Mr Andy Liew Hock Sim

Independent Non-Executive Director

Andy is a Chartered Accountant with Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and member of Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia. He has over fifteen (15) years of experience with major audit firms in audit, taxation and accountancy that gained from both Malaysia and oversea. He was involved in numerous successful initial public offering (IPO) in Malaysia, Singapore, Germany and Hong Kong throughout his career.

Andy started his career with a local audit firm in Malaysia. He then joined KPMG Kuala Lumpur after obtained his professional qualifications, i.e. MIA and CPA Australia in 2006. In KPMG Kuala Lumpur, he started to involve in the audit of multinational corporation (MNC) and public listed company (PLC). He also involved in the IPO of a financial services company in the Main Market of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE).

In 2008, he ventured to China and since then, spent eight (8) years in China. From 2008 to 2012, he worked in KPMG Beijing and actively involved in audit and IPO. In 2012, he joined a China-based manufacturing company in the capacity of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and listed the company in Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2014 prior to his return to Malaysia in 2016.

Upon his return to Malaysia, he joined Baker Tilly Malaysia and led a team of forty (40) which specialise in IPO and actively involved in various corporate exercises, e.g. business restructuring, merger and acquisition (M&A), reverse takeover (RTO), transfer listing, financial due diligence, regularisation plan for PN17 company, fund raising and etc.

In 2019, he started his own public practice and assumed the role of Managing Partner.

Ms Karina Bt Idris Ahmad Shah

Independent Non-Executive Director

Karina Shah is a lawyer by profession. She began her career as Federal Counsel, in the Attorney General Chambers in 1994.  She moved on to private practice with the firm Abu Talib Shahrom & Zahari and was seconded to PLUS Bhd to manage the legal department and was involved in various corporate exercises. Her next role in 2000 was with Merit Properties Sdn Bhd (Kuok Group of Companies) Johor Bahru. In 2007 she joined Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) a statutory body to develop Iskandar Malaysia in Johor. She was instrumental in setting up the legal department and secretarial unit for IRDA. She and her team successfully organized 5 members of the authority and advisory council meetings with the Prime Minister’s office, government stakeholders and joint ministerial meetings between Malaysia and Singapore.

In 2011, she took a legal role in Doha, Qatar for WCT Berhad that was involved in the construction of the Ministry of Interior and assisted in a dispute resolution matter in Dubai.

Upon her return from the Middle East, she joined Zico insource as a Legal Consultant.

Mr Hew Tze Kok

Independent Non-Executive Director

Hew Tze Kok, a Malaysian aged 42, was appointed to the Board on 21 October 2013 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mr Hew is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“FCCA”).

He started his career path by practising in accounting firms, namely Wong Yew Seng & Co and BDO Binder for approximately Seven (7) years. Thereafter, he served the Securities Commission Malaysia (“SC”) for approximately five (5) years in the area of enforcement of securities law. He was then appointed as an Investigating Officer of the SC with a ranking of Senior Manager. Subsequent to that, he joined KPMG Forensic Investigation Services as an Associate Director. He is currently working in the area of corporate finance and business development with an investment holding company.

Mr Hew is presently the Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and SIS Committee of the Company.

Mr Roy Ho Yew Kee

Executive Director

Roy Ho Yew Kee, a Malaysian age 44, was appointed to the Board on 22 Mar 2019 as an Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from the Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Mr Roy brings over twenty (20) years of financial service and restructuring experience both locally and abroad in various capacities.

Mr. Roy started his career in Australia in 1998, in the financial services industry, joining Hartley Poynton Ltd, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, where he was trained as a financial advisor, specialising in derivatives and first generation fintech products.

He then moved to a boutique trading firm, Tricom Futures Ltd, in 2003, where he set up a trading desk in greenfield markets, specialising in debt instruments, capital raising, equity linked structures and derivatives.

In 2011 Mr. Roy returned to Malaysia where he joined Key Alliance Group Berhad as an Executive Director overseeing corporate strategy and in 2017 he was re-designated as Managing Director of Key Alliance Group Berhad.