<strong>KNM</strong> GROUP BERHAD I Annual Report 2012Profile of Directors15DATO’ AB HALIM BIN MOHYIDDIN, DPMSIndependent Non-Executive Chairman, aged 67, MalaysianDato’ Ab Halim bin Mohyiddin was appointed to the Board of <strong>KNM</strong> Group Berhad on 14 June 2003 as IndependentNon-Executive Director and was subsequently designated as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 29June 2011. Thereafter, he was re-designated to act as Chairman of the Company on 29 April 2013.He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) from University of Malaya in 1971 and thereafter joinedUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as a Faculty Member of the Faculty of Economics. He obtained his Masters ofBusiness Administration degree from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1973. He retired fromKPMG/KPMG Desa Megat & Co. on 1 October 2001, a firm he joined in 1977 and had his early accounting training inboth Malaysia and United States of America. He was made partner of the Firm in 1985. At the time of his retirement,he was Partner-in-Charge of the Assurance and Financial Advisory Services Divisions and was also looking afterthe Secured e-Commerce Practice of the firm. He has extensive experience in tax, audit, corporate turnaround andfinancial restructuring of various companies and has also acted as receiver and manager and liquidator for severalcompanies during his tenure with KPMG.Dato’ Ab Halim is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Malaysian Instituteof Accountants (MIA). He is currently the Chairman of the Education and Training Committee of MICPA. He servedas a member of the Education Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) from 2001 to 2005.He was the President of the MICPA from June 2004 to June 2007 and a council member of MIA from 2001 to 2007.Presently, he is a Board member of Amway (Malaysia) Holdings Berhad, Digi.Com Berhad and Petronas Gas Berhad.Dato’ Ab Halim is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee and is a member of theRemuneration Committee.IR LEE SWEE ENGExecutive Director/Chief Executive Officer, aged 57, MalaysianIr Lee Swee Eng founded the <strong>KNM</strong> Group in 1990 as a private company specializing in fabrication and manufacturingof process equipment for the oil and gas industry and developed it into a global leading manufacturer of processequipment not only for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry but also in the mineral processing, power, desalinationand environmental sectors. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and management of the Group’soperations and was appointed Group Managing Director of <strong>KNM</strong> Group Berhad on 14 June 2003. He has beenre-designated as Executive Chairman/Chief Executive Officer on 3 September 2010. He remains the ExecutiveDirector/Chief Executive Officer of the Company although he had relinquished his position as Executive Chairmanof <strong>KNM</strong> Group Berhad on 29 April 2013.Ir Lee Swee Eng graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Hons) in Mechanical Engineering fromthe University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. He had served with Exxon in 1976 as a Production Specialistand with Petronas, the Malaysian National Oil Corporation from 1979 to 1985 in various capacities ranging fromProduction Engineer, Project Development Engineer and Resident Engineer to Project Leader for major oil andgas development projects. He worked with John Brown E & C Inc of USA as a Project Engineer on internationalassignments for its San Miguel Project, Bakersfield California in 1986 and subsequently joined the Technip Group’sMalaysian subsidiary, Technip Geoproduction (Malaysia) <strong>Sdn</strong> <strong>Bhd</strong> as its Director and eventually, Managing Directorfrom 1986 to 1990.He is a Registered Professional Engineer since 1984 and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia andInstitute of Materials Malaysia. He has been a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)since 1996, and had served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Malaysian Iron and <strong>Steel</strong> IndustryFederation (MISIF) from 2000 to 2004. He was the founding Chairman of the MISIF Boilers and Pressure VesselsGroup and the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia Oil and Gas Technical Division. He was elected a Member of theInternational Council of Pressure Vessels Technology as representative from Malaysia from 2000 to 2004. He wasappointed a Board member of the Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 30 June 2011 andassumes the role of President as at to-date. Currently, he is also an Industry Advisory Panel Member for the UniversitiTunku Abdul Rahman’s Faculty of Engineering and Science.Ir Lee Swee Eng also serves as a member of the Remuneration Committee. He is not a Director of any other publiccompany.Ir Lee Swee Eng is the spouse of Gan Siew Liat and the brother-in-law to Chew Fook Sin.
16<strong>KNM</strong> GROUP BERHAD I Annual Report 2012Profile of Directors (cont’d)DATO’ DR KHALID BIN NGAHSenior Independent Non-Executive Director, aged 66, MalaysianDato’ Dr Khalid Bin Ngah was appointed to the Board of <strong>KNM</strong> Group Berhad on 19 August 2011 as IndependentNon-Executive Director and re-designated as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 29 April 2013.Dato’ Dr Khalid Bin Ngah graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Geology from the Carleton Universityin Ottawa, Canada. Thereafter, he obtained his Master of Science degree in Petroleum Geology from OklahomaState University, USA, in 1975 under the Malaysian Federal Government’s sponsorship. He then furthered his tertiaryeducation and completed his doctorate PhD degree in Petroleum Geology from the Imperial College, University ofLondon, UK, under the Petronas sponsorship in 1990.He first served with the Malaysian Geological Survey Department as the State Geologist for Negeri Sembilan beforemoving to Petronas, the Malaysian National Oil Corporation from 1975 to 1997, and held various technical andmanagerial positions from Senior Geologist to Area Manager for Sabah and Sarawak. He was actively involved inthe development of national oil and gas policies leading to the development of PSC contract documents.After obtaining his doctorate degree, he returned to serve Petronas as its General Manager of Exploration andProduction Research, with emphasis on determining oil and gas resource potentials and techniques to enhanceoil and gas recoveries before opting for optional retirement in 1997. He was also the External Examiner for UTMSkudai, Johor (1995-1997) and was previously appointed as Joint Managing Director of Kedah Cement Berhad andExecutive Chairman of FPSO Tech <strong>Sdn</strong> <strong>Bhd</strong>. He was formerly an Independent Director of Eastern Pacific IndustrialCorporation (EPIC) Berhad too.Currently, he is the Chairman of Tubex <strong>Sdn</strong> <strong>Bhd</strong>, a subsidiary of EPIC Berhad. He is also a board member of <strong>KNM</strong>HMS Energy <strong>Sdn</strong> <strong>Bhd</strong> and Tati Production <strong>Sdn</strong> <strong>Bhd</strong>, a subsidiary of TATIUC (Tati University College of Terengganu).He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and a life member and past presidentof the Geological Society of Malaysia. He was awarded the Achievement Award from AAPG in 1994 for “Advancementin Malaysian Petroleum Industry and for Contribution to AAPG as Regional Advocate”.Dato’ Dr Khalid is not a Director of any other public company.Dato’ Dr Khalid is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee andNomination Committee.SOH YOKE YANIndependent Non-Executive Director, aged 45, MalaysianSoh Yoke Yan was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director of <strong>KNM</strong> Group Berhad on 14March 2013.Ms Soh is a holder of Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (CIMA, UK) and Diploma in ManagementAccounting with Tunku Abdul Rahman College. She is also a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (CA,MAL) and Associate Member of Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA, UK). She was engaged with public listedcompanies of different industries and has more than 15 years of corporate and commercial accounting experiences.She joined Isyoda Corporation Berhad as a Financial Controller in 2003 prior to her appointment as an ExecutiveDirector of Isyoda Corporation Berhad in 2006. She is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of DKLS IndustriesBerhad since 2001 and also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.She is also a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.