LAU CHIA NGUANG
Non-Independent Executive Chairman
Lau Chia Nguang is our Non-Independent Executive Chairman and President Commissioner of PT Malindo Feedmill TBK (“Malindo Feedmill”). He completed his primary school education in 1964. He has over 43 years of experience and expertise in the integrated livestock industry.
He began his career in the late 1960s as a vegetable wholesaler. In 1978, he joined one of our Group’s subsidiaries. He led our Group’s broiler business in Malaysia from 1985 to 2002. He led the expansion of our Group’s poultry business to Jakarta in 1996 with the incorporation of PT Leong Ayamsatu Primadona. Thereafter, he founded Malindo Feedmill in 1997 as the vehicle for expanding our Group’s poultry business in Indonesia to tap into the market potential and opportunities of the Indonesian poultry industry. Malindo Feedmill was listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (now known as Indonesia Stock Exchange) in 2006.
He served as President Director of Malindo Feedmill from 2014 to June 2018 and is currently the President Commissioner of Malindo Feedmill since June 2018. His notable achievements, aside from leading the listing of Malindo Feedmill, include being recognised by Enterprise Asia in 2013 and 2015 with the Asia Pacific Profile of the Board of Directors Entrepreneurship Award, as well as the BrandLaureate Brandpreneur Leadership of the Year Award 2019 by the World Brands Foundation.
He was appointed to our Board on 9 September 2014 and re-designated as our Executive Chairman on 1 October 2018. Currently, he also sits on the boards of various subsidiaries of our Group and several other private limited companies. He does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company.
He is the brother of Tan Sri Dato’ Lau Eng Guang and Tan Sri Lau Tuang Nguang; and the uncle of Datuk Lau Joo Hong, Lau Joo Han and Lau Joo Keat who are the Directors/major shareholders of our Company. Except for certain related party transactions of revenue or trading nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of our Company and its subsidiaries; and for which he is deemed to be interested, there are no other business arrangements with our Company in which he has personal interest. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
TAN SRI DATO’ LAU ENG GUANG
Non-Independent Executive Director & Group Business Strategist
Tan Sri Dato’ Lau Eng Guang is our Non-Independent Executive Director and Group Business Strategist. He completed his secondary school education in 1972 and South Australian matriculation in 1974. He has over 43 years of experience and expertise in the integrated livestock industry.
In 1978, he joined one of our Group’s subsidiaries where he oversaw its finances and corporate affairs. He is responsible for our Group’s business strategies and risk management and has been involved in various aspects of our Group’s operations. He served as a director in Leong Hup Holdings Bhd (“LH Holdings”) and Emivest Bhd (“Emivest”) when both companies were listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”). He remains as director of both companies since 1989 and 2002, respectively.
He was appointed to our Board on 1 July 2014. Currently, he also sits on the boards of various subsidiaries of our Group and several other private limited companies. He is also the Executive Chairman of Comfort Gloves Berhad since 5 March 2021. Tan Sri Lau’s contributions to the industry and the society has earned him a recognition by His Majesty, The King with the conferment of the Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) which carries the title “Tan Sri” on 13 November 2021.
He is the brother of Lau Chia Nguang and Tan Sri Lau Tuang Nguang; and the uncle of Datuk Lau Joo Hong, Lau Joo Han and Lau Joo Keat who are the Directors/major shareholders of our Company. Except for certain related party transactions of revenue or trading nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of our Company and its subsidiaries and for which he is deemed to be interested, there are no other business arrangements with our Company in which he has personal interest. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
TAN SRI LAU TUANG NGUANG
Non-Independent Executive Director & Group Chief Executive Officer
Tan Sri Lau Tuang Nguang is our Non-Independent Executive Director, Group Chief Executive Officer and President Director of Malindo Feedmill. He completed his secondary school education in 1975. He has over 38 years of experience and expertise in the integrated livestock industry.
He began his career in the family farm business at one of our Group’s subsidiaries where he gained experience through running the operations of the Grand Parent Stock (‘GPS’) and breeder farms and was director from 1978 to October 2018. He has been a director of LH Holdings since 1986. He sat on our Board from 2014 until his resignation on 1 August 2018. He was appointed as our Group’s Chief Executive Officer on 13 June 2018 and was re-appointed to our Board on 23 November 2018.
As the Group Chief Executive Officer, he oversees the entire business operations of our Group covering Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
He sat on the board of Teo Seng Capital Bhd (“Teo Seng”) from 2009 to August 2018 and is the current President Director of Malindo Feedmill, both being our listed subsidiaries.
