Chairman
Independent
Non-Executive Director
Aged 79
Malaysian

Joined the Board on 1 July 1978 and has been the Chairman of KLK since 2008. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Board.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Malaya, Singapore, a Certificate in Public Administration from the Royal Institute of Public Administration, London and has attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, US.

His directorships in other listed companies include Batu Kawan Berhad and Cerebos Pacific Limited (Singapore). He is also a trustee of Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Foundation and Yayasan KLK.

Joined the Board on 1 February 1985 and is the CEO of KLK. He is also Chairman of Batu Kawan Berhad. He also serves as a trustee of several charitable organisations. He was formerly the Chairman of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours) degree from the University of Malaya and obtained his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, US.

He joined the Company in 1974 as an executive and was subsequently appointed to the Board in 1985. In 1993, he was appointed as the Group’s Chairman/CEO and held the position until 2008, when he relinquished his role as Chairman, but remains as Executive Director and CEO of the Group.

Joined the Board on 20 December 1993. He is a member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Board.

Dato’ Lee is the Managing Director of Batu Kawan Berhad and a director of Yule Catto & Co. plc. He is the President of The Perak Chinese Maternity Association. Besides serving as a director of Yayasan De La Salle and See Sen Chemical Berhad, he is also a trustee of Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Foundation and Yayasan KLK.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree from the London School of Economics and has a Masters in Business Administration degree from Stanford University, US.

Joined the Board on 8 March 1995. He is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Board. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers Malaysia.

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Thong is the Co-Chairman of Public Bank Berhad and Public Mutual Berhad, Chairman of Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd and Malaysia Property Incorporated. His directorships in other public companies are Batu Kawan Berhad, Glenealy Plantations (Malaya) Bhd, HHB Holdings Bhd, Malaysian South-South Corporation Bhd, Public Islamic Bank Berhad, Public Investment Bank Bhd and LPI Capital Berhad. Among his many other appointments, he had served in the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister’s Department since 1957 and became its Director-General from 1971 to 1978 and served as Secretary-General, Ministry of Finance from 1979 until his retirement in 1986. He was formerly the Chairman of the Employees Provident Fund Board. He currently serves as a member on the Boards of Trustees of Program Pertukaran Fellowship Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Tun Razak Foundation, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research and Yayasan Wah Seong. He is also a member of the Working Group of the Executive Committee for the National Implementation Task Force, and a member of the Investment Committee for the Unit Trust Funds managed by Public Mutual Berhad.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics from University of Malaya and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Harvard University and has attended the Advanced Management Programme from Harvard Business School. Tan Sri Datuk Seri Thong was the Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Putra Malaysia till June 2006. On 17 September 2006, he was conferred the Honorary Doctorate of Economics by Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Joined the Board on 11 September 1999. He serves as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Datuk Abdul Rahman was General Manager of United Asian Bank Berhad, Group Managing Director of Pernas Sime Darby Berhad and Group Chief Executive of Golden Hope Plantations Berhad prior to joining the KLK Board. He is currently a Board member of DRB-HICOM Berhad, a public company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. He also serves as an Independent Member of Investment Committee of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Was appointed to the Board on 24 February 2005. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board.

He is also a director of Batu Kawan Berhad and See Sen Chemical Berhad, as well as a trustee of Yayasan KLK. His past working experience included banking, manufacturing and the retail business.

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics (Business Administration) from the University of Malaya in 1968 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Lincoln’s Inn in 1979.

Was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2007.

Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree and a Diploma in Education (Distinction) from the University of Malaya. He has also attended the Senior Management Development Programme from Harvard Business School and Advanced Management Programme from INSEAD.

Mr. Lim is the KLK Group Plantations Director. He has been with the KLK Group since 1975. Prior to his current position, he was the Marketing Director overseeing commodities trading for the plantations division. He is also a council member of the Malaysian Agricultural Producers Association and Malaysian Palm Oil Association.

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Joined the Board on 27 May 2009. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

He graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in Chemistry and Mathematics.

He was a Managing Director of a Sime Darby unit before joining Kuok Group as General Manager of Pasir Gudang Edible Oil. He served as Managing Director of Kuok Oils and Grains until 2008 and thereafter was appointed Joint Chief Operation Officer of Wilmar International Ltd before retiring in 2009. In addition, he was a Council member of Malaysian Palm Oil Council and a Board member of Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (“PORAM”) for 15 years. He also previously served as Chairman of PORAM.