Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Mohamed Ismail Bin Merican, a Malaysian aged 74, was appointed as Chairman of Gadang Holdings Berhad (“Gadang” or “Company”) on 1 December 2016. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Committee.

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Mohamed Ismail is currently the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of MAHSA University as well as Consultant Hepatologist & Internal Medicine Specialist at Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

From 2005 till 2011, he held the post of the Director-General (DG) of Health of Malaysia, President of the Malaysian Medical Council and was a member of the Promotion Board of the Malaysian Civil Service. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Heart Institute, Chairman of the National Committee for Clinical Research, Chairman of Drug Control Authority, Chairman of National Poisons Board, Chairman of Medicine Advertisement Board and Chairman of Pharmacy Board.

Tan Sri Dato’ Kok Onn, a Malaysian, aged 71, joined the Board on 10 March 1997 as the Joint Managing Director of Gadang and was subsequently appointed as the Managing Director cum Chief Executive Officer on 2 September 1997. He was then redesignated to Group Managing Director on 1 November 2022.

Prior to joining Gadang, Tan Sri Dato’ Kok Onn was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Bridgecon Holdings Berhad (“Bridgecon”). He was also the founder of Bridgecon Engineering Sdn Bhd (“BESB”), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Bridgecon. The track record of BESB was used to list Bridgecon on the Second Board of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 16 November 1994.

Tan Sri Dato’ Kok Onn’s exposure in the construction industry began in 1972 and has been involved in the industry for more than 47 years. He has gained extensive knowledge and experience in most aspects of civil and structural engineering schemes with various projects in Malaysia, China, Middle East and South Africa.

Tan Sri Dato’ Kok Onn was also the person who transformed Bridgecon from a pure construction company to activities involving manufacturing and supply of readymixed concrete, concrete pumping, quarrying, property and resort development and on international aspect where he spearheaded Bridgecon’s venture into three toll expressway operations in the People’s Republic of China.

Ms. Kok Pei Ling, a Malaysian aged 40, joined the Board on 2 January 2013 as an Executive Director. She is currently the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Ms. Kok Pei Ling graduated from University of Melbourne, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Management) Degree in 2003.

She began her career as a consultant for Corporate Recovery and Insolvency in BDO Capital Consultants Sdn Bhd from April 2004 to June 2006. She then joined OSK Investment Bank Berhad as an Associate for Debt Capital Markets from June 2006 to May 2007. Prior to joining Gadang in September 2009, she was the Assistant Manager (Investment Banking) of OCBC Bank (M) Berhad.

Mr. Huang Shi Chin, a Malaysian aged 64, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Gadang on 1 August 2017. He was appointed as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Gadang on 16 August 2021. He is the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

An Accountant by profession, Mr. Huang Shi Chin previously worked for a well-known FMCG public listed company in Malaysia for over 21 years, first as its Finance Director and later Corporate Affairs Director. He also served as an Executive Director on its Board for nine years.

He has extensive experience in financial reporting, risk management, regulatory framework, as well as in corporate affairs & communication and human capital development & management.

Prior to that, he worked in public accounting firms, including two of the leading public accounting firms in Malaysia, specialising in audit and due diligence.

Mr. Sherman Lam Yuen Suen, a Malaysian aged 49, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Gadang on 16 August 2021. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of the Board Risk Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance) degree from Charles Sturt University, Australia and is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is also a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K., Fellow Member of CPA Australia, Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia and CFP™ Certified Member of The Financial Planning Association of Malaysia. He started his career with Fulton Prebon (M) Sdn Bhd, a financial services subsidiary of Seacorp (a PNB company) in 1994. He then joined the Treasury Division of Utama Merchant Bank Berhad (an investment bank jointly owned by Utama Banking Group Berhad and HSBC Investment Bank Asia Ltd) in 1997, eventually taking on the role of Chief Dealer and Treasury Manager. Thereafter in 2000, he joined Nikkei Pacific Corporate Advisors, a regional corporate finance advisory firm as an Associate Director where he advised on several large corporate restructuring and capital raising exercises in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Since 2002, he has been the Managing Director of Cirrus Ventures Group, an independent private equity and venture capital investments firm. He is also the Managing Partner of Sherman Lam & Co, a firm of Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Sherman Lam currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of Hiap Teck Venture Berhad. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of Bintai Kinden Corporation Berhad from 2010 to 2013 and Asian Pac Holdings Berhad from 2019 to February 2023.

Ms. Wong Ping Eng, a Malaysian aged 49, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Gadang on 25 May 2022. She is a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Committee.

Ms. Wong Ping Eng is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial and accounting field. She started her career as Audit Assistant at KPMG, Kuching from September 1997 until December 2000. In January 2001, she joined Naim Holdings Berhad as Accountant. In April 2004, she was appointed the Operations Manager for Naim’s Bandar Baru Permyjaya project in Miri where she was responsible for managing the whole of Miri Operations.

In July 2008, she was promoted as Vice President – Finance and Accounts to oversee the Group Finance and Accounts Division. She was subsequently promoted as Deputy Director – Finance & IT Division in July 2010 and in August 2012, she was promoted as Senior Director for Naim’s Group Support Division comprising Finance & Accounts, Administration, Human Resource and Information Technology. She was appointed as an Executive Director of Naim Holdings Berhad on 29 November 2012 and on 9 January 2013, she was redesignated as the Deputy Managing Director of Naim Holdings Berhad.