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Malaysian. Age: 74. Date of Appointment: 24 February 2025.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1974 and a Master of Science in Management Science in 1975 from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, United Kingdom. He has received award for exemplary services including the Darjah Panglima Pangkuan Negeri (D.P.P.N) from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang in 2022.

He has over 28 years of experience in the electrical and electronics (“E&E”) industry, with a focus on semiconductor and E&E manufacturing spanning Asia Pacific and global regions. This extensive experience was gained during his long career with Intel Technology Sdn Bhd (“Intel”), a manufacturer of semiconductor computer circuits, where he served from 1976 to 1996 and from 1998 until his retirement in 2004, as well as his tenure at Dell Computer Corporation (“Dell”), a global company that designs, develops and manufactures personal computers and computer peripheral equipment, from 1996 to 1998.

He began his career in 1976 as a Quality Assurance Engineer responsible for the quality assurance for assembly operations of semiconductors at Intel. He rose through the ranks as the Quality Assurance Manager and was Intel’s General Manager responsible for supervising Intel’s 8-bit micro-controller business unit when he left in 1996 to join Dell as Vice President/ Managing Director of the Asia Pacific Customer Centre, where he primarily managed its operations. 

In 1998, he left Dell to re-join Intel as the Managing Director of Assembly Test Manufacturing in Malaysia. He was later promoted to Vice President & Country Managing Director Intel Malaysia and subsequently promoted to Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing Group and General Manager of Assembly Test Manufacturing, where he was responsible for all of Intel’s assembly test factories worldwide. He retired from Intel in 2004. 

Post retirement between 2004 and 2008, he served as a Director of Invest-InPenang Berhad, an agency incorporated by the Penang State Government to promote investments in Penang. He was a board member of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, a division under the MITI between 2005 and 2017. Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Malaysian American Electronics Industry, an industry committee under the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce from 2005 until 2021. 

He is currently the President of the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association since 2021 and the Chairman of Electrical and Electronics Productivity Nexus. He also serves on the board of directors of Nationgate Holdings Berhad, a company listed on Bursa Securities.

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.

Malaysian. Age: 48. Date of Appointment: 5 February 2023.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2000 with a cumulative grade point average of 3.95.

He has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, during which his professional skills were developed and further enhanced by his experiences at Intel Microelectronics (from 2000 to 2012 and again from 2016 to 2020) and Altera Malaysia (from 2012 to 2016).

He began his career in 2000 as an engineer at Intel Microelectronics and his last position held prior to his departure in 2012 was senior staff component design engineer. During his tenure at Intel Microelectronics, he was responsible for the architecture and microarchitecture of central processing units, memory, I/O and platform controller hubs, and IPs, as well as completing assignments in the USA.

In 2012, he joined Altera Malaysia as a principal engineer, before progressing to the role of architect where he was responsible for designing and implementing the memory interface architecture and microarchitecture of FPGA products and IPs.

Following the Intel’s Acquisition, he transitioned back to Intel Microelectronics in 2016 as a principal engineer where he focused primarily on the overall architecture and microarchitecture of FPGA products and IPs.

He left Intel Microelectronics in 2020 as chief architect. He has since been our Chief Technology Officer, where he oversees our technical strategy and leads the design and development of advanced IPs and ASICs for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications.

 Malaysian. Age: 64. Date of Appointment: 12 February 2025

He graduated with first class honours from University College London, University of London, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) in 1983 and obtained a Master of Science in Computing Science from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, United Kingdom in 1984. He has received awards for exemplary services including the Darjah Gemilang Pangkuan Negeri (D.G.P.N) from the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang in 2024. He was named the Executive of the Year-Technology by the Malaysia Management Excellence Awards which was hosted by the Asian Business Review Magazine in 2022 and also received the Outstanding Industry Captain Award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysia Network in 2023.

He has over 35 years of experience in the technology industry, spanning semiconductor, life sciences and electronics sectors when he was with Keysight (from 2014 to current) and its predecessor companies, Agilent Technologies Incorporated (“Agilent”) (from 1999 to 2014) and before that, Hewlett Packard (“HP”) (from 1985 to 1999). Keysight is principally involved in providing electronic design and test solutions that are used in the design, simulation, validation, manufacture, installation, optimisation and secure operation of electronics systems in the communications, networking and electronics industries, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

His career began in 1985 at HP, where he rose through the ranks to become the Manufacturing Manager of the Wireless Semiconductor Division, his last position held at HP before the company spun off several of its business units including test and measurement, optics, chemical analysis, life sciences, electronic components, and medical equipment, to form Agilent in 1999. 

At Agilent, he held various leadership roles, including the Senior Vice President and later the President of the Order Fulfilment and Supply Chain for the electronic measurement, life sciences and chemical analysis businesses. When Agilent's electronic measurement segment was spun off to form Keysight in 2014, he transitioned to Keysight, where he continued to hold senior management positions. Currently, he is the Senior Vice President and was previously President of Order Fulfilment and Digital Software Solutions at Keysight, where he oversees Keysight’s design engineering and software test automation businesses, as well as order fulfilment, global procurement and materials, and information technology functions. He also previously served as President of Order Fulfilment and Infrastructure, and President of the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.

He currently also sits on the board of Frencken Group Limited, a public company listed on Singapore Exchange Limited (“SGX”).

Malaysian. Age: 64. Date of Appointment: 12 February 2025. 

She was admitted as an associate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) in 1986 and became a fellow member of the ACCA in 1991. She has been a member of the MIA since 1988 and a Fellow member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia since 1995. In 2009, she was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah and was conferred the award of Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (P.G.D.K) by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah in 2014. She is also a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (“ICDM”) since 2019.

She began her career in 1981 as an audit assistant at Chin & Co., a chartered accounting firm in Sabah and rose through the ranks to become an audit manager and subsequently a partner in 1990. In 2005, she left Chin & Co. to set up her own practice, Messrs. Alexandra FL Chin, Chartered Accountants, where she is currently in practice as a chartered accountant. She has over 40 years of experience in accounting, taxation and audit.

She was the first Malaysian to serve as the global president of the ACCA from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, she held the position of global deputy president of the ACCA from 2014 to 2015 and served as global vice president of the ACCA from 2013 to 2014.

She currently also serves on the board of directors of Suria Capital Holdings Berhad and Audience Analytics Limited, both of which are companies listed on Bursa Securities and SGX, respectively.

Malaysian. Age: 47. Date of Appointment: 12 February 2025.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from University of Bristol, United Kingdom in 1999 and obtained a Master of Arts in International Business and Management from University of Westminster, United Kingdom in 2000. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales and is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom since 2001. Subsequently, she was admitted to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and has been a member of the Malaysian Bar since 2003. She is also a member of the ICDM since 2023.

She joined the legal profession in 2003 as a legal assistant at Messrs. Kadir, Andri & Partners and was promoted as partner in 2012 until her departure in 2021. She took a career break and subsequently joined Messrs. Sreesanthan & Co. in 2022 as a partner until 2023. She then left to join Wei Chien & Partners in 2024 where she remains a partner as at the LPD. She has over 20 years of experience in the legal profession specialising in areas of corporate and commercial law including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities regulation. She has also advised on corporate governance and corporate advisory matters.