Lim Poh Seong

Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Lim Poh Seong, Malaysian, aged 58 is our Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He was appointed to our Board on 1 July 2023.
 
He obtained his Diploma in Commerce for Finance and accounting from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 1989. He became an associate and fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 1995 and 2000 respectively. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
 
His career in auditing started in 1989 when he joined Hew & Tan, a public accounting firm. In 1991, he joined the accounting firm Ernst & Young and left in 1993 as an Audit Senior.
 
He ventured into the corporate sector in 1993 when he joined Insas Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries are primarily involved in, among others, investment holding, stockbroking and property investment. He started as an Assistant Accountant and was subsequently promoted to Senior Corporate Finance Manager. During his tenure in Insas Berhad, he was responsible for the preparation of group accounts and corporate financial reporting. Subsequently in 1996, he joined Datuk Keramat Holdings Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries were primarily involved in property investment, as its group Financial Controller where his main job scope involved corporate reporting, financial reporting and working on corporate finance affairs.
 
Subsequently in 1998, he joined Pantai Holdings Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries were primarily involved in the provision of integrated healthcare and ancillary services, as the group’s Financial Controller. In 2001, he was appointed as an Executive Director of Pantai Holdings Berhad. During his tenure, he was responsible for the group’s financials and operations, corporate financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions and administration of the group’s hospital division. In 2005, he stepped down from the board of directors of Pantai Holdings Berhad and assumed the role of group Chief Operating Officer, a position he held until he left the group in 2007.
 
From 2007 until 2008, he was appointed as the Executive Director of PAOS Holdings Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries at the time were primarily involved in contract manufacturing of bar soap and its related products, contract manufacturing of products from palm oil and specialty fats, trading of palm oil related products, and property investment.
 
He also served as the Executive Director of Asia Poly Holdings Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries are primarily involved in trading and manufacturing of cast acrylic products, from 2007 to 2008.
 
In 2010, he also took up the position of Chief Financial Officer with Eversendai Corporation Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries are primarily involved in the business of steel fabrication, engineers and contractors. He was involved with the company’s proposal to list on the Main Market of Bursa Securities, and left the company in the same year prior to its listing.
 
In 2010, he started to explore his own business ventures through Build Master Construction Sdn Bhd, a private company involved in the business of renovation contractors, buildings and general contractors, and BMC Infra Sdn Bhd in 2012, a private company involved in the business of contractors for piling works and the provision of related services. He ceased his involvement with these companies’ operations and resigned from his directorship in 2019.
 
In 2011, he was invited to return to PAOS Holdings Berhad to serve as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He served as a member of the Audit Committee from 2011 and was subsequently re-designated as Chairman of the Audit Committee in 2018. He resigned from his position in May 2023.
 
In 2018, he was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hup Seng Industries Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries are primarily involved in the manufacturing and trading of biscuits and consumables. In 2019, he was re-designated as Independent Non-Executive Co-Chairman of the company, a position that he held until he returned to his original appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director in 2021. He maintains his position of Independent Non-Executive Director as at current date.
 
In 2020, he was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of Samaiden Group Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries are primarily involved in engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contracts for solar photovoltaic systems and power plants, provision of renewable energy and environmental consulting services, and operations and maintenance services. He was redesignated as a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee in February 2024.
 
In January 2024, he was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of Sentoria Group Berhad, a public listed company whose subsidiaries are primarily involved in property development, construction, and the leisure and hospitality industry.
 
As at the LPD, save for the directorships of the public listed and private companies as set out in Section 5.2.4(iv) of this Prospectus, he does not hold any full-time employment.