He served as a panel advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry (“MOA”) (now known as the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries) in 2004 and currently sits as a panel member of the National Agriculture Advisory Council to the MOA. From 2005 to 2006, he was the President of the Federation of Livestock Farmers’ Association of Malaysia, an association instituted for the safeguarding of the livestock farming community’s interest and the betterment of the livestock industry and presently sits on its advisory panel.
His notable achievements include receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award which was awarded by Department of Veterinary Services of Malaysia in 2013 during the 7th Malaysian Livestock Industry Award and being appointed as a panel member of National Agriculture Advisory Council, under the purview of the MOA in 2018.
Currently, he also sits on the boards of various subsidiaries of our Group and several other private limited companies. He does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company.
He is the brother of Tan Sri Dato’ Lau Eng Guang and Lau Chia Nguang; and the uncle of Datuk Lau Joo Hong, Lau Joo Han and Lau Joo Keat who are the Directors/major shareholders of our Company. Except for certain related party transactions of revenue or trading nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of our Company and its subsidiaries and for which he is deemed to be interested, there are no other business arrangements with our Company in which he has personal interest. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
DATUK LAU JOO HONG
Non-Independent Executive Director, Group Chief Operating Officer & Chief Executive Officer of Vietnam Operations
Datuk Lau Joo Hong is our Non-Independent Executive Director, Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer for our Group’s Vietnam operations. He completed his secondary school education in 1988. He has over 23 years of experience and expertise in the integrated livestock industry and retail market.
He began his career in the family poultry business in 1991 when he joined one of the Group’s subsidiaries which was principally involved in the processing and marketing of chicken and related products, where he oversaw the entire operations of that subsidiary.
In 1994, he was also assigned the responsibility of overseeing the entire operations of another subsidiary principally involved in food processing products. He was transferred to Astaka Shopping Centre (Muar) Sdn Bhd (“Astaka”), another family business in 1996 where he was responsible for the overall operations of Astaka until the family’s decision to venture into Vietnam’s poultry
business in 2007 where he planned and executed the expansion plan. He led our Vietnam operations as Deputy Chief Executive Officer until his promotion in 2014 to Chief Executive Officer. He has been leading the expansion of our Vietnam operations since its incorporation and was appointed as our Group Chief Operating Officer on 29 September 2020 to oversee the operational matters of the Group as well as assume responsibility for the execution of the Group’s overall strategies.
He is a director of both LH Holdings and Emivest since 2008 and 2010 respectively (including the period whilst both companies were listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (“KLSE”)). He was appointed to our Board on 9 September
2014. Currently, he also sits on the boards of various subsidiaries of our Group, several other private limited companies and Kwangdong Holdings Berhad (“KHB”), a non-listed public company. He does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company and KHB.
He is also a director and substantial shareholder of CW Lau & Sons Sdn Bhd (“CWL&S”), which in turn is a substantial shareholder of Emerging Glory Sdn Bhd (“Emerging Glory”), a major shareholder of our Company.
He is the nephew of Lau Chia Nguang, Tan Sri Dato’ Lau Eng Guang and Tan Sri Lau Tuang Nguang; and the cousin of Lau Joo Han and Lau Joo Keat who are the Directors/major shareholders of our Company. Except for certain related party transactions of revenue or trading nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of our Company and its subsidiaries and for which he is deemed to be interested, there are no other business arrangements with our Company in which he has personal interest. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
LAU JOO HAN
Non-Independent Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Operations
Lau Joo Han is our Non-Independent Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer for our Group’s Malaysia operations. He has over 22 years of experience in the livestock industry.
He graduated with a degree in International Trade from Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia in 1999.
He began his career in 2001 at Leong Hup Contract Farming Sdn Bhd (now known as Leong Hup Agrobusiness Sdn Bhd) in charge of the marketing and operations of that subsidiary. He rose through the ranks and has been the Chief Executive Officer of Leong Hup (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (‘LH Malaysia’) since 2014, in-charge of overseeing the business and full operations of LH Malaysia. He was duly appointed and has served as a director of LH Malaysia since 2014.
