Eddy Chieng Ing Huong, aged 51, is the Executive Chairman of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. He was appointed to the Board of the Company on 4 February 2004.

Mr Chieng graduated in 1980 from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with Merit in Accounting, Finance and Information Systems. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia. He has also been a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1983.

He has extensive senior management experience having been involved in a number of successful entrepreneurial businesses in Malaysia and overseas. Other than being on the board of directors of the following public companies, he is an adviser to a number of other public company boards and also that of some large family-run private companies.

Mr Chieng is the Chairman of Selangor Dredging Berhad and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of QL Resources Berhad. He was previously a Director of Nationwide Express Courier Services Berhad, Ancom Berhad, Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad, Chairman of Asia Poly Holdings Berhad and Director of Federal Express Malaysia.