Profile of the
Board of Directors
Chan Cheu Leong
Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer
Dato’ Seri Robert Tan, a Malaysian aged
62, was appointed Chairman of Wah
Seong Corporation Berhad (“WSC”) on
22 May 2002.
Dato’ Seri Robert Tan has vast experience in the property and hotel industry.
After studying Business Administration in the United Kingdom, he was attached
to a Chartered Surveyor’s firm for one (1) year. He had also developed a housing
project in Central London before returning to Malaysia. He was involved in
various development projects carried out by IGB Corporation Berhad and Tan &
Tan Developments Berhad, in particular the Mid Valley Project.
Currently, Dato’ Seri Robert Tan is the Group Managing Director of IGB
Corporation Berhad; the Managing Director of IGB REIT Management Sdn Bhd
(the manager of IGB Real Estate Investment Trust); a Director of Tan & Tan
Developments Berhad, a property division of IGB Corporation Berhad and a
Director of Goldis Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several private limited
companies.
DATO’ SERI ROBERT TAN
CHUNG MENG
Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Chan, a Malaysian aged 64, is the
Managing Director and Group Chief
Executive Officer of WSC. He was
appointed to the Board of WSC on
22 May 2002.
Mr Chan attained a Bachelor of Science (Hon) Degree in Engineering Production
in 1974 from the University of Birmingham under a Colombo Plan Award and
began his career by joining the Singapore Administrative Service. He left
the Ministry of Finance, Singapore in 1976 to pursue his Master in Business
Administration from the London Business School.
Upon successful completion of the same, he joined ESSO Production Malaysia
Incorporated as their Senior Financial Analyst before joining Tractors Malaysia
Berhad as their Group Treasurer in 1981. Thereafter, he left to become the Group
Executive Director for General Corporation Berhad from 1984 to 1990 before
assuming the position of Managing Director of Tan & Tan Developments Berhad
from 1990 to 1995. In 1994, he established Wah Seong Industrial Holdings Sdn
Bhd and subsequently formed WSC, which was listed on the Main Market of
Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 9 July 2002. He has extensive experience in
the property, manufacturing and financial fields. Mr Chan is a Trustee of Yayasan
Wah Seong, a council member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
and a member of Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia.
He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.
Ms Pauline Tan, a Malaysian aged 69,
was appointed to the Board of WSC on
22 May 2002.
Ms Pauline Tan is a holder of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biochemistry
from University of Sussex, England and is a Fellow member of The Malaysian
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. She started her career
as a chemist with Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Company Bhd from 1969 to
1972. She then joined Tan Kim Yeow Sendirian Berhad as an Executive Director in
1976 and subsequently joined Wah Seong (Malaya) Trading Co. Sdn Bhd in 1983
and was made an Executive Director in 1994. Currently, she is a Director of IGB
Corporation Berhad, a Trustee of Yayasan Wah Seong and also sits on the Board
of several other private limited companies.
PAULINE
TAN SUAT MING
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Wah Seong Corporation Berhad • Annual Report 2014
