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.