PROFILE OF DIRECTORS / PRINCIPAL OFFICER
CHUAH CHOON BIN
Executive Chairman
Chuah Choon Bin
,
aged 54, a Malaysian citizen, was
appointed to the Board of theCompany on30November
2002 and is currently the Executive Chairman.
He is a professional engineer and co-founder of
Pentamaster Group. He graduated with a Bachelor
Degree (Hons.) and a Master Degree majoring in
Electronics and Electrical from University of Auckland,
New Zealand. In 2012, he received his Honorary
Doctorate Degree for his contribution in BioMedical
Engineering from Allianze University College of Medical
Sciences (AUCMS).
Prior to setting up of the Group, he served as an
Automation Engineer for National Semiconductor and
Intel Technology Malaysia. With his vast experience in
the design and manufacturing of automation equipment
andvision inspectionsystem, hehasdeveloped theGroup
to its present level of success, from a simple automation
house to a high technology Group specialising in
providing factory automation equipment and systems
and information communication technology solutions
to industrial and commercial customers.
He is an entrepreneur of remarkable accomplishment
and has successfully built strong, sustainable, innovative
and dynamic businesses and to continue growing
these businesses. His excellence in entrepreneurship
has steered the Group to bag numerous prestigious
domestic and international awards. Among the notable
ones are winner for the Enterprise 50 Award 2002
organised by Accenture and SMIDEC, and Quality
Management Excellence Award 2003 for the category
of local company with annual sales turnover exceeding
RM25 million to RM200 million at the Industry Excellence
Award 2003 organised by Ministry of International Trade
and Industry. For his personal recognition, he won the
First Malaysian Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of
the Year Award Malaysia 2002.
Currently, he is the Chairman for Community Care
Focus, Board Chairman of SJK Kwang Hwa Penang
School Board and sits in the Board of Penang Charis
Hospice Home. He is also appointed to the school
board as Director for Chung Ling High School and Phor
Tay High School. He also holds directorships in all the
subsidiary companies of the Company.
Mr. Chuah is the brother-in-law of Mr. Tan Boon Teik.
He has no conflict of interest with the Company and he
has not been convicted of any offences in the past ten
(10) years.
TAN BOON TEIK
Executive Director
Tan Boon Teik
,
aged 51, a Malaysian citizen, was
appointed to the Board of theCompany on30November
2002 and held the position of Chief Executive Officer
until 16 February 2015. He is currently a member of the
Remuneration Committee.
He is a professional engineer and co-founder of
Pentamaster Group. He graduated with a Certificate
in Electrical Engineering and later obtained Master in
Business Administration from Southern Pacific University,
USA. Prior to setting up of the Group, he has many years
of working experience in Intel Technology Malaysia and
specialises in controls of automation. With his technical
skills, he has developed the Group into an integrated
automation group equipped with up-to-date technology
and applications. He has also built a strong team of
in-house research and development team as well as
technical support personnel to enable the Group to
compete competitively in the global market.
He also holds directorships in all the subsidiary
companies of the Company.
Mr. Tan is the brother-in-law of Mr. Chuah Choon Bin.
He has no conflict of interest with the Company and he
has not been convicted of any offences in the past ten
(10) years.
GAN PEI JOO
Finance Executive Director
Gan Pei Joo
, aged 39, a Malaysian citizen, was
appointed to the Board of the Company on 1 March
2014 and is currently the Finance Executive Director.
She graduatedwith a Bachelor of Commercemajoring in
Accounting from Curtin University of Technology, Perth,
Australia in 1998. She is a Chartered Accountant from
the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a member of
the Certified Practising Accountants, Australia.
She commenced her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers
in 2000 and left as a Senior Associate in 2003 after
having acquired extensive auditing and consulting
exposure to companies in various industries. She
joined Pentamaster Corporation Berhad as the Group
Accountant in 2003 and her responsibilities include
leading the corporate exercise, finance, treasury
and accounting operations of the Group. She was
subsequently promoted to Group Finance Manager in
2005 and later promoted to Group Financial Controller
in 2009.
She does not have any family relationship with any
directors and/or major shareholder of the Company
and has no conflict of interest with the Company. She
has not been convicted of any offences in the past ten
(10) years.
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Pentamaster Corporation Berhad
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