Leadership
Our leadership team helps to drive our vision, guide and inspire our people.
Board of Directors
Dato' Arjunaidi bin Mohamed
Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian
Male
60 years old
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Dato’ Arjunaidi Bin Mohamed holds a Master of Science in Management from University Utara Malaysia and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Dato’ Arjunaidi joined the Police Force in 1987 and served the Force until his retirement on 31 December 2022 as Police Chief of Selangor. During his 35 years in service, he had served the force well, with full commitments and professionalism.
Dato’ Arjunaidi had served in various positions in the Police Force, including Chief Assistant Director, Special Force, Bukit Aman (2014-2016), Deputy Commander Sting (III) Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotic Group (Intelligence Targeting/Special Strike Force), Bukit Aman (2016-2019), Chief Assistant Director Narcotic (Risikan/Perhubungan Antarabangsa), Narcotic Crime Investigation Department, Bukit Aman (2019).
Tay Ben Seng, Benson
Executive Director
Malaysian
Male
37 years old
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Mr. Tay Ben Seng, Benson was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on 1 July 2021.
Mr. Tay holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with a double major in Marketing and Management from Curtin University Technology,
Perth.
Mr. Tay joined Marquee International Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Focus Dynamics Group Berhad (FOCUS) in year 2012. He
spearheaded the expansion of FOCUS and has been instrumentally in the successful yet distinctive brands of FOCUS. He is extensively
involved in the areas of information technology, e-commerce, business development and brand conceptualization of FOCUS. Subsequently,
he was appointed as Executive Director of FOCUS in Year 2017. He is fuelled with passionate towards conceiving and innovating lifestyle concepts in the food & beverage arena. Prior to joining FOCUS, he has vast experience in numerous fields, ranging from event management to Food & Beverage operations and conceptualizing new start-ups.
Mr. Tay currently sits on the Board of Focus Dynamics Group Berhad, Oversea Enterprise Berhad and Green Ocean Corporation Berhad as an Executive Director.
He has no family relationship with any other Directors and/or major shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 July 2022.
Sim Yee Fuan
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee
Malaysian
Male
56 years old
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Mr. Sim Yee Fuan was appointed to the Board on 10 September 2009 as an independent non-executive director and was re-designated to senior independent non-executive director on 30 October 2017.
He graduated from University of Malaya with Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) and obtained his professional qualification from Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Northern University of Malaysia. He is a chartered accountant registered with the Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA).
He started his career with Bank Negara Malaysia from 1991 to 1995 and had gained banking experience in the Balance of Payment Department (now known as Foreign Exchange Administration Department) and the Bank Examination Department (now known as Banking Supervision Department). From 1995 to 2006, he was attached to companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities) where his job responsibilities were in the areas of accounting, finance, taxation, and corporate management.
Mr. Sim currently sits on the Board of Unimech Group Berhad as an Executive Director. He also sits on the Board of Eurospan Holdings
Berhad, Hextar Industries Berhad and Seal Incorporated Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
He has no family relationship with any other directors and/or major shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 July 2021.
Datuk Sham Shamrat Sen Gupta
Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Risk Management Committee
Member of Audit Committee, Nominating Committee, Remuneration Committee and SIS Committee
Malaysian
Male
44 years old
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Datuk Sham Shamrat Sen Gupta was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
He is a FELLOW of the Institute of Administrative Management, UK (IAM) , FELLOW of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM),
Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management UK,(ILM) and holds an MBA from Australia and Advanced Diploma in International
Business (UK)
Datuk Shamrat worked in AFFINBANK Corporate HQ in the Marketing & Retail Banking Department. He was appointed General Manager,
South East Asian Operations of an I.T. company in K.L. and also for a short period after that as General Manager of a Security Systems company. Datuk Shamrat joined a HR and Training Company as Marketing/International Relations Director where he eventually served as Executive Director.
Datuk Shamrat is the founding director and Managing Director of a G7, Bumiputera civil construction and management consulting
company and has been on the board of various private companies and also government agencies/companies namely Perbadanan
Stadium Malaysian and Yayasan Kebajikan Negara .
Datuk Sham currently sits on the Board of D’nonce Technology Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Institute Keusahawan
Negara Bhd as a Trustee.
He does not have family relationship with any other Directors and/or major shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 July 2022.
Chen Chee Peng
Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee
Malaysian
Male
59 years old
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Mr. Chen Chee Peng was appointed to the Board on 19 August 2020. He is an independent non-executive director.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer & Information Science from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Cross University, Australia.
He is an entrepreneur and currently the director of Neurogine Sdn Bhd, a mobile application solution provider. Its customers, amongst others, are Warid Telcommunications in Pakistan and Vietnam Telecoms in Vietnam.
Before starting Neurogine Sdn Bhd, he was the Executive Director of DVM Technology Berhad (“DVM”). He joined the Group in 1998. He
was instrumental in DVM listing in the ACE Market Bursa Securities in 2004. During his tenure, he is responsible for the business direction and strategies of the DVM Group. He leads the management in business development and overseeing the day-to-day operation of the DVM Group.
Mr. Chen currently sits on the Board of Trive Property Group Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
He started his career as a CAD development engineer in California in 1987. He worked in the United States of America for 4 years as a software engineer before coming back to Malaysia. He specialised in communication infrastructure development in the telecommunications industry. He has wide IT knowledge in Sun Solaris system, HP-U system, Tandem fault tolerant system, Windows system, and other programming languages.
He does not have family relationship with any other directors and/or major shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
He has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 July 2021. He attended all the five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year 2021.
Ong Poh Lin Abdullah
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian
Female
35 years old
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Ms. Ong Poh Lin Abdullah was appointed to the Board on 3 November 2022 as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
She graduated from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in 2011 with a Bachelor Degree of Engineering (Hons) Biomedical.
Ms. Ong started her career working in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman as research assistant in 2011. Subsequently, she joined IBG
Manufacturing Sdn Bhd as Laboratory Consultant in 2014 and left in 2016. Currently, she is a Senior Admin Manager in Seakyin Holdings
(M) Sdn Bhd, who responsible in managing and administrating the processing of invoices, organising and updating internal records
accurately and timely as well as training and monitoring new teammates.
Ms. Ong currently sits on the Board of Advance Information Marketing Berhad and AE Multi Holding Berhad as an Independent
Non-Executive Director.
She does not have family relationship with any other Directors and/or major shareholder of the Company, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.
She has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 July 2022.
Key Management
Patrick Ting
Chief Executive Officer
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Mr. Patrick Ting started his career in the United States of America in IT at one of the major telecommunications company in USA and at
Morgan Stanley NYC, before moving back to Asia in the early 90s to start a career in new start-ups, corporate re-structuring, change and strategic management, management consulting, and M&A in a wide range of industries across Asia Pacific and Indochina. He has held the top management position for the last 25 years, either as MD, COO and/or CEO at various companies.
He has a degree in Decision Management System from University of Maryland, USA and a Master of Business Management in International
Business from George Washington University, USA.
Mr. Patrick currently sits on the Board of Permaju Industries Berhad as an Executive Director.
Chong Kok
Chief Financial Officer
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Mr. Chong Kok started his career with an international audit firm in 1999 as Audit Associate. He left the firm as a Supervisor in 2004 and joined a manufacturing company as the Accountant. He then left the manufacturing company in 2007 and joined a listed company principally involved in the precision engineering as its Group Accountant before being promoted to Senior Financial Controller. He left the precision engineering company in 2017 and joined SAUDEE Group as Chief Financial Officer.
Tuan Haji Mohd Azman Bin Manaf
General Manager of Perusahaan Saudee Sdn Bhd
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Mr. Mohd Azman has been in food processing industry for over 30 years and with multinational companies (MNCs) for about 6 years. Upon graduation from Maktab Teknik 1970, he went to Japan for a practical course in semi-conductor with Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd. and served the company for 5 years. When he returned to Malaysia, he joined Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Hewlett Packard (M) Sdn Bhd as Front Line Manager with total combined tenure of about 10 years for the said two (2) companies from 1975 to 1985. He then started his career in the food industry at Van Houten (M) Sdn Bhd as a Factory Manager from 1985 to 1995. After he obtained his Diploma in Food Technology from Soligen, Germany, he joined Trade Ocean (M) Sdn Bhd in Vietnam in 1996 as the Plant Manager specialising in frozen food until he left in 2000. He then expanded his career by joining Barkath Group of Companies as a Factory and Group Export Manager from 2000 to 2010. In 2010, he joined SAUDEE Group as the General Manager.