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MR SAMUEL LIM SYN SOO
Aged 68, Singaporean
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Samuel Lim has been on the Board since 6 September 1986 and was last re-elected on 13 January 2022.
Mr Lim is Founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Sunright Limited in Singapore, a company listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. He led the Company to become the world’s largest independent provider of burn-in and testing services. Read More
A fifty year veteran of the local semiconductor industry, he has been credited with 3 joint patents for testing of devices.
He holds a Diploma in Industrial Engineering (Canada). Prior to the establishing of KESM Industries Berhad, Mr Lim held senior positions including engineering, manufacturing and marketing in U.S. multinational companies based in Asia and USA. Mr Lim also sits on the Board of several other private companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Philippines and USA.
Mr Lim’s holdings in the securities of the Company are as follows: –
| Direct Holdings | Indirect Holdings | |
| Ordinary Shares | Nil | 20, 825, 000 (Deemed interest by virtue of his substantial interest in Sunright Limited) |
MR KENNETH TAN TEOH KHOON
Aged 65, Singaporean
Executive Director
Mr Kenneth Tan was first appointed to the Board on 20 January 1992 and was last re-elected on 7 January 2021. Mr Tan is responsible for the Group’s strategic direction, corporate affairs, investor relations and oversees the financial management of the Group.
Prior to joining the Group in 1987, he worked in an international accounting firm, a major property group in Singapore and subsequently in a diversified multinational group in the manufacturing and packaging industries. Read More
Mr Tan is currently an executive director of Sunright Limited and also sits on the Boards of several other private limited companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Philippines and USA.
Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the National University of Singapore and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
MS LIM MEE ING
Aged 71, Singaporean
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Lim was first appointed to the Board on 19 February 1990 and was last re-elected on 8 January 2020. She is also a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee.
Ms Lim holds a Diploma from the Institute of Bankers, and has more than 18 years of working experience in the banking profession before her retirement in 1990. From 1973 to 1990, she worked with the Singapore Branch of Barclays Bank PLC in various senior positions. Read More
Prior to her exit, she was responsible for marketing the global securities and custodian services of the bank. Ms Lim was also a director of Barclays Bank (S) Nominees Pte Ltd from September 1982 to March 1990.
She was a member of the Committee on Securities Industry of the Association of Banks in Singapore from September 1987 to March 1990.
TUAN HAJI ZAKARIAH BIN YET,
AMS, AMN
Aged 67, Malaysian
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Tuan Haji Zakariah was first appointed to the Board on 27 January 1995 as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and was re-designated as Independent Non-Executive Director on 8 March 2011. He was last re-elected on 7 January 2021.
Tuan Haji Zakariah is also the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee. Read More
Tuan Haji Zakariah joined Lembaga Tabung Haji (“LTH”) in 1979, serving in several departments, including Finance, Administration, Investment, Branch Office operation, Human Resource Management and Hajj Management.
In addition, he has wide experience in the private sector, holding important positions in two subsidiaries of LTH. Among others, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of TH Global Services Sdn. Bhd. from 16 June 2001 to 31 August 2002; Senior General Manager and Acting Chief Executive Officer of TH Travel & Services Sdn. Bhd. from 1 September 2002 to 16 August 2004. His last position before his retirement was as the Chief Executive Officer of TH Global Services Sdn. Bhd. from 1 July 2011 to 31 January 2013.
Following his departure from LTH, Tuan Haji Zakariah became the Chief Operating Officer of Kopetro Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary company of Cooperative of Petronas and retired on 16 May 2014. Tuan Haji Zakariah currently sits on the Boards of several private limited companies in Malaysia.
He has a Master of Science in Engineering Business Management from Warwick University, United Kingdom.
MR YONG CHEE HOU
Aged 65, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Yong was first appointed to the Board on 11 January 2002 and was last re-elected on 10 January 2019. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee of the Company.
Mr Yong graduated from the University of Hull, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Economics and Accounting and qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Read More
Mr Yong has spent over 9 years in the accountancy profession. He also sits on the Boards of several private limited companies in Malaysia.