Board of Directors

Dato' Tan Heng Chew  JP, DJMK

Dato' Tan Heng Chew, aged 76, Male, a Malaysian, was the first Director of the Company when it was incorporated on 26 March 1997. He was appointed the Chairman of the Board on 1 November 1999 and was re-designated as Executive Chairman on 1 January 2011. His corporate title has been changed to President effective 1 January 2015.

Dato' Tan graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree and a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He joined the Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad ("TCMH") group of companies in 1970 and was instrumental in the establishment of its Autoparts Division in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Dato' Tan is the President of TCMH and Warisan TC Holdings Berhad. He is also a major shareholder of the Company.

Dato' Tan is a brother of Dato' Tan Eng Hwa and the father of Mr. Nicholas Tan Chye Seng, both of whom are Directors of the Company, and a brother of Mr. Tan Eng Soon, a major shareholder of the Company. Dato' Tan is also a director and shareholder of Tan Chong Consolidated Sdn. Bhd., which is a major shareholder of the Company. Dato' Tan has abstained from deliberating and voting in respect of transactions between the Group and related parties involving himself.

Dato' Tan attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Dato' Tan Eng Hwa  DIMP

Dato' Tan Eng Hwa, also known as Dato' Robert Tan, aged 68, Male, a Malaysian, was first appointed to the Board as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 1999. Dato' Robert Tan was re-designated as an Executive Director on 23 March 2004 and was subsequently re-designated as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer on 1 June 2013. He was re-designated and has taken over the role of Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2023.

Dato' Robert Tan graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He was with the Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad Group ("TCMH Group") as Treasurer and was also involved in various departmental functions within the TCMH Group.

He is a brother of Dato' Tan Heng Chew, a Director of the Company and Mr. Tan Eng Soon, both are major shareholders of the Company, and an uncle of Mr. Nicholas Tan Chye Seng, a Director of the Company. Dato' Tan Heng Chew, Mr. Tan Eng Soon and himself are the directors and shareholders of Tan Chong Consolidated Sdn. Bhd., which is a major shareholder of the Company. He is a director of The Tan Heng Chew Foundation. Dato' Robert Tan has abstained from deliberating and voting in respect of transactions between the Group and related parties involving himself.

Dato' Robert Tan attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Khoo Peng Peng

Ms. Khoo Peng Peng, aged 48, Female, a Malaysian, was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") on 1 June 2014. She was subsequently appointed as an Executive Director on 5 January 2022 and her new corporate title is Executive Vice President - Finance and Corporate.

Ms. Khoo graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree from the University of Malaya in 1999 and is an accountant by profession. She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Malaysian Institute of Accountants and ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant.

She has more than 20 years of working experience in the areas of finance, accounting, corporate finance, auditing and taxation in a variety of industries including audit, property development, construction, building material manufacturing and automotive. She began her career with an audit firm, KPMG in 1999 and thereafter joined a public listed company in 2003 as Group Accountant. Prior to joining APM Automotive Holdings Berhad ("APM") Group, she was under the employment of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad as the Deputy Group Financial Controller. She is the CFO of APM since 1 June 2014, and continues holding the roles as at to-date.

Ms. Khoo attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022 upon her appointment to the Board on 5 January 2022.

Lee Min On

Mr. Lee Min On, aged 63, Male, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 30 November 2016. He was re-designated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2023. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Lee is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants ("MIA"), a Certified Public Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Chartered Fellow Member of The Institute of Internal Auditors, Malaysia. He is also a member of Audit and Risk Management Committee of MIA.

Mr. Lee started his career with KPMG Malaysia in 1979 and retired as a Partner of the Firm on 31 December 2015. During his tenure with KPMG, he served in the external audit division before moving to helm the Firm's risk consulting practice, providing, inter-alia, board advisory services that encompassed corporate governance assessment, enterprise risk management and risk-based internal audit for both public listed as well as private corporations.

Mr. Lee co-wrote the "Corporate Governance Guide - Towards Boardroom Excellence" 1st and 2nd Editions which were published by Bursa Malaysia Berhad ("Bursa Malaysia"). He also sat on the Task Force which was responsible for developing the "Statement on Risk Management and Internal Control - Guidelines for Directors of Listed Issuers", a document issued by Bursa Malaysia in 2012. As a strong advocate of good governance and integrity in the market place, Mr. Lee speaks regularly at public seminars and conferences, including in-house sessions, sharing his thoughts and insights, particularly on Sustainability, Governance, Risk and Compliance.

Mr. Lee also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad, Warisan TC Holdings Berhad, Kotra Industries Berhad and Lii Hen Industries Berhad. He has abstained from deliberating and voting in respect of transactions between the Group and related parties that involved him as a Director.

Mr. Lee attended five (5) out of six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Dato' Chan Choy Lin  DIMP

Dato' Chan Choy Lin, aged 65, Female, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 31 July 2018. She is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Remuneration Committee.

Dato' Chan is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Certified Public Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She began her accountancy training in 1979 with a reputable accounting firm and left KPMG in 1984 for the corporate sector, where she gained most of her experience with large public listed companies.

Dato' Chan has more than 30 years' experience with public listed companies engaged in the businesses of banking and insurance, automotive manufacturing and distribution, trading and services, property development and construction, plantation, hospitality and education. Dato' Chan's senior management experience covers the areas of mergers, acquisitions and divestments, finance and treasury, corporate secretarial and legal, including corporate governance, risk management ,internal controls and corporate social responsibilities. Over the years, Dato' Chan has held several key management positions, was a key member of various group committees and also served as a nominee director on the boards of various group companies of a public listed conglomerate.

