Directors’ Profile

Datuk Aznam Bin Mansor is the Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. .

He is an Advocate and Solicitor by profession having been admitted as a Barrister at Law of Lincoln’s Inn in 1984 and admitted and enrolled as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1986. Upon his admission to the Malaysian Bar, he commenced his legal practice and he has been a partner of his present legal practice, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill since 1993. Currently, he is the Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Mikro MSC Berhad. .

He is also the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company.

Mr Lin, Hao-Wen graduated from Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan with a Bachelor of Computer Science in 2001 and subsequently pursued his Master in Business Administration (Major in Supply Chain Management) in Eastern Michigan University, USA. He graduated in 2006 and started his career with our Group in 2007 as Assistant to the Managing Director overseeing the business operation in the area of production and marketing. Subsequently, on 1 March 2013, he was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company.

He is the Chairman of Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee. He also holds directorship in the subsidiaries of the Company.

He is the spouse of Ms Lin, Pei-Wen, the Executive Director, and brother of Mr Lin, Hao-Yu, the Executive Director and major shareholder of the Company. .

Mr Lin, Hao-Yu graduated from Advanced Vocational School of Agriculture & Technology in Sheng Li Gung Shan Taiwan major in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering. He has about twenty-three (23) years of working experience in the timber industry. Prior joining to our Group, he started his working career with the Company in 1998 as a General Production Manager. Then he left to join a veneer production factory in Cambodia from 2000 to 2003 as a Production and Human Resource Manager. He returned to Malaysia to join a company involved in sawmilling from 2004 to 2008, holding the position as a Production Manager and also in charge of the sales and marketing department.

From 2009 till 2015, he started his own business of sawmill factory. He possesses a sufficient and broad experience in production, marketing, and human resource. In addition, he is familiar with Sabah timber industry and lumber concession and trading operation.

He is also a member of Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee. He holds directorship in Untung Ria Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Focus Lumber Berhad.

He is the brother of Mr Lin, Hao-Wen, the Managing Director and major shareholder of the Company, and brother-in-law of Ms Lin, Pei-Wen, the Executive Director of the Company.

Mr Kenneth Chin Kah Kiong, our Independent Non-Executive Director, is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company.

He is a member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He has more than 24 years of extensive experience in various spectrum of finance functions encompassing accounting, taxation, financial reporting, corporate finance accross industries including construction, property development, hotel, retail and food & beverages in public listed companies.

Senior leadership position held by him included Executive Director of Benalec Holdings Berhad, Chief Financial Officer of Focus Point Holdings Berhad, and Group Financial Controller in Karambunai Corp Berhad. He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Benalec Holdings Berhad.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company.

Mr Chong Shu Phin, our Independent Non-Executive Director, is also the Chairman of Remuneration Committee and a member of Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company.

Mr Chong holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (formerly known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia). In April 1990, he started his career with Sony TV Industries (M) Sdn Bhd as a design Engineer. He joined a consultancy firm in January 1995 as an Electrical Engineer involving in Mechanical & Engineering mainly on deisgn and project management. 

He is also a Registered Electrical Energy Manager (REEM) with the Energy Commission in February 2010. He involved in Sustainable Energy Management System Program mainly as an Energy Manager and perform energy audit for commercial and industrial buildings. Currently, he is the Director of Jurutera Perunding M&E NTM (S) Sdn Bhd.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company.

Ms Nar Chin Keow, our Independent Non-Executive Director, is also the Chairman of Nomination Committee and a member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.

Ms Nar while undergoing her law studies in Australia worked with Bakers & McKenzie, an international law firm in Sydney, Australia under internship from December 1988 to February 1989 and December 1989 to February 1990. She obtained an Ordinary Degree of Bachelor of Laws from University of Adelaide in 1990 and an Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in 1991. She received a Butterworths Book Prize from the University of Adelaide in 1986 and was the recipient of the Taxation Institute of Australia Prize in 1989.

From January to December 1991, she underwent pupilage in Suhaimi Khor & Zulkifli, Kuala Lumpur under Matthias Chang Esq. and was admitted to the High Court of Malaya on 10 January 1992. In 1994, she was admitted to the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, then practised as a lawyer and partner in the legal firm Alex Pang & Co. in Kota Kinabalu until April 2002 when she started her own legal practice. In 2014, she served in the Sabah Law Association Ethics and Etiquette subcommittee that oversees the legal course and examination for pupils which is a prerequisite for admission to the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak. On 18 July 2017, she was admitted as an Australian lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. In 2019, she was appointed as the Registrar of the Anglican Diocese of Sabah which post she still hold todate on a voluntary basis. Currently, she is the Managing Partner of legal firm C.K. Nar & Co which specialises in property, banking and contract law. She is also a Director of VFchin Interior Sdn Bhd.

She has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company.

Ms Lin, Pei-Wen our Executive Director was graduated from Chang Jung Christian University with the Bachelor Degree of Accounting and Information System and she obtained her Master Degree in Business Administration in April 2018 from National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan.

She started her career in Ernst & Young Global Limited (E&Y) from September 2005 to December 2007 as junior auditor and was promoted to the audit team leader subsequently.

She joined Untung Ria Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary company of Focus Lumber Berhad, as Financial Controller from January 2008 to January 2016. In January 2016, she joined Da Yuan Yang Industrial Co., Ltd. as International Marketing Manager. Her job scopes cover international marketing, Customer Relationship Management and managing risks in relation to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters.

She is the spouse of Mr Lin, Hao-Wen, the Managing Director and substantial shareholder of the Company, sister-in-law of Mr Lin, Hao-Yu, the Executive Director and substantial shareholder of the Company. .

Mr Teh Yong Khim was appointed to the Board on 1 December 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Accounting Degree from the University of Malaya. He is a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and also a Permanent Affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

During his final year study at the university, he worked as part-time audit staff at HS Teoh & Co. After graduating from university in August 2008, he pursued his career as an auditor in KPMG Singapore for 3 years where he gained solid experience in the areas of auditing and accountancy.

He joined Focus Lumber Berhad as an Accountant in April 2012. He was then promoted to the position of Financial Controller in year 2018 before his appointment as Executive Director. He had participated in various corporate exercises of Focus Lumber Berhad such as bonus issue of the Company’s shares.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company.