He has extensive expertise in the upstream and downstream activities of livestock production, operation, development and marketing areas of the poultry industry. He has contributed to our Group’s marketing strategies and spearheaded many business expansion projects at LH Malaysia which contributed to the growth of LH Malaysia. He is instrumental in the business transformation of The Baker’s Cottage which has served as the business-to-consumer channel of our Group in Malaysia. He served as a non-executive director of Teo Seng from 2008 until he was re-designated to the position of executive director in 2013 until his resignation on 31 July 2018.
He was appointed to our Board on 1 October 2018. Currently, he also sits on the board of directors of various subsidiaries of our Group and several other private limited companies. He does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company.
He is a director and substantial shareholder of Emerging Glory, a major shareholder of our Company.
He is the nephew of Lau Chia Nguang, Tan Sri Dato’ Lau Eng Guang and Tan Sri Lau Tuang Nguang; and the cousin of Datuk Lau Joo Hong and Lau Joo Keat who are the Directors/major shareholders of our Company. Except for certain related party transactions of revenue or trading nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of our Company and its subsidiaries and for which he is deemed to be interested, there are no other business arrangements with our Company in which he has personal interest. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
LAU JOO KEAT
Non-Independent Executive Director & Country Head of Indonesia Operations
Lau Joo Keat is our Non-Independent Executive Director and Country Head for our Group’s Indonesia operations. He has approximately 19 years of experience and expertise in the integrated livestock industry.
In 2002, he obtained his Bachelor of Marketing from University of Kentucky, United States.
He began his career in 2002 when he joined the Malindo Feedmill as Production Manager of the breeding, hatchery and broiler farms. In 2007, he served as Head of Production of the breeding, hatchery and broiler farms. He has served as a director of Malindo Feedmill since 2015 and has been the Country Head of our Group’s Indonesian business since 2017.
He was appointed to our Board on 9 September 2014. Currently, he also sits on the board of Malindo Feedmill, other various subsidiaries of our Group, and several other private limited companies. He does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company.
He is the nephew of Lau Chia Nguang, Tan Sri Dato’ Lau Eng Guang and Tan Sri Lau Tuang Nguang and the cousin of Datuk Lau Joo Hong and Lau Joo Han who are the Directors/major shareholders of our Company. Except for certain related party transactions of revenue or trading nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of our Company and its subsidiaries and for which he is deemed to be interested, there are no other business arrangements with our Company in which he has personal interest. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
DATIN PADUKA RASHIDAH BINTI RAMLI
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datin Paduka Rashidah Binti Ramli is our Independent
Non-Executive Director.
She obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in South East Asian Studies from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in 1982.
She began her career in 1984 as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer and served at various senior levels in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, including the Southeast Asia Division, Development Division and Chief of Inspectorate. She also had foreign postings in Singapore and Canada, and was Ambassador (in residence) to the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Colombia. In 2010, she was appointed as the Director General of the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs until her retirement in 2017.
She was conferred the Selangor State Award of Datuk Paduka Mahkota Selangor in 2008, which carries the title ‘Datin Paduka’.
She was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2018. She is also a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Other than the Company, she is not a Director of any other public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.
She does not have any family relationship with any Director/major shareholder of our Company. She does not have any conflict of interest with our Company. She has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. She attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
CHU NYET KIM
Independent Non-Executive Director
Chu Nyet Kim is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She has more than 34 years of working experience in the field of taxation, finance and accounting functions.
She obtained her Diploma in Accounting (Honours) from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, Canada in 1977. She became an associate member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, United Kingdom (now known as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom) (“ACCA”) in 1995 and she has been a Fellow member of the ACCA since 2000. She became a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) in 2018.
She began her career in Harrisons & Crosfield (Sabah) Sdn Bhd in 1977 as an accounts executive until 1980 before leaving the company to study full time for her ACCA. She then joined Houw Hing Co., Singapore, a trading company and served as an accountant from 1984 to 1987. Thereafter, she moved to Indonesia and went on sabbatical before re-entering the workforce when she joined Deloitte Indonesia (“Deloitte”) in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1989. She was admitted as a partner in Deloitte in 1997 and later became a senior partner of Deloitte Southeast Asia Cluster until her retirement in 2016. In the 27 years that she was with Deloitte, she held various positions, specialising in taxation with her last designation as the Leader of Global Employer Services (a tax service line) and Tax Risk Leader/Deputy Tax Managing Partner of Deloitte Indonesia. As the Tax Risk Leader of Deloitte Indonesia, she worked closely with Deloitte Southeast Asia Tax Risk Leader to build up the tax risk management team in Indonesia.
