Directors' Profile

74 I Male I Malaysian

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Izzuddin bin Dali (“Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Izzuddin”) was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 30 May 2019. He is the Chairman of our Risk Management Committee, and a member of our Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Izzuddin graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in Public Administration from Universiti Malaya in March 1972. He later obtained a Master of Arts in Economics from Western Michigan University, USA in August 1983.

He served in the public sector for 35 years in various ministries which began in March 1972 as an Assistant Secretary in the Administration Division of the Ministry of Finance (“MoF”). He worked on matters relating to the Government’s financial control and procedures. He was then transferred to the Budget Division in 1975 followed by the Finance and Loans Division in 1981 where he was responsible for coordinating loans for the Federal Government from bilateral sources. In 1982, he went to further his education and obtained a Master’s degree under a Government training program. Upon completion, he joined the Economics and International Division in September 1983 as a Principal Assistant Secretary where he was responsible for monitoring and analysing the Federal Government’s financial position. He returned to the Budget Division in 1987 as a Senior Assistant Director and was responsible for the preparation of the budgets for the Ministry of Works (“MoW”) and Ministry of Transport.

In 1993, he was seconded by the MoF to serve as the General Manager of KLIA Berhad (currently known as KLIA Premier Sdn Bhd). He went back to the MoF in June 1999 as the Director of the Budget Division, responsible for the preparation and formulation of the Federal Government’s budget. He was later appointed as the Secretary-General of the MoW in 2003 where he was responsible for the formulation of the ministry’s policies. He returned to the MoF in 2004 to serve as the Secretary-General where he coordinated the overall formulation of policies under the ministry until his retirement in March 2007.

During his tenure in government service from 1999 to 2007, he sat on the boards of several government-linked companies and organisations, which included Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri, UDA Holdings Berhad, Bank Negara Malaysia and Malaysian Airline System Berhad. After his retirement in 2007 till 2016, he served on the boards of public and private limited companies including Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad, Luster Industries Bhd, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and Naim Holdings Berhad.

Currently, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Izzuddin sits on CTOS Digital Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Chariman, a position which he has held since August 2014.

He has no family relationship with any Directors and/ or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Group.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

63 I Male I Malaysian

Dato’ Ir. Tee Chai Seng (“Dato’ Ir Tee”) was appointed as our Managing Director on 30 May 2019. He is a member of our Risk Management Committee. Dato’ Ir Tee is responsible for the business direction and strategic development of the Group along with the business development activities.

Dato’ Ir. Tee graduated from the University of Texas, Arlington, USA in May 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (High Honours). He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, a corporate member of the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia and a member of the Association of Consulting Engineers in Malaysia. He is also a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

He has accumulated over 37 years of working experience in the construction industry including design and supervision of several major projects in Klang Valley, project management services, construction, and property development. He began his career with Amoy Construction & LGB Joint Venture Sdn Bhd in June 1984 as a Site Engineer. He left the role in August 1986 and spent the next 4 years in Sabah working as a Resident Engineer with Wang Haron Sdn Bhd and subsequently a Project Manager with Takada Construction Sdn Bhd. He returned to Kuala Lumpur in September 1990 as a Structural Engineer at Zaidun-Leeng Sdn Bhd and in 1991, joined Minconsult Sdn Bhd as an Infrastructure Engineer.

He began taking on more supervisory responsibilities after joining H.S. Liao Sdn Bhd in May 1992 as an Executive Engineer. A year later, he joined Abletask Construction Sdn Bhd as a General Manager before leaving in May 1995. In June 1995, he started a civil and structural consulting practice where he oversaw projects including the design of townships and buildings, infrastructure, as well as civil and structural works.

In November 1998, he acquired Projek Bumi Bina Sdn Bhd, which is involved in providing civil and structural construction services. The company subsequently changed its name to TCS Construction Sdn Bhd (“TCS Construction”) on 23 January 2013. In September 2005, he co-founded Pembinaan Tuju Setia Sdn Bhd with two partners, serving as its Executive Director. The company was involved in the provision of construction services for buildings and civil works. He left in February 2014 to focus on TCS Construction. Since then, he oversaw the completion of several residential buildings, commercial buildings and an international school under our Group.

Dato’ Ir. Tee is the spouse of Datin Koh Ah Nee, major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Group other than those disclosed in the Company’s Circular to Shareholders dated 28 April 2023.

He does not hold directorship in any public listed companies.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

31 I Male I Malaysian

Mr Wong Choo Leong (“Mr Wong”) was appointed as our Executive Director on 1 December 2021.

Mr Wong graduated from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia in May 2015 with a Bachelor’s (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering.

He began his career in July 2015 with TCS Construction Sdn Bhd as a Site Engineer and was subsequently promoted to Project Manager and Project Director in May 2018 and August 2019 respectively. He is a director of subsidiaries of TCS Group, namely TCS Infra Sdn Bhd, TCS Amona Consortium Sdn Bhd and TCS SS Precast Construction Sdn Bhd.

