DATO’ SERI ROBERT TAN CHUNG MENG
Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Aged: 73
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 22 May 2002
Membership of Board Committees: None
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Dato’ Seri Robert Tan Chung Meng, a Malaysian male aged 73, was appointed Chairman of Wasco Berhad (“WB”) on 22 May 2002.
With over 30 years of experience in property development, hotel construction, retail design, and corporate management, he combines strong leadership with deep industry expertise. He studied Business Administration in the United Kingdom, spent a year with a firm of Chartered Surveyors, and developed a housing project in Central London before returning to Malaysia. He contributed to various IGB Group projects, including Mid Valley City and Mid Valley Southkey (“MVS”). From the inception to the completion of Mid Valley Megamall, The Gardens Mall and MVS Mall, he was involved in every stage, playing a vital role in their success.
Dato’ Seri Robert Tan’s accomplishment have been recognized with notable awards, including “The Edge Malaysia Outstanding Property CEO Award 2019” and “Personality of the Year” at the Des Prix Infinitus Media ASEAN Property Developer Awards 2021/ 2022. He continues to provide strategic guidance and leadership, contributing to the growth and success of WB and other ventures under his stewardship.
GIAN CARLO MACCAGNO
Managing Director/ Group Chief Executive Officer
Aged: 62
Gender: Male
Nationality: Italian
Date of Appointment as Director: 1 June 2004
Membership of Board Committees: None
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Mr Gian Carlo Maccagno, an Italian, male, aged 62, was first appointed as an Executive Director of WB on 1 June 2004 and subsequently promoted to be the Deputy Managing Director on 1 January 2007. Mr Maccagno succeeded the role as Managing Director/ Group Chief Executive Officer of WB following the retirement of Mr Chan Cheu Leong from the position with effect from 1 July 2023. He is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the WB Group.
Mr Maccagno attained his Bachelor in Business Administration from Tecnico Commerciale Maddalena Adria (RO) Italy in 1982, after which he worked with Socotherm S.R.L, Italy from 1984 to 1987 as a Trainee in Production and Project Management. He was appointed as Project Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Nigeria from 1987 to 1990 and was briefly seconded to Petro-Pipe Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“PPI”) in 1990 to assist in the setting up of PPI’s coating plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. After serving as Country Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Taiwan from 1991 to 1992, he returned to Malaysia in 1993 to be the General Manager of Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Kuantan, Malaysia. He has vast experience in the global pipe coating business and the Oil and Gas business in general.
Mr Maccagno is a Director of Petra Energy Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.
TAN SRI SAW CHOO BOON
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged: 79
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 6 April 2018
Membership of Board Committees:
• Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
• Member of the Audit Committee
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon, a Malaysian, male, aged 79, was appointed to the Board of WB on 6 April 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Tan Sri Saw was then appointed as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of WB with effect from 23 May 2023.
Tan Sri Saw holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) Honours from the University of Malaya. He joined Shell Malaysia in 1970 and served in various capacities in Manufacturing, Supply, Trading and Planning in Malaysia, Singapore and Netherlands.
He was appointed Managing Director of Shell MDS (Middle Distillate Synthesis) Sdn. Bhd. in 1996. In 1998, he became the Managing Director of Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn. Bhd., Shell Timur Sdn. Bhd. and Shell Refining (FOM) Berhad, responsible for Shell Malaysia’s Downstream business. In 1999, with the globalisation of the Shell Oil Products business, he assumed the role of Vice-President of the Commercial business in the Asia-Pacific region and in 2005, he managed Shell’s Marine Oil Products business globally.
He was appointed Chairman of Shell Malaysia in 2006 till his retirement in 2010 after 40 years of continuous service. He has served on many Boards including Shell Refining Berhad, Heineken Malaysia Berhad, Ranhill Utilities Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad, and Digi.Com Berhad.
Currently, Tan Sri Saw is the Chairman of Sentral REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. He is also a Board member of Socio-Economic Research Centre Sdn. Bhd. of Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce.
DATIN WAN DANEENA LIZA BINTI WAN ABDUL RAHMAN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged: 52
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 7 April 2023
Membership of Board Committees:
• Chairman of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Board Sustainability Committee
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Datin Wan Daneena Liza Binti Wan Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian, female, aged 52, was appointed to the Board of WB on 7 April 2023.
Datin Wan Daneena holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Accounting (1st Class Honours) from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”), and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She was a senior partner in the Financial Services Assurance practice of Ernst & Young, Malaysia until September 2022.
After completing her undergraduate degree, she began her career as an auditor at KPMG London in September 1996, serving the Information, Communication and Entertainment industry. She qualified as a professional chartered accountant with ICAEW in December 1999 and returned to Malaysia in August 2002 as an Audit Manager in the Financial Services Assurance Group of Ernst & Young Kuala Lumpur. She became a partner of Ernst & Young in July 2008.
Datin Wan Daneena has more than 25 years of experience in providing various types of assurance and business advisory services to corporations including financial institutions and conglomerates, listed and private entities which include commercial, Islamic and investment banks, development financial institutions, asset management and stock broking companies, sovereign wealth funds, venture capital and private equity funds, unit and property trusts, investment holding companies, credit rating agency, government-linked investment companies, statutory bodies and foundations.
Datin Wan Daneena also sits on the Board of PLUS Malaysia Berhad, S P Setia Berhad and holds the position of Chairperson in Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad.
LILY ROZITA BINTI MOHAMAD KHAIRI
Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged: 55
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 12 April 2023
Membership of Board Committees:
• Chairman of the Board Sustainability Committee
• Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Ms Lily Rozita Binti Mohamad Khairi, a Malaysian, female, aged 55, was appointed to the Board of WB on 12 April 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
Ms Lily holds a Bachelor of Law degree (LLB Honours) from Cardiff University, United Kingdom and a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Management Institute of Personnel Management.