She was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2018. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee as well as Nomination Committee of the Company. She does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company. She has been a Commissioner of PT PZ Cussons Indonesia (“PT PZ Cussons”) since 2016. PT PZ Cussons is a subsidiary of PZ Cussons PLC, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
She does not have any family relationship with any Director/major shareholder of our Company. She does not have any conflict of interest with our Company. She has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. She attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
GOH WEN LING
Independent Non-Executive Director
Goh Wen Ling is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She has over 17 years of working experience in the legal industry encompassing direct real estate acquisitions and divestments, retail banking and various aspects of financing, corporate and commercial legal practice.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from University of Hull in 2000. She obtained her Postgraduate Diploma from City University London, Inns of Court School of Law in 2001. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2001 as a Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2001. In 2002, she was admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an advocate and solicitor.
She began her professional career in 2002 as an associate in the intellectual property department of Messrs. Shook Lin & Bok where her main area of practice was in intellectual property litigation, reviewing and advising on trade marks, patents and industrial design registration and general advisory work relating to intellectual property rights.
She left legal practice in 2003 and started her own event management company, Aldrea Dream Media Sdn Bhd. In 2004, she returned to legal practice and joined Messrs. Andrew T.S. Goh & Khairil as a junior partner and head of the conveyancing, corporate and banking department and is still currently active in legal practice.
She was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2018. She is also the Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company. She does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company.
She does not have any family relationship with any Director/major shareholder of our Company. Except for providing some legal services as an advocate and solicitor capacity, she does not have any conflict of interest with our Company. She has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. She attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
LOW HAN KEE
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Low Han Kee is our Senior Independent Non-Executive Director.
He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant with the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (“MACPA”) (now known as Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants) in 1984.
He began his career in 1980 with Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst and Young) where he completed his qualification as a Certified Public Accountant. From 1985 until 1990, he served at Mulpha International Berhad (“Mulpha”), a trading, construction and engineering company listed on the KLSE. His last designation at Mulpha was Group Chief Accountant. In 1990, he joined Amway (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd as Divisional Manager, Finance & Administration. From 1998, he served as Managing Director of Amway Malaysia Holdings Berhad (“AMHB”) which is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities until his retirement in 2016. From 2005 until 2016, he also served as President of Amway South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand where he had led the successful opening of Amway’s group business in South East Asia including Singapore, Brunei and Vietnam. He has more than 32 years of financial expertise, having held senior finance positions in public listed companies, namely AMHB and Mulpha.
He was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2018. He is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Currently, he is a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director of AMHB and was appointed as member of Audit Committee of AMHB on 25 August 2021.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director/major shareholder of our Company. He does not have any conflict of interest with our Company. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five Board meetings held during the financial year.
TAY TONG POH
Independent Non-Executive Director
Tay Tong Poh is our Independent Non-Executive Director.
He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, United States in 1984 and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, United States in 1986.
He has 18 years of experience in corporate banking, corporate finance, project finance, leveraged finance and debt capital markets in J.P Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (“JP Morgan”). He began his career with Chase Manhattan Bank, Singapore (“CMB”) as an associate in 1987 and transferred to Chase Manhattan Asia Limited, Hong Kong (“CMAL”) in 1993. Both CMB and CMAL were the predecessors of JP Morgan. He held various senior management positions in JP Morgan with his last designation as managing director of Debt Capital Markets, Asia Pacific where he was responsible for the loan syndication business of JP Morgan in Asia Pacific and aided in establishing JP Morgan as one of the market leaders in leveraged finance in the region.
He took a career break after he left JP Morgan in 2004 and relocated to Singapore in 2005. He joined United Overseas Bank Limited (“UOB”) as Head of Investment Banking and Executive Vice President from 2006 to 2011. Whilst in UOB, he served as a member of UOB’s Management Committee and Investment Committee.
He joined Affinity Equity Partners (“Affinity”) in 2011 as managing director and Head of Portfolio Management and was responsible for various functions, including performing due diligence and opining on Affinity’s investment opportunities, monitoring of investment portfolios, performing portfolio valuation and supervising Affinity’s responsible investment policy. He also represented Affinity on the board of directors of several portfolio companies. He retired from Affinity in June 2018 and resigned from the board of directors of the portfolio companies and Affinity’s group entities.
He was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2018. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Company. He does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia other than the Company.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director/major shareholder of our Company. He does not have any conflict of interest with our Group. He has no conviction of any offences within the past five (5) years or any sanctions and penalties imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.