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Board of Directors

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DATO’ SERI DR. ISAHAK BIN YEOP MOHAMAD SHAR

Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Dato’ Seri Dr. Isahak Bin Yeop Mohamad Shar was appointed to the Board of KYM Holdings Bhd. on 2 October 2006. He was the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of KYM from 2006 to 2013 and was re-designated to Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 1 August 2014. On 20 June 2019, Dato’ Seri Dr. Isahak was re-designated to Non Independent Non-Executive Chairman. Dato’ Seri Dr. Isahak is the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee.

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

Executive Director
Dato’ Lim Kheng Yew was appointed to the Board on 12 August 1992.

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 is an uncle of Lee Ji Jin Darren, Executive Director. 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

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Seri Ir. Mohamad Othman Bin Zainal Azim was appointed to the Board of KYM on 12 February 2007. He is the member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

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. He was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of the Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) in the Ministry of Finance.

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 SERI RAHADIAN MAHMUD BIN MOHAMMAD KHALIL

Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Seri Rahadian Mahmud Bin Mohammad Khalil was appointed to the Board of KYM on 2 October 2006. He is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of AppAsia Berhad.

Datuk Seri 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

Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Mohd Azmi Bin Othman was appointed to the Board of KYM on 12 February 2007. Dato’ Mohd Azmi Bin Othman also sits on the Board of Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah and Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak.

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.

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

Executive Director
Mr Lee Ji Jin Darren was appointed to the Board of KYM on 25 September 2014. He was re-designated as an Executive Director on 1st June 2022.

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 is a nephew of Dato’ Lim Kheng Yew and cousin of Lim Tze Thean. 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

Executive Director
Lim Tze Thean is the Chief Executive Officer of KYM Group of Companies and has served in this role since 2013. He was appointed to the Board of KYM Holdings Bhd. on 30 March 2017.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Management from King’s College, University of London. He also holds an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Institut Européen d’Aministration des Affaires (INSEAD).

He has over 20 years of experience in operations and management in manufacturing and property development. He has served in all of the group’s subsidiaries during his career including managing the KYM Properties Division and the KYM Manufacturing Division. He also holds a position as an Executive Director of TSM Global Berhad with a long history in the TSM Group’s automotive and investment divisions.

He is the son of Dato’ Lim Kheng Yew, the Executive Director and a substantial shareholder of KYM. Mr Lim Tze Thean is also a substantial shareholder of KYM. He is a cousin of Lee Ji Jin Darren, Executive Director.

SHARMAN A/L ARUMUGAM

Independent Non-Executive Director
Sharman A/L Arumugam was appointed to the Board of KYM on 18 March 2022. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Company. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Greenpacket Berhad.

Sharman is a Chartered Accountant (Malaysia), a fellow of CPA Australia, member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and an ASEAN of the Chartered Professional Accountant. He is also a member of INSOL International, and a Chartered Member of Malaysian Institute of Directors and a member of the Institute of Corporate of the Directors Malaysia.

He was the President of CPA Australia (Malaysia Division) and was a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) for 2019-2020. He was a member of CPA Australia’s Council of Presidents and Public Practice Advisory Committee, both of which are international committees. He was the Chairman of the MIA’s Audit & Risk Management Committee 2019-2020 and also a committee member of MIA’s Investigation Committee.

His career began with Arthur Andersen & Co in the early 1990s where he built his corporate skills in the areas of Business & Process Assurances, Technology Consulting and Corporate Finance. His job exposure includes public institutions/multinationals and public listed companies in various industries such as manufacturing, services, hospitality, transport and in particular, financial institutions. In the late 1990s, he was the Corporate Finance Head of a Bursa Malaysia listed entity where he managed all financial and regulatory submissions to all relevant authorities.

From early to mid-2000s, he was with the SIH Group where he was based in a South Asian country in the initial years as Finance Director of a telecommunication subsidiary. He was subsequently promoted to Group Finance Director and relocated back to Malaysia. His principal function was to assist the Board of Directors in managing a portfolio of investments and companies located in North America, Europe and Asia.

Currently, as Country Partner for SCS Global Consulting, he provides corporate advisory services, which includes corporate valuations, fund raisings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-organizations and insolvency workouts for a broad spectrum of domestic and international companies. He also sits on the Boards of MNC subsidiaries in Malaysia such as Toshiba Precision, Rakuten Insight, Iwaki Pumps, and Fuyo General Lease amongst many others.

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.

GAN CHIA HUI

Independent Non-Executive Director
Gan Chia Hui was appointed to the Board of KYM on 18 March 2022. She is the Chair of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Ms Gan completed her Double Degree in Law and Business from University of Technology, Sydney with First Class Honours. She is a non-practicing UK solicitor and Malaysian Advocate and Solicitor. She also holds an Executive Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD.

She has been in education management for 13 years with Education in Motion (EiM), a family of K-12 international schools. She was a member of the Group Executive Board and Chief Legal Officer, and further launched the corporate venture capital arm EiM Ventures as its Executive Director. During her time at EiM, she was involved in corporate finance, corporate governance, business development, venture capital investment, policy setting, edtech innovation, and ESG initiatives. In her role as Chief Legal Officer, Ms Gan also acted as Board Secretary, managing board meetings and investor relations.

Prior to entering the education industry, Ms Gan was in private legal practice for 7 years, specialising in venture capital/private equity, corporate finance, fund formation, mergers & acquisitions, cross border investment, regulatory advisory, IP protection, litigation.

She 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. She has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, that has a conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.

TANG KAE SUE

Independent Non-Executive Director
Tang Kae Sue was appointed to the Board of KYM on 25 March 2022. She is a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Company.

She is a Member of Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA). She graduated from the Faculty of Accountancy, University Malaya. Her area of expertise is foreign investment, cross border tax planning and offshore related matters.

She is the founder and director of Hans Advisory & Trust Co Ltd, a licensed non-banking financial institution in Labuan International Business and Financial Center (IBFC) and a founder and director of AAA Services FZ-LLC, a registered agent licensed under Ras Al Khaimah International Corporate Center (RAK ICC) in the United Arab Emirates to facilitate the incorporation of companies and the investment in RAK ICC.

She is a trust officer and has actively presented at domestic and international conferences on promoting Labuan IBFC and Malaysia to potential investors. Over the years, she has delivered business talks in many countries—including in Asia, the Middle East, and the U.S. She coaches entrepreneurs to set up the most effective structure for mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and capital-raising. Her training also covers compliance matters related to anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing rulings, FATCA, CRS, and OECD models.

She is Honorary Chairperson and a trained voluntary counselor for Lifeline Association Malaysia, an international non-profit organization that provides free counseling, crisis support, and suicide prevention services. She also sits on the committee of Asiaworks Foundation Malaysia and Women Entrepreneurs Committee of Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce.

She 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. She has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, has a conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.

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