Mr. Lee Seng Huang

Non-Independent Executive Chairman

Mr Lee, aged 33, a Malaysian, was appointed Executive Chairman of the Company on 15 December 2003. He was educated at the University of Sydney in Australia and has previously served on the boards of Lippo in Hong Kong, Auric Pacific in Singapore as well as the Export and Industry Bank in the Philippines. He is also the Executive Chairman of Mulpha Australia Limited and Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited, Hong Kong's leading non bank financial institution, and a Director of FKP Property Group, a leading ASX listed property developer in Australia.

Mr. Chung Tze Hien

Non-Independent Executive Director
Chairman of Tender and Risk Management Committees
Member of Remuneration Committee

Mr Chung, aged 57, a Malaysian, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 27 February 2001. He graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand with a Commerce Degree and later proceeded to qualify as an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of United Kingdom. Prior to joining the Company, Mr Chung worked for and held senior managerial positions in several public listed companies in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia involving a variety of industries and businesses. He is also the Chairman of Mulpha Land Berhad and a Director of Greenfield Chemical Holdings Limited, Mulpha Australia Limited and Mudajaya Group Berhad.

Mr. Law Chin Wat

Non-Independent Executive Director
Member of Tender and Risk Management Committees

Mr Law, aged 56, a Malaysian, was appointed Executive Director of the Company on 11 September 2000. Mr Law graduated with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from University of East Asia, Macau in 1986. He has broad experience in finance, auditing and taxation, having worked in a major international accounting firm for several years. Prior to his appointment, he was an Executive Director for several private companies dealing in property development, construction, timber, shares investment and trading.

Dato' Robert Chan Woot Khoon

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee

Dato' Robert Chan, aged 69, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 7 July 1997. He was the founder of the Palmco Group of companies and was its Chief Executive Officer from 1971 to 1992 and Executive Director from 1992 to 1995. He has been an office bearer in various palm oil related statutory bodies and associations and is an Exco Member and Advisor to the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He is also a Director of Unico Holdings Bhd.

Mr. Kong Wah Sang

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit and Nomination Committees

Mr Kong, aged 49, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 21 November 2002. Mr Kong is a graduate of Monash University, Melbourne, Australia with a Bachelor of Economics degree and a member of CPA Australia. He has broad experience in accounting, finance, management consulting and information technology and is presently a director of a management consulting firm.

Dato' Lim Say Chong

Independent Non-Executive Director
Member of Audit Committee

Dato' Lim, aged 67, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 6 August 2007. Dato' Lim obtained a Bachelor of Arts with honours in Economics from the University of Malaya and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He also attended an Advanced Management Programme at the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. Dato' Lim worked with the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) PLC's Group of Companies in Malaysia and abroad for 30 years, during which time he served on the Board of several companies within the Group in Malaysia and South East Asia. He later became the Managing Director of the ICI (Malaysia) Group for 5 years. Dato' Lim was the Group Managing Director of Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd from 1989 to 2004. Dato' Lim is also the Chairman of Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd and a Director of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and Opus Group Berhad.

Mr. Chew Hoy Ping

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee

Mr Chew, aged 51, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 16 May 2007. He has had a broad exposure to professional and financial fields, both locally and internationally, covering commercial, advisory and governance perspectives. He spent 29 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers ('PwC') and its predecessor firm, Price Waterhouse. As a partner of PwC since 1990, he played several roles in the firm, including Chairman of PwC's Corporate Finance & Recovery Services in Asia Pacific, Leader of Risk Management & Independence, and Deputy Chairman of the firm's Governance Board. His professional experiences ranged from auditing, business advisory and corporate restructurings to mergers and acquisitions, share and business valuations.

Subsequent to PwC, Mr Chew was the Chief Financial Officer of the former Southern Bank Berhad ('SBB') for 15 months, prior to its take-over by another financial institution. During his time with SBB, he also achieved a number of highlights, including winning a significant cross-border acquisition, and the issuance of an international hybrid bond that was the first by a Malaysian bank.

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