Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo, aged 72 and a Malaysian, is the Chairperson. She joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 8 December 1988; the Directors unanimously appointed her as Chairperson in July 2011. On 17 July 2014, she was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. She sits on the Board of the Group’s subsidiaries: Leong Hin San Sdn. Bhd., Meridian Plantations Sdn. Bhd., Syarikat Penanaman Bukit Senorang Sdn. Bhd., South-East Pahang Oil Palm Berhad, and Vintage Plantations Sdn. Bhd.. She is the President Commissioner of PT Lifere Agro Kapuas as well as a Commissioner of the Group’s subsidiaries in Indonesia: PT Bintang Gemilang Permai, PT Wana Rindang Lestari, and PT Usaha Mulia Bahagia.

She holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Bristol, U.K., and was admitted as a Barrister at Lincoln’s Inn, London in 1976 and called to the Malaysian Bar in 1977.

On 31 October 2015, Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo was conferred the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Plantation Management by Universiti Putra Malaysia to recognise her contribution to the plantation industry.

Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo has had a varied career. She worked at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, in Corporate Finance at Southern Bank Berhad, and as an investment analyst for Rashid Hussain Securities and Morgan Grenfell Asia & Partners’ Securities. Apart from a short stint with the world’s largest executive search firm, Korn Ferry International, she spent 10 years as a journalist with Business Times and The Sunday Star.

Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo is a Trustee of the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Foundation and the TARC Education Foundation. She served on the Board of OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and OCBC AL-AMIN Bank Berhad for 14 years until her retirement on 27 July 2014.

Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. She has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries.

She attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2024.

She has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Mr. Teo Leng, aged 72 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 September 2009. He was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 10 July 2017. He is a director of several subsidiaries of the Group in Malaysia. He is a Commissioner of PT. Lifere Agro Kapuas, PT. Bintang Gemilang Permai, and PT. Wana Rindang Lestari, the Group’s subsidiaries in Indonesia.

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

He joined the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) in 1976 as a Research Officer. He began his career at EPA Management Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad, as an Agronomist in 1983, rising in ranks to Director of Research and Development in January 1996. In January 2002, he was appointed Estate Director (Malaysia), 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-year career at EPA Management Sdn. Bhd., Mr. Teo was responsible for the full implementation of certification requirements under Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). He was also involved in developing and commercialising of the Mill Integrated Waste Management System (MIWAMAS), a green technology that converts empty fruit bunches and palm oil mill effluent to bio compost.

He has been an active committee member of national associations in the oil palm, rubber and cocoa industries. He was a past Board member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). He was also a Council member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA), The Malayan Agricultural Producers Association (MAPA), and the Environmental Quality Council (EQC) of Kementerian Sumber Asli & Alam Sekitar. Currently, he is a member of the MPOA Council and its Research and Development Main Committee. Mr. Teo was an Independent and Non-Executive Director of Southern Acids (M) Berhad until 25 September 2020. Mr. Teo was also the director of several other companies in Malaysia.

Mr. Teo is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries.

He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2024. He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah Binti Nik Mahmood, aged 68 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 3 January 2017. She is the Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is a Commissioner of PT. Lifere Agro Kapuas and a Director of PT. Bintang Gemilang Permai and PT. Wana Rindang Lestari, the Group’s subsidiaries in Indonesia.
 
Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah holds a First Class Honours in Law from the University of Malaya and LLM and Ph.D. from the University of London.
 
Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah Binti Nik Mahmood retired as Deputy Chief Executive of Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) in March 2016. Before joining the SC in 1993, Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.
 
Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah is a member of the Board of Directors of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM) and the Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia. She is also a Board member of INCEIF University.

Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah is a Board member of Permodalan Nasional Berhad and Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad. She is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Axiata Group Berhad.

Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. She has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries.

She attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2024. She has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. She has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Mr. Ong Keng Siew, aged 68 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 19 January 2017. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is a Director of PT. Lifere Agro Kapuas and the President Director of PT. Wana Rindang Lestari and PT. Bintang Gemilang Permai, the Group’s subsidiaries in Indonesia.

Mr. Ong is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom, and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
 
Mr. Ong had an impressive career spanning over 30 years at Paramount Corporation Berhad. Mr. Ong joined Paramount Corporation Berhad as an Accountant in 1981 and rose through the ranks of Finance and Administration Manager and General Manager. He was appointed to the Board of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 14 November 1994. He assumed the posts of Deputy Group Managing Director & Deputy Group CEO in 1997 and was appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 1 December 2008. He retired as the Managing Director & CEO of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 18 June 2012.

He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Paramount Corporation Berhad, Pekat Group Berhad and a listed company in Australia, PRL Global Limited (formerly known as C.I. Resources Limited). He is also a director of Perbadanan Asset Keretapi (Railway Assets Corporation), a federal statutory body established under the Railway Act 1991.

He is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. He attended all five Board Meetings held in the financial year ended 30 April 2024.

