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MR THAM FOO KEONG
Group Managing Director

Mr Tham Foo Keong, age 67, Male, a Malaysian citizen, is the Group Managing Director of Greenyield. He was appointed to the Board of Greenyield on 26 March 2005.  He is also the Chairman of the Option Committee of the Company.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Production Engineering from Leeds Polytechnic, United Kingdom. He started his career in 1981 as a Production Planning Engineer in ASEA Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.  He joined Scientex Industries Berhad as a Planning and Maintenance Manager in 1983, before moving to Brown Boveri Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. as Factory Manager in 1985 and subsequently, he was promoted to Divisional Manager.

In 1988, he ventured into his own family business as the Managing Director of Greenyield Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and subsequently took over the position as a Group Managing Director of the Company. His vast experience has proven to be invaluable to the Company. He oversees the daily operations of the companies comprising the Greenyield Group and is principally responsible for the direction of the Group’s business with emphasis in business development and corporate strategy.

He is brother of Mr Tham Foo Choon and deemed substantial shareholders, namely Mr Tham Chong Sing and Mr Tham Fau Sin. He is the spouse of substantial shareholder, Madam Twong Yoke Peng and father of Mr Tham Kin-On, Director of the Company. He is also the uncle of Mr Tham Kin Wai. He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no conviction for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any) and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.  He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. He attended all the 10 Board Meetings which were held in financial year ended 31 December 2022.

 


MR THAM FOO CHOON
Deputy Group Managing Director

Mr Tham Foo Choon, age 63, Male, a Malaysian citizen, is the Deputy Group Managing Director of Greenyield. He was appointed to the Board of Greenyield on 26 March 2005. He is also a member of the Option Committee of the Company.

He is a businessman with over 20 years of experience in the agriculture related industry. He started his involvement in the agricultural related industry soon after completing his secondary education, assisting the family business. Through his hard work, he has generated success for the companies. He assumes an active role in the implementation of the marketing and operational strategy and activities of the companies within the Greenyield Group.

He is brother of Mr Tham Foo Keong and deemed substantial shareholders, namely Mr Tham Chong Sing and Mr Tham Fau Sin. He is also the uncle of Mr Tham Kin Wai and Mr Tham Kin-On, Directors of the Company. He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no conviction for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any) and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.  He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. He attended all the 10 Board Meetings which were held in financial year ended 31 December 2022.

 


MR THAM KIN ON
Executive Director

Mr Tham Kin-On, age 35, Male, a Malaysian citizen, is an Executive Director of Greenyield Berhad. He was appointed to the Board of Greenyield on 20 December 2016.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in Economics and Finance from University of Melbourne, Australia, and is a CFA Charterholder.

He started his career with Khazanah Nasional Bhd in 2012 as an Associate in the Investments division. Prior to that, he also interned with Credit Suisse, Hong Leong Investment Bank, and KPMG. Mr Tham Kin-On joined Greenyield in 2014. He oversees the Corporate Finance, Finance, and Human Resources & Administration teams in Greenyield and is also responsible for the development of the Groups strategies and businesses.

He is the son of Mr Tham Foo Keong, the Group Managing Director and substantial shareholder, namely Madam Twong Yoke Peng. He is also the nephew of Mr Tham Foo Choon, the Deputy Group Managing Director and deemed substantial shareholders, namely Mr Tham Chong Sing and Mr Tham Fau Sin. He is also the cousin of Mr Tham Kin Wai, Director of the Company.

He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no conviction for any offerences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any) and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.  He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuers. He attended all the 10 Board Meetings which were held in financial year ended 31 December 2022.

 


MR SUPRAMANIAM A/L R.RAMASAMY
Independent Non - Executive Director

Mr Supramaniam A/L R.Ramasamy, age 65, Male, a Malaysian citizen, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Greenyield Berhad. He was appointed to the Board of Greenyield on 24 January 2022.

