DATO' SERI WONG SIEW HAI

Malaysia

Male

72

Director

BSc. in Mechanical Engineering University of Leeds, England MSc. in Management Science, Imperial College Of Science & Technology, University Of London, England

He started his career in 1976 with Intel Technology Sdn Bhd (Intel) as Quality Assurance Engineer and left with his last position as General Manager in 1996. During his time with Intel, he was responsible for, amongst others, the quality assurance for assembly operations of semiconductors and Intels 8-bit micro-controller business unit. Thereafter, he joined Dell Incorporateds Asia Pacific Customer Centre as Managing Director and Vice President where he was mainly involved in the management of their operations. In 1998, he re-joined Intel as Managing Director of Assembly Test Manufacturing in Malaysia and was later promoted to Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing Group and General Manager of Assembly Test Manufacturing, where he was responsible for all of Intels assembly test factories worldwide. He retired from Intel in 2004. He was a Director of Invest-In-Penang Berhad, an agency incorporated by the Penang State Government to promote investment in the state of Penang from 2004 to 2008.
From 2005 to 2017, he was a board member of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), a division under MITI and was the Chairman of the Audit Committee of MATRADEs board from 2011 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the Malaysian American Electronics Industry, an industry committee under the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce from 2005 until 2021. He is the President of the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association since 2021 and the Chairman of Electrical and Electronics Productivity Nexus since 2017.
He has over 30 years experience in the Electricals & Electronics ("E & E") industry within Malaysia as well as Asia Pacific region.

1. SAM Engineering & Equipment (M) Berhad
2. Penang Tech Centre Bhd.
3. Penang Science Cluster
4. Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad