LAI SOON YIP

MALAYSIAN

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Chief Executive Officer

He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom, a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and National Institute of Accountants, Australia, respectively.

He has wide experience on corporate and advisory services. He was professionally trained under the then Messrs Hew & Tan, a firm of public accountants from 1992 to 1996. Thereafter, he embarked on his career with then Permata Merchant Bank Berhad in the Corporate Finance Division. He had extensive exposure and experience in the functions of corporate finance and advisory services, which include, amongst others, IPO, equity and debt fund raising, corporate restructuring and corporate acquisitions. During the 1997 financial crisis, he was seconded to and exposed to the activities of the Accounts & Administration Division, Privatisation & Project Finance Division and Corporate Banking Division. In late 2000, he left the bank and embarked on his own consultancy and business venture.

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