Cheah Tek Kuang

Chairman

Mr Cheah was appointed to the Board of Eco World International Berhad on 12 September 2014 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He was re-designated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 27 April 2017 and Chairman on 22 March 2023.

Mr Cheah started his career in Federal Industrial Development Authority (now known as Malaysian Industrial Development Authority) in 1970 as an Economist responsible for research and planning in regional industrial cooperation. In 1978, he joined the Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad (now known as AmInvestment Bank Berhad) in its Corporate Finance Department. He was later promoted as Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director of AmInvestment Bank Berhad in 2002.

Following the restructuring of AmBank Group, he was appointed as Group Managing Director of AMMB Holdings Berhad, the financial holding company of AmBank Group in 2005. He retired in March 2012 after serving AmBank Group for more than 33 years.

Mr Cheah was a Director of Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad, Cagamas Holdings Berhad, Danajamin Nasional Berhad, Velesto Energy Berhad, IOI Corporation Berhad, Employees Provident Fund and Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

Mr Cheah retired as a member of Appeals Committee of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 31 December 2022 after serving more than 12 years. He was also a member of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan)’s Investment Panel.

Mr Cheah’s other directorships in public companies include UPA Corporation Berhad, Berjaya Hartanah Berhad, A-Rank Berhad and U Mobile Holdings Berhad. He is also a board member of non-profit organisations, Yayasan Bursa Malaysia and Malaysian Institute of Art.

Dato’ Teow Leong Seng

President & chief executive officer / executive director

Dato’ Teow was appointed to the Board of Eco World International Berhad on 12 September 2014 as Executive Director. He was then appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer on 13 October 2014. He serves as a member of Risk Management Committee.

Dato’ Teow has more than 30 years of experience in the real-estate development and finance related industries. He began his career in 1981 with the Hong Leong Group and has since then held various senior finance and accounting positions in several publicly-listed companies, including heading the Real Estate Finance business at Citibank Malaysia.

Prior to joining Eco World International Berhad, Dato’ Teow was the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of S P Setia Berhad, where he was in charge of the group’s Corporate and Finance Division while overseeing the Business Development Division and overseas expansion plans. Dato’ Teow led S P Setia Berhad’s foray overseas to Vietnam, Australia and United Kingdom and played a key role in further expansion to China.

A notable achievement for Dato’ Teow would be his role in securing the iconic Battersea Power Station redevelopment project in United Kingdom. He led the team that gave the Malaysian consortium, comprising S P Setia Berhad, Sime Darby Berhad and Employees Provident Fund the confidence to submit an unconditional bid for the site. He was appointed as the Chairman of the United Kingdom-based Battersea Power Station Development Company Limited to oversee the development management of the project.

Other than Eco World International Berhad, he does not hold any other directorships in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.

Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca was appointed to the Board of Eco World International Berhad on 27 April 2017 as Independent Non-Executive Director and re-designated as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 22 March 2023. She serves as the Chairperson of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of Whistleblowing Committee.

Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca began her career in the Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service and retired as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in July 2016. She also held the position as Executive Director of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat from 2019 to 2024.

Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca has received numerous awards such as Malcolm S. Knowles, Dissertation of the Year 2000, Academy of Human Resource Development, USA, Order of the Star of Italy in 2015, Rio Branco Order from Brazil in 2016 as well as the Meritorious and Distinguished award, Asian Productivity Organisation in 2021.

Currently, she sits on the Board of Sunway Berhad, Hartalega Holdings Berhad, Dialog Group Berhad, Loob Berhad and Not-for Profit organisations such as Institute for Democracy & Economic Affairs Berhad, MyKasih Foundation and Yayasan Hartalega.

Dato’ Siow Kim Lun

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Siow was appointed to the Board of Eco World International Berhad on 12 September 2014 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He serves as the Chairman of Audit Committee and also a member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Whistleblowing Committee.

Dato’ Siow started his career in investment banking with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad in 1981. He later joined Permata Chartered Merchant Bank Berhad (now known as Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad) where he served as a Manager and the Head of its Corporate Finance Division from 1985 to 1993.

Between 1993 to 2006, he was with the Securities Commission Malaysia and has served as the Director of its Issues & Investment Division and Market Supervision Division.

Dato’ Siow’s other directorships in public companies include EITA Resources Berhad, Sunway Construction Group Berhad, Radiant Globaltech Berhad, RHB Investment Bank Berhad, RHB Trustees Berhad and Malaysian Trustees Bhd.

Dato’ Kong Sooi Lin

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Kong was appointed to the Board of Eco World International Berhad on 1 April 2019 as Independent Non-Executive Director. She serves as the Chairperson of Risk Management Committee and Whistleblowing Committee as well as a member of Audit Committee.

She has over 30 years of investment banking experience and has extensive equity and debt transaction expertise, having advised on numerous highly profiled and industry-shaping corporate exercises in Malaysia and Asia Pacific.

Dato’ Kong began her career with Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young) and Arthur Andersen & Co. and then joined Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad under Corporate Banking in 1989.

In 1994, she joined CIMB Investment Bank Berhad and has been with CIMB Group Holdings Berhad for 25 years until her retirement from CIMB Investment Bank Berhad as its Chief Executive Officer in March 2019. Throughout her tenure with CIMB Group, Dato’ Kong has contributed significantly to entrenching CIMB as one of the top investment banking houses domestically and across ASEAN.

Dato’ Kong has held various capacities within CIMB Group. Her roles include Group Head of Investment Banking Division for the Asia Pacific region, Group Head of Private Banking, Head of Senior Bankers Group, Chairperson of CIMB Private Limited Sri Lanka and Commissioner on the Board of Commissioners of CIMB Securities Indonesia.

Dato’ Kong’s other directorships in public companies include AMMB Holdings Berhad, AmInvestment Bank Berhad, IOI Corporation Berhad and PMB Technology Berhad.

Pauline Wong Wan Voon

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms Pauline was appointed to the Board of Eco World International Berhad on 2 April 2018 as Independent Non-Executive Director. She serves as a member of Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Ms Pauline began her career with Messrs Suhaimi Khor Zulkifli & Chang, Advocates & Solicitors in September 1992 as a Legal Counsel. In June 1993, she joined TA Securities Berhad as an Assistant Manager, where she was tasked with setting up a new business unit, before being transferred to the Legal Affairs Department in April 1994 to undertake in-house legal work.

Ms Pauline is currently the Executive Director of the Malaysian Investment Banking Association (“MIBA”), where for the past 25 years, she has been instrumental in leading and driving the development and implementation of key initiatives and strategies that ensured the steady growth of MIBA as a prominent and vital contributor towards the growth of a deep, vibrant and innovative capital markets as well as promoting the development of sustainable intellectual capital in the industry, with emphasis on talent development and capacity building.

Currently, she represents MIBA on the Financial Industry Collective Outreach (FINCO) Steering Committee and Islamic Finance Profession Charter Governing Panel.

Previously, she was the Secretary General and Council Member of the Malaysian Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, a member of the Membership Committee of the Malaysian Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and a representative of MIBA on the Bursa Malaysia Continuing Education Programme Accreditation Committee.

Apart from Eco World International Berhad, she does not hold any other directorships in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.