Key Management Team

Liaw Chong Lin

Group General Manager

63 years old, Malaysian, Male

Mr. Liaw Chong Lin was appointed as Group General Manager of the Company on 1 October 2024. He is responsible for charting the overall strategic direction and management of our Group. He is responsible for charting the overall strategic direction and management of our Group. He is also the business unit head of Best Contact (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“Best Contact”) and is responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations. He has more than thirty (30) years of working experience in the medical devices business segment.

In 1983, Mr. Liaw Chong Lin obtained a Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Jaya Institution of Technology, Kuala Lumpur. He started his career in 1984 as a Service Technician in Antah Sri Radin Sdn. Bhd., where he was involved in the maintenance of medical imaging equipment including X-Ray, fluoroscopy and angiography systems. He was also involved in the installation of various machinery and equipment such as freezers, ice-cream machines and safety boxes at 7-11 convenience stores across Peninsular Malaysia. He then left Antah Sri Radin Sdn. Bhd. in July 1988. Between 1988 to 1990, he was attached to Convenience Shopping Sdn. Bhd. as a Service Supervisor where he was responsible for the supervision of contractors in the setting up of new 7-11 convenience stores and maintenance of related equipment in the 7-11 convenience stores. In January 1990, he left Convenience Shopping Sdn. Bhd. and joined Smitech (M) Sdn. Bhd. as a Service Engineer where he was involved in the installation and maintenance of medical devices (such as diagnostic imaging equipment, sterilisers, surgical lights and tables) of various brands of medical devices, such as Hitachi, Amsco, Varian, Bennett and Soredex. Subsequently in 1994, he was promoted as its Service Manager where he was responsible for leading a team in carrying out installation and maintenance work and was given additional responsibilities in undertaking project planning, tendering and overseeing the sales processes for various projects.

In March 1998, he left the company and joined Hitachi Medical System (S) Pte Ltd as its Project and Service Manager, where he was responsible for the project planning and has led a project team for the installation and maintenance of Hitachi brand of diagnostic imaging equipment in Malaysia. In 2000, he was promoted as its Country Manager, handling Hitachi Medical System (S) Pte Ltd’s operations, sales and services in Malaysia. He then left Hitachi Medical System (S) Pte Ltd in March 2004 and took a career break from March 2004 to October 2004 before joining Best Contact in November 2004 as the Executive Director to spearhead the medical devices business segment.

He does not hold any directorships in public companies and listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has also neither been convicted for any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, nor received any public sanctions or penalties imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2024.

Law Soo Chin

Managing Director of Cypress Medic Sdn. Bhd. (“Cypress”)

61 years old, Malaysian, Male

Law Soo Chin, one of the founders and Managing Director of Cypress since 20 February 2013. He was directly involved in the new business set up and oversees the activities of the company and responsible for the management of the entity’s resources as well as formulating plans and strategic goals are met. He reports to the Board of Directors of the Company to make sure all the efforts are in alignment.

He has deep knowledge of the Standard Operating Procedures for Good Distribution Practice, a requirement under the Medical Device Act 737 and actively involved in the internal audit of the company. Before the implementation of Medical Device Act 737, he was the active Committee Member of The Malaysia Medical Device Association from the year 2004 till 2012 and was assigned to a Working Group in the Technical Committee 3 in SIRIM for the setting up of Medical Device Standards in Malaysia during the same period. He undertook Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programs in Branding & Marketing for a year in Open University Malaysia (OUM), and Diploma in Building Engineering in Federal Institute Technology (FIT).

He has over 30 years of working experience in the medical device industry. In the year 1986, his first job was as a Sales Representative in a small medical device company covering pharmacy, clinics and hospitals in Northern Region. His task was to handle sales, packing, delivery and minor repair work on Home Healthcare products and other general medical devices. After 3 years, he left and subsequently joined an established company in Kuala Lumpur as a Product Specialist. He was responsible for the development of specific brand of agencies covering the Diagnostic and Surgical department in hospitals and clinics. In year 1992, he was offered to join a Singapore based company as a Country Manager for a famous brand of Home Healthcare products supplying to pharmacy and healthcare shops in view of his vast experience in the medical device field. After joining them for a year, the business expanded and he was asked to set up a localized company and employ new staff, to manage and head the company to become a profit center. Subsequently, he brought in many new agency products for the company distributing them to medical dealers and won tenders in new private and government hospitals. He also opened up new sales channels to the Corporate market such as Drug companies related to healthcare products for clinical research purposes and insurance companies and banks, for their customers as redemption points and gifts. In year 2007, a public listed company bought the local company and their Singapore based company. He was assigned a new responsibility as General Manager to oversee the Healthcare division’s strategic goals are met, creating and maintaining budgets, managing employees and, more. He learned a lot while working with the company and improved his management skills after bringing successes in sales to the public listed company. In February 2013, together with his business partners, he set up Cypress.

He does not hold any directorships in public companies and listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has also neither been convicted for any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, nor received any public sanctions or penalties imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2024.

