MR. TEO LENG

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Teo Leng, aged 59 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director on 1 September 2009. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Board Tender Committee.

Mr. Teo Leng graduated with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Agriculture Science in 1976 from University of Malaya and holds a Master of Science (Soil Chemistry) from University of Wisconsin @ Madison, USA.

He joined the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) in 1976 as a Research Officer and began his career at EPA Management Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad, as an Agronomist in 1983, rising in ranks to the position of Director of Research and Development in January 1996, and in January 2002, he was appointed Estate Director (Malaysia), a position which he held until his retirement in April 2008. He was a Consulting Advisor (Plantations) with Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad until March 2011.

During his 28 years’ career at EPA Management Sdn. Bhd., he was responsible for the full implementation of requirements pertaining to certification under Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and also involved in the development and commercialization of Mill Integrated Waste Management System (MIWAMAS), a green technology converting empty fruit bunches and palm oil mill effluent to biocompost.

He has been an active committee member of national associations involved in oil palm, rubber and cocoa industry in various agricultural organizations. He was a past Board member of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). He was also a Council member of Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA), The Malaysian Agricultural Producers Association (MAPA) and Environmental Quality Council (EQC) of Kementerian Sumber Asli & Alam Sekitar.

He is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company. He has attended all the six Board
Meetings held in the financial year ended 30 April 2011. He has never been convicted of any offence.