Change in Boardroom
Date of change | 08 Mar 2019 |
Name | MR LAU KIN WAI |
Age | 42 |
Gender | Male |
Nationality | Malaysia |
Type of change | Redesignation |
Previous Position | Executive Director |
New Position | Non-Independent Director |
Directorate | Non Independent and Non Executive |
Qualifications
No |
Qualifications
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Major/Field of Study
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Institute/University
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Additional Information
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1 |
Degree
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First Class Honors in Engineering
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University of Manchester in the United Kingdom
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2 |
Degree
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MBA
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University of Oxford
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Working experience and occupation | Mr Lau is a well-recognised technology entrepreneur in Southeast Asia who founded his first technology company when he was 23 and has since then taken three technology companies public. Mr Lau began his career as the co-founder and Managing Director of Viztel Solutions Berhad (Viztel), a telecom and mobile Internet software startup. By the age of 28 Mr. Lau had led Viztel to IPO and was one of the youngest Managing Directors of a public company in Southeast Asia. In 2007 Mr Lau co-founded Cellsafe Biotech Group, a regional biotechnology business group focusing on non-controversial technologies for harvesting and cryogenic preservation of stem cells. Cellsafe is now a leading stem cell bank network in Southeast Asia, with operations across four countries. Mr Lau is also a Non Executive Director in Sedania Innovator Berhad. |
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer | Nil |
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer | Nil |
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries | 20,847,800 ordinary shares Deemed interest by virtue of his position as Director of Fatfish Ventures Sdn Bhd |