Age: 48 years | Nationality: Malaysian | Gender: Male
Mr. Roy Ho Yew Kee was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 25 June 2020. Subsequently, he was redesignated as Executive Director on 3 November 2020.
Mr Roy obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from the Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Mr Roy brings over 20 years of financial service and restructuring experience both locally and abroad in various capacities.
Mr Roy started his career in Australia in 1998, in the financial services industry, joining Hartley Poynton Ltd, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, where he was trained as a financial advisor, specialising in derivatives and first generation fintech products. He then moved to a boutique trading firm, Tricom Futures Ltd, in 2003, where he set up a trading desk in greenfield markets, specialising in debt instruments, capital raising, equity linked structures and derivatives.
In 2011, Mr Roy returned to Malaysia where he joined Key Alliance Group Berhad as an Executive Director overseeing corporate strategy and in 2017, he was redesignated as Managing Director of Key Alliance Group Berhad.
Currently, Mr Roy sits on the Board of XOX Bhd and Cheetah Holdings Berhad as Executive Director and Key Alliance Group Berhad as Managing Director.
He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholders of the Company nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving 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.