Our Governance

Our Governance

Board of Directors

Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff Bin Mohd Kassim

Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff Bin Mohd Kassim

Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

MALAYSIAN AGE 84 MALE

 

Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff Bin Mohd Kassim is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Company. He was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 20 June 2003 and was re-designated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 22 March 2018.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics  from University of Malaya in 1963 and a Diploma in Economic Development from Oxford University, United Kingdom in 1969. He graduated with a Master of Arts in Economics from Vanderbilt University, USA in 1974.

He served as the Secretary General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance for three years from 1991 to 1994 and as Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad for nine years from 1994 to 2003. He was a former Director of United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad and the former Chairman of Renong Berhad, Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad, PLUS Expressways Berhad, PLUS Malaysia Berhad, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Manulife Holdings Berhad, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad. He is also a former President of the Malaysian Economic Association.

He sits on the Board of Trustees of Yayasan UEM and Yayasan MEA. He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of Warisan Pinang Sdn Bhd, a property development company.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Dato’ Noorizah Binti Hj Abd Hamid

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Noorizah Binti Hj Abd Hamid

Independent Non-Executive Director

MALAYSIAN AGE 63 FEMALE

 

Dato’ Noorizah Binti Hj Abd Hamid is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. She was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 7 November 2016. She is also the Chairperson of the Board’s Risk Management Committee and a member of the Board’s Audit Committee.

She graduated with a Diploma in Accountancy from MARA Institute of Technology in 1980, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance) and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance and Management) from Central Michigan University, USA in 1982 and 1984 respectively.

She was formally an  Independent Non-Executive Director of Amanah Mutual Berhad, Maybank Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd, PT Lintas Marga Sedaya, a subsidiary of PLUS Expressways International Berhad (PEIB), and a Chairperson and Director of UKM Holdings Sdn Bhd. She was also formerly a Non-Executive Chairperson and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of PEIB, and former Managing Director of PLUS Malaysia Berhad and PLUS Expressways Berhad. Presently, she sits on the Board of Directors of Mass Rapid Transit System Sdn Bhd, which is the direct subsidiary of Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Minister of Finance Incorporated Malaysia, PNB Merdeka Venture Sdn Bhd, Land & General Berhad and Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Berhad.

She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on her by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Lim Peng Jin

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

Lim Peng Jin

Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer

MALAYSIAN AGE 56 MALE

 

Lim Peng Jin, is currently the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company. He was appointed to the Board on 20 January 1995 as the Group Executive Director and subsequently as Managing Director on 6 November 2001. He is also a member of the Board’s Risk Management Committee.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1990. He began his career in the chemical industry in Japan before joining the Company in 1991 as Management Consultant. He had also completed a course in Programme Management Development at Harvard University, USA in 1998. He has local and international working experiences in the fields of polymer and chemicals during the early years of his career and is very hands-on in the businesses of the Scientex Berhad Group of Companies involving the packaging, property, polymer and chemicals industries for the past 30 years. The success of the Group owes much to his extensive involvement in its operations and management.

He is the brother of Lim Peng Cheong, who is also a Director and major shareholder of Scientex Berhad. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Lim Peng Cheong

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Lim Peng Cheong

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

MALAYSIAN AGE 61 MALE

 

Lim Peng Cheong is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on 9 September 1988, and has held this position until 10 November 2003, when he was re-designated as Non-Executive Director. He is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Business Studies from City University, London, UK in June 1984. He was the Managing Director of Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd and was redesignated as Executive Chairman on 1 August 2021.

He is the brother of Lim Peng Jin, who is also a Director and major shareholder of Scientex Berhad. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Chin Lam Choong

Independent Non-Executive Director

Chin Lam Choong

 

MALAYSIAN AGE 57 MALE

 

Chin Lam Choong is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 15 March 2023. He is also the Chairman of the Board’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee, a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee.

He graduated with a Higher Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and City & Guilds FTSE (UK). He is also a member of Society of Engineers (UK) AMSE and a trained Master in Six Sigma Blackbelt from ASQ USA. He has cumulated over 30 years of experience in industrial & high-tech manufacturing in the Electronics Industry of Multi-National Companies.

