Key Management Team

Chong Chun Shiong

Executive Director cum Group Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian | Aged 42 | Male

Mr. Chong Chun Shiong was appointed to our Board on 29 December 2021 and is our Group Chief Executive Officer, and he is also a member of our Risk Management Committee. He is primarily responsible for overseeing our Group’s daily operations and implementation of organisation wide strategies. He also acts as our Group’s liaison with the relevant authorities for our solar PV projects.

He graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering majoring in Electrical and Mechatronics. In 2012, he obtained a master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Ballarat, Australia. In 2021, he successfully completed Executive Education Programme on Mergers and Acquisition from Imperial College London.

He began his career with Intel Technology Sdn Bhd as a Failure Analysis Engineer in 2003 where he was involved in conducting various product tests and failure analysis to ensure smooth new product introductions. He left in 2007 and joined Avago Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd in 2008 as a Senior Research & Development Project Lead where his responsibilities include leading and managing the product development activities based on product requests by the marketing team. Such product development activities comprise product design, product qualification and mass production verification.

He was later promoted to Product Marketing Manager in 2010 where his responsibilities include overseeing the marketing function for the company’s industrial business segment and strategising marketing programmes for new product releases covering the Asia Pacific and Europe. During his stint at Avago Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd is when he pursued his master’s degree on a part time basis.

He left Avago Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd in 2013 and joined Dell Global Business Centre Sdn Bhd as a Product Marketing Manager. His responsibilities include developing the company’s third-party software solutions division, concentrating on selected markets in Asia Pacific such as the Southeast Asia region, China, Australia and New Zealand. He left in 2014 and joined Atlantic Blue Sdn Bhd as a Marketing Director where he developed and implemented various EPCC strategic marketing plans. He was subsequently promoted to Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2017.

Mr. Chong Chun Shiong does not hold directorships in any other public company. He has no family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the company and has no conflict of interest with the Company.

Liew Chee Ing

Chief Strategy Officer
Malaysian | Aged 34 | Male

Mr. Liew Chee Ing has over 10 years of experience in the energy and oil & gas sectors and brings strong strategy, business advisory expertise and holistic experience from the energy industry, covering power generation, transmission, distribution, retail and policy setting from both private players and regulatory bodies perspective.

Mr. Leon Liew started his career with Schlumberger Limited (“Schlumberger”) in 2011 as an Offshore Field Engineer where he was involved in oil & gas exploration across the globe, running seismic, directional drilling and logging services, and also accomplished several world record-breaking drilling operations. He held various roles and assignments during his tenure in Schlumberger namely operations, technical, and business development in more than 10 countries. His last position in Schlumberger was as Drilling Services Manager, managing various International Oil Companies (IOC) drilling services operations with over 100 workforces to streamline service delivery across project operations.

In 2018, Mr. Leon Liew joined Sarawak Energy Berhad (“SEB”) and headed the corporate development division where he spearheaded SEBs strategic foresight and innovation development, new energy venture and corporate continuous improvement. He developed new business strategies and drove corporate growth by identifying acquisition and strategic investment opportunities across the energy market such as solar energy, energy storage development, hydrogen business, renewable energy certificates venture, electric vehichles roadmap, etc.

Throughout his career in SEB, Mr. Leon Liew also drove Corporate Organizational Excellence with continuous improvement through operational excellence and operational innovation initiatives to improve the financial and operating performance of SEB.

Yap Pei Koon

Chief Operation Officer
Malaysian | Aged 43 | Male

Mr. Yap Pei Koon has over 20 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation and oil & gas industries. He joined Solarvest in 2020 as Head of Operations, primarily responsible to lead and oversee the operations of Solarvest and its subsidiaries (“the Group”) and the implementation of business strategies. As the Chief Operating Officer of Solarvest, he will assist the Group Chief Executive Officer of Solarvest and be responsible for the Group’s daily operations and the implementation of strategies.

He began his career with Impian Tekad Sdn. Bhd. in 2001 as a Project Engineer and was involved in various combined cycle and hydro power plants projects. In 2010, he joined Sapura Energy Berhad (“Sapura”) as a Project Manager and was later promoted to Senior Project Manager where he successfully grew a business units revenue from USD1 million to USD40 million and executed the first Floating, Storage & Offloading (FSO) project and first Deepwater Floating, Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) project in Sapura. He left Sapurain 2014 and took on a contract employment as Project Manager with start-up oil & gas service providers in Malaysia.

He later took a career break in 2016 and during this period, he was accredited as a Facilitator for Personal Efficiency Program and coached corporate executives to achieve sustainable productivity growth and improvements.

In 2019, Vincent resumed his career as a Project Manager in Trans Fame Offshore Sdn. Bhd. (“Trans Fame”) before he was promoted to General Manager a few months later where he efficaciously reduced the overall operation cost of Trans Fame by 22% and successfully delivered the Gumusut Kakap 2019 Turnaround Campaign, helping his client to prevent potential production loss that is valued at approximately USD10 million per day. As at 30 June 2022, he has direct interest of 100 ordinary shares.

Liew Kong Fatt

Chief Financial Officer
Malaysian | Aged 44 | Male

Mr. Liew Kong Fatt has more than 20 years of experience in audit, corporate finance and corporate advisory. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder and members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

He started his career in an international accounting firm - Grant Thornton. After 3 years of varied out and consultancy exposures, he joined the Corporate Finance Division in Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad from 2004 to 2006 and later in CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (“CIMB”) from 2007 to 2010. During his years in the investment banks, he had garnered extensive experience in advising Malaysian public listed companies in the areas of initial public offering, fund raising, corporate restructuring and corporate finance advisory. After 7 years of originating, structuring and executing various deals over multiple industries, he left CIMB as a Manager of Corporate Finance in 2010.

He then joined Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad Group (“Tan Chong Group”) in 2011 with his last position held as the General Manager of Corporate Planning where he planned and executed Tan Chong Group's financial funding needs and mergers & acquisitions exercises. He left Tan Chong Group in 2022 with both equity and debt transaction experience to assume his role in Solarvest as Chief Financial Officer.

Tan Qi Jie

Business Development Director
Malaysian | Aged 32 | Male

Mr. Tan Qi Jie is the youngest personnel in the management of Solarvest. He has over 10 years of experience in various segments in the clean energy and construction industry and has held numerous management roles in project planning, design, operations, project cost management, talent resources, procurement, inventory management, licensing and business development.

Currently, he is spearheading the Company’s commercial operations as a Business Development Director. Jack first joined the Company's subsidiary – Atlantic Blue in 2013 as a Project Manager responsible for organising and coordinating projects and held various positions within the Group before being appointed to this current position. He was also instrumental in developing and setting up the quality management system, ERP, and Standard Operating Procedure for Solarvest. He attained the ISO 9001:2015 certification for the Company.

Before Solarvest, he was the Project Engineer in Teong Jin Building Contractor Sdn Bhd where he gained valuable experience in the various stages of construction.

He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Leeds, the United Kingdom in 2012. He is also a Grid- Connected Photovoltaic System Design competent person, certified by SEDA.

He is the brother of Tan Chyi Boon, Executive Director of Solarvest. As at 30 June 2022, he has direct interest of 298,700 ordinary shares and 298,675 Warrants A 2021/2026 in the Company.