Directors' Profile

Malaysian, Aged 74, Male

Dato’ Hon was appointed to the Board on 1 November 2010 as our Independent Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 1 January 2012. He graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Econ) in 1976 from University Sciences Malaysia (USM). In 1977, he started his career in the government’s Statistics Department. In 1986, he was elected as state assemblyman and was appointed as a state executive councilor of Negeri Sembilan. He was then elected to be a member of the Parliament in 1995 and was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Education in 1999, a position that he holds till 2008. He is also the Vice President of CMH Specialist Hospital, a non-profit making organisation in Seremban. He was also appointed as Independent Director in Matrix Concepts Holdings Berhad on 19 June 2015.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 63, Male

Mr. Lim was appointed to the Board on 28 July 2010 as a Director and subsequently redesignated as the Group Managing Director of our Group on 1 September 2010. He completed his secondary school education in 1977 and has since accumulated over 40 years of experience in the livestock industry, mainly in the animal health and nutrition sector. He is also a committee member of the Malaysian Animal Health and Nutrition Industries Association.

Mr. Lim’s career in the livestock industry began when he joined the feedmill division of Industrial Farm Pte Ltd, a Singapore commercial pig farm in 1978 as a Feedmill Executive. In 1984, he assumed the position of Production Executive at Agrinuser (M) Sdn. Bhd., a feed additive premix manufacturing company. In 1989, he founded Benuser and spearheaded the company’s operations in manufacturing various feed additives and premixes for the livestock industry. In 2002, Mr. Lim left Benuser and co-founded PeterLabs, Osmosis Nutrition and PLON Synergy and in the same year he was appointed as the Executive Director of PeterLabs.

In 2019, Mr. Lim was awarded by The Socrates Committee, Oxford, UK being the Best Manager of the Year for high achievements and professionalism in the company management. He also awarded by the World Confederation of Business – The Bizz, being the World Leader Businessperson for being a successful leader who works in an innovative, knowledgeable an systematic manner.

He has attended four (4) out of five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 70, Male

Mr. Teo was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2010 as an Executive Director and is currently heading the Supply Chain Department. He graduated from National Chengchi University in Taiwan with a Bachelor of Economics in 1978 and has since accumulated over 40 years of experience in the animal health and nutrition industry.

Mr. Teo began his career in his family’s porcelain manufacturing business in 1979 and subsequently joined Wellchem (M) Sdn. Bhd. in 1981 as a Sales Executive in the veterinary division. In 1986, he co-founded Chern Tek, a company involved in trading of animal health and nutrition products. In 2002, Mr. Teo left Chern Tek and co-founded PeterLabs Sdn. Bhd., Osmosis Nutrition Sdn. Bhd. and PLON Synergy Group Sdn. Bhd.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 49, Female

Ms. Yap was appointed as an Executive Director on 1 March 2016. She obtained her Bachelor Degree of Accounting with Honours and internship practices from The University of Hull in United Kingdom in 1998.

She began her career with few multinational companies in various industry. In 1998, she joined Digi Telecommunication Sdn Bhd as an Accounts Officer. From year 2000 to 2003, she served as a Senior Accounts Executive and Credit Controller in RS Components Sdn. Bhd. Prior to joining PeterLabs Sdn. Bhd., she worked for 7 years with an American Fortune 500 Company, Avery Dennison Materials Sdn. Bhd. as a Finance Manager to responsible on the day-to-day operations, she also participated in the South East Asia financial project and to oversee the operational activities at the distribution center in Johor Bahru.

She joined PeterLabs Sdn. Bhd. in 2010 as a Financial Controller to assist the Group in the Initial Public Offering exercise and was promoted to Group General Manager in 2012. She is currently responsible for the Group’s corporate services function inter-alia, treasury, accounting, corporate planning, finance, human resources, information technology and day-to-day operations of the Group.

She was appointed as a Director of our subsidiary - Thye On Tong Trading Sdn. Bhd. on 1 January 2021. She will be involved in the overall strategic direction, overseeing the financial matters, day-to day operations and planning for the business of distribution of consumer goods of the Group. She was also appointed as Director to other subsidiary companies namely – PeterLabs Sdn. Bhd., Osmosis Nutrition Sdn. Bhd. and PLON Synergy Group Sdn. Bhd. on 1 April 2021.

She has attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 56, Male

Datuk Loh was appointed as an Executive Director on 5 January 2021. He finished his High School from St. Paul’s Institution.

