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.