ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - KNM Steel Sdn Bhd

PROFILE OF
DIRECTORS
DATO’ MOHAMAD IDRIS BIN MANSOR
Independent Non-Executive Chairman, aged 64, Malaysian
Dato’ Mohamad Idris bin Mansor holds a Degree in Mining from Cambourne School of Mines (UK), M.Sc (Mining
Geology and Exploration) from the University of Leicester (UK) and M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America. He was appointed to the Board of KNM Group Berhad as Independent
Non-Executive Director on 23 February 2006 and subsequently as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 23
August 2006.
Dato’ Idris joined Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) in February 1976 as a Petroleum Engineer with the Production
Department. In the following years, he served as the Production Manager from 1977 to 1980 and was later seconded
to Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petronas, having served as the Deputy General Manager,
Technical from 1980 to 1984, General Manager from 1984 to 1989 and Chief Executive Officer from 1989 to 2000.
He was appointed Senior Vice President and Board Member of Petronas from 1 October 1993 until his retirement
on 30 September 2002. He was also Advisor to the Exploration and Production Business for another year.
He also sat as a member on the Board of the Premier Oil Plc from 1999 to 2003, a company listed on the London
Stock Exchange; as Chairman of Energy Africa Ltd, South Africa, from 1999 to 2004, and on the board of various
Petronas subsidiaries and associate companies in Malaysia and overseas.
He was the Chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Asia Pacific from 1995 to 2004 and now continues
to serve as a Board Member of the Society. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Alam Maritim Resources
Berhad and Transmile Group Berhad.
Dato’ Idris is a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and ESOS
Committee.
IR LEE SWEE ENG
Managing Director, aged 53, Malaysian
Ir Lee Swee Eng is a founding member of the Group since inception in 1990. He is responsible for overseeing the
strategic direction and management of the Group’s operations and was appointed Group Managing Director of
KNM Group Berhad on 14 June 2003.
He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and served 8 years in several positions with Petroliam Nasional Berhad, starting
from Production Engineer to Head of Pipeline Systems to Project Leader for major oil and gas development projects.
In 1986, he joined John Brown E&C Inc in Houston, USA. before opting to join Technip Geoproduction (Malaysia)
Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Technip France, initially as Technical Manager and subsequently promoted to Director and
Managing Director from 1986 to 1990.
He is a Registered Professional Engineer since 1984 and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia since 1993.
He has been a Council Member of the Federation of the Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) since 1999 till to date, and
was elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation (MISIF)
for the sessions 2000/2002 and 2003/2004. He is the founding Chairman of the MISIF Boiler and Pressure Vessels
Group and the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia Oil and Gas Division. In May 2000, he was appointed to represent
Malaysia as a Member of the International Council of Pressure Vessels Technology. He was recently invited as a
panel member of the Industrial Advisory Panel for the Faculty of Engineering of University Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Ir Lee Swee Eng also serves as a member of the Remuneration Committee. He is not a Director of any other public
company.
He is the spouse of Gan Siew Liat and the brother-in-law to Chew Fook Sin.
KNM GROUP BERHAD
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