Age 41, Male, Malaysian
Chua Ser Terk was appointed to the Board on 25th November 2022 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He is currently Chairman of Nomination Committee & a Member of Risk Management, Remuneration and Audit Committee.
He holds a Master’s Degree of Business Administration from Putra Business School (UPM). He holds a Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College. He also holds First Class Hons. in Bachelors of Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.
Mr. Simon Chua is a practicing chartered accountant. He is also a GST Tax Agent, Income Tax Agent and Company Auditor licensed by the Ministry of Finance.
Thanks to his 19 years of experience working in multinational corporations and public practices, he became a diversified individual, equipped with various expertise such as: income tax and goods and services tax advisory, income tax and goods and services tax compliance, auditing, corporate secretarial consultancy, and business advisory services.
He is also a member of several renowned accounting and tax organisations, including the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountants (ACPA), Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM), The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is also a member of The Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAiCSA).
Simon has also obtained a Teach ACCA Qualification in 2010 and a Train the Trainer (TTT) exemption from Perbadanan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) with Certificate No.: EMP/ 1965. He has assisted countless organisations via in-house and public trainings for tax compliance, goods and services tax (GST), corporate secretarial subjects, accounting subjects and accounting related software. As a professional trainer, he ensures that learning is aligned with practical experiences. He customises his programmes according to the organisation’s needs and carries out all of his sessions efficiently and effectively.
Since 2014, he has successfully trained more than 15,000 professionals from various industries that includes but not limited agriculture, franchisor, licensor, investment holdings, manufacturing, education, and service and retail industries. On top of that, Simon was the finalist of 2017 National Investment Banking Competition (NIBC) in Canada. NIBC is the first and largest investment banking competition in the world.