Nationality: Malaysian
Gender: Male
Age 41
Service: 9 years 2 months
Board Committee Membership:
Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Board Meetings Attended: 6/ 6
Mr Chiau Haw Choon was appointed to the Board on 23 January 2015. He reports to the Executive Chairman and the Board. He oversees, executes, and implements the Group’s vision, corporate policies, short term, and long-term business plans. He is responsible for overseeing the implementation of Board decisions and directives. His role also includes providing strong leadership, effectively communicating the Group’s vision, management philosophy, and business strategies to our employees. He spearheads corporate social responsibility activities too.
He graduated from Deakin University, Australia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Marketing in April 2009. Upon graduation, he joined our Group as Group Managing Director to assist Datuk Seri Chiau Beng Teik, JP and transformed the Group from a family-owned business to a professionally run corporation. Under his leadership and with the support of a team of professionals recruited by him, our Group diversified its building materials distribution business by venturing into the manufacturing of building materials products. This has transformed us from a mere distributor to an integrated building materials provider, significantly contributing to the rapid growth of our Group’s annual revenue. In 2011, our annual revenue exceeded a billion Ringgit Malaysia, positioning us as a major player in the building materials industry in Malaysia. Whilst expanding the business, he also played a key role in implementing proper procedures, systems, and controls for all the business units to ensure proper corporate governance as the business expanded.
In 2017, he was named as the EY Entrepreneur of the year for Malaysia. He was picked from among the 16 top nominees vying for the title, he also created history by being the youngest winner in the 16 years since the award has been running in Malaysia. He represented Malaysia to compete for the coveted EY World Entrepreneur of the Year (“WEOY”) award at the annual WEOY event in Monte Carlo for 2018.
He is presently the Chairman of Remuneration Committee of the Company.
He is the son of Datuk Seri Chiau Beng Teik, JP, the Executive Chairman and major shareholder of the Company and sibling of Ms Shelly Chiau Yee Wern, the Executive Director of the Company. He also sits on the Board of Chin Hin Group Property Berhad, Signature International Berhad, Ajiya Berhad and Fiamma Holdings Berhad. He has no conflict of interest with the Company other than those disclosed in the Company’s circular to shareholders dated 30 April 2025 and has not committed any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any.