Tan Eng Piow
Executive Chairman
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
Executive Director
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
Executive Director
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
Executive Director
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
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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
Independent Non-Executive Director
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
Independent Non-Executive Director
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
Independent Non-Executive Director
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.
Notes:
- All Directors of MHB are Malaysian save for Mr Bibhuti Nath Jha who is an Indian national and do not have any conflict of
interest with MHB.
- They have not been convicted for offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any.
- There is no family relationship amongst the Directors and major shareholders of MHB save that Ms Tan Mei Yin is the daughter
of Mr Tan Eng Piow, who is the Group Managing Director of the Company.
- The Executive Directors form the Senior Management and their profiles are not presented separately.
- Other than related party transactions involving the interest of Mr Tan Eng Piow and Ms Tan Mei Yin which have been reviewed
by the Audit Committee and uninterested members of the Board, none of the other Directors of MHB has any conflict of interest
with MHB.