Change in Boardroom -
Reference
No L&-100520-36702
Date of change
:
01/06/2010
Type of change
:
Appointment
Designation
:
Chairman
Directorate
:
Independent & Non
Executive
Name
:
Dato' Haji Zainal Abidin
Putih
Age
:
64
Nationality
:
Malaysian
Qualifications
:
1) Fellow Member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales (ICAEW)
2) Member of the Malaysian Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (MICPA)
3) Member of the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (MIA)
Working experience and
occupation
:
Dato' Haji
Zainal qualified as a Chartered Accountants
of the ICAEW in 1972 and has very extensive
experience in audit throughout his career as
a practising accountant.
Dato’ Haji Zainal has a good working
knowledge of taxation and has been involved
in management consulting especially those
involved in acquisition, take over,
amalgamation and restructuring of companies
and in particular of company for flotation.
Dato’ Haji Zainal was an Advisor in Ernst &
Young prior to his retirement on 31 December
2004.
He was the President of MICPA from 1989
until 1991 and the Chairman of the Malaysian
Accounting Standards Board (MASB) from 2003
until 2009.
Dato’ Haji Zainal had also served in
Government Agencies as the Chairman of
Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad (Danaharta),
a member of the Malaysian Communication &
Multimedia Commission and a member of the
Investment Panel of the Employee Provident
Fund (EPF).
Currently, Dato’ Haji Zainal is also a
Director of several public listed and
private companies. He is the Chairman of
Southeast Asia Special Asset Management
Berhad (SEASAM) and the Chairman of Money
Mobile International Sdn Bhd and a trustee
of the National Heart Institute Foundation (IJN).
Directorship of public
companies (if any)
:
1) ESSO Malaysia
Berhad
2) Tenaga Nasional Berhad
3) Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad
(Chairman)
4) CIMB Group Holdings Berhad
5) CIMB Investment Bank Berhad
6) CIMB Bank Berhad
Family
relationship with any director and/or major
shareholder of the listed issuer
:
None
Any conflict of
interests that he/she has with the listed
issuer
:
None
Details of any
interest in the securities of the listed
issuer or its subsidiaries
:
None
Remarks
Following the
appointment of Dato’ Haji Zainal as the Chairman of
L&G, Dato’ Haji Zainal has also been appointed as
member of the Nominations Committee with effect from
1 June 2010.
Change in
Boardroom - Reference No L&-100520-37693
Date of change
:
01/06/2010
Type of change
:
Appointment
Designation
:
Director
Directorate
:
Non Independent & Non
Executive
Name
:
Hoong Cheong Thard
Age
:
41
Nationality
:
Malaysian
Qualifications
:
1) Member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales (ICAEW)
2) Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
Imperial College, University of London
Working experience and
occupation
:
Mr Hoong has
extensive experience in mergers and
acquisition as well as international capital
markets. He was an investment banker for
over 12 years and had held senior positions
at Deutsche Bank and UBS where he was
responsible for corporate finance business
in Asia.
Mr Hoong was the Chief Executive Officer of
China LotSynergy Holdings Ltd (a company
listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
prior to joining Far East Consortium
International Limited (“FECIL”).
Currently, Mr Hoong is the Managing Director
of FECIL (a company listed on the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange) and is responsible for the
formulation and implementation of the
FECIL’s Group overall strategies for
development. He is also a Director of
several public companies which are
incorporated and listed overseas and private
companies which are incorporated in
Malaysia.
Directorship of public
companies (if any)
:
None
Family
relationship with any director and/or major
shareholder of the listed issuer
:
None
Any conflict of
interests that he/she has with the listed
issuer
:
None
Details of any
interest in the securities of the listed
issuer or its subsidiaries
:
None
Remarks
Mr Hoong is the Managing
Director of FECIL. Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu is the
Deputy Chairman and CEO of FECIL and also the CEO of
the Mayland Group of Companies. (The major
shareholder of L&G is Mayland Parkview Sdn Bhd which
is one of the companies in the Mayland Group)
Following the appointment of Mr Hoong as Director of
L&G, Mr Hoong has also been appointed member of the
Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee with
effect from 1 June 2010.
