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Directors' Profile |
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Dato' Hon Choon Kim
Malaysian, aged 66 Independent Non-Executive Chairman |
Dato’ Hon was appointed to the Board on 1 November 2010 as our Independent Non-Executive
Director. He was redesignated as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 2 January 2012. He
graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Econ) in 1976 from University Sciences Malaysia
(USM). In 1977, he started his career in the government’s statistical department. In 1986, he
was elected as state assemblyman and was appointed as a state executive councilor of Negeri
Sembilan. He was then elected to be a member of the Parliament in 1995 and was appointed as
the Deputy Minister of Education in 1999, a position that he holds till 2008.
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Lim Tong Seng Malaysian, aged 55 Managing Director |
Lim Tong Seng was appointed to the Board on 28 July 2010 as a Director and subsequently
redesignated as the Managing Director of our Group on 1 September 2010. He completed his
secondary school education in 1977 and has since accumulated over 33 years of experience in
the livestock industry, mainly in the animal health and nutrition sector. He is also a committee
member of the Malaysian Animal Health and Nutrition Industries Association.
Mr Lim’s career in the livestock industry began when he joined the feedmill division of Industrial
Farm Pte Ltd, a Singapore commercial pig farm in 1978 as a Feedmill Executive. In 1984, he
assumed the position of Production Executive at Agrinuser (M) Sdn Bhd, a feed additive premix
manufacturing company. In 1989, he founded Benuser and spearheaded the company’s
operations in manufacturing various feed additives and premixes for the livestock industry.
In 2002, Mr Lim left Benuser and co-founded PeterLabs, Osmosis Nutrition and PLON Synergy
together with two (2) directors from Chern Tek, namely Teo Chin Heng and Dr. Teo Kooi Cheng.
Mr Lim was appointed as the Executive Director of PeterLabs in 2002 and subsequently was
promoted to Managing Director in 2008.
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Teo Chin Heng Malaysian, aged 61 Executive Director |
Teo Chin Heng was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2010 as an Executive Director and
is currently heading the Supply Chain Department. He graduated from National Chengchi
University in Taiwan with a Bachelor of Economics in 1978 and has since accumulated over 30
years of experience in the animal health and nutrition industry.
Mr Teo began his career in his family’s porcelain manufacturing business in 1979 and subsequently
joined Wellchem (M) Sdn Bhd in 1981 as a Sales Executive in the veterinary division. In 1986, he
co-founded Chern Tek, a company involved in trading of animal health and nutrition products,
where he assumed the position of Executive Director and was responsible for the company’s sales
and marketing activities.
In 2002, Mr Teo left Chern Tek and co-founded PeterLabs, Osmosis Nutrition and PLON Synergy.
Mr Teo was appointed as the Executive Director of PeterLabs and Sales and Marketing Director of
Osmosis Nutrition in 2002.
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Lau Yeng Khuan Malaysian, aged 54 Executive Director |
Lau yeng Khuan is one of our Group’s Sales and Marketing Director and was appointed as an
Executive Director on 1 September 2010. He completed his high school education in 1977 and has
since accumulated over 30 years of sales and business development experience in the livestock
industry.
Mr Lau started his career with N.A.M Trading (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd as a Sales Executive in 1978 and
subsequently joined Chern Tek in 1997 as a Sales Manager. He left the company to join our Group
in 2002 as an Area Sales Manager. He is responsible for overseeing our Group’s sales and business
development activities in Perak where his roles include sales, co-ordinating and liaising with
customers. He is also responsible for all public relation matters as well as providing professional
advice to our customers in the swine and poultry sector.
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Dr. Teo Kooi Cheng Malaysian, aged 55 Executive Director |
Dr. Teo Kooi Cheng, a veterinarian, was appointed to the Board on 28 July 2010 as a Director
and redesignated to Executive Director on 1 September 2010 and is currently heading our
Group’s Technical Department. He graduated from National Taiwan University, with a Bachelor
of Veterinary Medicine in 1983 and has since accumulated 28 years of experience in the livestock
industry, both as a veterinarian and as well as a farm manager.
Dr. Teo’s career in the livestock industry began when he joined Tai yue Pig Farm in 1983 as a
veterinarian and subsequently joined Industrial Farm Pte Ltd, a Singapore commercial pig farm
in 1985 as a Deputy Farm Manager. In 1988, he joined Coopers Animal Health (M) Sdn Bhd as
a Techno Commercial Executive, where he was responsible for technical backup and product
development. Subsequently in 1992, he assumed the position of Technical Director at Chern Tek,
a company involved in trading of animal health and nutrition products. In 1999, during the Nipah
virus outbreak, he was involved in a large scale Nipah virus screening test of livestock in Malaysia.
In 2002, Dr. Teo left Chern Tek and co-founded PeterLabs, Osmosis Nutrition and PLON Synergy.
Dr. Teo was appointed as the Executive Director of PeterLabs and Technical Director of Osmosis
Nutrition in 2002.
