SUM LIH KANG
Executive Director
Sum Lih Kang, aged 34, male, Malaysian, was appointed as an Executive Director on 21 March 2017 and as a Deputy Managing Director of PPSB, a subsidiary of PPG in August 2015. He is a member of Risk Management Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Finance and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin Madison, USA.
He began his professional career with Maxis Communications Berhad in Finance, involving in budgeting and cost management. He subsequently joined Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) in the IPTV division (mioTV), involving in customer lifecycle management. He joined PPSB as Business Development Director in 2013.
He is the current Honorary Treasurer of Malaysian Book Publishers Association (MABOPA). He became executive committee member at the association since 2015.
He is the son of Datuk Sum Kown Cheek, the Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director of the Company. Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for his securities holding.
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DATUK SUM KOWN CHEEK
Executive Chairman &
Group Managing Director
Datuk Sum Kown Cheek, aged 67, male, Malaysian, was appointed as the Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director of the Company on 19 December 2003. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee. He was conferred the Darjah Pangkuan Seri Melaka (“DPSM”) which carries the title of Datuk in conjunction with the 77th Birthday of the Melaka Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Khalil Bin Yaakob on 14 November 2015.
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Datuk Sum graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1978 and entered the teaching profession in the same year. In 1993, he left the teaching profession to join Penerbitan Pelangi Sdn. Bhd. (“PPSB”) as the Managing Director. Under his guidance, he spearheaded the Company to achieve rapid growth by securing local school textbook projects, expanding its product range by entering into children’s books via securing Walt Disney licensee, which subsequently placed PPSB into the international publishing map. The Company has been awarded with strings of prestigious Awards including Enterprise 50 Award 2000-2002 (ranking 12th, 16th and 8th), SMI Recognition Award, Superbrands Award, Hall Of Fame – Golden Bull Award 2008, The BrandLaureate – Brand Personality Awards 2012-2013, Anugerah Buku Negara (National Book Award), The BrandLaureate: Corporate Awards 2012-2013, Best Brand Signature Award – Publishing and Educational Product 2013-2014 and Best Brand Award – Most Sustainable Brand leadership in Publishing & Education Solutions 2015/2016. His regular participation in overseas book fairs and conferences equipped him with fresh ideas that were constantly being injected into publication of quality books. An entrepreneur with more than twenty (20) years of publishing experience, he has brought the Group to its present success and overseen all aspects of the Group’s operation. He was also an Exco Member of the Malaysian Book Publishers Association (MABOPA) from 2011 to 2014. In 2014, he was invited by the Philippine Educational Publishers Association to present a paper entitled “Publishing in a Unified ASEAN Market Place” in the Philippine Educational Publishing Conference (PEPCON) during the Manila International Book Fair.
He has no directorship in other public listed companies. His spouse Datin Lai Swee Chiung, is a substantial shareholder of the Company. His elder brother, Datuk Sam Yuen @ Sam Chin Yan, is a substantial shareholder of PPG. Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for his securities holding.
SYAHRIZA BINTI SENAN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Syahriza Binti Senan, aged 42, female, Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 19 December 2003. She is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Management Committee. She is also a member of the Nomination Committee and Audit Committee.
Ms. Syahriza graduated from Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a CPA-MBA and a Bachelor of Business (Accounting). She is also a member of Certified Practising Accountants (“CPA”) Australia.
She has more than 16 years of working experience with exposures to internal audit, risk management, finance, compliance as well as corporate planning and restructuring. She has no directorship in other public listed companies.
Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for her securities holding.
WONG TUCK CHEONG
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Wong Tuck Cheong, aged 37, male, Malaysian, was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 November 2018. He is also a member of the Audit Committee. He is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant (ACPA) and a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom.
He has more than 10 years of experience in audit, finance, tax and corporate advisory. Prior to managing his own audit firm, he was attached to Baker Tilly Malaysia. In addition, he also has broad ranging corporate experience having served as Executive Director and Corporate Adviser to a few privately held companies with interest in education, retailing, food & beverage and investment holdings.
He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for his securities holding.
Other information
Except as disclosed above, none of the Directors has any family relationship with and Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company.
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Conflict of Interest
None of the Directors has any conflict of interest with the Company.
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Conviction for offences
None of the Directors has been convicted for offences within the past ten (10) years other than traffic offences.
VINCENT WONG SOON CHOY
KOH SIEW SHERN
Executive Director
Adrian Koh Siew Shern, aged 41, male, Malaysian, was appointed as an Executive Director on 31 March 2017 and as a Country Sales & Operation Manager of Pelangi Publishing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (“PPTCL”), a subsidiary of PPG on 1st April 2009. He was then appointed as Country Sales and Operation Director on 1 January 2018.
He holds a Bachelor Degree in Management majoring in Accounting from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He joined PPSB as a Marketing Representative in 2004 and was promoted to Assistant Sales Manager in 2007 and subsequently Area Sales Manager in 2008.
He has served with Pelangi Publishing Group of companies since 2004 and over the years, has developed a strong leadership track record with a thorough understanding of regional publishing industry in which the Group operates. He is now responsible for the overall operations of PPTCL and is instrumental in making strategic decisions for the Company.
Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for his securities holding.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Vincent Wong Soon Choy, aged 51, male, Malaysian, was appointed as an Alternate Director to Winston Paul Wong Chi-Huang of the Company on 10 February 2009. Subsequently, he became Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2011. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committees and a member of Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.
He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce Degree majoring in Accountancy and minor in Internal Audit from Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. He is also a Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a member of Certified Practising Accountants (“CPA”) Australia.
He has more than 27 years of working experience with exposure to corporate finance, auditing, compliance, tax planning, group accounts, corporate governance, corporate planning and restructuring garnered from his previous employment positions held including as Head of Operation for a leading stock broking company, Group Accountant for a public listed company, Group Financial Controller for a property development group and auditing experience with a big four audit firm.
Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for his securities holding.
DATIN DR. NORRIZAN BINTI RAZALI
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datin Dr. Norrizan Binti Razali, aged 57, female, Malaysian, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 November 2018. She is also a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee. She obtained her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A, and Masters in Teaching English as Second Language from San Francisco State University, U.S.A and Degree in Education from Southeast Missouri State University, U.S.A.
She has garnered an illustrious 26-year career in the education industry that encompasses the academia at the National University of Malaysia (UKM), as well as programme management, consultancy and policy formulation at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies and the Multimedia Development Corporation. Having led the management of sales operations at Microsoft and Apple, Datin Dr. Norrizan is now a resolute entrepreneur dedicated to pursuing her passion in helping education institutions, educators and school leaders to meet their fullest potential.
She founded Tech Capacity which is focused on sustaining and scaling the mission of building educators and education leaders’ capacity with collaborators who share her passion. She is chairman of the Board of Governors of the GEMS International School, Pearl City, Penang and the International School at Tropicana Metropark Subang. An Ivy League qualified educationalist, who features regularly in local and global forums, her views on education trends resonate with audiences from education institutions, businesses, and government agencies.
Please refer to page 183 of this Annual Report for her securities holding.