17-Jul-2013

APPOINTMENT

Member of Audit Committee

Independent & Non Executive

59

Malaysian

Building and Management Studies from University of Westminster

Datuk Seri Yam Kong Choy, aged 59, had an illustrious career spanning more than 30 years in construction, real estate and corporate sectors with the last 12 years until 2008, helming 2 different award winning public listed property companies as their chief executive officer (“CEO”) and managing director. Datuk Seri Yam was voted the “CEO of the Year 2002” for Malaysia by American Express Corporate Services and Business Times.

Trained as a building engineer in the United Kingdom (“UK”) with various companies and the British Civil Service, Datuk Seri Yam is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and also qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building after his graduation in Building and Management Studies from University of Westminster, London. Upon his return to Malaysia, he had served in various large companies, such as Landmarks Berhad, Peremba Malaysia, Country Heights Holdings Berhad and Sunrise Berhad in top management positions. He was the former managing director of Country Heights Holdings Berhad and Sunrise Berhad. Datuk Seri Michael Yam was also actively involved in development of hotels, resorts, shopping malls, golf courses, international schools, residential and mixed developments in Malaysia, Australia, UK, Mauritius and South Africa.

In the education sector, Datuk Seri Yam was a director of Mont’ Kiara International School from 1997 to 2000 and was primarily responsible for the subsequent establishment of the Australian International School at the Mines and the American International School of Sydney. He also oversaw the Education Division for Tertiary courses of Country Heights Holdings Berhad when he was its CEO in 1996.

Datuk Seri Yam is currently appointed as independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad, Standard Chartered Saadiq Bank Berhad, Paramount Corporation Berhad, Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad and Malaysia Property Incorporated. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Standard Chartered Foundation and is a director of the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce. He is the current President of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association of Malaysia as well as a member of the Advisory Board to the Mayor and City of Kuala Lumpur. He is also recently appointed by the Government as a member of the NKEA Steering Committee for the transformation of Greater Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley and Chairman of InvestKL, apart from being an independent non-executive director of Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Employees Provident Fund Board.

In 2009, Datuk Seri Yam had established a private equity, corporate and project management consultancy known as Impetus Alliance Advisors Sdn Bhd to provide advisory services to the industry.

Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad
Standard Chartered Saadiq Bank Berhad
Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad
Paramount Corporation Berhad
Malaysia Property Incorporated

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Mr Wong Chin Mun (Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director)
Mr Lim Swe Guan (Independent Non-Executive Director)
Datuk Seri Yam Kong Choy (Independent Non-Executive Director)