Board Of Directors
Dato' Abdul Latif bin Abdullah
Dato' Abdul Latif was appointed as Chairman of the Company on 20 August 2004. He was re-designated as Executive Chairman on 1 December 2004 and later as Non-executive Chairman on 1 June 2006. He is a currently a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee ("R&N Committee").
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in International Relations from University Malaya (1975), Master Degree in Marine Law & Policy from University of Wales (1981), and has attended Senior Management Development Program at Harvard Business School (1992). He is a member of Chartered Institute of Logistic and Transport, United Kingdom.
Dato' Latif's career began with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. He later joined Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad and, from 1982 to 1992, he was with Perbadanan Nasional Shipping Line Berhad (PNSL) where he held a number of senior positions within the PNSL Group. In 1990, he became a founder Director of Mitsui OSK Lines (M) Sdn Bhd and he now remains as the Chairman since his retirement in 2005.
He was previously Executive Chairman of Realmild (M) Sdn Bhd and Chairman of Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd and Labuan Shipyard & Engineering Sdn Bhd from March 2006 to December 2009. He was Chairman of Penang Port Sdn Bhd from January 2004 to December 2009, Chairman of the International Shipowners' Association of Malaysia from 1998 to 2008 and was Vice-Chairman of the Malaysian Shipowners' Association. He was also a public interest Director in Bursa Malaysia Berhad from April 2004 to April 2010.
Presently, Dato' Latif serves as Chairman of Efficient E-Solutions Berhad and Amanah Raya Asian Finance Islamic Marine Fund. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of Ekowood International Berhad and holds various private company directorships in Malaysia.
Dato' Siew Ka Wei
Dato' Siew was appointed as Non-Independent Executive Director of the Company on 17 October 2001. He was re-designated as the Non-Independent Non-executive Deputy Chairman on 20 August 2004 and as the Executive Vice Chairman on 25 January 2011 respectively.
Dato' Siew graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Operational Research from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom. He has local and international working experience in the field of petrochemicals for more than 30 years. He was the Chairman of the Malaysian Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization ("YPO"), an international grouping of more than 10,500 chief executive officers and leaders of major companies and organizations over the world. He became a director of the International Board of Directors of YPO in 2000 and served until 2003 during which he was Chairman of YPO Global Leadership Congress in Beijing, China.
Dato' Siew is currently the Group Managing Director of Ancom Berhad and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.
Dato' Siew is a substantial shareholder of the Company via his interest in Ancom Berhad and his direct and other indirect interest in the Company.
Lim Hock Heng
Lim Hock Heng was appointed as Executive Director of the Company on 1 March 2011.
He completed his secondary school GCE 'O' level education in 1974. He has more than 30 years' experience in the logistics business, specialising in chemical transportation and warehousing, having been involved in the business since 1978. He is currently the managing director of the logistics companies of the Group, a post he held since 2003 when these companies were under the Ancom Berhad group.
He is a substantial shareholder of the Company. He does not hold directorship in other public listed companies.
Abdul Latif bin Mahamud
Abdul Latif was appointed as Managing Director of the Company on 1 January 2005. He was re-designated as Group Managing Director on 1 July 2005 and as Non-Independent Non-executive Director on 25 January 2011 respectively. He is a currently a member of the Audit Committee and R&N Committee respectively.
He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from University Technology MARA, Malaysia and holds an MBA from University of Hull, England.
He began his career in Asea Brown Boveri as a Substation Design Engineer in 1982 and subsequently headed its substation contracts department. He joined Groupe Schneider in 1992 as General Manager, Operations in charge of Power Transmission & Distribution sales, contract management and assembly workshop. In 1995, he joined EPE Power Corporation Berhad ("EPE") as Senior General Manager - Power Distribution and in 2000 was appointed Chief Operation Officer in charge of the EPE Group's power generation, transmission and distribution businesses. He became Managing Director of EPE in 2001. He was designated Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Ranhill Power Berhad in 2004 following the acquisition of EPE by Ranhill Berhad.
He is currently the Managing Director of Ancom Berhad's Agricultural Chemicals business. He has no directorship in other public listed companies.
Lim Hock Chye
Lim Hock Chye joined the Board on 5 December 2003. He is currently the Chairman of the R&N Committee and a member of the Audit Committee respectively.
He gained his LLB (Hons) degree from University of London, United Kingdom and holds a Certificate in Legal Practice. Mr Lim was formerly a consultant with an organisation promoting good corporate governance and practices within corporations in Malaysia. Prior to that, he was a Deputy Editor with the Star Newspaper, where he wrote for the Business Section.
He is also a panel speaker for Rating Agency of Malaysia and Bursatra Sdn Bhd on Continuing Education Programmes for director of public-listed companies in Malaysia. He continues to lecture on promotion of good corporate governance within Corporate Malaysia.
Currently, he sits on the boards of Silver Bird Group Berhad, TSM Global Berhad, Ancom Berhad and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad and is the Group Director of Strategic Planning at HELP University Kuala Lumpur.
Safrizal bin Mohd Said
Safrizal joined the Board on 24 December 2002. He is currently the Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee and a member of its Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
He gained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a member of CPA Australia and was a Council Member of the Chartered Taxation Institute of Malaysia ("CTIM"). He currently sits in the CPD Committee of the CTIM.
He has vast working experience in both the consulting as well as the commercial sectors in various capacities.
He is currently the Group Tax Manager of a public listed group in Malaysia since 2002 where he was responsible for setting up it's in-house tax department. Prior to this, he was Tax Director in a Big Four accounting firm and Regional Finance and Administration Manager of a multi-national IT solutions company.
Safrizal has also conducted in house training programmes and has chaired/spoken at public seminars on tax matters.
He is currently a director of Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.
Edmond Cheah Swee Leng
Mr. Cheah joined the Board on 31 December 2011.
Mr. Cheah is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Association of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales. He is also a Certified Financial Planner.
Mr. Cheah's started his career as an Audit Manager with a professional accounting firm in London. He was later the Manager in charge of portfolio investment in a merchant bank in Malaysia and subsequently in charge of the corporate and planning division of a public listed company in Malaysia. Mr. Cheah was formerly the Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Public Mutual Berhad, a former Council Member and Chairman of the Secretariat of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers ("FMUTM"), a former Task Force Member on Islamic Finance for the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority ("LOFSA"), a former member on the Securities Market Consultation Panel in Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and a founder member and a past President of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia ("FPAM").
Mr. Cheah is currently an Investment Committee Member and Director of MAAKL Mutual Berhad and the Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ("SPCA"). He is also the Chairman of Adventa Berhad and a Director of Ancom Berhad and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.