TAN SRI DATO’ SRI DR. ABDUL AZIZ BIN ABDUL RAHMAN
Chairman and Director, holding a non-executive and independent position since 2 August 2013.
Tan Sri Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He obtained his PHD from National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia).
He has served as Chairman and Board member of several government institutions, agencies and public listed companies, both in Australia and Malaysia. At the corporate level he was with Price Waterhouse & Co. Sydney, Malaysia Airlines and Managing Director of Bank Rakyat Bhd before venturing into politics and public service as the Pahang State Assemblyman, State Executive Councillor and Deputy Chief Minister of Pahang. He was a Senator of Malaysian Parliament for a maximum period of two (2) terms. He is currently Chairman of University Malaysia Pahang.
DATO’ LIM KHOON HENG, PATRICK
Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director, holding an executive and non-independent position since 2 May 1997.
Dato’ Lim Khoon Heng is the Managing Director of Chuan Huat Steel Sdn Bhd since 14 December 1976. He is responsible for the operation, management and strategic planning of the Chuan Huat Resources Berhad Group. He was conferred with the DSSA award which carries the title of “Dato” by the Sultan of Selangor on 13 March 1999. He has been appointed as the Advisor of the Malaysia Hardware, Machinery & Building Materials Dealers’ Association and Malaysia Steel And Metal Distributors’ Association. He was awarded the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award on 29 July 2010 in the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2010 (APEA 2010). He was again awarded the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award-Building Material Industry on August 2016 in the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2016 (APEA 2016).
Dato’ Lim Khoon Heng is also the Non-Executive Chairman in Pineapple Resources Berhad.
DATO’ LIM LOONG HENG, MARK
Deputy Managing Director, holding an executive and non-independent position since 2 May 1997.
Dato’ Lim Loong Heng was attached to Schinger Ltd in UK as an Assistant Accountant for two years prior to his appointment to the Board of Directors of Chuan Huat Holdings Sdn Bhd. He currently takes charge of corporate planning matters of the Chuan Huat Resources Berhad Group. He was conferred with the DIMP award which carries the title of “Dato” by the Sultan of Pahang on 26 February 2005.
Dato ‘ Lim Loong Heng is also the Managing Director in Pineapple Resources Berhad.
NICHOLAS LIM KEAN HOONG
Director, holding an executive position since 25 February 2011.
Mr. Nicholas Lim Kean Hoong joined the Chuan Huat Group in June 2006 as the Manager responsible for the operation and marketing of the steel services centre division of Chuan Huat Group. He is an Executive Director of CHRS Samawira Mesh Sdn Bhd, CH Samawira Mesh Sdn. Bhd, CH Rebar Sdn Bhd, Bars & Mesh Industries Sdn Bhd and Keyline Consulting Sdn. Bhd. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Management Studies (Hons) from Nottingham University.
LIM KAH POON
Director, holding a non-executive and independent position since 27 February 2015.
Mr. Lim Kah Poon is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Mr. Lim is a Chartered Accountant with a broad based business experience, spent the early part of his professional career with Ernst & Whinney in Dublin, Ireland and Price Waterhouse in Kuala Lumpur/Penang for approximately 12 years. Mr. Lim was the Branch Manager of Price Waterhouse, Penang when he left the firm in 1983.
He joined Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad (“MTC”) – a subsidiary of British American Tobacco Company Ltd (“BAT”), in June 1983, where he held various senior finance positions over a 15 year-period, including the position of Financial Controller from 1990 to June 1996. From July 1996, he assumed the Regional Audit role, responsible for facilitating and identifying the key business risks and evaluating the respective control environment in all the key BAT operations in the Asia Pacific Region with the top management and ensuring that the business risks and weaknesses in the control environment were properly addressed, managed or minimized.
In 1998, he joined a local company, also quoted on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad as its Chief Financial Officer. His finance and regional audit portfolios in both MTC and the local company had provided him with the wide experience covering financial and management accounting and control, formulation of corporate policies and strategies, risks management, corporate governance, business and tax planning and the role of internal audit under the ever changing corporate environment.
He left his last company in September 2001 in order to focus on his consultancy work.
Mr. Lim Kah Poon is also an Independent Non-Executive Director in Pineapple Resources Berhad.
CHOW FOONG YEW, FRANKIE
Director, holding a non-executive and independent position since 27 February 2017.
Mr. Chow Foong Yew graduated with a Bsc.(Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Portsmouth University in 1980. He has served in numerous multi-national companies and conglomerates locally and overseas in his 31 years corporate career. He commenced his career with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in 1980 and then joined Malaysian Tobacco Company (MTC) a subsidiary of British American Tobacco in 1981 to 1995 in various positions in Engineering, Production, Product Development and Logistics.
He then joined Philip Morris Asia Ltd (PMAL) in Hong Kong in 1995 as the Regional Manufacturing Manager overseeing third party contract manufacturers in Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines. In 2000, he joined PT HM Sampoerna (PTHMS) in Indonesia as Head of Global Logistics responsible for the management and execution of global supply chain strategies for contract manufacturers in the UK, Germany and Russia. In 2004, he was appointed Country Manager of Sampoerna Brazil Latin America responsible for turnaround and strategies to improve profitability and market share.
In 2006, Mr. Chow joined GemsTV Holdings Ltd (GTV), a SGX public listed company as Chief Manufacturing Officer responsible for the jewellery manufacturing facility in Thailand. He undertook the modernization of the manufacturing facility and setting up of the Institute of Jewellery Technology under the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) privileges. Mr. Chow left GTV in 2010 to pursue his personal interests.
Mr. Chow Foong Yew is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Pineapple Resources Berhad.
CHEN THIAM KWEE @ TAN THIAM KWEE
Director, holding a non-executive and independent position on 13 March 2023.
Mr. Tan, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of PINEAPPLE RESOURCES BERHAD (PRB), a subsidiary of CHRB, since 8 January 2018. Mr. Tan has a Diploma in Accounting and began his career in finance for a brief 4 years before switching to marketing and has served 15 years thereafter with 3 different Public Listed Companies namely Amsteel Berhad, Malayawata Steel Berhad and Perwaja Steel Berhad with core businesses dwelling in construction materials. In 1997, Mr. Tan left his employment and successfully started his own business trading in steel materials for the past 26 years.
LEE YUET LI
Director, holding a non-executive and independent position on 2 May 2023.
Ms. Lee Yuet Li is an Accountant by profession, she is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). She started her career in 1991 and after a decade in external audit and investment banking, she joined DRB-HICOM Berhad as a Senior Manager in the Corporate Finance & Advisory Department. In 2007, she joined MISC Berhad and was promoted to Head of Special Projects, Mergers & Acquisitions in the Corporate Planning Department. She also served as a non-independent Board member of several joint-venture and subsidiary companies of MISC Berhad. Her last position was with Tropicana Corporation Berhad, where she served as the Executive Director, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations until 2018.
Her career spans the breadth and depth of industries such as energy (oil & gas) shipping, tank storage terminals, integrated land logistics, cold chain logistics, automotive manufacturing and distribution, warehousing, and property development. In these industries, her experience spans across group strategic planning, special corporate projects which included major IPOs, major restructuring exercises, international mergers and acquisitions, material divestments and group investor relations.
She is a graduate of the 30% Club Malaysia Board Mentoring Scheme (2nd Cohort, 2018) and has been a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) since 2018.