Directors' Profile

Dato’ Seri Robert Tan, a Malaysian, male, aged 70, was appointed Chairman of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad (“WSC”) on 22 May 2002.

Dato’ Seri Robert Tan has vast experience in property development, hotel construction, retail design and development as well as corporate management with more than 30 years’ experience in the property and hotel industries. After studying Business Administration in the United Kingdom, he was attached to a firm of Chartered Surveyor for a year. He had also developed a housing project in Central London before returning to Malaysia. His stint in the property industry began with IGB Corporation Berhad (“IGB Corp”) in 1995 when he was appointed Joint Managing Director and subsequently Group Managing Director in 2001.

Dato’ Seri Robert Tan was involved in various development projects carried out by IGB Group, in particular Mid Valley City. From inception to the realisation of Mid Valley Megamall (“MVM”) and The Gardens Mall (“TGM”), he was actively involved in every stage of their developments. He is instrumental to the development and success of MVM and TGM, and more importantly, in retaining their positions as prime shopping hotspots in the Klang Valley.

Following the de-listing of IGB Corp from the Official List of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, Dato’ Seri Robert Tan was the Group Chief Executive Officer of IGB Berhad from 30 March 2018 until 31 December 2022 and he remains as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He retains his position as Group Managing Director of IGB Corp, Managing Director of IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. (the Manager of IGB Real Estate Investment Trust and IGB Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust), a Director of Tan & Tan Developments Berhad (a property division of IGB Corp), and a Trustee of Yayasan Tan Kim Yeow. He also sits on the Board of several private limited companies.

Mr Maccagno, an Italian, male, aged 59, is the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of WSC. He was first appointed as an Executive Director of WSC on 1 June 2004 and subsequently promoted to be the Deputy Managing Director on 1 January 2007. Mr Maccagno is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Wasco Energy Group of Companies. He is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the Wasco Group.

Mr Maccagno attained his Bachelor in Business Administration from Tecnico Commerciale Maddalena Adria (RO) Italy in 1982, after which he worked with Socotherm S.R.L, Italy from 1984 to 1987 as a Trainee in Production and Project Management. He was appointed as Project Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Nigeria from 1987 to 1990 and was in 1990 to assist in the setting up of PPI’s coating plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. After serving as Country Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Taiwan from 1991 to 1992, he returned to Malaysia in 1993 to be the General Manager of Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Kuantan, Malaysia. He has vast experience in the global pipe coating business and the Oil and Gas business in general.

Mr Maccagno is a Director of Petra Energy Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

Mr Chan, a Malaysian, male, aged 72. He was appointed to the Board of WSC on 22 May 2002. He is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the WSC Group.

Mr Chan attained a Bachelor of Science (Hon) Degree in Engineering Production in 1974 from the University of Birmingham under a Colombo Plan Award and began his career by joining the Singapore Administrative Service. He left the Ministry of Finance, Singapore in 1976 to pursue his Master in Business Administration from the London Business School.

Upon successful completion of the same, he joined ESSO Production Malaysia Incorporated as their Senior Financial Analyst before joining Tractors Malaysia Berhad as their Group Treasurer in 1981. Thereafter, he left to become the Group Executive Director for General Corporation Berhad from 1984 to 1990 before assuming the position of Managing Director of Tan & Tan Developments Berhad from 1990 to 1995. In 1994, he established Wah Seong Industrial Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and subsequently formed WSC, which was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 9 July 2002. He has extensive experience in the property, manufacturing and financial fields. Mr Chan is a Trustee of Yayasan Wah Seong and former member of Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia (retired on 31 January 2019). He is also a member of the Advisory Council of Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM). He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

Encik Halim, a Malaysian, male, aged 76, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 22 May 2002.

Encik Halim is the member of Audit Committee

Encik Halim bin Haji Din is a Chartered Accountant who spent more than 30 years working for multinational corporations and international consulting firms. He accumulated 18 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry - 6 years of which as a Board member of Caltex/ Chevron, responsible for financial management before engaging in the consulting business. Prior to his appointment as a Board member of Caltex Malaysia, he served as Regional Financial Advisor for Caltex Petroleum Corporation Dallas, Texas overseeing investment viability of the corporation’s Asian subsidiaries.

He also had an extensive experience in corporate recovery when he worked for Ernst & Whinney, London, United Kingdom in mid-1980’s. He was appointed as Managing Partner of the consulting division of Ernst & Young Malaysia in 1995. He later became the Country Advisor of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting Malaysia when Cap Gemini of France merged with Ernst & Young Consulting. In 2003, he with two partners took over the consulting business of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Malaysia through a management buyout and rebranded it as Innovation Associates, currently known as IA Group, where he is currently the Chairman of the group.

He was a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) from 1994 to 2003. He previously served as an Independent and Non-Executive Director on the board of MMC Corporation Berhad (5 years), Takaful Ikhlas Berhad (10 years), Employees Provident Fund (4 years), Kwasa Land Sdn. Bhd. (3 years) and BNP Paribas Berhad (9 years). He is the fellow member of MICPA and Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Encik Halim who has served on the Board of WSC for more than twenty (20) years as an Independent Non-Executive Director will be redesignated as a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director by 1 June 2023.

Tan Sri Lin, a Malaysian, male, aged 83, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 20 July 2004.

Tan Sri Lin is the member of the Nomination Committee.

Professor Lin, a British Chartered Scientist, is a Harvard educated economist. Qualified as Malaysia’s first Chartered Statistician, he graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and Harvard University (where he received three (3) degrees, including a PhD in Economics). He is Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Pro-Chancellor & Research Professor at Sunway University; Professor of Economics (Adjunct), Universiti Utara Malaysia; Eisenhower Fellow; and President of Harvard Club of Malaysia.

Prior to 1998, he was Chairman/ President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Bank and for fourteen (14) years previously, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, having been a central banker for thirty four (34) years. Professor Tan Sri Lin continues to serve the public interest, including member of a number of key Committees at Ministry of Higher Education; Member, Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; Economic Advisor, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia; Governor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; Board Director, Sunway University; and Chairman Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA) as well as its Senior Associate.

Tan Sri Lin advises and sits on the Boards of a number of publicly listed and private businesses in Malaysia as well as ASEAN. He is also a Director of Sunway Berhad, IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. as well as IGB Commercial REIT and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.

Tan Sri Lin who has served on the Board of WSC for more than eighteen (18) years as an Independent Non-Executive Director will be redesignated as a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director by 1 June 2023.

Mr Tan Jian Hong, Aaron, a Malaysian, male, aged 39, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 25 May 2015.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Mr Tan began his career as a Financial Advisor Associate with UBS Financial Services, Inc from 2008 to 2010. He was promoted to become a Branch Analyst, specializing in private wealth management in 2010. In 2011, he returned to Malaysia and joined Hong Leong Investment Bank as a Client Relationship Executive until 2013. In 2013, he moved on to join Wasco Energy Ltd Group, an international Oil and Gas and Industrial Services Group as Project and Operations Senior Manager. Mr Tan sat on the Board of Yi-Lai Berhad (YLB) from 2014 to 2020. He was responsible for the strategic business direction of the YLB Group and played an active role in the overall management.

In 2021, Mr Tan had taken up the investment advisory roles at Astrid Hill Asset Management Pte. Ltd. and K3 Ventures Pte. Ltd..

Mr Tan was appointed as an Alternate Director to Mr Tony Tan Choon Keat on the Board of IGB Berhad (formerly known as IGB Corporation Berhad) from November 2016 till April 2018.

He also sits on the Board of several private limited companies.

Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon, a Malaysian, male, aged 76, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 6 April 2018.

Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon is the Chairman of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Tan Sri Saw holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) Honours from the University of Malaya. He joined Shell Malaysia in 1970 and served in various capacities in Manufacturing, Supply, Trading and Planning in Malaysia, Singapore and Netherlands.

He was appointed Managing Director of Shell MDS (Middle Distillate Synthesis) Sdn. Bhd. in 1996. In 1998 he became the Managing Director of Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn. Bhd., Shell Timur Sdn. Bhd. and Shell Refining (FOM) Berhad, responsible for Shell Malaysia’s Downstream business.

In 1999, with the globalisation of the Shell Oil Products business, he assumed the role of Vice-President of the Commercial business in the Asia-Pacific region and in 2005, he managed Shell’s Marine Oil Products business globally.

He was appointed Chairman of Shell Malaysia in 2006 till his retirement in 2010 after 40 years of continuous service.

He has served on many Boards including Shell Refining Berhad, Heineken Malaysia Berhad, Ranhill Utilities Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad, and Digi.Com Berhad.

Currently, Tan Sri Saw is the Chairman of Sentral REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as MRCB Quill Management Sdn. Bhd.). He is also a Board member of Socio-Economic Research Centre Sdn. Bhd. of Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia and a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers.

Datin Wan Daneena Liza Binti Wan Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian, female, aged 49, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 7 April 2023.

Datin Wan Daneena is the Chairman of Audit Committee

Datin Wan Daneena holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Accounting (1st Class Honours) from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”), and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”). She was a senior partner in the Financial Services Assurance practice of Ernst & Young, Malaysia until September 2022.

After completing her undergraduate degree, she began her career as an auditor at KPMG London in September 1996, serving the Information, Communication and Entertainment industry (“ICE Group”). She qualified as a professional chartered accountant with ICAEW in December 1999 and returned to Malaysia in August 2002 as an Audit Manager in the Financial Services Assurance Group of Ernst & Young Kuala Lumpur. She became a partner of Ernst &Young in July 2008.

Datin Wan Daneena has more than 25 years of experience in providing various types of assurance and business advisory services to corporations including financial institutions and conglomerates, listed and private entities which include commercial, Islamic and investment banks, development financial institutions, asset management and stock broking companies, sovereign wealth funds, venture capital and private equity funds, unit and property trusts, investment holding companies, credit rating agency, government-linked investment companies (“GLICs”), statutory bodies and foundations.

Ms Lily Rozita Binti Mohamad Khairi, a Malaysian, female, aged 52, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 12 April 2023.

Ms Lily Rozita is a Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Ms Lily holds a Bachelor of Law degree (LLB Honours) from Cardiff University, United Kingdom and a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Management Institute of Personnel Management. She joined Shell Malaysia in 1994 and served in various roles including in Human Resources and Legal involving Upstream, Downstream and Integrated Gas and Power business.

She was appointed as the Head of Legal and Managing Counsel from 2011 to 2016, before embarking on a global role as the Ethics and Compliance Officer for Downstream in Shell Plc from 2016 to 2021.

She has held various leadership positions such as Deputy President of the Malaysian Corporate Counsel Association from 2006 to 2010 and President of Shell Women Action Network (SWAN) from 2010 to 2012.

Since 2021, she is the Ethics and Compliance Officer for Projects & Technology/ Global Function in Shell Plc, providing leadership and advisory to businesses and functions worldwide on ethical leadership and culture, policy formulation, risk management and monitoring/ implementation of compliance programmes across the leadership teams and businesses.

Ms Lily has more than 28 years of experience within the Shell organisation in a variety of roles inclusive of Legal, Ethics & Compliance and Human Resources management.