Tang Fook Choy

Financial Controller

49 years old, Malaysian, Male

Tang Fook Choy is our Financial Controller since 1 April 2016. He is primarily responsible for the financial and accounting function of our Group.

He holds a Certificate in Book-keeping and Accounts (Second Level) from London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (“LCCI”). He had completed the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) course at SEGI College and obtained his professional accounting qualification from the ACCA in 2002. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2002.

He began his career in March 1999 as an Audit Assistant with Mea & Co. Chartered Accountants, an independent member firm of McMillan Woods Global Ltd. He left Mea & Co. Chartered Accountants in October 2003 with his last position there being an Audit and Tax Senior. In November 2003, he joined Vanli Auto Spares Sdn. Bhd. as its Accountant and was responsible for handling accounting and finance matters of Vanli group of companies. He left Vanli Auto Spares Sdn. Bhd. in February 2004. In March 2004, he joined TADMAX Resources Berhad as an Assistant Accountant and left the company in July 2012 with his last position there being a Senior Accountant. During his tenure with the company, he was responsible in the areas of financial accounting, audit, taxation and finance related matters. He then joined Agromate (M) Sdn. Bhd. as its Accountant in September 2012, supervising the Accounts Department for Agromate group of companies. In May 2015, he left Agromate (M) Sdn. Bhd. He later joined O&C Resources Berhad as its Financial Controller in June 2015. He was responsible for managing the accounting and financial matters of O&C Resources Berhad. He left O&C Resources Berhad in February 2016 and joined our Group as a Financial Controller in April 2016.

He does not hold any directorships in public companies and listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has also neither been convicted for any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, nor received any public sanctions or penalties imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2024.

Chong Wai Mun

General Manager

54 years old, Malaysian, Male

Chong Wai Mun is the General Manager of Best Contact (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“Best Contact”) since 1 January 2015. He is primarily responsible for assisting the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Liaw Chong Lin in the day-today running of operations of Best Contact. He is in charge of all projects and services relating to medical devices. He is responsible for our Group’s compliance on matters related to DIN ISO 13485:2003 (which specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organisation needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer requirements as well as regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices and related services) and Good Distribution Practice for Medical Devices (“GDPMD”). As the representative of the Management, he is tasked with the planning, execution, enforcement and continuous improvement of the ISO standards in respect of the company which includes the coordination and communication with the regulatory authorities such as the Medical Device Authority (MDA), as well as the auditors from the certification body of ISO standards and GDPMD.

He obtained an Advanced Certificate in Electronic and Communication Engineering from TAFE College, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in 1995. He also graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Communication Systems Engineering from Coventry University, United Kingdom in year 1997.

He began his career in year 1997 as an Engineer with Perwira Ericsson (M) Sdn. Bhd. where he was involved in handling system conversion, testing and commissioning. He left the Company in year 1998 and joined EXI Asia Sdn. Bhd. at the same year as an Engineer, where he was responsible for the testing and commissioning for mobile switching centre and base station controller systems for local and overseas telecommunication companies. He left the company in year 2000 and joined Ericsson France as its Contract Engineer on a one (1) year contract basis and upon the expiry of his contract in year 2001, he joined Dalian Ericsson Communication Company Ltd, Nanjing Branch as its Engineer for a period of one (1) year.

He does not hold any directorships in public companies and listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company, and any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has also neither been convicted for any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, nor received any public sanctions or penalties imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2024.

Lim Tow Keng

General Manager

52 years old, Malaysian, Male

Lim Tow Keng is the General Manager of Maymedic Technology Sdn. Bhd. (“Maymedic”). He is primarily responsible in-charge of Maymedic’s business operation matters and overseeing the project and servicing department in relation to disinfection, sterilization and surgical room equipment. In year 2011, Mr. Lim Tow Keng obtained an International Diploma in Business Management from Camford International College.

After completing his secondary school education in year 1991, he joined Interdev Corporation Sdn. Bhd. in year 1992 as an apprentice draughts person. During his tenure there, he obtained a Graphic Design Certificate from the Malaysian Institute of Art in year 1993 and proceeded to complete his Diploma in Juruteknik Senibina from the Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia in year 2002. He left Interdev Corporation Sdn. Bhd. in March 2004 and joined GB Architect in year 2004 as an Intermediate Draughts person until year 2006. He then left the company in February 2006 and he was attached to Dynamic Team Holding Sdn. Bhd. as its Client Relationship Manager between year 2006 and year 2007, where he was responsible for handling and coordinating all aspects of training related duties, administrative and operational support functions and procedures to run workshops offered by Dynamic Holdings Sdn. Bhd. to its customers. Subsequently, he left the company in November 2007 and joined Maymedic in year 2007 as its Sales Manager and was subsequently promoted to General Manager on 1 January 2018, a position he has held since then.

He does not hold any directorships in public companies and listed issuer in Malaysia. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has also neither been convicted for any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, nor received any public sanctions or penalties imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2024.