Profile of Key Senior Management

The executive function in the Group is spearheaded by the Executive Chairman and Managing Director, namely Mr. Gooi Seong Lim and Mr. Gooi Seong Heen, whose profiles are included under the section on Directors’ profile on this Annual Report. The following Directors assist them with day to day running of the various operations of the Group.
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MR. GOOI SEONG CHNEH

Executive Director

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MR. GOOI SEONG GUM

Executive Director

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MR. GOOI CHUEN KANG

Plantation Director

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MR. GOOI KHAI CHIEN

Investment and Development Director

PROFILE OF
KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT

The profiles of the other Key Senior Management members are set out below:

CHOW KOK HIANG

Finance Director

Chow Kok Hiang, Male, aged 56, a Malaysian, is currently the Finance Director of KLR and has vast experience in the Audit and Business Advisory Services, having served as Assistant Manager of Price Waterhouse (Currently known as PricewaterhouseCoopers) before joining Crescendo Corporation Berhad in 1997 as Group Accountant. He was transferred to KLR in 1999 to head the Finance Department of KLR Group. Mr. Chow is a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also sits on the board of several private companies involved in property development, construction, educational services, trading and manufacturing.

Mr. Chow has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He does not hold any directorship in public companies. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no conviction for any offences within the past 5 years and has no public sanction or penalty imposed on him by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

GOOI CHUEN HOWE

Marketing & Mill Director

Gooi Chuen Howe, Male, aged 39, a Malaysian, was appointed as Marketing Director in March 2019 and is currently the Marketing & Mill Director of KLR. He holds a Master of Business Administration from London Business School and a Master of Science degree in Applied Finance from the Singapore Management University. He started his career as an investment analyst in asset management companies from 2008 to 2009. Subsequently, he worked as an investment manager in the family investment company from 2010 to 2015. He has been the alternate director to Mr. Gooi Seong Heen in CCB since 31 March 2016.
Mr. Gooi has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving KLR, except that he is deemed interested in the transactions entered into with SKL Group (excluding KLR) which are carried out in the ordinary course of business, by virtue of being a person connected to Mr. Gooi Seong Heen. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

CHANG CHOW SWAN

General Manager

Chang Chow Swan, Male, aged 69, a Malaysian, is currently a director and the General Manager of Kim Loong Palm Oil Mills Sdn. Bhd. (“KLPOM”), a subsidiary of KLR. He graduated with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1978. A First Grade Steam Engineer with more than 40 years of hands-on experience for multiple breakthroughs in palm oil milling waste, biogas, biomass and downstream treatment. He is currently leading a group of engineers to initiate ideas to convert mill waste into higher value products, bring up KLPOM Complex as a pioneer of waste minimization in palm oil industry in Malaysia, and benefiting the milling operation of KLR Group. He is currently a Committee Member of Malaysia Palm Oil Millers Association (“POMA”). He also sits on the board of one subsidiary company of KLR involved in palm oil milling business.
Mr. Chang has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He does not hold any directorship in public companies. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no conviction for any offences within the past 5 years and has no public sanction or penalty imposed on him by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

CHANG CHEE CHIONG

General Manager

Chang Chee Chiong, Male, aged 61, a Malaysian, is currently the General Manager of KLR in charge of the Group’s estates in Sabah and Sarawak. He obtained the Licentiate Diploma from the Incorporated of Society Planters and with more than 30 years of working experience, he has vast experience in oil palm cultivation and plantation management. He was in the position of Deputy General Manager since 2010 before being promoted to the position of General Manager in 2014.

Mr. Chang has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He does not hold any directorship in public companies. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no conviction for any offences within the past 5 years and has no public sanction or penalty imposed on him by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.

GAN LIONG HOE

Deputy General Manager

Gan Liong Hoe, Male, aged 49, a Malaysian, is currently the Deputy General Manager of KLR. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Queensland University of Technology in 1997. Mr. Gan started his career as an engineer in IOI Corporation Berhad in 1998 and later joined TSH Resources Berhad in 2001 as engineer until 2007 before joining Desa Kim Loong Palm Oil Sdn. Bhd. (“DKLPO”), a subsidiary of KLR as a Senior Mill Manager, in November 2007. He was transferred to KLR and promoted to the position of Deputy General Manager in 2013 for Group’s milling operations in Sabah. Mr. Gan is a First Grade Steam Engineer and Second Grade Internal Combustion Engine Engineer with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health. He also sits on the board of two subsidiary companies of KLR involved in palm oil milling business.
Mr. Gan has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He does not hold any directorship in public companies. He has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no conviction for any offences within the past 5 years and has no public sanction or penalty imposed on him by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year 2023.