Board of Directors
Mr. Richard Wong Shoon Fook
Executive Chairman
Mr. Richard Wong was appointed to the Board of PanGlobal Berhad ("PGB") as a director on 17 February 1995 and was subsequently appointed as the Executive Chairman on March 1995. He obtained a Higher National Diploma in Business Administration from United Kingdom and a Graduate Diploma of Business Administration and Management (ANIHE, Australia). He is the Managing Director of Limbang Trading Company Sdn Bhd ("LTC") since 1975, a family-owned company, which is a substantial shareholder of PGB.
Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato Sri Abang Haji Ahmad Urai bin Datu Hakim Abang Haji Mohideen
Deputy Chairman, Independent Director
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee
Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato Sri Abang Haji Ahmad Urai was appointed to the Board of PGB on 28 January 2000. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Remuneration Committee. He started his career as a civil servant in the British Colonial Civil Service in the Secretariat, Chief Secretary's office in Kuching, Sarawak in 1954. He obtained his Overseas Junior Cambridge School Certificate in St. Joseph's School, Kuching, Sarawak in 1953. He resigned from the said civil service in 1963 in order to participate in the General Election prior to the formation of Malaysia when Sarawak became an independent state in September, 1963. He rejoined the Malaysian Government service in the same department to fill the post of Assistant Secretary in the Chief Minister's Office Secretariat, Kuching soon after he failed in the election in 1963. He further resigned from the service and then took part in the State General Election in 1974. He was appointed Junior Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports in 1976. He switched over to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 1981. He was elected by the State Assembly to sit in the Upper House of Senate in the Parliament of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur in 1983. Immediately after his appointment as a Malaysian Senator, the House of Senate elected him as Deputy Senate President. In 1987, he was elevated to the highest post of Malaysia Senate President and retired in 1990 after completing a full 6-year term as Senator. After his retirement from the public service, he is presently an Independent Director of Grand Central Enterprises Berhad. He was conferred various service awards, which include AMN (Federal), JBS (Sarawak), PNBS (Sarawak), DSNB (Brunei) and PMN (Federal).
Mr. Alexander Wong Shoon Choy
Executive Vice-Chairman
Mr. Alexander Wong was appointed as a director of PGB on 25 July 1996. He was appointed Executive Director in August 1996 and appointed Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 June 1998. His present position of Executive Vice-Chairman is with effect from 31 July 2004. He was a member of the Audit Committee of PGB from 28 January 2000 to 25 August 2004. He completed his tertiary education in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor's Degree in Science majoring in Business Administration. He was the General Manager of Global Minerals (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd from 1987 to 1994. Mr. Wong was awarded the Darjah Kebesaran Pegawai Bintang Kenyalang (PBK) in September 1995, an honour conferred by the Yang DiPertua Negeri of Sarawak.
Mr. Chin Jit Pyng
Non-Executive Vice-Chairman
Mr. Chin Jit Pyng was appointed to the Board of PGB as a non-executive director on 28 May 2001 and was subsequently redesignated as Non-Executive Vice-Chairman on 25 February 2002. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree Honours in computer science from Brighton Polytechnic in United Kingdom and is a member of The British Computer Society since 1987. He worked with IBM Malaysia for more than thirteen (13) years where he was responsible for a number of strategic project implementations, including projects for the international telecommunication company as well as the biggest commercial bank in Malaysia.
Mr. Chin Jit Pyng is the Chief Executive Officer of Global Integration Management PACT Sdn Bhd. He is also an Non-Executive Director of Bolton Berhad.
Mr. Bernard Wong Shoon Tet
Group Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Bernard Wong was appointed as a director of PGB on 17 February 1995. He was appointed Executive Director of PGB in March 1995 and as Executive Deputy Chairman on 1 June 1999. He was appointed the position of Executive Vice-Chairman on 17 February 2000 and his present appointment as Group Chief Executive Officer is with effect from 31 July 2004. He was a member of the Audit Committee of PGB from 25 August 2004 to 28 November 2007.
Mr. Bernard Wong completed his tertiary education in United Kingdom with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science. He joined Limbang Trading Company Sdn Bhd (“LTC”) as personal assistant to the Executive Chairman of LTC and subsequently assumed the position of Financial Controller of LTC in 1986. He was the Chairman of PanGlobal Insurance Berhad from 26 November 2002 to 20 June 2007.
Mr. Jeffrey Zhin Kok Wong
Executive Director
Mr. Jeffrey Wong was appointed to the Board of PGB as a non-executive director on 28 May 2001 and was subsequently redesignated as Executive Director on 25 February 2002. He was educated at the University of San Francisco, California. He has 19 years of property experience before joining PGB. He started work with Lian Seng Properties Sdn Bhd in 1983 where he was involved in the development of KL Plaza from the construction stage to property management and marketing of the said project. Since 1991 he ventured on his own to develop properties that included Wisma Idris and 78 LAD. From 1998 onwards, he ventured into providing e-management solution to the hotel industry and property sector covering Malaysia and the international markets.
Mr. Low Chin Tong
Independent Director
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee
Mr. Low Chin Tong was appointed to the Board of PGB on 26 July 1999. He is a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Remuneration Committee. He is presently Managing Director of Laptex Sdn Bhd, whose principal activity is textile manufacturing and also Managing Director of CLP Publication Services Sdn Bhd. He was awarded the Ahli Bintang Sarawak (ABS) in 1976, an honour conferred by the Governor of Sarawak.
Mr. Lau Tiang Hua
Independent Director
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee
Mr. Lau Tiang Hua was appointed to the Board of PGB on 28 May 2001. He is a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Remuneration Committee.
Mr. Lau Tiang Hua is a certified public accountant from the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He articled with one of the top five public accounting firms in Malaysia and later served as an audit manager with a local public accounting firm. He was general manager, finance and administration with a major media publishing company in Malaysia before starting his own practice, JB Lau & Associates Chartered Accountants in Penan, which has since merged with Grant Thornton on 1 January 2008. He is presently an Independent Director of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Tomei Consolidated Berhad, Scanwolf Corporation Berhad, Land & General Berhad and Ewein Berhad.
Mr. Raymond Tan
Independent Director
Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee
Mr. Raymond Tan was appointed to the Board of PGB on 12 March 2002. He is a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration at the International University in Watford, London in 1985. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Land Sdn Bhd under the TLK Group of Companies. He was actively involved in various business operations under the TLK Group since 1986 and vast knowledge and experience was acquired and significant contributions given during his tenure of directorship. He is presently an independent director and an Audit Committee member of IJM Land Holdings Berhad.
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