BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mulpha International Berhad
Board of Directors
Lee Seng Huang
NON-INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Mr Lee was educated at the University of Sydney in Australia and has wide ranging financial services and real estate investment experience in the Asian region.
Mr Lee is the Executive Chairman of Mulpha International Bhd. (“the Company”) (a Malaysian listed conglomerate with operations in Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Singapore), as well as the Chairman of Mulpha Australia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. He was previously the Non-Executive Chairman (resigned in November 2019) of Aveo Group Limited (“AVEO”), a company which was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange until it was privatised and delisted in December 2019. Mr Lee is also the Group Executive Chairman of Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited, a leading alternative investment company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Mr Lee was appointed to the Board as Executive Chairman on 15 December 2003.
Mr Lee has no directorships in other listed issuers or non-listed public companies in Malaysia.
Chew Hoy Ping
NON-INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Chew is a member of the MIA and Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr Chew had a professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) spanning 30 years, including 15 years as a partner of the firm. Whilst at PwC, he engaged in a diverse range of professional services encompassing auditing, corporate finance and business recovery services. He held various leadership roles including the chair of its financial advisory services for the Asia Pacific region and in risk, governance and management functions. Mr Chew had work secondment experiences with PwC Houston, Texas and with Bank Negara Malaysia in the 1980’s.
Mr Chew was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 16 May 2007 and was subsequently redesignated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2023. Mr Chew also serves as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee as well as a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Development Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee. He is also a Director of Mulpha Australia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
Mr Chew is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Mudajaya Group Berhad where he is the Chair of its Audit Committee. He has no directorships in non-listed public companies in Malaysia.
Geoffrey Earl Grady
SENIOR INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Grady graduated from Queensland University with degrees in Commerce and Law (Hons) and is a Chartered Accountant. He was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Mr Grady is an independent company director and retirement consultant. He was until recently the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Easycare Technology, an Australian assisted-living technology platform for approximately 1 year until December 2022. Previously, he has performed a number of high-profile roles including as the Executive Director and CEO of Aveo, one of Australia’s largest retirement and aged care operators and its most innovative and expansive operator, from July 2013 to November 2019. In November 2019, Aveo was sold to Brookfield Property Group for AUD2 billion introducing large institutional capital into the sector for the first time. From 2009, he was Aveo’s Chief Operating Officer and on becoming its CEO, he transformed Aveo from being an integrated property developer to a dedicated retirement and aged care operation. Before joining Aveo, Mr Grady was the CEO of the Mulpha Sanctuary Cove Group of companies following the sale of the resort to the Mulpha Australia Limited Group in 2002. Prior to this, he was a partner in the corporate recovery practice at KPMG Brisbane.
Mr Grady was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2020 and was subsequently redesignated as Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2023. He also serves as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Development Risk Management Committee as well as a member of the Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Sustainability Committee.
Mr Grady has no directorships in other listed issuers or non-listed public companies in Malaysia.
Josephine Phan Su Han
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ms Phan graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting and Computer Science) Degree from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She is a fellow member of the Certified Practising Accountant (CPA), Australia and a member of the MIA. She is also an alumni of INSEAD Business School and Harvard Business School, and a platinum member of Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (ISACA), Malaysia Chapter.
Prior to her retirement as Senior Partner in PwC Malaysia, Ms Phan led the Information Technology (“IT”) Risk Assurance Practice in providing assurance and advisory services to clients on their IT systems and financial processes. She has more than 30 years of professional experience working with clients across various industries, both locally and overseas. Her experience includes financial statutory audits, IT governance, IT internal and external audits, information security, IT risk and regulatory compliance, IT and operational due diligence.
Ms Phan was the past President of CPA Australia (Malaysia Division) and past Vice President of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Malaysia Chapter) as well as past Member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, MIA Disciplinary Appeal Board and CPA Australia Board Nomination Committee respectively.
Ms Phan is currently a member of MIA Education Board and MIA Digital Technology Implementation Committee. She is also a panel member for MIA Accreditation of Local Universities Accounting Degrees.
Ms Phan was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2023. She also serves as Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Sustainability Committee as well as a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Remuneration Committee and Development Risk Management Committee.
Ms Phan’s directorship in other listed issuer in Malaysia is VSTECS Berhad. She has no directorships in non-listed public companies in Malaysia