47 Malaysian Male

Member of SIS Option Committee

Mr. Hon Tian Kok @ William (“Mr. William Hon”) is our Founder, Substantial Shareholder, Promoter and Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed to our Board on 21 June 2011 and also a member of SIS Option Committee. He is responsible for overseeing our Group’s performance and strategic direction. Mr. William Hon obtained his qualification from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1998 and has been a member of the Malaysia Institute of Accountants since 2002.

Mr. William Hon has an extensive background and experience in Finance, Audit, Strategic Planning, Marketing, International Business Relations and Biotechnology industry.

He began his career as an Auditor with an accounting firm in 1995 and later joined commercial company as an Assistant Finance Manager in the same year. In 1998, he joined an educational and business consultancy firm, as a Consultant. He subsequently left and joined a public listed company in 2000 as Vice President of Business Development, where he was responsible for identifying and/ or assessing new business opportunities for the group in the property investment and development industry as well as other new ventures such as biotechnology. In 2003, he worked as a freelance consultant with a few companies, including companies in the healthcare industry, during which he gained further knowledge of the biotechnology industry and enabled him to establish Bialpha International Sdn. Bhd. (“BISB”) in 2005.

He does not hold any directorship in any other public companies and listed issuers.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

44 Malaysian Male

Member of Investment Committee

Datuk Chong Loong Men (“Datuk Chong”) was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2022 as an Executive Director. He is also a member of Investment Committee. Datuk Chong graduated from the University of London (external) with a Bachelor in Law (LLB). In addition, he possessed a Certificate of Legal Practice and a higher diploma in Quantity Surveying.

Datuk Chong started his career with the Attorney General’s Chambers as Deputy Public Prosecutor before joining the Enforcement Division of the Securities Commission Malaysia in 2007. He started his private practice as a lawyer in 2011 with Messrs. Lim, Chong, Phang & Amy, Advocates & Solicitors, a legal firm that he co-founded. Subsequently, he had also co-founded Messrs. Chong + Kheng Hoe. He was a partner of Messrs. Chong + Kheng Hoe until he took a sabbatical leave from legal practice since 30 July 2022.

He has vast experience in commercial crimes including corporate and accounting fraud, market manipulation, corruption and criminal breach of trust and corporate disputes. He also has vast experience in advising listed companies on foreign and local stock exchange in listing, rights issues, private placements, acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Datuk Chong experiences include helping clients who may be facing significant and unusual challenges, including governance disputes, regulatory and other business crises.

Datuk Chong currently sits on the Board of LKL International Berhad, Vizione Holdings Berhad and Parlo Berhad.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

46 Malaysian Male

Chairman of Investment Committee
Member of Risk Management Committee and SIS Option Committee

Mr. Ho Tze Hiung is our Executive Director and was appointed to our Board on 21 June 2011. As our Operations Director, he is responsible overseeing the Group’s production operations. He is the member of the SIS Option Committee and Risk Management Committee and the Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Mr. Ho Tze Hiung completed his Bachelor of Business, majoring in Business and Management from Oxford Brooks University in 1999 and began his career as a Marketing Executive in the same year. In 2000, he joined a seafood processing industry as a Sales Supervisor. In 2002, he became a Operations Manager in a grocery and frozen food wholesale company. He subsequently joined a multinational insurance company as a Trainer in 2003. In 2004, he joined a health supplement company as a Marketing Manager. Subsequently in 2005, he joined Bioalpha International Sdn. Bhd. (“BISB”) as a Marketing Director and was promoted to Operations Director in 2012.

He does not hold any directorship in any other public companies and listed issuers.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

57 Malaysian Male

Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee

En. Mohd Nasir Bin Abdullah (“En. Mohd Nasir”) was appointed to our Board on 12 February 2015. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee.