Dato' Chan is also a Director of Ann Joo Resources Berhad, GHL Systems Berhad and The Pacific Insurance Berhad.

Dato' Chan attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Dato' Azmil Bin Mohd Zabidi  DIMP, PCM, BCM

Dato' Azmil Bin Mohd Zabidi, aged 61, Male, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 February 2022. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Remuneration Committee.

Dato' Azmil graduated from Wartburg College of Liberal Arts, United States of America (USA) with a Bachelor of Arts (English) degree and subsequently obtained his Master of Arts (English Literature) from Iowa State University of Science & Technology, USA. He gained his Post-Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Dato' Azmil started his government service as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1991, joining Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992. He previously served as Assistant Secretary (Southeast Asia I) from 1993 until 1995 before serving as Second Secretary at the Embassy of Malaysia to Belgium, Luxemburg and the European Union from 1995 until 1998 and as First Secretary at the High Commission of Malaysia in New Zealand. He later returned to serve as Senior Assistant Secretary from 1999 until 2001, and as Principal Assistant Secretary from 2001 until 2003, both at the Regional Economic, Social and Cultural Affairs unit of the foreign ministry.

Dato' Azmil was appointed as Minister Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Malaysia in China in Beijing from 2003 to 2007 and as Consul General of Malaysia to Shanghai, China, from 2007 until 2010. He has also served as Undersecretary for Multilateral Economic and Regional Cooperation from 2010 until 2011, Ambassador of Malaysia to Viet Nam from 2011 until 2016 and as Undersecretary for Europe at the foreign ministry from 2016 until 2017. He was the Director General at the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT) from 2017, prior to his appointment as the Ambassador of Malaysia to the United States in 2019. He had served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for about three decades and retired in August 2021.

He is a Director of Kanger International Berhad.

Dato' Azmil attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held in 2022 upon his appointment to the Board on 1 February 2022.

Dato' N. Sadasivan s/o N.N. Pillay  DPMP, JSM, KMN

Dato' N. Sadasivan s/o N.N. Pillay, aged 83, Male, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 1999. He was re-designated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 January 2013 and ceased from holding the said position following his re-designation as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2023. Currently, he is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Remuneration Committee.

Dato' N. Sadasivan graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree majoring in Economics in 1963. In the same year, Dato' N. Sadasivan commenced working with the Singapore Economic Development Board and was Head of the Industrial Facilities Division when he left to join Malaysian Investment Development Authority (previously known as Malaysian Industrial Development Authority) ("MIDA") in 1968. He was with MIDA for a total of 27 years and became its Director-General in 1984. He retired from MIDA in 1995. Dato' N. Sadasivan was formerly a Director of Bank Negara Malaysia.

Dato' N. Sadasivan attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Low Seng Chee

Mr. Low Seng Chee, aged 63, Male, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on 1 July 2010. He was re-designated as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") on 1 June 2013. He has subsequently stepped down as the CEO and was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2023.

Mr. Low graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia with a Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering degree and subsequently obtained his Master of Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mr. Low has more than 30 years of working experience in high volume semiconductor production, automotive component manufacturing, vehicle assembly as well as vehicle retailing. Senior management positions held by Mr. Low including heading the operations of automotive assembly plants of several global marques in Malaysia and an aluminium foundry supplying to the automotive and motorcycle industries.

Mr. Low attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Nicholas Tan Chye Seng

Mr. Nicholas Tan Chye Seng, aged 49, Male, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2013.

Mr. Nicholas Tan graduated from Boston University School of Management, the United States of America (USA) with a Bachelor of Science degree. He joined Tan Chong Motor Holdings Berhad ("TCMH") in 2008 and headed the Corporate Planning and Strategic Investments Division. Today, he is the Executive Vice President of Finance Services and developed the supporting eco-system for car financing, car sharing, leasing, rentals and insurance product verticals.

Mr. Nicholas Tan is the founder of "MUV", a pioneer of an Offline2Online Marketplace for Used Vehicles in 2014. He also lead the investment in "GoCar" Malaysia's first car sharing platform when Mayflower Car Rental Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Warisan TC Holdings Berhad ("WTCH"), acquired a controlling stake in 2016. Today, GoCar is a major car sharing service in Malaysia having strategic partnerships with Shell Global, Yinson GreenTech, Gentari (formely known as Petronas Gas & New Energy) and public transport operators.

Mr. Nicholas Tan is part of the key management of TCMH and WTCH. He was on the founding board of Grab Inc. (a Singapore-based technology company that offers ride-hailing, ride sharing, food delivery service and logistics services through its app in Southeast Asia) until end 2017. He was also formerly an Executive Director and Vice-President of equities research in global investment banks for 10 years in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong prior to joining TCMH.

Mr. Nicholas Tan is the eldest son of Dato' Tan Heng Chew, a Director and major shareholder of the Company. He is also a nephew of Dato' Tan Eng Hwa, a Director of the Company and Mr. Tan Eng Soon, a major shareholder of the Company. He has abstained from deliberating and voting in respect of transactions between the Group and the related parties involving himself.

Mr. Nicholas Tan attended all the six (6) Board Meetings held in 2022.

Notes:

1. Save as disclosed above, none of the Directors have:

   • any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company; and

   • any conflict of interest with the Company.

2. The above Directors have not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offence, if any, and have not been imposed any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.