Zainal Iskandar bin Ismail
Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director
Encik Zainal Iskandar bin Ismail, a Malaysian, male, aged 50, was appointed to the Board on 12 July 2024.
With over 20 years of experience across multiple sectors—including property, oil and gas, port and logistics, hotel and tourism, renewable energy, palm oil and biofuels, IT, and telecommunications—he brings a robust background in corporate development, governance, financial restructuring, and business turnaround. His expertise spans corporate finance and private equity investing, having successfully evaluated, structured, raised financing for, and exited numerous investments. He has also served on various boards, contributing to strategic growth and stability. Additionally, he holds a Capital Markets Services Representative’s License (CMSRL) under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 (CMSA).
He is currently the CEO and Executive Director of Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust, Managing Partner of Heureka Capital Partners, Chairman of PKEINPK Properties Sdn Bhd, and a Board Member of Perbadanan Ekonomi Islam Perak, the investment arm of Majlis Agama Islam dan ‘Adat Melayu Perak. His previous roles include Group CEO and Executive Director of Perak Corporation Berhad, a publicly listed company on Bursa Malaysia, where he led corporate and debt restructuring initiatives that returned the Practice Note 17 company to profitability in 2022 after six consecutive years of losses, placing it on a stronger financial footing. He also chaired the Executive Committee and served as Director of Lumut Port.
Earlier, he was the Chief Operating Officer of another public company and a Supervisory Board Member of an oil and gas company in Central Asia. From 2001 to 2016, he was part of a Malaysia-based private investment group, holding senior roles where he managed direct investments and led several major industrial projects, both domestically and internationally. His career began with the RENONG-United Engineers (Malaysia) Group, where he gained invaluable corporate development experience through projects such as the Time dotCom Berhad IPO and the corporate and debt restructuring of RENONG-UEM Group.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Wan Kamaruddin bin Wan Mohamed Ali
Independent Non-Executive Director
Encik Wan Kamaruddin bin Wan Mohamed Ali, a Malaysian, male, aged 68, was appointed to the Board on 10 February 2023.
Encik Wan has always been in the Finance field since he first graduated from University of Malaya in 1980. He started his career with Bank of America, Amanah Merchant Bank, JP Finance (on loan to Bank Negara & subsequent assignment by them), Amanah Merchant Unit Trust Bhd and Amanah International Finance Bhd as Chief Executive Officer.
In 1995, he moved to Fieldstone Capital Services Sdn Bhd, a Boutique Financial Advisory Firm where he was involved mainly in Project Finance Advisory services involving mostly highways and power plants.
The Asian financial crisis of 1999 saw the entry of Babcock & Brown Asia Pacific (BnB) opening its office in Kuala Lumpur and the whole team at Fieldstone was absorb into BnB. Again, whilst with BnB he led a team advising Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd / Malaysia Airlines in their lease finance of various aircrafts (777s, 747s freighters and ATRs) in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2009. He was also involved in advising clients in bidding for various power plant projects.
In 2009, upon leaving BnB, he acted as advisor to Markmore Energy in their acquisition of an oil field in Kazakhstan. The acquisition and arrangement of finance was completed in 2012.
He is currently an Advisor to PV Technologies PLT, a solar panel cleaning services company.
En Wan attended all 6 Board Meetings of the Company held during the financial year ended 31 December 2023.
Sr Zulazman Bin Zulkifli
Independent Non-Executive Director
Sr Zulazman Bin Zulkifli, a Malaysian, male, aged 56, was appointed to the Board on 9 February 2024.
Sr Zulazman is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HCK Capital Group Bhd. He has over 25 years of stockbroking and property experience.
He was the Director, Head of Origination, and subsequently the Director, Head of Equities of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd. Previously Sr Zulazman was the Group Executive Director of Apex Equity Holdings Bhd and concurrently Non-Executive Chairman of JF Apex Securities Bhd.