He graduated with a Master Science in Plantation Management and obtained his Bachelor Science of Agriculture from the Agricultural University of Malaysia. He has studied a Plantation Management Course at Malaysian Institute of Management and Executive Management at University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Mr Supramaniam is a member of Incorporated Society of Planters as well as a member of Malaysian Society of Soil Science. He started his career with Kumpulan Guthrie Sdn. Bhd. in 1984 and joined PT Agro Indomas Group & Agro Hope Sdn. Bhd. as General Manager for Plantations and appointed as Director Operations from 2003 to 2010. He joined Felda Global Ventures from 2010 to 2011. Then, he was appointed as President & Global Head of Plantations in year 2010 until 2019 at Olam International Ltd, after which was appointed as Advisor for Olam International Ltd (Palm & Rubber Upstream) from 2019 to 2021. Currently, he is attached to Palmiss Sdn. Bhd. as Managing Director. He has deep expertise in green field development, manufacturing of plantation processing plants and management of rubber, palm oil plantations and cocoa in Malaysia, Indonesia and Africa.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company, has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no conviction for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any) and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year. He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuers.  He attended 7 Board Meetings which were held in financial year ended 31 December 2022.

 


ENCIK MOHD GHOZALI BIN YAHAYA
Independent Non - Executive Director

Encik Mohd Ghozali Bin Yahaya, age 63, Male, a Malaysian citizen, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Greenyield Berhad. He was appointed to the Board of Greenyield on 13 April 2023. He graduated with a Master in International Business from University of East London and obtained his Diploma in Planting Industry Management from Mara Institute of Technology, Perlis.

Encik Mohd Ghozali was a Planter for 35 years with expertise in managing Oil Palm, Rubber and Cocoa estates and factories in both Malaysia and Indonesia including supervising Kernel Crushing Plants and Oil Palm Research Station.

He started his career as an Estate Assistant Manager with the Guthrie Group from 1981 to 1991 and joined Guthrie Training Center as Training officer for 2 years (1992-1994). Then, he was appointed as an Estate Manager with the Guthrie Group from 1994 to 2001. In 2002 to 2006, he worked as General Manager Estates in Riau, Sumatera, Indonesia with the Guthrie Group. He joined Sime Darby as Region Head (Senior Vice President) for Northern Malaysia Plantation from 2007 to 2010. He then worked as President Director of PT Minamas Gemilang and Head of Upstream Plantation Indonesia, a Sime Darby subsidiary company in Indonesia, based in Jakarta (2011-2015), he was managing about 230,000 hectares of oil palm plantation and 25 palm oil mills with 33,000 employees and also supervising two (2) Kernel Crushing Plants and an Oil Palm Research Station.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company, has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no conviction for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any) and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year. He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuers.

 


PUAN SARYANI BINTI CHE AB RAHMAN
Independent Non - Executive Director

Puan Saryani Binti Che Ab Rahman, age 56, Female, a Malaysian citizen, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Greenyield Berhad. She was appointed to the Board of Greenyield on 13 April 2023.

She holds a Diploma in Accountancy from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy from London Guildhall University, United Kingdom and ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) from Emile Woolf College, United Kingdom.

She started her career as Audit Semi Senior at Arthur Andersen/Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamed from 1987 to 1991. She joined Sime Darby Berhad in 1995 as Assistant Audit Manager — Group Head Office. During the period from 1998 to 2007, she worked as Audit Manager in different divisions within the Group before she left Sime Darby Berhad as Head of Group Compliance Audit in Plantation Division. She then joined Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. as Head of Food Division (2007 - 2009) and continued as Vice President - Strategy & Business Development, Downstream from 2010 to 2011. Then, she was appointed as Chief Finance Officer at Sime Darby Unimills B.V, The Netherlands (201 1 - 2012) before appointed as Vice President - Finance Operations, Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. from 2012 to 2013. Currently, she is attached to CJ Century Logistics Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of Audit Committee.

She has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company, has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no conviction for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any) and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.