Mr. Ong has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Mr. Tee Cheng Hua, aged 70 and a Malaysian, joined United Malacca Berhad as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2019. He is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Mr. Tee is an uncle of Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin.

Mr. Tee graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology Malaysia in 1978.

He started his career as an Engineer with Highlands and Lowlands Bhd. and was subsequently a Mill Manager/Engineer with Kulim (M) Bhd.

Mr. Tee is a Non-Independent Senior Executive Director of Far East Holdings Bhd. He is also the Senior Executive Director of Prosper Group of Companies and a Director of Prosper Capital Holdings Sdn. Bhd., one of the major shareholders of United Malacca Berhad.

Mr. Tee is a Director of Future Prelude Sdn Bhd, an integrated oleochemical company specialising in producing several oleochemical products and biodiesel using sustainable palm oil as feedstock.

Mr. Tee is also active in renewal energy businesses and sits on the Board of several companies involving solar, hydro, and biogas power generation.

Mr. Tee Cheng Hua has no personal interest in any business involving the Company or its subsidiaries except that he shall be deemed interested in transactions that may be carried out in the ordinary course of business by the Company or its subsidiaries with Prosper Group or its related companies. He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2024. He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin, aged 53 and a Malaysian, was appointed Alternate Director to his uncle, Mr. Tee Cheng Hua on 1 October 2019. He was subsequently appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 25 February 2021. Effective 1 January 2023, he was re-designated as Non-Independent Executive Director and assumed the role of the Company’s Executive Director.

Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sunderland. He also holds a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales, an Associate Diploma in Commerce from Curtin University, Australia and an Executive Diploma in Plantation Management from the University of Malaya.

Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin started his career as an executive at Prosper Capital Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (“Prosper”) in 1995 and subsequently rose to the rank of Executive Director. He is the Group Managing Director of Prosper Group and a Director of Prosper Trading Sdn. Bhd., a major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad. Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin also sits on the Board of several private companies in plantation and milling businesses. He is a Director of PRL Global Ltd (formerly known as C.I. Resources Limited), a listed company in Australia.

He is also a Director of Phosphate Resources (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Phosphate Resources (Singapore) Pte Ltd. in fertiliser businesses.

Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin has no personal interest in any business involving the Company or its subsidiaries except that he shall be deemed interested in transactions that may be carried out in the ordinary course of business by the Company or its subsidiaries with Prosper or its related companies. He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2024.

Dato’ Sri Tee Lip Sin has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Mr. Han Kee Juan, aged 72 and a Malaysian, joined United Malacca Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 3 June 2021. He is a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Han graduated with a Bachelor of Agriculture Science (Hons) from the University of Malaya in 1976.

After graduating from the University of Malaya in 1976, Mr. Han joined Highlands Research Unit as a Research Officer.

He moved to Eastern Plantation Agency in 1981 and served as an Agronomist.

Mr. Han joined IOI Corporation Bhd in 1989 as a Senior Agronomist/Senior Manager.

Mr. Han founded Budi-JS Plantation Management Sdn Bhd in 1992. He is the Managing Director of the said company, the Managing Agents for estates owned by Koperasi Serbausaha Makmur Bhd (Kosma).

Mr. Han is the Plantation Advisor for Prosper Group and Far East Holdings Berhad. He provides plantation advisory services to more than 100,000 hectares of plantations in Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.

Mr. Han is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries.

He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2024. He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies.

Datin Noor Azimah Binti Abd. Rahim, aged 63 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 May 2023. She is a member of the Audit Committee as well as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
 
Datin Noor Azimah Binti Abd. Rahim is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom, since 1993.

She started her career as an Administrative Officer/Executive Assistant to the Adviser of Bank Negara Malaysia from September 1986 to July 1988. She joined Price Waterhouse Associates as an Associate Consultant from August 1988 to March 1990. From 1990 to 2000, she was a Dealer Representative at Rashid Hussain Securities, Kuala Lumpur.

Currently, Datin Noor Azimah is the Chairman of the Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) and Elena Cooke Education Fund (ECEF). She is also a member of G25, a Director of the Edunity Foundation, and a Columnist for The Edge. 

Datin Noor Azimah is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. She has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries.

She attended all five Board Meetings during the financial year ended 30 April 2024. She has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. She has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Mr. Ng Ming Shern, aged 39 and a Malaysian, was appointed Alternate Director to Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo in United Malacca Berhad on 1 October 2024. He is a nephew of Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo.

Mr. Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Nottingham in 2006. He started his career as a Management Consultant with Accenture from 2006 to 2010 and then joined Deloitte Consulting South East Asia from 2010 to 2015. Since 2015, Mr. Ng has been an independent contractor in management consulting. He has experience in analysing, designing and implementing changes in organisational design and processes to improve the effectiveness of the organisation’s people, processes, and systems.

Mr. Ng Ming Shern has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. 

He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies.