Dato’ Fong Swee Kiang

Malaysian. Age: 63, Date of Appointment: 17 September 2019.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with first class honours in 1986 and obtained a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, USA in 2010. He was conferred the award of Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (D.S.P.N) by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang in 2025.

He has over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, where he began his career as an engineer at Intel in 1986. He remained with the Intel group of companies until 2011, where the last position held was Director of Intel Penang Design Center. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the development of central processing units, chipsets and IPs, while leading a team of engineers.

In 2011, he joined Altera Malaysia, an Intel Corporation related company following its acquisition of Altera Corporation in 2015 (“Intel’s Acquisition”), as Vice President of Design Engineering and his last position held prior to his departure in 2016 was Vice President of Engineering, Intel Programmable Solutions Group. During his tenure at Altera Malaysia, he led the company’s R&D operations in Malaysia, driving innovation and development initiatives.

In 2016, he joined Avago Technologies, a Broadcom Inc. related company, as Director of Operations and later held the position of Senior Operations Director, where he was responsible for managing the company’s global operations and overseeing new product introductions.

He left Avago Technologies in 2019 and joined our Group which commenced business in 2020 through our Company. Since then, he has served as our Chief Executive Officer, where he leads our business strategy, oversees operations, sales and marketing and ensures financial health while managing our business and investment stakeholders. He also guides our executive team, sets longterm goals and drives innovation to foster growth and success in the market, while building key relationships, managing risks and ensuring effective governance.