directors - The Lion Group

DIRECTORS’ PROFILE
Tan Sri Dato’ Musa bin Hitam
Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director
Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Musa bin Hitam, a Malaysian, aged 71, was appointed a Director and Chairman of the Board on
10 August 1995. He is also the Chairman of the Company’s Nomination Committee.
Tan Sri Musa received his Bachelors degree from the University of Malaya and his Masters degree from the University
of Sussex. He has since been awarded with various honours, including Honorary Doctorates from the University of
Sussex and Universiti Sabah Malaysia, and fellowships from the Malaysian Institute of Management and the Centre For
International Affairs, Harvard University.
Tan Sri Musa has held various posts at international level at various times. These included membership of the
Commonwealth Ministers Action Group when he visited Nigeria, Pakistan, Fiji, The Gambia and Sierra Leone. Tan Sri
Musa also led the Commonwealth Observer Group to the Pakistan General Elections that was held in September-
October 2002.
Before becoming Malaysia’s fifth Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs in 1981 and 1986 respectively,
Tan Sri Musa was Senior Lecturer at the University of Malaya, Chairman of Federal Land Development Authority,
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Primary Industries and Minister of Education. Between 1990 and
1991, he was Malaysia’s Special Envoy to the United Nations and since 1995, he has been the Prime Minister’s Special
Envoy to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group. Tan Sri Musa also led the Malaysian delegation to the United
Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 1998 and was elected Chairman of the Commission in 1995. At
the national level, Tan Sri Musa had served as the Chairman of the Malaysian National Commission on Human Rights
from 2000 to 2002. Tan Sri Musa is a member of the United Malays National Organisation and had held various
positions within the party up to Deputy President until 1987.
Tan Sri Musa is also the Chairman of Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, a public listed company.
During the financial year, Tan Sri Musa attended all five (5) Board Meetings held.
Datuk Cheng Yong Kim
Managing Director, Non-Independent Executive Director
Y. Bhg. Datuk Cheng Yong Kim, a Singaporean, aged 55, was appointed the Managing Director of the Company on 16
January 1995. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee.
Datuk Cheng obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree from University of Singapore in 1971.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the business operations of the Lion Group encompassing steel, motor, tyre,
computer, retail, trading, pulp and paper, plantation, and property and community development. For a period of seven
years from 1988 to 1995, he was the Managing Director of Lion Fasteners Sdn Bhd, a company engaged in the business
of manufacturing bolts and nuts. In 1990, he took up the role of President in P T Lion Metal Works Tbk, a manufacturer
of steel furniture, building material and stamping products in Indonesia. He resigned from Lion Fasteners Sdn Bhd in
1995 to take on the position of Managing Director of the Company. In 1996, he was appointed the Executive Director
of the Ceemax and the Likom group of companies which are involved in the manufacturing and marketing of computers,
monitors and peripherals.
Datuk Cheng’s other directorships in public companies are as follows:
Director of Silverstone Corporation Berhad and Lion Corporation Berhad, both public listed companies
Director of Hy-Line Berhad, a public company
Datuk Cheng has a direct shareholding of 1,600,689 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each and an indirect shareholding of
299,998,443 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in the Company. Datuk Cheng’s shareholdings in the subsidiary companies
of the Company are disclosed in page 116 of this Annual Report. He also has interest in certain companies which
conduct similar business with the Company in the property development sector.
Datuk Cheng is the nephew of Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Cheng Heng Jem, a major shareholder of the Company, and his brother,
Mr Cheng Yong Liang is also a Director of the Company.
During the financial year, Datuk Cheng attended all five (5) Board Meetings held.
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