Malaysian | Female | Aged 47

Winnie Ong Poh Hong was appointed as Executive Director of OpenSys on 1 January 2022.

She started her career in OpenSys as an Accounts Executive in 2000 and has since served in various capacities prior to her promotion as the Chief Financial Officer in 2021. She has over 22 years of working experience in finance, accounting, reporting, analysis, taxation and treasury management. She is primarily responsible for the overall financial management, treasury, internal controls and budgeting of the Group as well as overseeing the area of legal and compliance.

She holds a Professional Qualification of Accounting from The Association of International Accountants, United Kingdom and she is a member of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia.

Malaysian | Male | Aged 59

Eric Lim Swee Keah was appointed as Executive Director of OpenSys on 1 April 2023. He is the Chief Executive Officer of OpenSys.

He started his career with OpenSys in 1996 as Sales Director and he had subsequently served in various positions including Sales & Marketing Director, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining OpenSys, he was the Sales Director (General Systems Division) of NCR (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.

In his 28 years of working in OpenSys, he was responsible for sales, marketing, business development and strategic business direction of OpenSys as well as overseeing OpenSys’ software solutions and business process outsourcing businesses. He was promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer on 24 February 2020 and expanded his management portfolio to include human resource and finance.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Malaysian | Female | Aged 65

Datin Lee Choi Chew was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2022. She is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Accounting (Honours) from the University of Malaya. She was also a Pahang State Foundation Scholar. She is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Malaysia.

Datin Lee started her career in Messrs Othman, Hew & Co in 1983. She joined the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) as an accountant in 1984 and later rose to be its Director of Finance. She served 16 years in MHA and has vast experience in costing, budget-control and financial evaluation and implementation of highway projects; including toll management and operations. After optional retirement from MHA in 2000, she worked in finance and accounting with a professional service firm before her appointment as an Executive Director of a property investment company.

Malaysian | Male | Aged 59

Aaron Wong Choong Wai was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of OpenSys on 1 July 2022. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

He holds a Bachelor of Law from the Australian National University, Australia; and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Alpha Omega International College, Malaysia.

Mr. Wong has more than 31 years’ experience in legal practice. He is an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, and presently is a partner of the law firm of Messrs Azri, Lee Swee Seng & Co. where he is in charge of the corporate and real estate department. His expertise includes corporate restructurings, shareholder dispute resolutions, shareholders agreements and other corporate matters like trusts and issues of management of strata schemes. Mr. Wong is also a legal advisor to several Non-Governmental Organisations, including serving as deputy chairman of Pertubuhan Kebajikan Destiny (PKD), a charitable organisation registered under the Societies Act.

Malaysian | Female | Aged 64

Puan Hajjah Norizan binti Yahya was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2024. She is the Chairman of Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

She holds a Master in Business Administration from Central Missouri State University, USA; Bachelor in Business Administration from Indiana State University, USA; and Diploma in Banking from Institut Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

Puan Hajjah Norizan has 37 years of experience in the Life Insurance and Takaful industry. She joined Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad in 1986 as an Executive and moved on to Head Bumiputra Development where she helped to establish a 3,000 Bumiputra agency force to capture the Bumiputra market. Subsequently, she moved on to head the Agency business in Central Region. In 2014, she was appointed as Head of Agency Distribution in the newly formed Great Eastern Takaful Berhad where she grew the business and its agency force to almost 10,000 agents by end 2021.

She is widely regarded as a subject matter expert in the Insurance and Takaful industry. She is a Registered Syariah Financial Planner and sits as a committee member on International Development of Malaysia Financial Planning Council.

After her retirement in December 2021, she continues to contribute to the Insurance and Takaful industry by serving as a Business Advisor and Master Coach to several Takaful companies’ agency force in Malaysia.