Board of Directors
Clockwise from top left: Syed Hussin bin Shaikh Al Junid, Yap Kim Swee, Haji Abdul Ghani binAhmad, Loo Hooi Keat, Tan Sri Musa bin Mohamad.
LOO HOOI KEAT
President/ Chief Executive Officer
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Mr. Loo, a Malaysian, aged 55, was appointed to the Board as Director on 22 April
2005 and subsequently as the Executive Chairman on 26 April 2005. Subsequently, he
was redesignated as President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pelikan International
Corporation Berhad on 14 November 2007.
He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (MICPA). He received his training in accountancy from a reputable
international accounting firm where he obtained his Certified Public Accountant accreditation.
Since then, he has gained experience in various international companies, namely as
Group Accountant for Sime Darby Group of Companies (1982-1985) and Lion Group of Companies
(1986-1989). He was the Group General Manager for Business Management of United Engineers
(Malaysia) Berhad from 1990 to 1992.
Presently, he is the Executive Vice President of Konsortium Logistik Berhad, a public
company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is also the
President and Board member of Pelikan Holding AG, a subsidiary of the Company listed
on the Zurich Stock Exchange. Except for certain recurrent related party transactions
of a revenue nature which are necessary for the day-to-day operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries and for which he is deemed interested, there are no other business
arrangements with the Group in which he has personal interest.
TAN SRI MUSA BIN MOHAMAD
Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Nomination Committee
Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee
Tan Sri Musa, a Malaysian, aged 67, was appointed to the Board on 1 August 2005. Subsequently,
he was redesignated as Chairman of the Company on 14 November 2007. He holds a Bachelor
of Pharmacy Degree from the National University of Singapore in 1962 and obtained
a Master of Science Degree in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of London
in 1972.
Tan Sri Musa spent over 20 years in teaching and academic administration at University
Sains Malaysia (“USM”). He served as a Foundation Dean of Pharmacy at USM from 1975
to 1979 and thereafter as the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the same
university until he retired in 1995. He then went into corporate life as Chairman
in a number of private limited companies and a second-board listed company, Poly Glass
Fibre (M) Berhad before being invited by the Government to serve as the Minister of
Education Malaysia from 1999 to 2004. He is currently the Chairman of Universiti Telekom
Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, which runs the Multimedia University
in Cyberjaya.
SYED HUSSIN BIN SHAIKH AL JUNID
Independent Non-Executive Director
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Syed Hussin bin Shaikh Al Junid, a Malaysian, aged 57, was appointed to the Board
on 1 July 1996. He graduated from University of Malaya and holds a Bachelor of Economic
degree. He has extensive experience in the property and construction industry and
has been involved in the development of several major and successful townships in
the Klang Valley. He is also currently overseeing the property development for another
local group of companies.
He is the Managing Director of Amona Permodalan Holdings Sdn Bhd, an investment holding
company with interests in a group of companies mainly involved in the development
of properties, project management services, construction, property investment holdings,
trading, information technology and multimedia business activities.
HAJI ABDUL GHANI BIN AHMAD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Haji Abdul Ghani bin Ahmad, a Malaysian, aged 68, was appointed to the Board on 4
September 2001. He attended a Diploma Course in “Customs and Excise Management and
Enforcement” at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, United States
of America. In 1991, he attended a course on “Value Added Tax” in the Tax College
of Crown Agents in Worthing, England.
He is a retired director of Customs, having served 32 years in the Royal Customs and
Excise Department of Malaysia. He serves as a director of several private limited
companies including LANG Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd where he provides consultancy
services relating to customs, excise, sales and service tax, duty exemptions, refund
and drawback claims, licenses and incentive under the laws administered by the Royal
Customs and Excise Department.
YAP KIM SWEE
Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Yap Kim Swee, a Malaysian aged 63, was appointed to the Board as Director on 22 May
2006. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Audit Committee on 14
November 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
(MIA), a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a
member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).
He started his career in Hanafiah Raslan Mohd & Partners in 1969. In 1972, he joined
Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) as an audit senior and was thereafter
appointed as a Director in 1987. He was admitted as a Partner in 1991 and retired
from the partnership of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2002. With his many years experience
in audit and business advisory, he has gained extensive knowledge in various industries
covering manufacturing, financial, insurance, telecommunications, housing development
and plantation.
HAJAH ROZAIDA BINTI OMAR
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Hajah Rozaida binti Omar, a Malaysian aged 47, was appointed to the Board as Director
on 21 November 2008. She is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
(MIA) and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
She started her career as a Financial Accountant at FELDA in 1986. In 1990, she became
a Credit Manager at Citibank Berhad until 1991. She then joined Guthrie Trading Sdn
Bhd as a Finance Manager until 1993. After that, she became a Finance Director of
Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Health Care Sdn Bhd from 1994 till 2003.
Currently she sits on the Board of Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad. She is also the Group Chief Financial Officer of Lembaga Tabung Haji.
