Age 56 I Female I Malaysian
Managing Director/ Group Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Tee Kim Chin was appointed to the Board on 31 May 2013. She is our Managing Director/ Group Chief Executive Officer and is primarily responsible for the overall strategy and corporate direction of our Group. She is a member of the Sustainability and Risk Management Committee. She obtained a Malaysian Higher School Certificate (STPM) in 1987. She also attended the Research and Advanced Study on Leadership at the School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, China in 2014. She began her career in A&W (M) Sdn Bhd in 1988 as a management trainee and was later promoted to Marketing Assistant (1989), Personal Assistant to General Manager (1991) and finally as Ipoh Outlet Assistant Manager (1991).
In 1992, she left A&W (M) Sdn Bhd and joined Jangta Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd as a Storekeeper. She rose up the ranks to be the General Manager in 1999 where she was responsible for, amongst others, overseeing production planning, manpower planning, manufacturing management, business forecasts, company performance review and business development.
In 2002, she resigned from Jangta Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd and joined Crestar Printer (M) Sdn Bhd in the same year as General Manager where she was responsible for overseeing the company’s operations which included reviewing the company’s performance, business development, preparing business forecast and budgetary summary as well as reporting to the board of directors. In 2004, she left Crestar Printer (M) Sdn Bhd and joined P.T Ultrakindo Crestec Indonesia as Managing Director responsible for the management of the factory and its manufacturing process as well as reporting to the board of directors.
In 2006, she left P.T Ultrakindo Crestec Indonesia to join Toyoplas Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore as a director. She was tasked to oversee the entire management and operation of various Toyoplas’ factories. Toyoplas Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore, is principally involved in investment holding, commission agents and management services.
In 2007, she was appointed as the director and Chief Executive Officer of Toyoplas Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd, which was principally involved in manufacturing of plastic injection moulding, tooling and die-casting. In 2010, she was appointed as a director of Toyoplas EMS Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd (a company with common shareholder, namely Lim Lai An, as that of Toyoplas Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd in 2011), which was principally involved in assembling and manufacturing of electronic components and printed circuit boards. In 2012, she resigned as director of Toyoplas Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd. In 2013, she resigned as director of Toyoplas Holdings Pte Ltd, as well as director and Chief Executive Officer of Toyoplas EMS Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd, respectively. In 2013, she and Alex Miranda Juntado acquired the entire equity interest in Toyoplas EMS Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd (subsequently renamed as Cape EMS Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd). She then assumed the role as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In 2021, she assumed her present role as our Managing Director / Group Chief Executive Officer.
In 2013, she was appointed as a director of Cape Manufacturing, she did not hold any equity interest therein. In July 2014, she acquired 23.1% equity interest in Cape Manufacturing and subsequently, up to 2019, increased her equity interest to 68.0% in Cape Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd. She was appointed as a director of Cape Singapore (S) Pte Ltd in 2014 and acquired a 60.0% equity interest in Cape Singapore (S) Pte Ltd in 2015.
She is currently the President of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (“MICCI”). She is the winner of the Star Outstanding Business Award (SOBA) 2021 for Meritorious Achievement under the Female Entrepreneur of the Year category organised by Star Media Group Bhd. She is also a winner of the World Chinese Outstanding Woman Business Leader Award at the 2022 Global Chinese Economic and Technology Summit. She is also the Promoter and substantial shareholder of our Company. She is the elder sister of Ms. Tee Kim Yok, who is a Non-Independent Executive Director and also a substantial shareholder of the Company. Save as disclosed in related party transaction on page 147, she has no conflict of interest with the Group.
She is a Director of Christee Vacation Club Berhad and MICCI, a public company limited by guarantee. Save as disclosed, she does not hold directorship in any public listed companies.
She has not been convicted of any offences other than traffic offences (if any) in the past five (5) years and any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.
Attendance at Board Meetings in 2022 : 4/ 4.