54, Male, Malaysian

Date of appointment: 25 February 2022

Choo Yan Tiee (“CYT”) was appointed to our Board as Executive Director on 25 February 2022 and is responsible for the overall strategy and corporate direction of our Group, including sales, marketing initiatives, general management, resources planning and business development.

He graduated with a qualification in Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students from National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, in 1990.

He began his career in 1991 as a Sales and Marketing involved in the business of timber trading, where he was responsible for sales and marketing activities. In 1995, he left Bao Lun Trading Limited and co-founded Business Component Enterprise Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Ology Marketing Sdn Bhd) in 1996 together with CCP and other shareholders.

In 2000, he co-founded BCE Software Sdn Bhd with CCP to focus on the development and sale of accounting software business by assuming all accounting software business activities from Business Component Enterprise Sdn Bhd. Concurrently, they ceased their computer hardware business under Business Component Enterprise Sdn Bhd, which struck off in 2010.

In 2007, CYT and CCP acquired Soft Merit Sdn Bhd, later renamed to Auto Count Sdn Bhd, to assume all business operations of BCE Software Sdn Bhd in preparation for applying for MSC status for the company.

CYT assumed the same role in Business Component Enterprise Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Ology Marketing Sdn Bhd, BCE Software Sdn Bhd and Soft Merit Sdn Bhd whereby he was responsible for the overall strategy and corporate direction of our Group, including sales, marketing initiatives, general management, resources planning and business development.

61, Female, Malaysian

Date of appointment: 6 April 2022

Other Directorship in public companies and listed corporations:
1. Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad (INED)
2. Securemetric Berhad (INED)
3. Iris Corporation Berhad (INED)

Dato’ Ng Wan Peng (“Dato’ Ng”) was appointed to our Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 6 April 2022. She is the Chairperson of our Remuneration Committee and a member of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia in 1988.

She began her career in 1989 as a Systems Engineer with Uniphone Sdn Bhd, an ICT solutions development firm serving government, education, manufacturing, and utilities sectors. She was responsible for developing, managing, and monitoring ICT solutions for the company’s clients.

In 1991, she left Uniphone Sdn Bhd and joined Sapura Senior Systems Engineer and subsequently promoted to Project Manager and Program Manager. Her scope of work includes (i) leading and driving the successful implementation of large-scale ICT projects, (ii) managing a project team to deliver ICT projects, and (iii) leading and developing ICT solutions.

In 1998, she left Sapura Advanced Systems Sdn Bhd and joined MDEC (formerly known as Multimedia Development Corporation). Throughout her 22 years tenure until December 2020 in MDEC, she held various senior leadership positions. She serves as Senior Manager in the Regulation Department where she led and drove successful implementation of key digitalisation initiatives under MSC flagship applications. As Vice President in the Capacity Development Division, she led and drove the successful development of key digital enablers such as talent development, industry capability development, legal and regulatory, cybercities, infostructure and technology policy and drove the successful implementation of the company’s vision and strategy by ensuring all business unit initiatives/ programmes were planned and executed in alignment with the company’s strategy goals and formulated policies and standards of procedures to drive effective decision making and execution.

From February 2021 to October 2022, she joined Big Bad Wolf Ventures Sdn Bhd, a company which is engaged in retail and wholesale business in Malaysia and abroad as President, where she is tasked to lead and drive the group’s technology and digital transformation to achieve the group’s business expansion.

Further, she also holds directorships as independent and non-executive director in several public listed companies, such as Securemetric Berhad, Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad and Iris Corporation Berhad.

54, Male, Malaysian

Date of appointment: 6 April 2022

Dr. Liew Soung Yue (“Dr. Liew”) was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 6 April 2022. He is the Chairperson of our Nomination Committee and a member of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Information Engineering), which he was conferred by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong in 1999.

In 1999, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for lecturing students, conducting research, and publishing its results, advising undergraduate and postgraduate students.

In 2000, he was appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York and the Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for assisting the universities’ research projects, preparing research reports, analysing research methods, and collecting information and related studies to support the research claims.

In 2003, he was appointed as an Assistant professor by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, where he was responsible for lecturing students, conducting research and publishing its results, and advising undergraduate and graduate students. and was promoted as Associate Professor in 2006 till 2022, where he is responsible for lecturing students, leading research projects as a principal investigator, conducting research and publishing its results, advising undergraduate and graduate students, etc.

In 2009, he held the position of the Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. He leads the development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to teaching programmes and oversees the management and operation of the faculty. In January 2023, he was promoted to Professor.

53, Male, Malaysian

Date of appointment: 6 April 2022

Chin Chee Seng was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 6 April 2022 and served as Chairman of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of our Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.

He completed his Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Qualification exams in Malaysia in 1998.

He is currently the Managing Partner of CCS & Co PLT. He is an Approved Company Auditor, Licensed Tax Agent, member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), (MICPA), Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (IIA Malaysia), and Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), Fellow Members of the Association of Chartered of Malaysia (CTIM), and a registered ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant.

He has over 29 years of experience in the financial and corporate sectors. His primary competence areas are corporate consultancy, transfer pricing, human resources, and taxation. He conducts workshops in Malaysia, covering topics such as GST, SST, income tax, transfer pricing, and labour law.

He began his professional career in 1995 as an Audit Semi-Senior at S.K. Tee & Co where he was responsible for supporting the Audit Senior in all phases of ongoing projects and engagement management for multiple client. In 1996, he left S.K. Tee & Co to work as an Accounts Executive for Revenue Management Services Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian accounting firm where he was responsible for managing cash-flow statements, budgeting, and tax planning of clients.

In 1999, he left Revenue Management Services Sdn Bhd and joined Skrastin Lim, a public accounting firm, as an Audit Supervisor. He was mainly responsible for supervising recommendations to senior management.

In 2000, he left Skrastin Lim and served as a Manager for C.F.Looi & Co, a public firm where he was mainly responsible for planning, executing and managing audit process audits; and compiling audit reports.

In 2004, he established his own accounting firm, CCS & CO, which provides accounting, tax, audit, and assurance services and has continued to operate until the present day. CCS & CO PLT was registered on 29 December 2022, and with effect from that date, CCS & CO converted from a conventional partnership into a limited liability partnership.