NIHSIN RESOURCES BHD - IR System By Insage

Sofiyan Bin Yahya, a Malaysian, aged 64, male, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 22 November 2017.

Encik Sofiyan holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the City University of London. He is also a Professional Technologist (Ts.) under the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and Fellow of the Institute of Materials Malaysia (IMM).

Encik Sofiyan has more than forty (40) years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in Malaysia and internationally. He began his career in 1979 as a graduate engineer in the Production Department of PETRONAS, obtaining his first exposure to the oil and gas industry. He later joined other companies as engineer and progressed into management positions, largely involved in engineering, construction and project management projects. He has gained exposure and accumulated extensive experience in various aspects of technical, operational, administration, projects, contractual, business development (including international business) and senior management, and now as a successful entrepreneur.

Currently, he is the Executive Chairman of Cekap Technical Services Sdn. Bhd., one of the leading technical services providers in the Malaysian oil and gas industry. He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director in Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC).

He attended all the six (6) Board meetings held during the financial year. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad), he does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

Ng Shwu Ching

Executive Director

Ng Shwu Ching, a Malaysian, aged 54, female, was appointed as our Executive Director on 19 March 2005. She graduated from Cheng Chi University in Taiwan with a Bachelor of Finance. She also holds a Diploma in Taxation from Help Institute and Master in Finance from RMIT University obtained in 2002.

Ms Ng joined Ni Hsin Corporation Sdn. Bhd. as a Costing Assistant in 1992 after completing her training in KPMG Taiwan as an Accounts Services Executive. She was promoted to Finance Manager in 1996 to oversee the Finance and Accounting department. She was also responsible for the Management Information System function of our Group and helped to set up an Enterprise Resources Planning system. She was re-designated as Finance & Administration Manager in 2003 where she also oversees the human resource functions of our Group.

Ms Ng is currently responsible for the overall day-to-day operations which include business development and marketing operations, finance, accounting, secretarial, administrative, production and human resource functions of our Group.

Ms Ng attended all the six (6) Board meetings held during the financial year. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad), she does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

Rizvi Bin Abdul Halim

Executive Director

Rizvi Bin Abdul Halim, a Malaysian, aged 52, male, was first appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 10 October 2014 and was subsequently re-designated as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 1 March 2017. On 22 November 2017, he was re-designated as Executive Director.

Encik Rizvi holds a Master of Business Administration from Ohio University USA and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Indiana State University USA. He also holds a Diploma in Hotel Management from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Whilst in UiTM, he underwent the Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU) programme and was commissioned as a second lieutenant army officer.

Encik Rizvi has vast experience in corporate banking, corporate finance, capital market and syndication, and capital market regulations. He held the position of Account Manager in the Corporate Banking Department of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad (now known as CIMB Bank Berhad) from 1995 to 1996. From 1997 to 2000, he was the Assistant Manager in the Capital Markets & Syndications Department of Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (now known as Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad). He joined Securities Commission Malaysia in 2000 and held the position of Senior Manager in the Equities- Corporate Finance Department until 2012.

Currently, Encik Rizvi is the shareholder and Director of Cascade Crest Sdn. Bhd., a company involved in construction and engineering works, and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Southern Cable Group Berhad.

Encik Rizvi attended all the six (6) Board meetings held during the financial year. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad) and the directorships as disclosed above, he does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

Lai Kian Huat

Executive Director

Lai Kian Huat, a Malaysian, aged 55, male, was appointed as our Executive Director on 1 December 2020. Mr Lai is a Fellow Member of the Association of International Accountants in United Kingdom.

Mr Lai has over 25 years of experience in accounting, audit, taxation and management matters as well as corporate exercise, treasury and cash management, investigation audit and due diligence assignments.

Mr Lai has previously held various senior positions in several public and private companies, notably as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Caely Holdings Bhd, Independent Non-Executive Director of Ta Win Holdings Berhad, Independent Non-Executive Director of Ideal Jacobs (Malaysia) Corporation Berhad, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of SMTrack Berhad, Senior Finance Manager of Perwaja Steel Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Perwaja Holdings Berhad and Senior Finance Manager of Megasteel Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Lion Corporation Berhad.

Currently, Mr Lai is an Executive Director of the subsidiaries of the Group, namely Ni Hsin Food & Beverages Sdn. Bhd. and BlackBixon Sdn. Bhd..

Mr Lai attended all the six (6) Board meetings held during the financial year. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad), he does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

Rebecca Khoo Wuan Ru

Executive Director

Rebecca Khoo Wuan Ru, a Malaysian, aged 28, female, was appointed as our Executive Director on 2 August 2021. She graduated from Newcastle University (United Kingdom) with BSc (Hons) Economics & Finance in 2015.

