TAN CHONG MOTOR HOLDINGS BERHAD
Annual Report 2014
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PROFILE OF DIRECTORS
DATO’ TAN HENG CHEW
JP, DJMK
Dato’ Tan Heng Chew
, 68, a Malaysian, was appointed
to the Board on 19 October 1985 and was subsequently
appointed as the Executive Deputy Chairman on 1
January 1999. He was re-designated as the Executive
Deputy Chairman and Group Managing Director on 1 July
2012. His corporate title has been changed to President
effective 1 January 2015. He is a member of the Board Risk
Management Committee.
Dato’ Tan graduated from the University of New South Wales,
Australia with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree
and a Masters degree in Engineering from the University
of Newcastle, Australia. He joined the Tan Chong Group of
companies in 1970 and was instrumental in the establishment
of the Autoparts Division in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Dato’ Tan is also the President of APM Automotive Holdings
Berhad and Warisan TC Holdings Berhad.
Dato’ Tan is the spouse of Dato’ Khor Swee Wah @ Koh Bee
Leng, a Director of the Company. He is a major shareholder
of the Company. He is the brother of Mr. Tan Eng Soon and
also a director and shareholder of Tan Chong Consolidated
Sdn Bhd. Mr. Tan Eng Soon and Tan Chong Consolidated
Sdn Bhd are major shareholders of the Company. Dato’
Tan has abstained from deliberating and voting in respect
of transactions between the Group and related parties
involving himself.
Dato’ Tan attended all the five board meetings held in 2014.
DATO’ NG MANN CHEONG
DSSA, SMP, JP
Dato’ Ng Mann Cheong
, 70, a Malaysian, was appointed
to the Board on 31 July 1998. He is the Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director to whom concerns of fellow Directors,
shareholders and other stakeholders may be conveyed. He is
the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of
the Audit Committee and Board Risk Management Committee.
Dato’ Ng is a Barrister at law (Middle Temple), Advocate and
Solicitor, High Court of Malaya and has been admitted to
practice in the jurisdictions of Singapore, Victoria and Western
Australia. He has been in legal practice for more than 45 years
and is a Senior Partner of Syed Alwi, Ng & Co. He is also the
Legal Advisor of Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation.
Dato’ Ng also sits on the board of AmTrustee Berhad,
AmMortgage One Berhad and was a past director of Port
Klang Authority.
Dato’ Ng attended four out of five board meetings held in 2014.
DATO’ HAJI KAMARUDDIN @ ABAS BIN NORDIN
DSSA, KMN
Dato’ Haji Kamaruddin @Abas bin Nordin
, 76, a Malaysian,
was appointed to the Board on 23 November 2001. He is an
Independent Non-Executive Director, and a member of the
Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Board Risk
Management Committee.
Dato’ Haji Kamaruddin graduated from the University of
Canterbury, New Zealand with a Master of Arts degree
majoring in Economics in 1966. He joined the civil service upon
his graduation and served the Government until he retired in
1993. During his tenure with the civil service, he held several
senior positions, among them as Director, Industries Division
in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Deputy
Secretary-General, Ministry of Works and Director-General of
the Registration Department, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Dato’ Haji Kamaruddin is also an Independent Non-
Executive Director of APM Automotive Holdings Berhad
and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Lion
Industries Corporation Berhad. He has abstained from
deliberating and voting in respect of transactions between
the Group and related parties involving himself.
Dato’ Haji Kamaruddin attended all the five board meetings
held in 2014.
DATO' SEOW THIAM FATT
DIMP (conferred on 1 April 2015)
Dato' Seow Thiam Fatt
, also known as Dato' Larry Seow,
74, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 3 July 2002.
He is an Independent Non-Executive Director, the Chairman
of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating
Committee and Board Risk Management Committee.
Dato' Larry Seow is a Fellow of CPA Australia, Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and past
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(MICPA). He is a past President of MICPA and also served four
years as a government appointed Independent Director of the
previous Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange (KLCE). He is
a past Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA) and is currently the
Chairman of its Audit Committee.
Dato' Larry Seow has more than 20 years’ professional
experience as a former Partner in the accounting firms of
Larry Seow & Co, Moores Rowland and Arthur Young. He
diverted from professional practice in 1994 and thereafter
held various senior positions in the private and public sectors
including his position as General Manager of the Financial
Reporting Surveillance and Compliance Department of the
Securities Commission of Malaysia.
