Board Of Directors
Mr Teoh Hock Chai @ Tew Hock Chai
Executive Chairman
Mr. Teoh Hock Chai is the Executive Chairman of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad and was appointed to the Board on 19 November 2004.
Mr Teoh Hock Chai @ Tew Hock Chai
Executive Chairman
Malaysian, Male, Aged 77
Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Mr. Teoh Hock Chai is the Executive Chairman of ELKDesa
Resources Berhad and was appointed to the Board
on 19 November 2004.
On 16 March 1971, Mr. Teoh founded Eng Lee Kredit
Sdn Bhd which is currently a substantial shareholder
of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad. Presently, he is the
Executive Chairman of Eng Lee Kredit Sdn Bhd.
Mr. Teoh Hock Chai also serves as the Advisor to
the Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Car Dealers & Credit
Companies Association (KLSCDCCA).
Mr Teoh Seng Hui
Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Teoh Seng Hui
Group Executive Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian, Male, Aged 50
Mr. Teoh Seng Hui is the Group Executive Director and
Chief Executive Officer of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad.
Mr. Teoh was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2006.
He was redesignated as Group Executive Director on
13 November 2014 and subsequently appointed as the
Chief Executive Officer on 22 February 2018.
He graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury,
United Kingdom with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
and Law in 1993. Thereafter, he gained many years of
experience in the hire purchase and furniture business.
He is also a Director of Eng Lee Kredit Sdn Bhd.
Mr Teoh Seng Hee
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Mr Teoh Seng Hee
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Malaysian, Male, Aged 41
Mr. Teoh Seng Hee is the Executive Director and Chief
Financial Officer of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad. He was
appointed as the Chief Financial Officer on 13 November
2014 and subsequently appointed to the Board on 18
February 2016.
He graduated from Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore with a First Class Honours Bachelor’s degree
in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics) in 2004 and
Master of Science (Management) Degree from Nanyang
Business School, Singapore in 2008. Mr. Teoh is a Fellow
of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(“FCMA”), a Chartered Global Management Accountant
(“CGMA”) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian
Institute of Accountants (“MIA”).
Since joining the ELK-Desa Group in 2008, Mr. Teoh has
been actively involved in the corporate planning, finance
and general management of the Group.
He is also a Director of Eng Lee Kredit Sdn Bhd.
Mr Teoh Seng Kar
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Teoh Seng Kar
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 44
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Mr. Teoh Seng Kar is a Non-Independent Non-Executive
Director of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad and was
appointed to the Board on 26 November 2010.
He graduated from Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
(Mechanical and Production) in 2002. Thereafter, he
gained broad experience in various industries relating
to procurement consultancy, plantations and property
development.
Currently, he is the Group Executive Director of Unico
Holdings Berhad.
Mr Loong Foo Ching
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Loong Foo Ching
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 72
Chairman of Nomination Committee
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Mr. Loong Foo Ching is the Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad
and he was appointed to the Board on 20 September
2012.
He graduated from University of London with a Bachelor
of Laws (LL. B) - honours degree and was called to
the Malaysian Bar as an advocate & solicitor in 1994.
He also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from
University of Malaya and is an associate member of the
Chartered Institute of Bankers, London (now The London
Institute of Banking and Finance) and a member of Asian
Institute of Chartered Bankers.
Prior to legal practice, Mr. Loong has served a total of
25 years in the banking and finance industry initially
with HSBC Group and later with Sabah Development
Bank Group. The principal areas of his expertise
include hire-purchase facility, consumer credit, leasing,
real-estate financing, corporate loans and asset/liability
management.
He was on the board of 2 other listed companies as an
Independent non-Executive Director between 2002 and
2015.
Mr. Loong is currently the Honorary Legal Advisor to the
Association of Hire Purchase Companies of Malaysia.
Mr Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 68
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Mr. Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan is an Independent
Non-Executive Director of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad
and was appointed to the Board on 20 September
2012. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (“MIA”).
Mr. Ng Soon Lai has been an associate member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
(“ICAEW”) since 1977 and became a fellow member
since 1982.
