About UsBoard of Directors

Dato James Tai DATO’ JAMES TAI CHEONG @ TAI CHIONG
Chairman

Educated in Malaysia and New Zealand in business administration, Dato’ Tai is a successful and veteran businessman. He is on the Board of some 20 companies and brings to Pansar Berhad over 20 years of extensive experience in industries as diverse as construction, plantations, timber, sawmilling, and charcoal, and food and beverage.

Tai Hee DATUK TAI HEE
Managing Director

Educated in Malaysia and the United Kingdom in I.T., Mr. Tai is seasoned, well-travelled and, with Board experience in large multinationals, has helped transform the company from a trading house to the total solutions provider it now is. He is a director in over 20 companies, and contributes to the Board his experience in hospitality, plantations, manufacturing, shipping, travel, and waste management.

Ling Lee Chuon LING LEE CHUON @ JAMES LING CHUNG
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Educated in Malaysia and New Zealand and trained as a civil engineer, Mr. Ling is a professional engineer with extensive civil and structural engineering consultancy experience. He is on the Board of several companies and contributes to Pansar Berhad over 40 years of valuable firsthand management experience in undertaking complex construction projects.

Ting Ing Horh TING ING HORH @ TING ING HO
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Educated in Malaysia and Canada in humanities, Mr. Ting is also a licensed Company Secretary. He is a director in some 10 companies and brings to the Board his vast operations experience in the hospitality, plantations, sawmilling and timber industries.

HO KHEE JEEM
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Ho began his career as an Officer with Maybank Finance Bhd in 1991 and left in 1997 as a Branch Manager. He joined Well-Town Construction Development Sdn Bhd as a Finance Manager from 1997 until 2005, where his job functions included the overall supervision of the Finance and Human Resources Departments.

In 2005, Mr Ho joined KACC Construction Sdn Bhd as the head of the company’s Finance Department where he was responsible for the company’s restructuring exercise and monitoring the company’s litigation cases. He left the company in 2008 but continued to serve as a consultant in his personal capacity up to 2009 in charge of monitoring the company’s ongoing litigation cases and the restructuring of two subsidiaries.

Mr Ho joined OBYU Corporate Services Sdn Bhd (a company under the OBYU group of companies) in 2009 to head the company’s Account and Finance Departments. In 2010, he was assigned additional responsibilities to oversee the Account and Finance Departments of O&G companies under the company, which included Reservoir Link Sdn Bhd which he subsequently joined as their Financial Controller in 2010. He was the Chief Financial Officer for Reservoir Link Energy Berhad from August 2020 to April 2021.

PERPETUA PHANG
Independent Non-Executive Director

A Malaysian citizen, aged 66, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 26 May 2023. She has also been appointed to serve as a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee with effect from 31 May 2023.

She graduated from the University of Hull, England with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in 1980 and was called to the Degree of Utter Barrister and admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1981. In the same year, she was admitted to practise in the High Court of Borneo (now called the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak). She is also an Accredited Mediator.

She joined Reddi & Company, Advocates in 1981 and currently is a senior partner of the firm overseeing the banking, corporate and commercial division.

She is not related to any director and/or substantial shareholder of Pansar Berhad and does not have any conflict of interest with Pansar Berhad.

She has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

She currently also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad.

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