Board of Directors

DATO’ HWANG THEAN LONG
Managing Director
(Key Senior Management)

Dato' Hwang Thean Long, Malaysian, male, aged 68 was appointed to the Board on 10 December 1992. He is presently the Managing Director of the Company and also acting as Director of most of its subsidiary companies.

He has more than 46 years of experience in business industry especially supermarket retailing. He started his career with a mini market when he joined his father, the late Mr. Hwang Siong Wah, the founder of the well-known Swee Wah general merchant at Ayer Itam, Penang in 1970. After taking over the Swee Wah general merchant, he has expanded the business by opening additional outlets, which comprise of Sunshine Square, Sunshine Farlim Shopping Mall, Suiwah Ayer Itam, Sunshine Lip Sin, Sunshine Jelutong and Sunshine Bertam. His current directorship in other public company includes Penang Commercial and Industrial Development Berhad.

He is also a major shareholder of the Company by virtue of his interests held through Suiwah Holdings Sdn Bhd and Suiwah Supermarket Sendirian Berhad in the Company. He is the spouse of Datin Cheah Gaik Huang, an Executive Director of the Company and the father of Ms. Hwang Siew Peng and Mr. Hwang Shin Hung, both are Executive Directors in the Company.

Dato' Hwang Thean Long attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.

 

DATO’ HAJI MOHD SUHAIMI BIN ABDULLAH
Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato' Haji Mohd Suhaimi Bin Abdullah, Malaysian, male, aged 59 was appointed to the Board on 10 December 1992. He is presently the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company.

He graduated from Havering Technical College, London in 1981 with Diploma in Business Studies. Subsequently, he obtained a professional qualification in the Chartered Institute of Transport from School of Transport, University of London in 1985 and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport since 1989. From 1982 to 1984, while he was completing his studies, he was engaged as a secretary with the Majlis Pelajar-Pelajar Malaysia in London, UK. There, he managed the administrative and communicative matters between Ministries of Malaysia, which have contact with the Malaysian Students Societies Council in the UK and Ireland.

From 1984 to 1985, he was employed as a Marketing Executive in Mafeta Travel Agency Limited, London, UK where he managed the sales and marketing of air tickets for Malaysia and Far East countries. From 1985 to 1987, the Foundation of Mara Education engaged him as an Assistant Secretary II, where he handled the administrative matters of the foundation.

Also in 1986, he joined Angkatan Seniman Abad XX Sdn Bhd as an Executive Director. He was in charged of all administrative and financial matters for the company, which produced feature films and sitcoms for local media. Then in 1987, he joined YPM Realities Sdn Bhd as a General Manager and subsequently joined Yayasan Bumiputera Pulau Pinang Berhad also as a General Manager in 1991. He was in charge of the overall management and day-to-day operations of the companies. He currently is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Ridge Holdings Bhd.

Dato' Haji Mohd Suhaimi Bin Abdullah attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.


DATIN CHEAH GAIK HUANG
Executive Director
(Key Senior Management)

Datin Cheah Gaik Huang, Malaysian, female, aged 64 was appointed to the Board on 14 March 1997. She has more than 35 years of working experience in the supermarket retailing business and also acting as Director of most of its subsidiary companies.

She is the spouse of Dato' Hwang Thean Long, the Managing Director and a major shareholder of the Company. Therefore, she is deemed to have an interest in shares of the Company by virtue of her husband's shareholdings held through Suiwah Holdings Sdn Bhd and Suiwah Supermarket Sendirian Berhad in the Company. She is also the mother of Ms. Hwang Siew Peng, who is an Executive Director of the Company.

Datin Cheah Gaik Huang attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.


MS. HWANG SIEW PENG
Executive Director
(Key Senior Management)

Ms. Hwang Siew Peng, Malaysian, female, aged 43 graduated from Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Marketing and Management). She was appointed to the Board on 26 December 2001 and sits on the Board of Directors of several subsidiary companies of the Company and other private companies.

Currently, she is the Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Wholesale Mart Sdn Bhd, the retail arm and core segment of the Company. With over 20 years of experience in retail, she spearheads the retail segment focusing on both offline and online retailing.

Ms. Hwang is very actively involved in the retail industry with her role as the Chairman of Northern Region and Council Member of Malaysia Retailers Association (MRA). Her recent appointment as the Social Events Chairman for the coming Asia Pacific Retailers Convention & Exhibition 2017 organized by FAPRA (Federation of Asia-Pacific Retailers Association) brings altitude to Ms. Hwang’s networking in the retail industry.

Apart from her involvement in MRA, she is also a Corporate Member of Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK) where she keeps abreast with the shopping malls development and growth not only in Malaysia but also the Asian region.

She is the daughter to Dato' Hwang Thean Long and Datin Cheah Gaik Huang, who are the Executive Directors and major shareholders of the Company. Therefore, she is deemed to have interest in shares of the Company by virtue of the shareholdings of her parents. She does not hold any directorship in other public companies.