Mr Wong is primarily responsible for overseeing, planning and managing TCS Group’s construction projects. He has more than 6 years of experience in project planning and management, sites coordination and supervision as well as liaison with other stakeholders such as local authorities, project consultants and clients.

He has no family relationship with any Directors and/ or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Group.

He does not hold any directorship in any public listed companies.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

69 I Male I Malaysian

Dato’ Seri Ir Mohamad Othman Bin Zainal Azim (“Dato’ Seri Ir Othman”) was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 30 May 2019. He is the Chairman of our Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee and a member of our Audit Committee.

Dato’ Seri Ir Othman graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom in July 1977. He later received a Master of Science (Engineering) in Highway and Traffic Engineering from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, in July 1988.

He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia since August 1988. He spent more than 20 years serving in the Ministry of Work, beginning his career as a District Engineer with the Negeri Sembilan Public Works Department in August 1977 where he was responsible for the development and maintenance of all federal and state building works. In 1980, he was transferred to the Road Design Unit (Standards and Specifications) and Highway Planning Unit, taking on the role of Senior Executive Engineer where he conducted regional development studies and infrastructure network development of the National Highway Network Plan. He left the position in 1986 to pursue a Master’s degree and resumed his position a year later.

In November 1992, he was promoted to Deputy Director of Perak Public Works Department. In 1998, he was appointed as a Superintending Engineer for the Road Design Unit at the Kuala Lumpur headquarters. He was responsible for, among others, the design of the federal roads throughout Malaysia. In July 2000, he joined Putrajaya Corporation as a Director of City Development Department where he oversaw the public utilities and infrastructure developments in Putrajaya. Two years later, he was recruited by Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd. During his time as Chief Executive Officer, he was instrumental in the residential and commercial development of Putrajaya.

In July 2006, he left to form Straits Consulting Engineers Sdn Bhd, a company that does civil and structural consulting works. In January 2008, he took on the role of Senior Vice President for the Infrastructure Department of the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (“NCIA”). A year later, he joined the Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Finance (“MoF”) as the Chief Operating Officer where he implemented the government’s Economic Stimulus Package. After his tenure with the MoF, he served as Chief Executive Officer at A.T.E.S. Sdn Bhd, a traffic system management company from 2013 to 2016.

Dato’ Seri Ir Othman currently sits on the board of several private and public listed companies which include KYM Holdings Bhd and Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah.

He has no family relationship with any Directors and/ or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Group.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

48 I Male I Malaysian

Mr Ooi Guan Hoe (“Mr Ooi”) was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 30 May 2019. He is the Chairman of our Audit Committee, and a member of our Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee.

Mr Ooi graduated from University Putra Malaysia in August 1999 with a Bachelor’s (Hons) degree in Accountancy. In June 2011, he completed an executive education program co-organised by Harvard Business School and Tsinghua University and obtained a certificate in Private Equity and Venture Capital - China.

He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2002. He began his career in May 1999 when he joined Arthur Andersen Malaysia as an Audit Assistant. He left the firm in November 2002 to join CIMB Investment Bank as an Executive in the corporate finance department. After several promotions, his last position was Senior Manager in July 2008. During his tenure with the bank, he was responsible for marketing, originating and implementing corporate proposals for various corporate exercises. In October 2009, he left the investment bank and has since been involved in providing financial advisory work to listed companies and companies preparing for listing in his own personal capacity.

From 2010 to July 2017, he was the Director and Management Board member of various listed companies in Malaysia and Germany. He was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of Only World Group Holdings Berhad in 2013 and retired in December 2021. He was the Chief Financial Officer of MOG Holdings Limited, which is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2022.

Currently, he sits on the Board of Techbond Group Berhad and Swang Chai Chuan Limited as Independent Non-Executive Director.

He has no family relationship with any Directors and/ or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Group.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

51 I Female I Malaysian

Ms Sharon Chew Mun Hoong (“Ms Sharon”) was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 26 April 2023.

Ms Sharon graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from University Malaya. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the Financial Services and Capital Market Industry. She has an extensive experience in the financial services industry with strong commercial, financial and operational track record, holding senior leadership positions in global financial banks and local financial institutions.

In her stint in HSBC Bank as the Vice President for the Global Custody and Securities Operations, she played a key role in establishing and growing the Custody and Asset Services Operations for Asia Pacific markets. She joined Deutsche Bank (M) Berhad subsequently as Head of Global Securities Operations, overseeing Local & Global Settlements, Corporate Actions and Custody Support business. She continued her career with RHB Investment Bank as the Head of Global Operations covering Asset Management, Unit Trust, Private Baking and the Trustees business regionally across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

She does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

She has no family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholders of the Company.

She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon her by any relevant regulatory bodies.