EXCEL FORCE MSC BERHAD 9 Board of Directors’ Profile DATUK WIRA FARHASH WAFA SALVADOR Executive Chairman | Male, Aged 41 Datuk Wira Farhash Wafa Salvador (“Datuk Wira Farhash”), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 9 May 2023. Datuk Wira Farhash was graduate with professional qualification major in Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, a masters holder major in Master Science in Finance from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom and a degree holder major in Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Datuk Wira Farhash brings with him over more than a decades worth of experience in the field of business, consultancy and advisory. In the business front, his illustrious career spans across a broad range of sectors which includes construction, technology, hotel, food & beverage. He is also a staunch advocate to promoting the development of the Small Medium Enterprise (“SME”) industry in the country. Moreover, Datuk Wira Farhash is a multi-talented innovator with five award-winning patents held across the world including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and China. As testament to his talents and invaluable contribution to the industry, he was named, amongst the many, Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020 by the Global Business Leadership Awards, Enterprising Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019 and Technopreneur of the Year in 2018 by SEBA, Malaysia Outstanding National Entrepreneur Bumiputra in Business in 2018, 100th most influential young entrepreneur in 2017 and Bumiputera Entrepreneur Startup Scheme Award by the Bumiputera Agenda Leadership Unit (TERAJU) in 2016. He is or had been a director and/or shareholder in at least ten (10) private companies which includes Swag Technologies Sdn Bhd, Salvador & Sons Sdn Bhd and Pacific Samudera Sdn Bhd. He was also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bluemont Group Limited (now known as Southern Archipelago Limited) from 2014 to 2016, a Public Listed Company listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (“SGX”). He presently sits in the Board of Advisory of Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia, a non-government organisation that thrives on the frontier of gathering, creating and developing sustainable companies with strong entrepreneurship traits. He is also a Group Executive Chairman of Apex Equity Holdings Berhad, a Non Independent and Non Executive Chairman of 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad and a Director of Berjaya Construction Berhad. WONG KOK CHAU Managing Director | Male, Aged 54 Wong Kok Chau (“Kok Chau”), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 24 November 2016 and re-designated as Managing Director on 1 July 2020. He is a member of the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He started his career with Ernst & Young providing corporate advisory services to business investors. Next, he joined a French based fast-moving consumer goods, BIC, as their Regional Controller for Asia. Kok Chau was a member of the Asian growth strategy execution team. He was subsequently recruited by Kepner-Tregoe (KT), a US-based training and consulting company as Financial Controller for Asia Pacific. His responsibility included financial and management reporting, treasury, costing, logistic and administration, and managed a team of back office support resources across 6 countries. Midway in his career with KT, he switched role to be a full time Consultant. He was a key resource in margin improvement and strategy formulation consulting projects, assuming the role of analyst and process consultant. He managed a regional inside sale team, responsible for selling training services and identifying consulting opportunities. He left KT to establish his own business in Singapore. A Davids & Company (ADC) is a productivity improvement consulting company, focus on increasing the thinking capability of people to solve problems and get the right things done right first time. Amongst the projects he implemented were formulating business direction of a global facilities management company and improving cross functional team communication and coordination of a regional telco. In EForce, he is responsible to formulate and execute strategic projects for business growth, increase operational efficiency, improve service delivery quality and business development. On 9 July 2018, Kok Chau was appointed as an independent and non-executive director of MY E.G. Services Berhad. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee, Chairman of Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee, and a member of the Risk Management and Remuneration Committee of MY E. G. Services Berhad.
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