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Frontken Corporation Berhad (651020-T)
ANNUAL REPORT
2016
Board Of Directors’
Profile
Ng Wai Pin, formerly a Senior
Independent Non-Executive Director of
Frontken Corporation Berhad (“FCB”),
was re-designated as the Chairman /
Managing Director of the Company on
19 January 2012. He holds a Bachelor
of Laws degree from the University
of Auckland and was admitted to the
roll of barristers and solicitors of the
High Court of New Zealand in 1989.
He then continued practising as a
barrister and solicitor in a leading legal
firm in Auckland for a number of years
before returning to Malaysia where he
joined Shook Lin & Bok, a legal firm
in Kuala Lumpur. He was admitted
as an Advocate and Solicitor of the
High Court of Malaya in 1993. He later
became a Director and Chief Executive
Officer of a company listed on Bursa
Malaysia Securities Berhad with
regional operations, before returning
to private practice in law. From
September 2005 to February 2009,
he was the Chief Operating Officer of
a company listed on the Singapore
Exchange Limited and was seconded
as the Chief Executive Officer of a
company listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange. He is also the Chairman of
Ares Green Technology Corporation, a
public company in Taiwan, R.O.C., a
subsidiary of FCB. He also sits on the
board of BSL Corporation Berhad.
He has no family relationship with any
other Directors or major shareholders
of the Company.
He has not been convicted of any
offences within the past five years.
He has no conflict of interest with the
Company.
Ng Wai Pin
Chairman / Managing Director
•
Aged 51, Male, Malaysian
•
Appointed to the Board on
10 April 2006
•
Chairman of Remuneration
Committee
Dr Tay Kiang Meng holds a Bachelor
of Engineering (First Class Honours) in
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
from University of Portsmouth, and
a Master of Science in Advanced
Manufacturing Systems and a PhD in
Engineering from Brunel University,
United Kingdom.
He is responsible for research and
development leading the Group’s
technology roadmap, spearheading
research and development (“R&D”)
activities, formalising the Group’s
quality systems, developing critical
manufacturing
technologies
for
FCB’s semiconductor technology and
advanced materials engineering, and
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for the Group. He has more than 20
years of professional experiences
in technology development, R&D,
and has led some of the most
significant technology innovations in
semiconductor-related manufacturing
technology and advanced materials
engineering.
An engineer and scientist by training,
Dr Tay began his professional R&D
experience with research think tank,
Gintic Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore. Dr Tay has
received honours and awards in
many of his academic, research and
technology development work.
Dr Tay also sits on the board of
the FCB’s subsidiary, Ares Green
Technology Corporation.
He has no family relationship with any
other Directors or major shareholders
of the Company.
He has not been convicted of any
offences within the past five years.
He has no conflict of interest with the
Company.
DR TAY KIANG MENG
Executive Director / Chief Scientist
•
Aged 52, Male, Singaporean
•
Appointed to the Board on
10 April 2006