Corporate Information

Directors’ Profile

Age : 50

Nationality : Malaysian

Gender : Male

Mr. Geoffrey Ng Ching Fung (“Mr. Ng”), was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2019 as Independent Non-Executive Chairman having previously served as Independent Non-Executive Director from 19 October 2015 to 31 January 2018. Currently, he is a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Share Grant Plan Committee.

Mr. Ng has over two decades of corporate leadership and investment management experience. He is currently Managing Director, Fund Management with UOB Kay Hian Wealth Advisors Sdn. Bhd.

He previously held the positions of Director, Strategic Investments with Fortress Capital Asset Management (M) Sdn. Bhd., Chief Executive Office/Executive Director with Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd., Senior Vice President, Global Emerging Markets with Dubai Investment Group and Chief Investment Officer with Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd.

Mr. Ng is currently a Board Member of the Board of Governors, CFA Institute, where he chairs the Risk Committee and previously as chair of the Audit and Finance, and Nominating committee. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (High Honours) with double majors in Accounting and Finance from Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada, as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Planner designations.

He holds a certificate in Fintech: Future Commerce by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Ng is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Ng 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.

Age : 53

Nationality : Singaporean

Gender : Male

Mr. Edmond Tay Nam Hiong (“Mr. Tay”), was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2019. He founded Quantum Storage (India) Pte. Ltd. (“QSI”) in 2012 after spanning about 8 years in building a successful Quantum South Asia business. He is responsible for running all facets of QSI business and in 2016 became part of the management team pursuant to the merger of QSI and the Company.

With a proven executive management track record over 26 years for driving growth and sales in the technology industry. Mr. Tay began his career in Hudson Holdings Group in 1994, rose to the rank of Executive Director in year 1997. Guided by passion and entrepreneurship for business, Mr. Tay did a management buyout of his first business at the age of 27 in the form of an Information Communication Technology infrastructure integrator.

He formerly sat on the Information Technology Standardisation Board with Info-communication Development Authority of Singapore on e-payment and security chapter as well as Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation.

Mr. Tay has attended training course conducted by Singapore Institute of Directors and as well as Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery courses conducted by the Business Continuity Institute. He pursued an uncompleted BSc Management (Econ) with University of London and holds a level 2 accounting qualification from Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Tay 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.

Age : 54

Nationality : Singaporean

Gender : Male

Mr. Tan Jeck Min (“Mr. Tan”), was appointed to the Board on 19 October 2015. Mr. Tan has overall responsibility for the strategic planning, implementation, managing and running of all the operations and finance activities of the Group.

Mr. Tan brings with him a wealth of Information Technology (“IT”) experiences having worked in the Singapore offices of a Hong Kong listed IT firm and US-based IT Network infrastructure company. He has been instrumental in the growth and development of Quantum Storage (South Asia) Pte. Ltd. in the early years since its inception in 2003 until September 2013, especially in the areas of the overall business operations and finances.

Mr. Tan holds a Computer Engineering degree from the Nanyang Technological University and is a veteran in the IT industry with over 27 years of IT and operational related experience.

Mr. Tan 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.

Age : 72

Nationality : Malaysian

Gender : Male

Mr. John Chin Shoo Ted (“Mr. Chin”), was appointed to the Board on the 5 June 2014 as Independent Non-Executive Director and subsequent redesignated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 19 October 2015. He is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Upon graduation, Mr. Chin started a private legal practice and after ten (10) years, in 1998, he left private legal practice to be involved in various social welfare activities throughout Malaysia and Asia. He was also the first National Director of Habitat for Humanity, an International Non-Government Organisation focused on building affordable houses with the poor.

In 2010, Mr. Chin founded TransforNation Centre Berhad, which is a community-based organisation undertaking leadership training projects in the areas of Governance, Marketplace, Arts, Education, Sports and Social communal work in Kuching. He is presently also the Chairman of the Board of Eden on the Park Sdn. Bhd., a private limited company undertaking a pioneer project on an integrated retirement resort care in Kuching.

He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science in 1973 and Bachelor of Laws in 1976. He is also a certified personal inter-personal and corporate Trainer under the Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia.

Mr. Chin 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.

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.

Age : 43

Nationality : Singaporean

Gender : Female

Ms. Lai Ching Thing (“Ms. Lai”), was appointed to the Board on 2 May 2023. She manages and oversees the finance and accounting functions of the Group. She is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and affiliate of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Ms. Lai began her career as an Audit Semi Senior at Adrian Yeo & Co. Prior to joining the Group, she was an Audit Senior at Baker Tilly TFW in Singapore.

She joined the Group in year 2010 as an Accountant and was later promoted as Finance Manager in year 2012 and subsequence promoted to her current position as Finance Director in May 2023.

Ms. Lai brings with her over twenty (20) years of experience in finance and accounting.

Ms. Lai does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed corporation.

She attended three (3) out of four (4) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 January 2024 since her appointment to the Board on 2 May 2023.