He had gained audit and accounting experience in
London and Kuala Lumpur before embarking on his
career path in the financial sector in 1980. He then
served in various positions in a leading local merchant
bank and a finance company. Subsequently, he joined
Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in 1991 as its General
Manager of Credit. He was appointed as the Chief
Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in
1994 and to the Board of Alliance Merchant Bank Berhad
in 2002. He then resigned from his position of Chief
Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in
2005. Since then, he has held the post of Independent
Non-Executive Director in several public companies.
Mr. Ng Soon Lai also sits on the Board of Tune Protect
Group Berhad, China Construction Bank (Malaysia)
Berhad and WCT Holdings Berhad.
Mr Yee Kin Lan
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Yee Kin Lan
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 70
Member of Audit Committee
Mr. Yee Kin Lan is an Independent Non-Executive
Director of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad and was
appointed to the Board on 12 October 2012.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from the
University of Hull, United Kingdom. He is a member of
the Malaysian Institute of Management since 1989, and
also a registered financial planner with the Malaysian
Financial Planning Council since 2006.
Mr. Yee Kin Lan has extensive exposure and knowledge
on the local banking and financial industry having spent
his entire career working at three (3) different Malaysian
banks before retiring in 2011. He started his career
with Public Bank Berhad in 1983, and held various
managerial positions including Branch Manager before
leaving to join Pacific Bank Berhad, also as a Branch
Manager in 1997. In 2001, Mr. Yee Kin Lan, along with
other employees of Pacific Bank Berhad, was absorbed
by Malayan Banking Berhad after a merger exercise.
He was promoted to the position of Head of Business
Development (Zone Manager) in 2002 and to Head
of Regional Business in 2009 where he managed the
operation control and business performance of all the
branches within the Federal Territory region.
Ms Toh Jyh Wei
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Toh Jyh Wei
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Female, Aged 38
Member of Remuneration Committee
Ms. Toh Jyh Wei is an Independent Non-Executive
Director of ELK-Desa Resources Berhad and was
appointed to the Board on 12 October 2012.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Ms. Toh Jyh Wei began her career at Patrick Mirandah
Co. (M) Sdn Bhd, an intellectual property boutique
practice as a Trademark Executive. Thereafter, she spent
four (4) years in Singapore and worked as a Corporate
Secretarial Associate at Tricor Singapore Pte Ltd and a
Corporate Secretarial Associate at Keppel Corporation
Ltd respectively. During her stint in Singapore, she has
gained valuable exposure and experience by handling
a portfolio of listed and non-listed companies across
various industries, providing corporate secretarial
advisory services to ensure that all listing and statutory
requirements are complied with.
Currently, Ms. Toh Jyh Wei is managing an online
retailing business that provides women’s apparel which
she co-founded.
Datin Gan Kok Ling
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datin Gan Kok Ling
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Female, Aged 46
Datin Gan Kok Ling is a Partner in the banking and finance department of Messrs. Adnan Sundra & Low, Kuala Lumpur since January 2008.
In the first 2 years of her practice, she was extensively involved in corporate work including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructuring exercises, as well as real estate matters. Since 2002, she has been primarily involved in banking and finance and debt capital markets.
Some of her notable banking and finance and debt capital markets experience includes advising on the issue of debt securities for the financing of several infrastructure and energy projects in Malaysia, including light rail transit, monorail, highways, telecommunications, gas and coal fired power plants and solar plants, private finance initiative fundings and the privatisation of water supply in Malaysia; government guaranteed debt issuances by various government agencies and government-linked companies; the securitisation of staff loans originated by a corporation and the corresponding issuance of asset backed securities; the issuance of stapled income securities; issuances of structured products and structured warrants, several issuances of conventional and Islamic convertible securities; several issuances of perpetual securities; issuances of exchangeable bonds and Sukuk; real property securitisation exercises, issuances of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) Sukuk and Asean Bonds and Sukuk (including Green, Social and Sustainability issuances) and issuances of notes and Sukuk by real estate investment trust issuers in Malaysia.