Malaysian, Male, Aged 55

Cheong Chee Son was appointed to our Board as Managing Director on 18 July 2022. He is responsible for composing our Group’s business direction, managing the business development activities and is responsible for our Group’s design & development activities for new product development. He also oversees the strategic direction of the overseas subsidiaries, in Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. He sits on the board of subsidiaries of Minox.

In May 1991, he obtained his Diploma in Business Studies from the Institute of Commercial Management, UK (TL Management Centre, Petaling Jaya campus).

He started his career in July 1991 as a Filing Clerk at Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (presently known as Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya), where he was mainly involved in performing filing job in the valuation department. He then left Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya to join Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad in 1992 as a Clerk with the stock allocation department, where he was responsible for providing daily stock movement and stock allocation reports. After leaving Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad in March 1993, he had a short stint with Hessco (M) Sdn Bhd from April 1993 to July 1993, as their Service Assistant providing administrative support at the company’s service department. From August 1993 to 1995, he was attached with Jayaratnam & Chong as an Office Administrator, responsible for general administrative and human resource functions.

In 1995, he joined Schwarzenbach (M) Sdn Bhd as a Sales Executive, where he was incharge for establishing and operating consignment counters at departmental stores. He left Schwarzenbach (M) Sdn Bhd to join Len Brothers Shoe Manufactory Sdn Bhd in January 1998 as their Marketing and Sales Manager, where he oversaw the newly setup retail department. In August 1998, he left Len Brothers Shoe Manufactory Sdn Bhd and established Spring Sport Supply, an enterprise that was involved in the supply of athletic apparel and footwear.

In 2001, he ceased Spring Sport Supply to join his brother, the late Cheong Chee Hoo’s business namely, MST Stainless Steel Enterprise, where he served as a Sales Assistant and assisted in the management of business operations and establishing new business relationships with vendors. He co-founded MST MY and Minox MY with the late Cheong Chee Hoo and the late Kow Kai Meng in 2004 and 2006 respectively. As a Director, he was responsible for overseeing the sale and marketing of both local and overseas markets which includes developing and implementing sales and marketing strategies, identifying potential sales opportunities for business growth as well as building and maintaining relationships with both local and overseas customers. He subsequently assumed his current position in 2011.

Malaysian, Female, Aged 55

Looi Poo Poo was appointed to our Board as Executive Director on 1 November 2022. She is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations, administrative and human resource functions of MST MY and Minox MY.

She completed her secondary education at Treacher Methodist Girls’ School, Taiping, Perak in 1986.

From 1986 to 1992, she worked as a seamstress where she was involved in tailoring of clothes. From 1992 to 1993, she worked as an Assistant Merchandiser at Borneo Sumatra Group, where she was involved in providing product merchandising support. In 1994, she assisted her spouse, the late Kow Kai Meng, to manage their general hardware business, ESK Engineering Hardware (M) Sdn Bhd until 2019, where she served as Manager and was responsible for sales administration works and shop management. Her years of experience in the hardware business exposed her to various aspects of the hardware market such as business operations, sales and marketing, supplier and customer relationships management.

In 1998, she was invited by the late Cheong Chee Hoo to set up MST Stainless Steel Enterprise. Although she was not involved in the day-to-day operations, she assisted to source for general industrial hardware for MST Stainless Steel Enterprise, leveraging on the business networks she established throughout her career.

In 2013, she held a non-executive director role in MST MY and Minox MY. In 2019, she took over the shareholding of her late husband, Kow Kai Meng in MST MY (25.0%) and Minox MY (25.0%). In 2020, she was appointed as Executive Director of MST MY and Minox MY and assumed her current responsibilities.

Malaysian, Male, Aged 52

Yeoh Aik Cheong was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2022. He is the Chairman of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and member of our Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.

He obtained a Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) from University of Malaya in 1997. He has been a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2001 and a Certified Public Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountant since 2008. In 2015, he completed the Directors Certification Programme and became a graduate member under the Thai Institute of Directors.

He began his career as Audit Assistant in 1997 with BDO Binder Public Accountants and subsequently promoted to Audit Senior II in 2000, where he was involved in audit and due diligence exercises. He left to join Bausch and Lomb (M) Sdn Bhd (“Bausch and Lomb”) in March 2001 as Business Analyst cum Accountant. He was promoted to Finance Manager in November 2001 and subsequently redesignated to Regional Finance Manager of SEA in 2003, where he oversaw the company’s regional finance and accounting operations. In 2004, he was promoted to the role of Financial Controller, where he was responsible for amongst others, leading the finance department, financial planning and management accounting. After leaving Bausch and Lomb in 2006, he joined Stryker Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd as Financial Controller, Southern Asia overseeing the finance and accounting functions of the company’s businesses in SEA and India. In 2007, he re-joined Bausch and Lomb as its Finance Director of SEA. He took on additional roles in 2008, where he was also responsible for managing the Asia Pacific finance shared service centre of the company.