He was a former Managing Director of Jabil Malaysia and have served the company for 23 years. Jabil Malaysia is a fully owned subsidiary of Jabil Inc listed in NYSE. Jabil Inc is a global MNC and have over 100 factories in 20 major cities in the world. In Jabil Malaysia, he has held various Management positions and promoted to Managing Director in 2008. He was responsible for all the manufacturing plants and a Shard Services segment in Penang with a strong hold of 15,000 employees serving a diversified global top brand name customers in Health-Care, Enterprise & Industry, Consumer, Telecommunication and IOT.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offence within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies since his appointment.

Wong Chin Mun

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Wong Chin Mun

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

MALAYSIAN AGE 79 MALE

 

Wong Chin Mun is a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 6 October 2017. He is also the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

He received the Teacher’s Certificate from the Ministry of Education of Malaysia in 1966 and graduated with Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Bachelor of Business (Secretarial Administration) from Curtin University, Western Australia in 1972 and 1974 respectively. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants as well as an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

He worked as the Financial Controller/Company Secretary in Yeo Hiap Seng Bhd from 1974 to 1975. He then joined Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad (Nylex) as the Financial Controller/Company Secretary in 1976 and became the first local General Manager/Director of Nylex in 1980. He was promoted to the position of Managing Director in 1985 and left Nylex at the end of June 1994 to found TEC Asia Centre (now known as Vistage Malaysia Sdn Bhd), an international organisation which aims to help chief executive officers and entrepreneurs to manage change and grow their businesses. He had served on the National Export Council under the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI) from 1989 to 1992 and was appointed to the National Branding Taskforce of MITI from 2006 to 2009. He also served on the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council from 2000 to 2002 and as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Sunway Berhad from 2011 to 2020.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Key Management

Lim Peng Jin

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

Lim Peng Jin

Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer

MALAYSIAN AGE 55 MALE

 

Lim Peng Jin is currently the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company. He was appointed to the Board on 20 January 1995 as the Group Executive Director and subsequently as Managing Director on 6 November 2001. He is also a member of the Board’s Risk Management Committee.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1990. He began his career in the chemical industry in Japan before joining the Company in 1991 as Management Consultant. He had also completed a course in Programme Management Development at Harvard University, USA in 1998. He has local and international working experiences in the fields of polymer and chemicals during the early years of his career and is very hands-on in the businesses of Scientex Berhad Group of Companies involving packaging, property, polymer and chemicals industries for the past 30 years. The success of the Group owes much to his extensive involvement in its operations and management.

He is the brother of Lim Peng Cheong, who is also a Director and major shareholder of Scientex Berhad. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2022.

Gan Kok Khye

Executive Director - Packaging

Gan Kok Khye

Executive Director – Packaging

MALAYSIAN AGE 61 MALE

Gan Kok Khye graduated from North East London Polytechnic, London in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Studies. He joined Scientex Group in 1988 and has since then held various management positions in the subsidiaries of the Company. He was appointed as an Executive Director of the Group’s subsidiary, Scientex Packaging Film Sdn Bhd, as well as the Executive Director of Scientex’s Packaging Division in 2002. For a period from 2016 to 2018, he was assigned to oversee the corporate affairs of the Group. Presently, he is the Executive Director of the Packaging Division.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Choo Seng Hong

Chief Operating Officer - Packaging

Choo Seng Hong

Chief Operating Officer – Packaging

MALAYSIAN AGE 56 MALE

Choo Seng Hong graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1993 and is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He joined Scientex in 1997 as a Finance and Administration Manager. Prior to that, he was attached to KPMG from 1993 to 1997 and has experience in the fields of banking, oil and gas, and manufacturing. Currently, he is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Scientex’s Packaging Division. He is also the Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Scientex Packaging (Ayer Keroh) Berhad.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Goh Tian Chin