He is the General Manager of our subsidiary - Thye On Tong Trading Sdn. Bhd. (“TOT”), mainly responsible for the overall management and strategic directions of TOT. Datuk Loh has more than 30 years of experiences in the industry of distribution of consumer goods. Upon completion of his secondary education in 1984, he joined TOT as a retail assistant, which was then a traditional Chinese medical hall managed by his father and family, mainly supplying Chinese herbal medicine and groceries. He has consistently expanded the business of TOT to the distribution of consumer goods in 1994.

He has attended four (4) out of five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 38, Male

Dato’ Ng was appointed to the Board on 15 December 2020 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Currently, he is the Chairman of Remuneration Committee, a member of Nomination Committee and Audit and Risk Management Committee. Dato’ Ng is Rector’s List student; he managed to rise to the top 1 overall ranking out of 513 students in the university’s law faculty. He was also bestowed by the university with the award of Best Student in Company Law and Best Oralist in the university’s law mooting competition. Such excellent academic records and advocacy skills have propelled him into a fulfilling career path as a former Federal Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers Malaysia and a former Prosecuting Officer in the Securities Commission Malaysia.

Dato’ Ng was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2010 and had been practising as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He is currently the Managing Partner of Messers Jason Ng & Partners which is a medium size boutique law firm in Kuala Lumpur city centre. He specialises in corporate advisory work, construction litigation and strategic mediator for dispute resolution.

He has previously served as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of Stone Master Corporation Berhad from the year of 2017 to 2019.

He is the co-author of the book entitled “Know Your Rights: Surviving the Legal Maze in Malaysia” which was published on 28 April 2012 and he has also written thesis on corporate governance in minority shareholder protection. Having vast experience in legal fraternity, he has also contributed numerous articles on various legal issues in the publication of INSPIRE, a business journal published by the Women’s Institute of Management Malaysia.

Dato’ Ng is the son of Mr. Ng Kau, an Alternate Director of the Company.

He has attended four (4) out of five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 65, Male

Mr. Ng was appointed to the Board on 15 December 2020 as Alternate Director to Dato’ Ng Boon Siong. Mr. Ng was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1994 and is currently practising as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He is the Senior Partner of Messrs Jason Ng & Partners which is a medium size boutique law firm situated in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. He specialises in construction litigation, criminal defence, employment laws and general dispute resolution.

He has previously served as a Legal Adviser to various listed companies, housing developers, construction companies, construction of oil and gas platforms, ship building and repairs, interior fit out works and manufacturing plants.

He is the co-author of the book entitled “Know Your Rights: Surviving the Legal Maze in Malaysia” which was published on 28 April 2012. Having vast experience in legal fraternity, he has also conducted various seminars and trainings on construction issues, employment laws and anti-bribery and corruption laws. He has conducted various trials in the civil courts and criminal courts involving, amongst others, charges on share manipulation and giving false quarterly results to the Bursa Malaysia Berhad and the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

He is the father of Dato’ Ng Boon Siong, an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Malaysian, Aged 57, Female

Ms. Loh was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 July 2022. She is the Chairman of Audit and Risk Management Committee. She is also a member of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee. She was graduated from the University of Malaya with an honours degree in Accountancy in 1990 and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant. She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Ms. Loh was an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of a public listed company. She has previously worked as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of a few public listed companies on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

She has more than thirty years of experiences in corporate finance, financial and management accounting and administration especially in the manufacturing, construction, property development and leisure and hospitality sectors.

Since her appointment, she has attended all two (2) Board meetings held during the financial year 2022.

Malaysian, Aged 33, Female

Ms. Ho was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 July 2022. She is the Chairman of Nomination Committee. She is also a member of Remuneration Committee and Audit and Risk Management Committee. Ms. Ho started her career with one of the Big Four Accounting Firms in Kuala Lumpur for 1 year and subsequently continued her career journey at Singapore. In total of 5 years spent in Singapore, she has more international exposures and wide range of industries.

She returned to Malaysia end of 2017 and with her vast experiences in restructuring and liquidation, she joined the Restructuring Team of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. However, she decided to venture on her own business under Infinitus Management & Advisory Sdn Bhd in late 2018. Her serving mainly on SMEs market in corporate secretarial, accounting and advisory.

She is currently leading a team of 5 members. Her exposure on corporate governance and audit functions are accumulated from various accounting firms. Throughout her entrepreneurship journey, she is practicing as Company Secretary and took up business advisory role in growing SME companies. She had been exposed to a company that is on the journey to be listed in the LEAP market, as well as growing a company exposed to Equity Crowd Funding which required a strengthened internal control and finance function to be in place.

Since her appointment, she has attended all two (2) Board meetings held during the financial year 2022.