Board of Directors
DATO’ SERI DR. ISAHAK BIN YEOP MOHAMAD SHAR
He graduated from University of Malaya in Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) in 1973 and received his Masters and Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Administration from University of Southern California in 1978 and 1990 respectively.
He began his career as a lecturer with the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) from 1974 to 1977. He was in the Public Service Department (PSD) for 10 years as a lecturer and subsequently as Service Division Assistant Director. He was with the State Government of Perak from 1995 to 2004. Dato’ Seri Dr. Isahak was the Secretary General for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment from 2004 to 2006. He was formerly the President of Integrity Institute of Malaysia (IIM).
He has no family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and does not hold any shares in the Company and subsidiary companies. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, has a conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
DATO’ LIM KHENG YEW
Dato’ Lim Kheng Yew is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He started his career with international accounting firms in London then Kuala Lumpur. Subsequently, he was attached to a leading merchant bank in Kuala Lumpur. At present, he is also a Director of TSM Global Berhad.
Dato’ Lim Kheng Yew is a substantial shareholder of the Company. He is the father of Mr Lim Tze Thean, the CEO and a substantial shareholders of the Company. He has no family relationship with any other Directors of the Company.
Save for the related party transactions and recurrent related party transactions as disclosed in the Annual Report, he has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
DATO’ SERI IR. MOHAMAD OTHMAN BIN ZAINAL AZIM
Dato’ Seri Ir. Mohamad Othman graduated with Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Civil Engineering from University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He received his Master of Science in Engineering from University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1987.
He began his career as an engineer with the Government Public Works Department Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan and Perak until 2000. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd, a developer of Federal Government Administrative Centre, Putrajaya and the largest urban development project in the country. Dato’ Seri Ir. Mohamad Othman is also the Chief Operating Officer of the Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) in the Finance Ministry.
He has no family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and does not hold any shares in the Company and subsidiary companies. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, has a conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
DATUK WIRA RAHADIAN MAHMUD BIN MOHAMMAD KHALIL
Datuk Wira Rahadian Mahmud is involved mainly in the business of reforestation and in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
He has no family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and does not hold any shares in the Company and subsidiary companies. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, has a conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
DATO’ MOHD AZMI BIN OTHMAN
He graduated with Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Universiti Teknologi MARA. He is the founder and principal partner of a legal firm based in Ipoh, Perak and a senior member of the Bar Council Malaysia, sitting as a Disciplinary Committee member of the Bar Council.
He has no family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, has a conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
LEE JI JIN DARREN
Mr Lee Ji Jin Darren, aged 34, was appointed to the Board of KYM on 25 September 2014. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Mr Darren Lee completed his professional accountancy qualification in 2003 conferred by The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom (ACCA) and currently is a fellow member of the said Association.
He started his career in early 2003 as an Audit associate with Ernst & Young Malaysia and subsequently extended his international experience with Ernst & Young in the United Kingdom.
End of 2005, he joined the Deloitte office in Bermuda as Manager whereby he managed the entire audit process and advisory services for a portfolio of clients within the financial services industry specialising in investment management and reinsurance companies. He was also actively involved with Deloitte’s internal and external valuation teams in the valuation of investment derivatives.
In 2009, he joined TSM Global Berhad (TSM) as Senior Manager in the Corporate Affairs Division and subsequently promoted to Head of Investment which duties include the assessment and valuation of potential investment, acquisition of companies, M&A synergization studies, relationship maintenance, new business initiatives, investor relations, due diligence, fund raising, capital assessment and strategy initiatives of the TSM group.
He has no family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, has a conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
LIM TZE THEAN
He graduated from King’s College, University of London with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science with Management.
He has been with the KYM Group of Companies since 2001 and has held several senior positions in the Group as well as its subsidiaries in both the KYM Properties Division and the KYM Manufacturing Division. He also serves as an Executive Director of TSM Global Berhad and its subsidiaries where he has worked for more than ten years focusing on Malaysia’s automotive and precision manufacturing industries.
He is the son of Dato’ Lim Kheng Yew, the Executive Director and a substantial shareholder of KYM. Mr Lim Tze Thean is a substantial shareholder of KYM.