He was appointed to the Board of Country View Berhad (CVB) as the Executive Chairman on 1 February 2001. He was awarded with a Diploma in Technology from Oxford College of Further Education and later a degree in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom from which he was also conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree – Doctor of Science.
He is also a Corporate Member of Institute of Engineers (IEM), Malaysia and a professional engineer (PE).
He has served Perak State Development Corporation (PSDC) as a Project Engineer in 1979 and was later appointed as Executive Director of Maju Bangun Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PSDC.
He currently holds various positions in a few listed and non-listed companies, namely as Executive Chairman of Nylex (M) Berhad and Redberry Sdn Bhd, and as Director of Ancom Berhad.
He was appointed Chairman of SME Corporate Malaysia (formally known as Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation), an important government agency in the development and enhancement of small and medium enterprises in Malaysia under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry since October 2006.
In June 2014, he was conferred the “Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM)” award, which carries the title “Tan Sri” by his Majesty Seri Paduka Yang Di-Pertuan Agong.
He attended all the seven board meetings held during the financial year ended 30 November 2017. He has no family relationship with any of the Directors and/or major shareholders of CVB. He has interests in certain companies carrying on similar businesses/trade as the CVB Group. During the financial year up to the date of this Report, he has not been involved in any new businesses which will give rise to competition/conflict with the current business of the Group. He has no convictions for offences within the past 5 years. He directly holds 626,200 ordinary shares of the company.