Ms. Hwang Siew Peng attended three (3) of the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.


DATO’ AHMAD HASSAN BIN OSMAN
Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato' Ahmad Hassan Bin Osman, Malaysian, male, aged 79 was appointed to the Board on 18 December 1995 and on 16 September 2004, his position has been redesignated from Non-Independent Non-Executive Director to Independent Non-Executive Director. He is presently the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and also a member of Audit Committee in the Company.

He graduated from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in 1962 and subsequently obtained a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1978.

He has vast experience in the public service, spanning a period of over 32 years. His last post with the Government was as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia. Upon retirement, he was appointed as an Executive Director of the Islamic Development Bank based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1997. His current directorship in other public company includes Kimble Corporation Bhd (in liquidation).

Dato' Ahmad Hassan Bin Osman attended three (3) of the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.


MR. WONG THAI SUN
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Wong Thai Sun, Malaysian, male, aged 62 was appointed to the Board on 26 December 2001. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.

He holds a Bachelor of Economics and Accountancy from Australian National University. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Certified Public Accountants, Australia.

He has public practice experience in accountancy for over 32 years in Malaysia and in overseas and currently has his own public practice firm, which is Wong Thai Sun & Associates. He is the Independent Non-Executive Director of D’nonce Technology Bhd and Emico Holdings Bhd.

Mr. Wong Thai Sun attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.

 
MR. JEN SHEK VOON
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Jen Shek Voon, Singaporean, male, aged 70 was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2004. He is a member of the Audit Committee and was recently appointed as member of the Nomination Committee on 12 September 2017.

He has been appointed to the Board of Directors, including past directorships of a number of publicly listed companies on the stock exchanges of Malaysia and Hong Kong SAR. He does not hold any directorship in other public companies in Malaysia. He is a fellow member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

He holds Master of Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) from University of Singapore and obtained a post-graduate Commerce Hons degree from the University of New South Wales. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in United Kingdom and the Taxation Institute of Australia. He also is a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (“ISCA”) and a member of Information System Audit and Control Association, British Computer Society, Institute of Internal Auditors and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

He currently manages his own public accounting practice, Jen Shek Voon PAS, as a sole proprietor. Mr. Jen is a Public Accountant Singapore, licensed by the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (“ACRA”) and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional education courses.

Mr. Jen Shek Voon attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.

 
DATUK HAJI RADZALI BIN HASSAN
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Datuk Haji Radzali Bin Hassan, Malaysian, male, aged 60 is a Pioneering Environmental Entrepreneur, was appointed to the Board on 16 September 2004.

Born in 1957 in Perak, Datuk Radzali completed his Masters in Business Administration and holds an Advance Diploma in International Business Studies.

Datuk Radzali was conferred the Kestaria Setia DiRaja Award by DYMM Paduka Baginda Yang DiPertuan Agong in 1997 and Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka by TYT Yang Di Pertua Negeri Melaka and Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri by TYT Yang Di Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang.

Datuk Radzali is currently the Chairman/Group Managing Director of Harta Maintenance Sdn Bhd and Harta Group of Companies since April 1980, is also acting as Director of several subsidiary companies. Datuk Radzali does not hold any directorship in other public companies.

Datuk Radzali is a major shareholder of the Company by virtue of his interests held through Hozone Sdn Bhd in the Company. Datuk is also a Director and shareholder of Hozone Sdn Bhd.

Datuk Radzali is also a director of Green & Smart Holding Limited since 2016 as an AIM company listed in London Stock Exchange.

Datuk Radzali is currently the Chairman of Malaysian Franchise Association for the period of 2017-2019.

Datuk Haji Radzali Bin Hassan attended four (4) of the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.

 

MR. HWANG SHIN HUNG
Executive Director
(Key Senior Management)

Mr. Hwang Shin Hung, Malaysian, male, aged 31 was appointed to the Board on 24 April 2015. He also sits on the Board of Directors of several subsidiary companies of the Company and other private companies.

He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master's Degree in Industrial System, Manufacture and Management. He also holds a Bachelor Engineering in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London.

He started his career in Suiwa Hi-Tech Industrial Park in China and also worked at Intel (Product Engineer) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Corporate Finance). He was a project consultant in numerous British companies such as Biochrom Ltd, Harvard Bioscience Inc., Shearline Ltd., Apollo Ltd., Halma Plc. and Herga Electric Ltd. He joined Federations of Malaysian Manufacturers Penang Branch and holds the position of Office Chairman for the period of 2014-2015. He was also elected as the FREPENCA Committee Member in the Free Industrial Zone, Penang, Companies' Association for the period of 2015-2016.

He is the son to Dato' Hwang Thean Long, who is the Managing Director and major shareholder of Suiwah Corporation Bhd.

Mr. Hwang Shin Hung attended all the five (5) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 May 2017.


Save as disclosed above, none of the Directors have: