Age: 64
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian

Dato’ Sri Cheong Kong Fitt was appointed to the Board on 5 September 2008 and is responsible for the Company and its subsidiaries (“Group”) day-to-day management as well as setting the corporate vision and direction, including planning and implementing strategic business plans for the Group. He graduated with a Diploma in Business from the School of Marketing, Ipoh, obtained in 1986 and was awarded Postgraduate Certificate in International Business from York St John University, England in 2017. He has approximately 30 years of working experience in the public bus terminal operations.

Dato’ Sri Cheong Kong Fitt commenced his career as a supervisor in Choong Sam Tin Mine in 1980. In 1985, he joined Swee Keong Construction Pte Ltd, Singapore as a supervisor. He left Swee Keong Construction Pte Ltd, Singapore in 1992 and joined The Combined Bus Services (Partnership), operator of Stesen Bas, Jalan Kidd as supervisor where he was principally responsible for managing public bus terminal operations. During his tenure in the Partnership, he gained extensive knowledge and experience in managing terminal and bus operations. From 2006 to 2009, he was instrumental in leading the initiative to merge the bus services operations of The General Omnibus Company (Perak) Sdn Bhd, Ipoh Omnibus Company Sdn Bhd and The Kinta Omnibus Company Sdn Bhd. After successfully merging the bus services operations, he left The Combined Bus Services (Partnership) in 2013.

In 2008, he founded the Company, which was converted into a public company in 2010, and subsequently was listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 2016. Under his management, the Group successfully built and commenced operations of Terminal Meru Raya in 2012 followed by Kampar Putra Sentral in 2019. The Group has commenced the construction of Bidor Sentral in 2021. He has steered the Group to venture into terminal management services and telecommunication tower construction in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Dato’ Sri Cheong Kong Fitt is the brother of Dato’ Cheong Peak Sooi, an Executive Director and a shareholder of the Company. He does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed any penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the FYE 2023. He does not hold any directorship in any other public listed companies.

Age: 57
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian

Dato’ Cheong Peak Sooi is an Executive Director of the Group. He was re-appointed to the Board on 1 October 2012. He is a member of Risk Management and Sustainability Committee of the Company and ceased as a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company on 31 October 2017. He holds a Certificate in Business Management from MDIS Business School, Singapore, obtained in 1988.

Dato’ Cheong Peak Sooi commenced his career in 1992 as a site manager for G&C Civil Engineering Pte Ltd in Singapore. In 2000, he left G&C Civil Engineering Pte Ltd and subsequently took a position as a field service representative in Ameron Pte. Ltd., Singapore. During his eight (8) years tenure with Ameron Pte. Ltd., his responsibilities were to liaise with clients and prepare proposals for clients, supervise and monitor the installation of piping, as well as quality check and handover the completed installation work to clients. In 2008, he joined Star Kensington Sdn Bhd as a director where he was responsible for the operation of the company’s petrol station and subsequently resigned in 2011. In the same year, he was appointed as the director of The Combined Bus Services Sdn Bhd, a position that he continues to hold till today. He is responsible to supervising and monitoring the construction, and subsequently day-to-day operations of the Group.

Dato’ Cheong Peak Sooi is the brother of Dato’ Sri Cheong Kong Fitt, the Managing Director and a shareholder of the Company. He does not have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed any penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the FYE 2023. He does not hold any directorship in any other public listed companies.

Age: 55
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian

Ng Wai Luen was appointed to the Board on 25 August 2015 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Risk Management and Sustainability Committee and is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. Further to the merging of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee into a single Board Committee known as Nomination and Remuneration Committee, he ceased as a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee on 10 November 2021. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with distinction from RMIT University, Australia, in 1992. He is a member of the Certified Public Accountant Australia, The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Ng Wai Luen began his career with KPMG Malaysia in 1993 where he was responsible for statutory audits. His role involved the audit of public listed companies, due diligence reviews for corporate exercises and special audits for mergers and acquisitions.

He joined Starken AAC Group in 2012 as an executive director to head the business activities, where he is responsible for the operations of both companies including the initiation of the planning and setting up of the respective companies’ factories. Currently, he is the Group Chief Executive Officer for Chin Hin Building Materials Division.

Ng Wai Luen does not hold any shares in the Company or its subsidiaries, and has no family relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company nor does he have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed any penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the FYE 2023. He does not hold any directorship in any other public listed companies.

Age: 58
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian

Azian Binti Kassim was appointed to the Board on 15 August 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a member of Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She has approximately 28 years of experience in the capital market and managing investment portfolios.

Azian Binti Kassim began her career as an auditor. In 1992, she joined BBMB Unit Trust Management Berhad as an Investment Officer/ Analyst and in 1995, she joined Perwira Affin Merchant Bank Berhad as an Assistant Manager. Subsequently in 1996, she joined RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd as a Manager and in 1999 and 2001, she was promoted to Senior Manager and Assistant General Manager respectively.

Azian Binti Kassim was then attached to Maybank Investment Management Sdn Bhd as the Chief Investment Officer from 2004 to 2007. She was responsible for the investments and strategy for the company.

In 2007, Azian Binti Kassim joined Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad, which is now known as Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad, as Chief Investment Officer and she had spearheaded investment division and played a pivotal role in developing a strong portfolio management capability for the division.

Azian Binti Kassim does not hold any shares in the Company or its subsidiaries, and has no family relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company nor does she have any conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed any penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the FYE 2023. She does not hold any directorship in any other public listed companies.

Age: 66
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian

Dato’ Haji Mohd Gazali Bin Jalal was appointed to the Board on 20 January 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of Audit Committee of the Company. Further to the merging of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee into a single Board Committee known as Nomination and Remuneration Committee, he ceased as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee on 10 November 2021. He has obtained an honours degree in Biology (Microbiology) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Diploma in Public Administration from Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara.

Dato’ Haji Mohd Gazali Bin Jalal had served in the public service sector for more than 35 years. He first joined the Administration and Diplomatic Service on 3 January 1983 as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture before being transferred to Prime Minister Department as an Assistant Director in 1985.

Dato’ Haji Mohd Gazali Bin Jalal was the Perak State Secretary in April 2018 before he retired in October 2018 from the services. Aside from his post as Perak State Secretary, he was also the former Perak State Financial Officer, Kuala Kangsar District Officer and Perak Land and Mines Deputy Director. He has vast experience in finance, land management and regional administration.

Dato’ Haji Mohd Gazali Bin Jalal is a shareholder of the Company. He has no family relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company nor does he have any conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed any penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the FYE 2023. He does not hold any directorship in any other public listed companies.

Age: 63
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian

Zalinah Binti A Hamid was appointed to the Board on 9 June 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a member of Risk Management and Sustainability Committee of the Company. She obtained a Diploma in Accountancy from Mara Institute of Technology in 1983. Subsequently, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1985 and a Master in Business Administration in International Business in 1986, from New Hampshire College, USA.

She began her career as an Assistant Finance Officer at Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (“LTAT”) in February 1983 before pursuing her tertiary education at New Hampshire College, USA. After graduated, she re-joined LTAT as an Investment Officer/ Analyst in July 1989. In July 1993, she joined YNS Management Sdn Bhd as the Head of the Investment Company, overseeing the operations of the company and ensuring the fund met its strategic objective.

She was the Chief Executive Officer of ASM Asset Management Berhad, now known as PMB Investment Berhad in 2003. She joined the company in April 1994 as the Fund Manager before becoming the Chief Executive Officer, a position she held until August 2005. She was responsible for the overall functions of the company and gained valuable experience in managing the various unit trust funds and private mandates.

Then, in September 2005, she joined Employees Provident Fund (“EPF”) until her retirement in April 2021, she was the former Head of Domestic Equity Department of EPF. She played a key role in developing and setting up the EPF’s Global Listed Equity Investment. She moved to head the Domestic Equity Department in July 2009 overseeing the investment activities in Malaysia’s public listed companies. She was the Director of Iskandar Investment Berhad (“IIB”) and Iskandar Capital Berhad since November 2014 and April 2016 respectively and the Chairman of the Audit Committee in IIB in October 2019 until her retirement. She has vast experience in the capital market, pension fund, fund management and unit trust funds in managing diverse mandates within domestic and foreign markets. On 23 September 2022, she was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of SkyWorld Development Berhad, and a Non-Executive Director of UOB Asset Management (Malaysia) Berhad.

Zalinah Binti A Hamid does not hold any shares in the Company or its subsidiaries, and has no family relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company nor does she have any conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed any penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the FYE 2023.