DATO’ NG TIEH CHUAN

Malaysia

Male

60

Chairman of Nomination Committee

Independent and Non Executive

Publishing Management Course, UNESCO Diploma in Company Directorship, Institute of Directors

Dato’ Ng Tieh Chuan is the CEO of the MPH Group of companies in Malaysia. MPH Group is the largest vertically integrated Malaysian entity in the book industry with its history dating back to more than 100 years. He was the Managing Director of Pelanduk Publications Malaysia & Asean Academic Press Limited, London. He possesses more than 30 years of experience in the Malaysian book industry, starting at the age of nineteen fresh from school working with a local publishing company, he worked his way up the industry. At the age of twenty–three, he was appointed to the board of directors to manage two of the largest British based book distribution and publishing companies in Malaysia. He is also currently the Vice Chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Management and a Member of the Emeritus Court of Fellows. He is an Advisory Board Member of National Library of Malaysia. He was also Council Member of the Outward Bound Trust of Malaysia His penchant for ‘thinking out of the box’, his love for books, and endless stream of new ideas makes him a tireless workaholic, always looking at opportunities to develop the Malaysian book industry even further. His stewardship of the book publishing industry was duly recognized when he was elected the President of the Malaysian Book Publishers Association (MABOPA) in June 1999 and in June 2001. He was re-elected for a third term in 2003, but relinquish his post in September 2005 in accordance with the Association’s constitution on his appointment as CEO of the MPH Group of companies in Malaysia. He was a Council Member of the National Book Council Malaysia, Malaysian Book Industry Council and a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Directors and was admitted into the Academy of Fellows of the Malaysian Institute of Directors in 1999. He has attended numerous publishing courses locally and abroad, including the major Publishing Management course organised by UNESCO in 1982 and holds a Diploma in Company Directorship from the Institute of Directors. In 2005, he was invited to present a paper on “ASEAN Publishing Trend” at the Round Table Forum in conjunction with the Bangkok Book Fair in Thailand. In 2006, he was the first Malaysian book personality to be invited for a study tour of the Paju Bookcity in Seoul, Korea by the Asia Publication Culture and Information Center and to present a paper on “Book Publishing” at the Paju Bookcity Forum 2006. In recognition of his achievements and contributions, he was conferred the Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) by His Majesty the King of Malaysia in June 1992. In April 1999, he was conferred the Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP) by His Royal Highness the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah. In April 2001, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace (JP) by His Royal Highness the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah. In 2011, he was awarded The BrandLaureate Transformational Corporate Leader Brand ICON Leadership Award by the Asia Pacfic Brands Foundation. He has been appointed recently by Global Movement of Moderates Foundation as a Member, Board of Trustees.