He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, as well as Member of Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia, Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and Individual Member of FIABCI Malaysia Chapter. His foray into property was through a joint venture with UEM Land Holdings Sdn Bhd (now known as UEM Sunrise Bhd) and AMP Capital Investors of Australia. Sr Zulazman was previously Independent Non-Executive Director of AmanahRaya Kenedix REIT Manager Sdn Bhd, the management company of AmanahRaya REIT where he chaired the Investment and Tender Committee.
Throughout his career in Malaysia, Sr Zulazman was a Dealing Member and a Licensed Dealers Representative of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia, a Licensed Investment Advisor with the Securities Commission, a Registered Responsible Person with the Securities Commission for a Venture Capital Management Corporation while in Australia he was an ASIC licensed Investment Advisor. He has held various positions in financial services at Academia Capital, DH Flinders, Kuala Lumpur City Securities (now known as Alliance Investment Bank), CIMB Securities (now known as CIMB Investment Bank), ShareTech Securities, Jardine Fleming, Arab-Malaysian Securities (now known as AmInvestment Bank) in Malaysia, Cazenove & Co and as an Intern in Property Equities at UBS Philips & Drew in the UK.
Sr Zulazman is also an Adjunct Lecturer at SEGI University Graduate School of Business.
Chong Kai Wooi
Independent Non-Executive Director
Chong Kai Wooi, a Malaysian, male, aged 53, was appointed to the Board on 9 February 2024.
Coming to 30 years experiences in global multi national corporations, Chong Kai Wooi has played leadership roles encompassing business leadership, sales leadership, people leadership with technology leaders addressing many industries particularly telecommunications, government institutions and high technology enterprises. Kai Wooi was formerly the Managing Director of NEC Corporation Malaysia with annual turnover of 100 Oku Yen and staffs force of over 300 people nationwide.
In his prior position, he was instrumental to plan and execute the strategy for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the telecommunication segment, consulting practice across the ASEAN, Taiwan, Hong Kong region over 13 countries. He's best known for his objective oriented approach, principled and with a strong focus on profitable growth, building businesses and teams across many organizations that he has previously served in, both in country and across the Asian region. He led NEC Malaysia to unprecedented growth as he transformed the organization from a product to a services led organization. His employees engagement scores steadily improved YoY to a high of 79% for 2022, way above the industry norm.
Sandra Tan Pei Ing
Independent Non-Executive Director
Sandra Tan, a Malaysian, female, aged 46, was appointed to the Board on 14 October 2024.
Being an experienced professional in Investor Relations and Public Relations, Sandra is currently serving as the Director at Imej Jiwa Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a position she has held since August 2015. She has built a strong reputation for strategising and executing investor relations and public relation initiatives that elevate the profiles of Malaysian public-listed companies, enhancing their credibility and fostering trust and rapport within the investment community.
Prior to her current role, Sandra has built a strong foundation in insolvency and business recovery. She began her career as a Consultant at Ferrier Hodgson MH Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, focusing on insolvency administration, asset recovery, and assessing the viability of distressed companies. She then progressed to the role of Supervisor in Corporate Recovery and Restructuring at BRI Ferrier in Sydney, Australia, where she managed complex insolvency cases, including voluntary administration, receivership, and both creditors' and members' voluntary liquidation, as well as court liquidation. In this role, Sandra was responsible for optimising creditor dividend distributions and conducting in-depth financial investigations.
Sandra holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and a Bachelor of Business in Accounting from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). She is also a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) through CPA Australia and completed the Insolvency Education Program through the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association. Her diverse experience in corporate restructuring, and strategic communication equips her with the analytical skills and industry insights.
Save as disclosed above, none of the Directors has (i) any interest in shares in the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company; (iii) any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business that the person has with the listed issuer or its subsidiaries; and (iv) any conviction for offences within the past 5 years nor any public sanction or penalty imposed by any relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.