DATO’ ABDUL HAMID BIN MUSTAPHA CHAIRMAN (INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Dato’ Abdul Hamid Bin Mustapha, aged 78, male, Malaysian, Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director, joined the Board of Talam Transform Berhad (“the Company”) on 30 May 2023. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.
Dato’ Abdul Hamid graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Malaya in 1971. He has served in the Royal Malaysian Police Force in various capacities since 1971 until his retirement as the Commissioner of Police, Director of Public & Internal Security in 2002. He was appointed as a member of the Police Force Commission in Malaysia from May 2003 to May 2005.
He was the former Chairman of WCE Holdings Berhad and has also sat on the Board of Edaran Berhad as an Independent Director until his retirement on 31 May 2023.
PUAN SRI DATIN THONG NYOK CHOO (NON-INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Puan Sri Datin Thong Nyok Choo, aged 79, female, Malaysian, is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. She was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 25 July 2024.
Puan Sri Datin Thong graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from University of Malaya in 1971. She has served as General Manager with Pembangunan Brisdale Sdn Bhd (“PB”), a property development company, from 1984 to 1989 and was appointed a Director of PB in March 1992 prior to her resignation.
She was formerly the President/Chief Executive of Talam Transform Berhad from 21 December 1990 to 8 February 2002. She was also appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Kumpulan Europlus Berhad (now known as WCE Holdings Berhad) on 1 March 2001 and due to her desire to retire from active business management, she resigned on 1 April 2012.
Her late spouse, Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Ir Chan Ah Chye @ Chan Chong Yoon was a Director and Major Shareholder of the Company. Her son, Mr Chan Tet Eu is an Executive Director and Major Shareholder of the Company. Her daughter, Ms Chan Siu Wei is a Major Shareholder of the Company.
CHUA KIM LAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Chua Kim Lan, aged 60, female, Malaysian, Executive Director, joined the Board of the Company on 1 October 2007.
Ms Chua Kim Lan graduated from Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology in Building Technology in 1984 and holds a Master of Business Administration from Honolulu University, Hawaii in 2000. She was previously attached to Brisdale (M) Sdn Bhd for five (5) years from 1984 to 1989 and the Company for one (1) year prior to joining Europlus Berhad as a Quantity Surveyor in 1991. She was transferred back to the Company subsequent to the merger exercise in 2003 and was formerly the Deputy President of the Company before her appointment to the Board.
CHAN TET EU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Chan Tet Eu, aged 39, male, Malaysian, Executive Director, joined the Board of the Company on 24 July 2014. He was formely a Non-Independent Non Executive Director of the Company prior to his re-designation as Executive Director (Business Development) on 1 May 2019.
Mr Chan Tet Eu holds a Bachelor of Arts and Media (with Hons) from Lim Kok Wing University and a Certificate of Excellence in mechanical engineering and a Diploma in accounting.
Mr Chan worked in a media outlet and production house, prior to joining a property development company.
His father, Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Ir Chan Ah Chye @ Chan Chong Yoon was a Director and Major Shareholder of the Company. His mother, Puan Sri Datin Thong Nyok Choo is a Director and Major Shareholder of the Company. His sister, Ms Chan Siu Wei is a Major Shareholder of the Company.
TAI KEAT CHAI (INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Tai Keat Chai, aged 69, male, Malaysian, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 30 May 2023. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.
Mr Tai Keat Chai passed the examinations of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1976 and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Mr Tai began his career with KPMG in London for a year and later in 1978, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur for 3 years, auditing the accounts of a wide range of companies, both big and small/medium. In 1981, he joined Alliance Investment Bank Berhad and worked all his way up for 7 years to become a Senior Manager in Corporate Finance department by providing advisory services to companies ranging from capital market exercises (IPOs), fund raising exercises (rights issues) and merger and acquisition activities.
Thereafter, he spent a year in PwC Consulting Sdn Bhd as a Manager by providing management consultancy services to companies before joining Berjaya Group Berhad as a General Manager of Investment to evaluate potential investment proposals. He was subsequently seconded to SJ Securities Sdn Bhd as a Manager where he was involved in its revival from suspension of stockbroking operations.
In 1991, he was an Executive Director of A.A. Anthony Securities Sdn Bhd for 6 years prior to him selling off his equity interest to a listed company. Subsequent thereto, he worked as a dealers representative in Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad. Currently, he is a Director of Fiscal Corporate Services Sdn Bhd. He sits on the Board of Marine & General Berhad, MIDF Amanah Asset Management Berhad and HSS Engineers Berhad. He was an Independent Non-Executive Director of REX Industry Berhad from 5 March 2015 to 31 March 2024 and Microlink Solutions Berhad from 28 August 2013 to 29 May 2024.
LING CHEE MIN (INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Ling Chee Min, aged 66, male, Malaysian, is anIndependent Non-Executive Director, He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 30 May 2023. He is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
Mr Ling Chee Min is an accountant by profession and he graduated with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) from the United Kingdom. He is a fellow member of the ACCA, a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM).
Mr Ling started his career in 1978 as Audit Semi-Senior with a firm of Chartered Accountants in London. In 1983, he joined an audit firm in Kuala Lumpur as Audit Senior and moved on to Aetna Universal Insurance Berhad as Accounts Supervisor in 1985. Thereafter, he joined Fraser & Neave (M) Sdn Bhd as Internal Auditor for 2 years. He was with TA Enterprise Berhad as Financial Controller from 1991 to 1996. He then joined 2 stockbroking companies in Malaysia as Remisier for 4 years. He is currently in public practice as an audit partner in TC & Associates PLT, Chartered Accountants and also since the year 2000, in his own firm, CM Ling & Co.. He is also currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Grand Central Enterprises Bhd and Artroniq Berhad.
CANDICE CHAN SIU CHING (ALTERNATE DIRECTOR TO MR CHAN TET EU)
Chan Siu Ching Candice, aged 29, female, Malaysian, is an Alternate Director to Mr Chan Tet Eu, an Executive Director of the Company. She was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 25 July 2024.
Ms Candice Chan graduated with a Bachelor of Business in Accounting, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia in 2017. She began her career in 2018 as an audit associate at two audit firms before joining the Company in 2020. She was initially placed in the sales and marketing department for one year, she then transitioned to the business development and planning department where she currently oversees project feasibility analysis and assisting the Executive Director in day-to-day operational management.
She is the youngest daughter of Puan Sri Datin Thong Nyok Choo and the late Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Ir Chan Ah Chye @ Chan Chong Yoon who was a Director and Major Shareholder of the Company. Her brother, Mr Chan Tet Eu is an Executive Director and Major Shareholder of the Company. Her sister, Ms Chan Siu Wei is a Major Shareholder of the Company.