Directors’ Profile

Datuk Aznam Bin Mansor is the Chairman and Non-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.

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. He subsequently pursued a Master in Business Administration, majoring in Supply Chain Management, at Eastern Michigan University, USA and completed his studies in 2006. In 2007, he began his career with our Group as Assistant to the Managing Director, overseeing the business operation in the area of production and marketing. On 1 March 2013, he was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company.

He 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 established and managed his own sawmill factory. During this period, he gained extensive experience in production, marketing, and human resource. In addition, he developed strong familarity Sabah timber industry, including lumber concession and trading operation.

He holds directorship in the subsidiaries of the Company.

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 graduated with a professional degree in Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ("ACCA") and is member of ACCA and Malaysian Institute of Accountants ("MIA").

He has more than 25 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.

His directorship in other public companies include as the Independent Non-Executive Director of Benalec Holdings Berhad and an Independent Non-Executive Director of SKA Capital 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. Currently, he is one of the Director of Jurutera Perunding M&E NTM (S) Sdn. Bhd. 

He is also a Registered Energy Manager (REM1) registered with the Energy Commission in February 2010 and ECoS Registered Electrical Energy Mnager (EREEM) registered with Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS) in September 2024. He involved in Sustainable Energy Management System Program mainly as an Energy Manager and perform energy audit for commercial and industrial buildings. 

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 has over 30 years of working experience in the legal profession. She started her legal career as anintern with Bakers & McKenzie, an international law firm in Sydney, Australia in 1988. 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.

Ms Nar 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. On 18 July 2017, she was admitted as an Australian lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.

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. In 2019, she was appointed as the Registrar of the Anglican Diocese of Sabah which post she still hold todate on a voluntary basis. In March 2024 she was selected by Property Hunter, a property portal and media agency under their annual recognition program WIRE as one of 8 women in Sabah recognised for their contribution in the real estate industry for 2024.

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, serving from January 2008 to January 2016. In January 2016, she moved to Da Yuan Yang Industrial Co., Ltd. as International Marketing Manager. Her responsibilities include 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.