Ms Lily has more than 30 years of experience within the Shell organisation in a variety of roles primarily in Legal, Ethics & Compliance and Human Resources management with significant experience in ethics and compliance, change management, corporate governance, talent development and crisis and risk management.
She was the Head of Legal and Managing Counsel from 2011 to 2016, before embarking on a global role as the Ethics and Compliance Officer for Downstream in Shell Plc from 2016 to 2021 and spent her last 4 years before her retirement as the Ethics and Compliance Officer for Projects & Technology/ Global Function, providing leadership and advisory to businesses and functions for Europe, the Americas, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific on ethical leadership and culture, policy formulation, risk management and monitoring/ implementation of compliance programmes across the leadership teams and businesses.
She has held various leadership positions such as Deputy President of the Malaysian Corporate Counsel Association from 2006 to 2010 and President of Shell Women Action Network (SWAN) from 2010 to 2012.
She also sits on the Board of Sumisaujana Group Berhad and Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad.
HALIM BIN HAJI DIN
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged: 79
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 22 May 2002
Membership of Board Committees:
• Member of the Audit Committee
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Encik Halim Bin Haji Din, a Malaysian, male, aged 79, was appointed to the Board of WB on 22 May 2002 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of WB with effect from 23 May 2023.
Encik Halim is a Chartered Accountant who spent more than 30 years working for multinational corporations and international consulting firms. He accumulated 18 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry - 6 years of which as a Board member of Caltex/ Chevron, responsible for financial management before engaging in the consulting business. Prior to his appointment as a Board member of Caltex Malaysia, he served as Regional Financial Advisor for Caltex Petroleum Corporation Dallas, Texas overseeing investment viability of the corporation’s Asian subsidiaries.
He also had an extensive experience in corporate recovery when he worked for Ernst & Whinney, London, United Kingdom in mid-1980’s. He was appointed as Managing Partner of the consulting division of Ernst & Young Malaysia in 1995. He later became the Country Advisor of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting Malaysia when Cap Gemini of France merged with Ernst & Young Consulting. In 2003, he with two partners took over the consulting business of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Malaysia through a management buyout and rebranded it as Innovation Associates, currently known as IA Group, where he currently serves on the Board of Directors. In June 2025, he was also appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Wasco Greenergy Berhad, a subsidiary of WB recently listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
He was a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) from 1994 to 2003. He previously served as an Independent and Non-Executive Director on the board of MMC Corporation Berhad (5 years), Takaful Ikhlas Berhad (10 years), Employees Provident Fund (4 years), Kwasa Land Sdn. Bhd. (3 years) and BNP Paribas Berhad (9 years). He is the fellow member of MICPA and Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
TAN SRI PROFESSOR LIN SEE YAN
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged: 86
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 20 July 2004
Membership of Board Committees:
• Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
• Member of the Board Sustainability Committee
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Tan Sri Professor Lin See Yan, a Malaysian, male, aged 86, was appointed to the Board of WB on 20 July 2004 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of WB with effect from 23 May 2023.
Tan Sri Lin, a British Chartered Scientist, is a Harvard educated economist. Qualified as Malaysia’s first Chartered Statistician, he graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and Harvard University (where he received three (3) degrees, including a PhD in Economics). He is Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Pro-Chancellor & Research Professor at Sunway University; Professor of Economics (Adjunct), Universiti Utara Malaysia; Eisenhower Fellow; and President of Harvard Club of Malaysia.
Prior to 1998, he was Chairman/ President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Bank and for fourteen (14) years previously, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, having been a central banker for thirty-four (34) years. Tan Sri Lin continues to serve the public interest, including member of a number of key Committees at Ministry of Higher Education; Member, Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; Economic Advisor, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia; Governor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; and Chairman Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA) as well as its Senior Associate.
Tan Sri Lin was formerly a Director of Sunway Berhad, Sunway University and IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. (the Manager of IGB Real Estate Investment Trust, IGB Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust) and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.
Currently, Tan Sri Lin advises and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Trustees of Yayasan Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali and other private businesses in Malaysia as well as ASEAN.
TAN JIAN HONG, AARON
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged: 42
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of Appointment as Director: 25 May 2015
Membership of Board Committees: None
Board Meetings Attended: 4/
Mr Tan Jian Hong, Aaron, a Malaysian, male, aged 42, was appointed to the Board of WB on 25 May 2015 as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director.
Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and has recently qualified as a CFA Charterholder.
Mr Tan began his career as a Financial Advisor Associate with UBS Financial Services, Inc from 2008 to 2010. He was promoted to become a Branch Analyst, specialising in private wealth management in 2010. In 2011, he returned to Malaysia and joined Hong Leong Investment Bank as a Client Relationship Executive until 2013. In 2013, he moved on to join Wasco Energy Ltd Group, an international Oil and Gas and Industrial Services Group as Project and Operations Senior Manager. Mr Tan sat on the Board of Yi-Lai Berhad (YLB) from 2014 to 2020. He was responsible for the strategic business direction of the YLB Group and played an active role in the overall management. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Wah Seong (Malaya) Trading Sdn. Bhd.
Mr Tan was appointed as an Alternate Director to Mr Tony Tan Choon Keat on the Board of IGB Berhad from November 2016 till April 2018.
In 2021, Mr Tan had taken up the investment advisory roles at Astrid Hill Asset Management Pte. Ltd. and he was the former investment advisory of K3 Ventures Pte. Ltd. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.