYTEC related to the purchase of warehouse expenses
and consumables.
Saved as disclosed above, Mr. Yang does not have any
conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including
interest in any competing business with the Company or its
subsidiaries. He does not have any family relationships with
any other Director or major shareholder of the Company.
He has neither been convicted for any offences within the
past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, nor
received any public sanction or penalty imposed by the
relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended
31 December 2024.