About

Datuk Cheng Lai Hock

Datuk Cheng Lai Hock was appointed to our Board on 23 January 2015. He is the Chairman of Risk Management Committee and a member of Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company.

Datuk Cheng obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Administrative Studies from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom in September 1982. He also obtained his Master’s in Business Administration majoring in Accounting from Universiti Utara Malaysia in September 2003. He is a fellow member of the Malaysia Association of Company Secretaries since July 1992, Associate Member of the Association of International Accountants since December 1999 and Associate Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia since April 2002. He is also the President of Kedah Chinese Assembly Hall and Deputy President of the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia. He has over thirty five (35) years of experiences as company secretary and more than nineteen (19) years of experience as a tax consultant.

Datuk Cheng began his career as an Administrative Executive in P. Hand Chemical Sdn Bhd in November 1982. Thereafter, he started his own secretarial firm in October 1984. In November 2000, he was granted a tax agent license by the Ministry of Finance, and he commenced the provision of tax advisory services since then. He is a committee member of the Kedah State Government’s Chinese Affairs Committee since September 2008.

Datuk Cheng is an Independent Non-Executive Director of SC Estate Builder Berhad. He has no relation with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company, no conflict of interest with the Company and has not committed any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any.