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Dr. Vijaya Raghavan A/L M P Nair Malaysian, aged 75 Independent Non-Executive Director |
Dr. Vijaya was appointed to the Board on 1 November 2010 as our Independent Non-Executive
Director. He is a veterinarian with a Degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from East Pakistan
Agricultural University (currently known as Bangladesh Agriculture University). He graduated with
a fi rst class degree in 1970. In 1974, he obtained a PhD in Animal Nutrition from the Royal School
of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany
After his return from Germany, Dr. Vijaya started his career as a Research offi cer at the Institut
Haiwan, Kluang, Johor for two years. He then joined the feed milling industry as a nutritionist and
worked for two (2) related companies, namely Sin Heng Chan (M) Sdn Bhd and Federal Flour Mills
Bhd for 35 years before becoming a freelance consultant for a few multinational companies in the
fi eld of poultry production, nutrition and staff training.
As a nutritionist, he has pioneered various research projects that are published in various
international journals. Dr. Vijaya is also the chairman of the Technical Committee of Animal Feeds
of Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (“SIRIM”). In SIRIM, he spearheaded the
development of various types of animal feed for the livestock industry. Dr. Vijaya was awarded
the Livestock Asia 2013 Award by the Ministry of Agriculture on his outstanding contribution to
Malaysian Feed Milling Industry. This is the third award which he has received from the Ministry of
Agriculture ever since the Livestock show started in 2001. He was also honoured by the Malaysian
Society of Animal Production for his contribution to the feed industry in 1996 and by our Ministry
of Science and Technology for his contribution in the development of various standards for
feeding livestock in 1997.
Dr. Vijaya’s other achievements include the Livestock Industry Achievement Award and Lifetime
Achievement Award, both awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2002 and 2007 respectively.
In 2006, he was appointed as the speaker of the Bureau of World Poultry Science Association, in
which he delivered lectures and conducted research papers in various international meetings. In
2008, he was made a fellow by the World Poultry Science Association for the Malaysian Branch.
He is also a member of various professional bodies both locally and internationally. He is also the
Technical Chairman of the Malaysian Feed Millers Association.
Aside from being a freelance consultant, Dr. Vijaya currently lectures in several local and
foreign universities.
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Prof. Dr. Paul Cheng Chai Liou Malaysian, aged 67 Senior Independent Non-Executive Director |
Prof. Dr. Paul Cheng was appointed to the Board of PeterLabs Holdings Berhad on 1 November
2010. Currently he serves as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and as the Chairman
of the Audit Committee.
Prof. Dr. Paul Cheng distinguished himself in practice as an auditor and a tax consultant. He is the
founder and currently the senior partner of Cheng & Co, a Chartered Accountants Firm established
in 1993.
He is also an Adjunct Professor in the University Tun Abdul Razak since February 2011. In addition,
he lectures on Mandatory Accreditation Program (MAP) for directors of public listed companies
in Malaysia.
Prof. Dr. Paul Cheng holds a Bachelor of Business degree (1990) from the University of Southern
Queensland, Australia. He also possesses a Master of Business Administration degree (1991) and
a Doctor of Commercial Sciences degree (1996) both from the Oklahoma City University, USA.
In addition, he holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree (2007) from the University of
Newcastle, Australia.
He is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), a member of the
Malaysian Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountants (MICPA), a member of the Malaysian Institute
of Management (MIM), and a member of the Malaysian National Computer Confederation
(MNCC). He is a fellow member of CPA Australia and The Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia
(CTIM), a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA, UK), a Chartered Tax Practitioner with the
Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors
(IIA Malaysia).
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Azman bin Abdul Jalil Malaysian, aged 54 Independent Non-Executive Director |
Encik Azman was appointed to the Board on 1 November 2010 as our Independent Non-Executive
Director. He obtained his Bachelors of Pharmacy (Honours) from University of El-Mansourah,
Egypt, in 1983. He is a registered pharmacist with the Malaysian Pharmacy Board since 1984. Upon
graduation, he joined the Ministry of Health of Malaysia as a Pharmacy Enforcement Officer.
In 1992, he left the Ministry of Health of Malaysia and joined Xepa Soul Pattinson (M) Sdn Bhd as
a pharmacist. In 1995, he joined Kotra Pharma (M) Sdn Bhd, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and
distributor, as a Quality Assurance Manager and was later promoted to Plant Manager in 2001. He
left the company in 2003, and thereafter he joined Applied Chemie (M) Sdn Bhd as a Technical and
Training Director.
In 2006, Encik Azman started his own consultancy fi rm, A1 Consultancy & Integrated Services
Sdn Bhd, specializing in providing pharmaceutical consultancy services as well as training and
registration of medicinal drugs, traditional (herbal) medicines, health supplements, cosmetics,
and veterinary medicinal products.
Encik Azman is a member of Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society, Parenteral Drug Association,
and Institute of Validation Technology. He is also an exco-member of the International Society
of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) of the Malaysian Affiliate.
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