Executive Director - Packaging

Goh Tian Chin

Executive Director – Packaging

MALAYSIAN AGE 58 MALE

Goh Tian Chin joined Scientex Polymer Sdn Bhd in September 1995 as Assistant Production Manager. He was promoted to General Manager in February 2001 and, since 1 July 2010, he has assumed the responsibilities of Senior General Manager for the stretch film business. He is a graduate of Universiti Sains Malaysia with a Bachelor’s degree in Technology and has more than 20 years of experience in the polymer industry. Presently, he is the Executive Director of the Packaging Division.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Datuk Alex Khaw Giet Thye

Chief Operating Officer - Property

Datuk Alex Khaw Giet Thye

Chief Operating Officer – Property

MALAYSIAN AGE 55 MALE

Datuk Alex Khaw Giet Thye joined Scientex’s Property Division in 1996. Starting off as a project manager in Scientex’s subsidiary, Scientex Quatari Sdn Bhd, he was promoted to General Manager on 1 February 2004, and subsequently, to Executive Director of Scientex’s Property Division on 1 August 2013. Presently, he is the Chief Operating Officer of the Property Division. He graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia with a Degree in Housing, Building & Planning and has over 25 years of experience in construction and property development.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Jacky Phang Yuen Khang

Sales and Marketing Director - Property

Jacky Phang Yuen Khang

Sales and Marketing Director – Property

MALAYSIAN AGE 42 MALE

Jacky Phang Yuen Khang joined Scientex’s Property Division in 2010 as Sales and Marketing Manager. He was promoted to Sales and Marketing General Manager in August 2017 and subsequently, to Sales and Marketing Director of Scientex’s Property Division in February 2020. He graduated from La Trobe University, Australia with a Bachelor of Business in Marketing and has about 2 decades of experience in marketing and property development.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Koay Teik Chuan

Executive Director - Property

Koay Teik Chuan

Executive Director – Property

MALAYSIAN AGE 63 MALE

 

Koay Teik Chuan joined Scientex in 1997. During the early stages, he was involved in the construction and development of Scientex’s flagship development in Johor. Prior to joining Scientex, he was handling various construction projects in different parts of the country. He was appointed as the Executive Director of Scientex’s Property Division on 1 November 2009. He received his higher education from the Institut Teknoloji Butterworth in 1978 and has more than 30 years of experience in various aspects of construction and property development including township projects.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Tan Hong Koon

General Manager – Corporate Planning

Tan Hong Koon

General Manager – Corporate Planning

MALAYSIAN AGE 45 FEMALE

 

Tan Hong Koon is an accountant by profession. She has more than two decades of local and international experience in the field of auditing and accounting. She graduated from University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree specialising in Accountancy. She is a member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. She joined Scientex Berhad as an accountant in 2003 and was appointed as Senior Financial Manager in January 2009. She has been the General Manager of Corporate Planning since January 2019, and was appointed as Executive Director of Scientex Packaging (Ayer Keroh) Berhad.

She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on her by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Jesselyn Chang Siew Sian

Executive Director – Corporate Planning

Jesselyn Chang Siew Sian

Executive Director – Corporate Planning

MALAYSIAN AGE 52 FEMALE

 

Jesselyn Chang Siew Sian is an accountant by profession. She has more than two decades of local and international experience in the field of auditing and accounting. She graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She joined Scientex Berhad in 2002 as Corporate Finance Manager and was subsequently promoted to Group Financial Controller on 15 May 2003. She was appointed as the Executive Director overseeing corporate planning of the Group since 2014. She completed the Advanced Management Program in Harvard Business School in 2015.

She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. She has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on her by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

Phang Chi Ming

Legal and Corporate Affairs Manager

Phang Chi Ming

Legal and Corporate Affairs Manager

MALAYSIAN AGE 59 MALE

 

Phang Chi Ming graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1989 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree. He has been in legal practice since 1990 and obtained his Master of Laws from University of Malaya in 1996. He has various experiences in commercial and corporate work as well as litigation. He was appointed as the Legal & Corporate Affairs Manager of Scientex Berhad since January 2008.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Scientex Berhad and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years. There were no public sanctions or penalties imposed on him by any regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

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