He then left Bausch and Lomb and joined Disposable Soft Goods (M) Sdn Bhd in 2010, a subsidiary of DSG International (Thailand) PLC (“DSG”) (listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand) as Finance Director, where he was responsible for overseeing the finance and accounting operations. In 2011, he moved to Thailand where he was subsequently appointed as an Executive Director of DSG and was involved in the management of the company. In 2013, he was subsequently appointed and further assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of DSG where he was responsible for the financial management for SEA.

In 2019, he left DSG International (Thailand) PLC and moved back to Malaysia where he founded SE Strategic Sdn Bhd, a boutique strategic management firm that provides strategic advisory and consulting services.

In December 2022, he was appointed as the Executive Director of Taisun Int’l (Holding) Corp. In January 2023, he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Taisun Int’l (Holding) Corp where he is responsible for the overall management of the company.

Malaysian, Male, Aged 46

Ng Kuan Hua was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2022. He is the Chairman of our Remuneration Committee and member of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee.

He obtained a higher Diploma in Business Administration from Inti College Malaysia in 1998. Subsequently, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Hertfordshire, UK and a Master’s Degree in Commerce (Applied Finance) from the University of Queensland, Australia in 1999 and 2001, respectively.

He began his career as a Business Analyst in Bumiputra- Commerce Bank Berhad (presently known as CIMB Bank Berhad) from 2001 to 2003, where he was responsible for evaluating loan applications. In 2003, he joined Anuarul Azizan Chew Consulting Sdn Bhd as a Senior Auditor and was promoted to Business Consultant in 2005, where he was responsible for special audit projects involving initial public offering exercises. He then joined Perdana Petroleum Berhad (listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) as Senior Corporate Executive from 2005 to 2007, responsible for assisting on financial reporting and all corporate exercises.

From 2007 to 2008, he joined Fortune Laboratories Sdn Bhd as Finance and Operation Manager, where he was responsible for its day-to-day operations and financial matters. In 2008, he joined World Equipments Sdn Bhd as a Corporate Finance Manager until 2010.

From 2010 to 2011, he joined Nextnation Network Sdn Bhd as Corporate Finance Manager, where he was responsible for all its corporate exercises. In 2011, he re-joined World Equipments Sdn Bhd as Corporate Finance Manager until 2013, responsible for all its corporate exercises including the listing of Only World Group Holdings Berhad (listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities). In 2013, he was appointed as an Executive Director of Only World Group Holdings Berhad and held his role until September 2019, responsible for its day-to-day operations and financial matters.

He also served as Executive Director of Goodway Integrated Industries Berhad (presently known as GIIB Holdings Berhad, listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) for a short stint, from October 2019 to December 2019. He joined Oil Hub Explorer Sdn Bhd from 2020 to April 2022 as a director, where he was responsible for overseeing the finance functions of the company.

In June 2022, he was also appointed as a Director of Equitic Asset Sdn Bhd, a venture capital management company, where he is responsible for reviewing investment proposals and preparing investment reports.

In December 2022, he joined Masons Advisory Sdn Bhd as Consultant on a contractual basis, where he is involved in providing advisory services for corporate exercises undertaken by the company’s clients.

Malaysian, Female, Aged 51

Wong Yen Lee was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2022. She is the Chairperson of our Nomination Committee and member of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.

She was admitted to the graduateship of MAICSA’s UK Qualifying Programme in 2001, and was subsequently elected as an Associate and a Fellow of MAICSA in 2002 and 2015 respectively. She completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Malaya in 2009 with a Master of Business Administration majoring in Finance. She is also a Professional Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia since 2017.

She spent the early years of her career in corporate secretarial practice in both the professional and commercial sectors. In 1996, while studying for MAICSA’s UK Qualifying Programme, she briefly worked as an Accounts Assistant at Ansah Sdn Bhd, where she performed basic accounting tasks. In 1997, she left Ansah Sdn Bhd and joined C.L Yeo Tax & Management Services Sdn Bhd as a Secretarial Assistant and was promoted to Assistant Company Secretary in 2001, where she took charge of various secretarial duties until 2002. From 2002 to 2005, she continued to perform company secretarial work in several local secretarial firms. In 2005, she joined Country Heights Holdings Berhad group (listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) as Senior Secretarial Executive and assisted in the group’s in-house secretarial matters until 2009. Subsequently, she was attached to Nextnation Communication Berhad group (presently known as Nexgram Holdings Berhad, listed on the ACE Market) as Secretarial Manager from 2009 to 2011 where she administrated the group’s secretarial activities.

In 2012, she joined Bonia Corporation Berhad group (listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) as Secretarial Manager and managed the secretarial matters of the group’s portfolio of listed and non-listed local and foreign-based entities. She was promoted to Senior Manager in 2014, where she led the corporate secretarial function of the group. Apart from the daily secretarial and advisory roles, she also handled the group’s various corporate exercises and was involved in risk management and reporting. In 2017, she left Bonia Corporation Berhad group and was appointed as the Senior Director of Innext Corporate Partners Sdn Bhd (since 2018) and Coresec Advisory Sdn Bhd (since 2021), where she is currently overseeing the operation and performance of the secretarial and advisory businesses of these companies.