MKH Annual Report 2020

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 52 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 PRINCIPLE A: BOARD LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVENESS (CONT’D) II. BOARD COMPOSITION (CONT’D) 3. Board Diversity (Cont’d) The current Board composition in terms of each of the Director’s industry and/or background experience and age is as follows: Directors Industry/Background Experience Age Composition Property Development and Construction Banking Plantation/Agriculture Professional in Accounting Human Resource 40 to 49 years 50 to 59 years 60 to 69 years 70 to 79 years 80 to 89 years Tan Sri Dato’ Chen Kooi Chiew @ Cheng Ngi Chong √ √ √ Tan Sri Datuk Chen Lok Loi √ √ Datuk Chen Fook Wah √ √ Datuk Mohammad bin Maidon √ √ Haji Mohammed Chudi bin Haji Ghazali √ √ En. Jeffrey bin Bosra √ √ Haji Hasan Aziz bin Mohd Johan √ √ 4. Gender Diversity The Board acknowledges the importance of diversity in its membership, including gender, ethnicity and age, and strives to maintain the right balance for effective functioning of the Board. The Board is mindful of the recommendation of the Code to have at least 30% women decision-makers in the corporate sector for Large Companies. However, the Board has not established the policy on gender diversity. Nevertheless, the Nomination Committee would take steps to ensure suitable woman candidates are sought for appointment as the Board encourages a dynamic and diverse composition by nurturing suitable and potential candidates equipped with the competency, skills, experience, character, time commitment, integrity and other qualities in meeting the future needs of the Company so as to ensure balances gender and skills diversity, ethnicity and age within the Group.