Yap Choo Cheng, a Malaysian female aged 52, is our
Chief Financial Officer. She is responsible for our
Group’s corporate and financial management.
She obtained her Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Accountancy from the Queen’s University of Belfast in
Northern Ireland, UK in 1996. She is a member of the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and
the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2000 and
2001 respectively. In 2005, she was admitted as a
Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountant.
She began her career with KPMG Desa Megat and
Co in 1996 as an Audit Assistant and later promoted
to Audit Senior in 1999, where she was involved in
statutory audit as well as transaction services for listing
exercises, and mergers and acquisitions. She left KPMG
Desa Megat and Co in 2000 to join Petra Resources Sdn
Bhd in 2001, a then subsidiary of Petra Perdana Berhad
(presently known as Perdana Petroleum Berhad)
(“Perdana Petroleum”), a company listed on the Main
Market of Bursa Securities, as an Assistant Accounts
Manager where she was responsible for the financial
reporting and taxation matters of the company. In 2005,
she was promoted to Group Accountant of Perdana
Petroleum, where she was in charge of the group’s
financial reporting, tax planning and corporate treasury management. In 2012, she was promoted to Financial
Controller. During her tenure with Perdana Petroleum,
she was involved in a number of the company’s
corporate exercises. She left Perdana Petroleum in
2015 to pursue her personal interests until 2016.
She returned to the corporate sector in 2017 when
she joined Only World Group Berhad (listed on the
Main Market of Bursa Securities), as its Chief Financial
Officer. She was responsible for managing the finance
department where she oversees the financial planning,
budgeting, implementation of accounting policies and
procedures of the company and its subsidiaries. She
left Only World Group Berhad in 2018 and subsequently
joined TCS Group Holdings Berhad (listed on the
ACE Market), as its Chief Financial Officer where she
was responsible for overseeing the group’s financial
functions which include financial planning and review,
cash flow management and financial reporting. She
left TCS Group Holdings Berhad in 2022 to join our
Group as Chief Financial Officer, a position she holds
till today.
She is presently an Independent Non-Executive
Director of Techstore Berhad and Semico Capital
Berhad (both listed on the ACE Market of Bursa
Securities).