Age : 53
Nationality : Malaysian
Gender : Male
Mr. Kok Cheang-hung (“Mr. Kok”), was appointed to the Board on 2 November 2017 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.
He has 29 years of extensive domestic and international experience – global capital markets, multi-asset class investment, corporate governance, strategy and senior management experiences; spanning several investment cycles cum crises. In addition to global investment banks and HNWIs, he has, inter alia, also served the varied interests of 2 market regulators/stock exchanges, including in promoting to and protecting the investing public. Mr. Kok had been based in several countries throughout his professional career, including in the Middle East and South Africa.
Until end-March 2024, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Magpie Securities, a financial intermediary regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) and, Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) of Hong Kong. From 2019-2023, he served on the Finance Committee of the Singapore Institute of Directors (“SID”). He is presently accredited under the SID Director Accreditation Framework – as a Senior Accredited Director.
Mr. Kok graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Mathematics from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and a Master of Finance from RMIT University in Australia. Further, he has also completed the University of Oxford’s Executive Leadership Programme.
Mr. Kok does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed corporation.
He attended all four (4) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 January 2024.