BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tan Eng Piow, aged 70, was appointed as Group Managing Director of MHB on 9 September 1994. On 12 June 2024, he was re-designated as Executive Chairman of MHB. He is one of the founding members of Pembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd.

He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours) degree from University of Malaya, which was obtained in 1977. He is also a Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia.

He began his career as a Works Engineer with Jabatan Kerja Raya – JKR (Public Works Department) from 1977 to 1979. From 1980 till 1985, he was a Project Manager with Perkuat Kuari Sdn Bhd (Quarry Operation).

He has over 40 years of extensive technical and management experience in the construction industry and has been actively involved in the management and operations of the MHB Group. He also oversees the Group's development, growth and expansion.

Cho Wai Ling,aged 51, was appointed as an Executive Director of MHB on 1 September 2014. She graduated from University of Malaya in 1998 with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree and has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2001.

She started her career with MHB in 1999 as an Executive in the Finance & Accounts Department and rose from rank and file to managerial position and in 2005 was promoted to Group Finance Manager. She heads the Finance & Accounts Department and handles all corporate matters of the Group. In her position as Executive Director, her role was expanded to cover investor relations function and to assist the Group Managing Director on strategic management responsibilities.

Tan Mei Yin, aged 41, was appointed as an Executive Director of MHB on 24 August 2020. She graduated from Imperial College London, United Kingdom in 2005 with a Master of Chemical Engineering. She is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers in United Kingdom and also a member of Board of Engineers Malaysia.

She began her career with Aker Kvaerner Engineering S.E.A. Sdn Bhd as a Graduate Process Engineer upon graduation in 2005. In 2006, she joined Shell Global Solutions Sdn Bhd as a Flow Assurance Engineer. In October 2011, she joined MHB Group as Personal Assistant to Group Managing Director, holding responsibility as Head of Human Resources & Administration Department and IT Department. On promotion to the position of Executive Director, her role was expanded to cover strategic management where she will serve as a committee member for the Sustainability and Integrity Committee and be responsible for the planning, organizing, and directing of the organisation's operations and programs on sustainability and integrity. She is also responsible for the overall top-level Management's responsibilities over the Group's businesses including business and financial strategies.

Bibhuti Nath Jha, aged 55, was appointed as an Executive Director of MHB on 21 December 2022. He graduated with B.E. (Civil) Engineering from Mangalore University, India in 1994 and later obtained a Master of Executive Master Program in Business Administration from the IIBM Institute of Business Management, India in 2012. He is a member of the Project Management Institute in India.

He has 30 years of experience in managing Strategic Planning and Project Management accountabilities across a range of sectors in Malaysia, India and African Region. While holding key roles with engineering, project management consulting as well as construction industry firm, he has led teams to deliver time and resource critical building and infrastructure projects. He is currently the Managing Director of two subsidiaries of the Mitrajaya Group.

He was appointed as Project Manager of Mitrajaya Group in 1997 and was promoted to Project Director in 2002. He was made Executive Director of the subsidiary, Pembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd ("PMSB") in 2010 with responsibilities to oversee and manage all pre and post contract process and heading the engineering, tender and contract.

In 2013, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Managing Director and took over the position of Managing Director at PMJ in 2020 and Mitrajaya Construction Sdn Bhd in 2022.

Roland Kenneth Selvanayagam, aged 67, was appointed as an Executive Director on 23 April 1998. From 1 July 2008, he was redesignated as Non-Executive Director as he left full time employment to start his own business. On 28 March 2011 where having met the Listing Requirements criteria for Independent Director, the Board re-designated him to be an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Consequent to the amendment to the Listing Requirement on limit of tenure of Independent Director, he was re-designated to the position of Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 May 2023. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.

He is a professionally qualified accountant with over 40 years post qualifying commercial experience. Prior to his involvement with the MHB Group, he was employed variously within the British American Tobacco Group, Sears Roebuck Group and the PT Mayora Indah Group – where he was the pioneer General Manager for their Malaysian operations.

He was President of the Malaysian Division of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants from June 1996 - May 1998. He is a recipient of the Institute's Bronze medal – awarded in recognition of services rendered to the Institute and the profession at large.

At various times, he has held directorships (listed & unlisted companies) in various countries including South Africa, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand and Australia.

Datuk Mahdi Bin Morad, aged 68, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of MHB on 17 April 2023. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from Iowa State University, United States in 1984 and later obtained a Master of Finance & Operations Management in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in 1985. He is a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance with the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals.

He has more than 30 years of working experience in various aspects of business management and is equipped with more than 28 years of experience in the financial industry, from branch to corporate management, financial management and spearheading business acquisitions and mergers.

He began his career at Sime Darby Plantations Berhad in a non-financial sector and later found his niche in the financial industry when he assumed the position of Assistant Manager in Asia Commercial Finance Berhad. He then joined First Malaysia Finance Berhad before moving to Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad, now known as AmBank (M) Berhad. He continued to move up the corporate ranks and was promoted to Senior General Manager in July 1997 before being appointed the Executive Director of AmFinance Berhad in 2002 and later the Executive Director of AmBank (M) Berhad in 2005. On the August 2009, he was entrusted a bigger role and was appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ambank Islamic Berhad, a position held until his retirement in 2014.

Currently, he sits as a Committee member of Pelaburan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Dato' Sivaloganathan A/L Yoganathan, aged 77, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of MHB on 17 April 2023. He is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

He graduated from the University of Singapore in 1971 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree and was called to the Malaysian Bar in the same year. He started practice in 1971 with the firm of Messrs. S. M Ratnam & Co. and thereafter set up his own law practice under Messrs. Siva Thurai Mariany & Co., specializing in banking work and commercial litigation.

He is involved in numerous social and non-governmental organisations matters and was also amongst others the President of the Royal Lake Club for the years 1986 - 1990 and the Royal Selangor Flying Club.

Ir Aik Siaw Kong, aged 73, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of MHB on 17 April 2023. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

He graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons) degree in 1975. In 2001, he obtained his Master of Science in Highway & Transportation from the Universiti Putra Malaysia.

He began his career with Jabatan Kerja Raya – JKR (Public Works Department) and had served as a Project Engineer on the construction of the Kuantan-Segamat Highway (2 years), Highway Planning Engineer with the Ministry of Works (3 years) and Highway Design Engineer with the Road Design Section JKR HQ (6 years). He has also served as an Assistant Director of Operations with the Malaysian Highway Authority for coordinating the planning, design and construction of the North-South Toll Expressway section in Kedah, Penang and Perak (5 years). From 1990 to 1994, he was the Senior Assistant Director of Roads Maintenance Section, overseeing the planning, budgeting and implementation of all maintenance programme of Federal Roads in Malaysia. In 1995, he joined the private sector and was involved in engineering consultancy services, specialising in road design and road safety auditing. He is an accredited Road Safety Auditor with JKR since 2005.

He is currently serving as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Lysaght Galvanized Steel Berhad.