En. Mohd Nasir obtained his Diploma in Accountancy from Universiti Teknologi MARA in 1989 and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from the same university in 1996. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1996 and the Malaysian Association of Tax Accountants since 2012. He is a licensed tax agent from Ministry of Finance since 2017. En. Mohd Nasir began his career with Sahir & Co, an accounting firm, as an Audit Associate in 1989 where he gained his first audit experience. He later joined Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera as Finance Officer in 1992 and Arastu Sdn Bhd as Finance Manager in 1997. In 1998, he left to join Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd as a Finance Manager and later assumed the role of Internal Audit Manager in 2000. In 2005, he joined NACC Corporate Services Sdn Bhd as a Director where he was responsible for the accounting, secretarial and management services. He subsequently joined two (2) accounting firms, Wan Ali Jaafar & Associates as a Senior Associate in 2008 and AT Konsortium as an Audit Manager in 2012, to further gain his audit experience. With his accounting and audit background, En. Mohd Nasir established MN Associates, an accounting firm which provides accounting, secretarial and management services, in 2013.

He does not hold any directorship in any other public companies and listed issuers.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

43 Indonesian Male

Chairman of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee

Mr. Kang Jimmi was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 May 2020 and subsequently, he was appointed as Chairman of Nomination and Remuneration Committee on 1 June 2022. He graduated with Bachelor of Science from Binus University, Jakarta.

Currently, Mr. Kang Jimmi as a founder and lead a company listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange. He leads for operation and maintenance for Powerplant Company with total capacity 42 MW including Diesel Powerplant and Minihydro Powerplant. He is experienced as a leader in IPP Development Processes which require experience in cross-functional management skills with hundreds of employees, in addition with deep knowledge of utility power plant infrastructure system as well as producing good financial results for the company. His background focus established strategic partnership with others party and/ or company.

He does not hold any directorship in any other public companies and listed issuers.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

56 Malaysian Male

Chairman of Risk Management Committee
Member of Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee

Mr. Yee Yit Yang (“Mr. Yee”) was appointed to our Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2022. He also a member of Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.

He is a member of the Australian CPA and Malaysia Institute of Accountants. He graduated with Bachelor of Economics (Major: Accounting & Finance) from Latrobe University, Australia.

He began his career with Deloitte Tohmatsu, an international accounting firm upon his graduation in Australia in 1990. After spending approximately 3 years with them, he joined the corporate finance division of Affin Investment Bank in which he was involved in various assignments, such as IPO, regional mergers and acquisitions as well as fund raising for both listed and non-listed companies. After approximately 7 years with Affin Investment Bank, he left to join a leading listed supermarket chain stores in Malaysia as Head of Corporate Planning. During his tenure with them, he was instrumental in raising the corporate profile by raising funds for the purpose of acquisition of related businesses. In 2008, he left the Group to join another listed company, which is principally involved in property investment and health care business as Head of Corporate Finance. During his stay with them, he had completed a fund-raising exercise for the purpose of consolidating the property investment division as well as the acquisition of a renowned healthcare company based in USA.

Currently, Mr. Yee is involved in a private corporate consultancy business. He also sits on the board of AE Multi Holdings Berhad, Key Alliance Group Berhad, Brahim’s Holdings Berhad and Joe Holding Berhad as Independent and Non-Executive Director.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

41 Malaysian Female

Member of SIS Option Committee and Investment Committee

Ms. Goh Siow Cheng (“Ms. Goh”) was appointed to our Board on 6 March 2020. Ms Goh is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Bioalpha and has been working with the Group since 2014. She also a member of SIS Option Committee and Investment Committee.

She graduated with Bachelor of Business (Accounting & Finance) from University of Technology Sydney, Australia and a member of CPA Australia.

She is one of the key senior staff who is involved in the listing exercise of the Group. She has responsibly and effectively led her team to take on various corporate exercises, investment and acquisition projects for the Group.

Ms. Goh has more than 10 years of experience in audit and assurance from a large international accounting firm where she was involved in audits for both private limited companies and public listed companies across various industries, including manufacturing, trading, property development, information technology and plantation.

She does not hold any directorship in any other public companies and listed issuers.

She has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, has never been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, and does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. She has never been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.