Datuk Cheng Lai Hock is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and was appointed to our Board on 6 May 2021.

Datuk Cheng obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Administrative Studies from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom in September 1982. He also obtained his Master’s in Business Administration majoring in Accounting from Universiti Utara Malaysia in September 2003. He is a fellow member of the Malaysia Association of Company Secretaries since July 1992, Associate Member of the Association of International Accountants since December 1999 and Associate Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia since April 2002. He is also the President of Kedah Chinese Assembly Hall and Deputy President of the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia. He has over thirty six (36) years of experience as company secretary and more than twenty (20) years of experience as a tax consultant.

Datuk Cheng began his career as an Administrative Executive in P. Hand Chemical Sdn Bhd in November 1982. Thereafter, he started his own secretarial firm in October 1984. In November 2000, he was granted a tax agent license by the Ministry of Finance, and he commenced the provision of tax advisory services since then. He is a committee member of the Kedah State Government’s Chinese Affairs Committee since September 2008. 

He is currently a member of Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company.

Datuk Cheng currently is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Chin Hin Group Berhad. He has no family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company., He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no conviction for any offences within the past 5 years other than traffic offences, if any, nor any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.