Tan Eng Piow
Executive Chairman / Group Managing Director
Tan Eng Piow, aged 72, was appointed as Group Managing
Director of MHB on 9 September 1994. He is one of the founding
members of Pembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd ("PMSB"). On 12
June 2024, he was appointed as the Executive Chairman.
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 45 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 53, 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 43, 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 57, was appointed as an Executive
Director of MHB on 21 December 2022. He graduated with
B.E. (Civil) Engineering from Mangalore University, India in
1993 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, USA.
He has over 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, 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
PMSB in 2020 and Mitrajaya Construction Sdn Bhd in 2022.
Roland Kenneth Selvanayagam
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Roland Kenneth Selvanayagam, aged 69, 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 and Risk
Management Committee.
He began his career in 1981 with Wiggins Teape (M) Sdn Bhd,
a wholly owned subsidiary of a British American company, as
an Accountant. He then moved to Spicers (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd,
part of the Sears Roebuck Group, where he was the Company
Secretary and Finance Director. In 1989, he was appointed
to start up Inbisco Malaysia Sdn Bhd by the owners of the
Indonesian PT Mayora Indah Group for their first overseas
venture outside Indonesia. He was the General Manager and
Chief Executive Officer for Malaysia till 1997.
Thereafter, he was appointed Executive Vice Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of a local group of companies,
while simultaneously holding board positions in Singapore, Thailand and South Africa. In 1998, he was appointed as an
Executive Director of Mitrajaya Holdings Berhad before being
redesignated as a Non-Executive Director after he left full time
employment in 2008.
Thereafter, he was appointed to the boards of various listed
and private companies in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.
He also served on the board of a listed company in Singapore
from 2010 to 2020, where he retired as Chairman of the group.
In his more than 40 years experience, he has been deeply
involved in a variety of industries, including trading,
manufacturing and mining, besides Mitrajaya's core
businesses.
He is a member of several professional accounting bodies,
with designations FCMA, FCCA, FCPA(Aust), CA(M) and is
an Accredited Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors
(SID). He was a Past President of the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants - Malaysia Division and is an
Institute medalist (Bronze) for services rendered to the Institute
and profession.
He was a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian
Manufacturers where he served as the Chairman of the Audit
Committee.
Datuk Mahdi Bin Morad
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Mahdi Bin Morad, aged 70, was appointed as
Independent Non-Executive Director of MHB on 17 April
2023. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management
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. In 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 79, was
appointed as 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 75, was appointed as Independent
Non-Executive Director of MHB on 17 April 2023. He is a
member of the Audit and Risk Management 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
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 1994, 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.
- 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 Executive Chairman / 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 and Risk Management Committee and uninterested members of the Board, none of the other Directors of MHB
has any conflict of interest with MHB.