TAN CHONG MOTOR HOLDINGS BERHAD
Annual Report 2014
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PROFILE OF DIRECTORS
Dato' Larry Seow is also an Independent Non-Executive
Director of Warisan TC Holdings Berhad and AmMetLife
Insurance Berhad (formerly known as AmLife Insurance
Berhad), and the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of
Sersol Berhad. He was also an Independent Non-Executive
Director of Affin Investment Bank Berhad from April 2004
to September 2011 and a past Independent Non-Executive
Director of ING Insurance Berhad and ING Funds Berhad.
He has abstained from deliberating and voting in respect
of transactions between the Group and related parties
involving himself.
Dato' Larry Seow attended all the five board meetings held
in 2014.
SIEW KAH TOONG
Siew Kah Toong
, also known as David Siew, 60, a
Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2010. He
is an Independent Non-Executive Director, the Chairman of
the Board Risk Management Committee and a member of
the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee.
Mr. Siew is a member of the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (MIA), the Malaysian Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (MICPA) and CPA Australia. He is also
a member of the Practice Review Committee of the MIA
and the Public Practice, Technical and Financial Statement
Review Committees of MICPA. He had served as a Board
member of the Financial Reporting Foundation for 2 terms
and was a member of the Developing Nations Committee of
the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) for a term.
Mr. Siew joined Sekhar & Tan, Chartered Accountants, as
its Managing Partner since the beginning of 2009. Prior
to that, he served as the Managing Partner of one of the
leading accounting firms in Malaysia. He has many years
of experience in auditing, financial reporting and corporate
advisory and had served as the audit engagement partner on
many public listed companies. Mr. Siew was also involved
in the role of Special Administrator for several public listed
companies pursuant to the Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional
Berhad Act, 1998 and successfully restructured them for
re-listing. He served for 4 years as the Finance Director
of Malaysian Mosaics Berhad where he was involved in
the reorganisation of the Group, restructuring of banking
and financing arrangements and mergers and acquisitions
besides improving the financing reporting systems.
Mr. Siew is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of
Emas Kiara Industries Berhad and Wing Tai Malaysia Berhad.
Mr. Siew attended all the five board meetings held in 2014.
DATO’ KHOR SWEE WAH @ KOH BEE LENG
DJMK
Dato’ Khor Swee Wah @ Koh Bee Leng
, also known
as Dato’ Rosie Tan, 66, a Malaysian, was appointed to
the Board as Executive Director on 22 March 2013. Her
corporate title has been changed to Executive Vice
President effective 1 January 2015.
Dato’ Rosie Tan graduated from the University of Newcastle,
New South Wales, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce
(Accounting) degree in year 1970.
Dato’ Rosie Tan began her career in the Treasury
Department of Tan Chong Group after her graduation in
1970 and was subsequently appointed as Deputy Managing
Director of Tan Chong & Sons Motor Company Sdn Bhd
on 10 January 2004. During her over 40 years’ stint in
the Group, she managed the multi-currency exposure of
the Group and introduced the use of various innovative
hedging products as part of her effort in minimizing cost
for the Group; set up the Group’s Treasury Department and
Human Resources Division; and transformed a manual and
traditional organisation into IT process driven operations.
Dato’ Rosie Tan leads an active life within and outside her
profession. Over the years, she has established a name for
herself in the Malaysian society for her involvement as the
Honorary Treasurer (1994 - 1999) and Honorary Trustee
(1999 - 2003) of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation. She is
also a Trustee of the Pink Triangle Foundation, a non-profit
organisation providing HIV AIDS education to the Malaysian
society.
Dato’ Rosie Tan is spouse of Dato’ Tan Heng Chew, President
and a major shareholder of the Company. She has abstained
from deliberating and voting in respect of transactions
between the Group and related parties involving herself.
Dato’ Rosie Tan attended all the five board meetings held
in 2014.