Ms Rebecca Khoo began her career as a Senior Internal Auditor in IBDC (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. from September 2015 to June 2018 where she was involved in providing consulting services to public companies on corporate governance and compliance matters. She leads a team conducting fieldwork on internal audit assignments for the company’s clients. During the stints with Mercury Securities Sdn. Bhd. (June 2018 to October 2018), Covenant Equity Consulting Sdn. Bhd. (Jan 2019 to September 2019), SJ Securities Sdn. Bhd. (October 2019 to February 2020) and Inter-pacific Securities Sdn. Bhd. (March 2020 to July 2020), Ms Rebecca Khoo gained experience in preparation of consultation papers and information memorandum and providing consulting and advisory services on several corporate exercises such as Merger and Acquisition, Private Placement, Rights Issues, IPOs, etc.

Ms Rebecca Khoo attended two (2) Board meetings held during the financial year as there were only two (2) Board meetings held after her appointment as Executive Director on 2 August 2021. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad), she does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. Ms Rebecca Khoo is the daughter of Mr Khoo Chee Kong who is a major shareholder of the Company.

Poo Chii Miin @ Chermaine Poo

Independent Non-Executive Director

Poo Chii Miin @ Chermaine Poo, a Malaysian, aged 43, female, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 August 2021. She serves as the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Ms Chermaine is a chartered accountant trained in advisory services with BDO from 2000 to 2003 and CIMB Investment Bank from 2004 to 2007. She was involved in corporate restructuring, merger and acquisition deals and several initial public offerings.

After winning four awards in the Miss Universe Malaysia pageant in 2005, she founded and managed a public relations firm, Chermaine Poo Productions from 2007 to 2014 during which she organised more than 100 press conferences, product launches, marketing and advertising campaigns and hosted over 600 corporate and charity events. She was a columnist of The Star, a host of over 20 television series, acted in a few movies, dramas and a theatre production, and an ambassador of several leading international brands.

Since 2015, she is the executive director of TH Architects Sdn. Bhd., an architecture company that has successfully completed 93 property development projects in 21 countries including USA, Germany and South Korea in addition to being appointed as the Regional Architect for Porsche Asia-Pacific. She oversees its finance and business development functions.

Ms Chermaine was awarded “Emerging Woman Entrepreneur of The Year” in 2012 by international accounting and advisory group, McMillan Woods Global.

Ms Chermaine attended two (2) Board meetings held during the financial year as there were only two (2) Board meetings held after her appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 August 2021. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad), she does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

Ler Leong Keh

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ler Leong Keh, a Malaysian, aged 62, male, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 29 December 2021. He serves as the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and is a member of Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Mr Ler is a member of and a Chartered Accountant with Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Certificate Public Accountant in 1985 and obtained a MBA in Finance (with distinction) from University of Hull, United Kingdom in 1994.

He began his career with PwC (formerly Price Waterhouse) in 1980 and has worked in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and London offices and has exposure to local and multinational clients in various industries.

He left PwC in 1994 to join a large group of private companies in the food & beverages, entertainment and restaurant business based in Kuala Lumpur with business operations in Malaysia and several Asian countries and Australia as Head of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Finance. He was later involved in the listing of its restaurant and leisure businesses in Bursa Malaysia as TT Resources Berhad and was appointed as the Executive Director in 1997 and was subsequently promoted to Managing Director of the said listed company in 2000.

He left the listed company in 2003 to set up his own private corporate advisory firm IBDC Asia Sdn Bhd as its managing director until present.

Currently he is mainly involved in advising growth companies in their fund raising and merger and acquisition exercises.

Mr Ler did not attend any Board meeting held in the financial year as there were no Board meetings held after his appointment as Independent Non- Executive Directors on 29 December 2021. Other than Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad), he does not hold any other directorship in any other public company or listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

Tung Fook Heng

Independent Non-Executive Director

Tung Fook Heng, a Malaysian, aged 65, male, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 10 January 2023. He serves as member of Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Mr Tung Fook Heng is a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants, ASEAN Chartered Proessional Accountants, Chartered Global Managment Accountant, United Kingdom, Chartered Institure of Managment Accountants, United Kingdom, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and Chartered Member Of The Institute Of Internal Auditors Malaysia.

Mr Tung Fook Heng began his career at Hewlett Packard, Malaysia as an Assistant Accountant in 1981- 1990 follow by Ferringhi Beach Hotel, Malaysia as Finance Executive in 1991-1994 then continue his journey around January 1995- November 1995 in Bayview Beach Hotel, Malaysia as Financial Controller then in December 1995- May 2001 he served as Financial Controller in Universal Furniture, China then served as a Group Financial Controller at Lyman Agro, Indonesia in June 2001- July 2009, furthermore he also served as General Manager, Finance at PT khaleda Agroprima Malindo, Indonesia on August 2009- january 2019 then to be Cheif Financial Officer/ Group Financial Controller at Honda Myanmar, Myanmar around February 2019- September 2019 and lastly served as an Director of Finance at Tar Riverwalk, Malaysia from October 2019- November 2021 previosly before joining his Current occupation as Director of operations ( Financial Consultancy/ Services) at SBY Group, Malaysia From January 2022 - Present.

He currently holds directorship in Ni Hsin Group Berhad. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company.

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