PROFILE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TAN SRI PROFESSOR LIN SEE YAN Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Tan Sri Lin, a Malaysian, male, aged 83, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 20 July 2004. Professor Lin, a British Chartered Scientist, is a Harvard educated economist. Qualified as Malaysia’s first Chartered Statistician, he graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and Harvard University (where he received three (3) degrees, including a PhD in Economics). He is Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Pro-Chancellor & Research Professor at Sunway University; Professor of Economics (Adjunct), Universiti Utara Malaysia; Eisenhower Fellow; and President of Harvard Club of Malaysia. Prior to 1998, he was Chairman/President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Bank and for fourteen (14) years previously, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, having been a central banker for thirty four (34) years. Professor Tan Sri Lin continues to serve the public interest, including member of a number of key Committees at Ministry of Higher Education; Member, Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; Economic Advisor, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia; Governor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; Board Director, Sunway University; and Chairman Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA) as well as its Senior Associate. Tan Sri Lin advises and sits on the Boards of a number of publicly listed and private businesses in Malaysia as well as ASEAN. He is also a Director of Sunway Berhad, IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. as well as IGB Commercial REIT and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad. Tan Sri Lin who has served on the Board of WSC for more than eighteen (18) years as an Independent Non-Executive Director will be redesignated as a Non-Independent NonExecutive Director by 1 June 2023. TAN JIAN HONG, AARON Non-Independent Non-Executive Director Mr Tan Jian Hong, Aaron, a Malaysian, male, aged 39, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 25 May 2015. Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Mr Tan began his career as a Financial Advisor Associate with UBS Financial Services, Inc from 2008 to 2010. He was promoted to become a Branch Analyst, specializing in private wealth management in 2010. In 2011, he returned to Malaysia and joined Hong Leong Investment Bank as a Client Relationship Executive until 2013. In 2013, he moved on to join Wasco Energy Ltd Group, an international Oil and Gas and Industrial Services Group as Project and Operations Senior Manager. Mr Tan sat on the Board of Yi-Lai Berhad (YLB) from 2014 to 2020. He was responsible for the strategic business direction of the YLB Group and played an active role in the overall management. In 2021, Mr Tan had taken up the investment advisory roles at Astrid Hill Asset Management Pte. Ltd. and K3 Ventures Pte. Ltd.. Mr Tan was appointed as an Alternate Director to Mr Tony Tan Choon Keat on the Board of IGB Berhad (formerly known as IGB Corporation Berhad) from November 2016 till April 2018. He also sits on the Board of several private limited companies. Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2022 46
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