BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JADI Imaging Board of Directors’ Profiles
Liew Kim Siong, Executive Chairman/Group CEO
Liew Kim Siong, Malaysian, aged 51, was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad on 9 April 2002. He is presently the Executive Chairman and Group CEO of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
He obtained a Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”), UK before pursuing a Master in Business Administration from University of Strathclyde, Scotland in 1995.
In 1984, he established Office Business Systems Sdn Bhd, a company involved in the remanufacturing, sales and servicing of copiers and assumed the position of Managing Director. Subsequently in 1992, he established Technitone (M) Sdn Bhd, a toner manufacturing company and was appointed Managing Director of the company. As a result of a change in partnership arrangements, he established Jadi Imaging Technologies Sdn. Bhd. in 1999 to acquire all the assets of Technitone (M) Sdn Bhd and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company. With over 20 years of experience in the copier and toner industries, he has been instrumental in the success, growth and development of the Jadi Imaging Group. As the Group Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for the strategic direction as well as business development of the Group.
Eu Lan Eng, Executive Director/General Manager
Eu Lan Eng, Malaysian, aged 51, was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad on 9 April 2002.
She completed her secondary school education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdul Aziz, Kuala Selangor, Selangor where she obtained her Malaysian Certificate of Education in 1975.
She has approximately 13 years experience in the toner industry. Her career started in 1988 when she joined Chang Export Trading House as a Secretary/Coordinator before leaving in 1992 to join Segani Freight Services Sdn Bhd, a freight forwarding company, as an Executive. Subsequently in 1995, she left to take up the position of Executive in Office Business Systems Sdn Bhd, a company involved in the remanufacturing, sales and servicing of copiers. In 1997 she left to join Technitone (M) Sdn Bhd as a Marketing Executive and was promoted to Marketing Manager in 1999. In 2000, she assumed the position as Marketing Manager with Jadi Imaging Technologies Sdn. Bhd. and was later promoted to Deputy General Manager of the company in 2002. In the same year, she was appointed General Manager of Jadi Imaging Technologies Sdn. Bhd, a position she still holds to date. Her main responsibilities include overseeing the overall operations of the Group including the marketing division.
Mohd Salmi Bin Mansor, Executive Director/Technical Director
Mohd Salmi Bin Mansor, Malaysian aged 42, was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad on 9 April 2002.
He obtained a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree majoring in Chemistry in 1993 from University Science of Malaysia, Penang.
His career started in 1994 when he joined Stephen Hansford Petroleum (M) Sdn Bhd, a manufacturer of automotive and industrial lubricants, as a Laboratory Assistant. In the same year, he left and joined Technitone (M) Sdn Bhd as a Laboratory Assistant and was promoted to Assistant Production Manager later that year. He was mainly responsible for QC and R&D in the company. In 2000, he joined Jadi Imaging Technologies Sdn. Bhd. as Production Manager and was promoted to Factory Manager in 2003 and Technical Director in 2006. His main responsibilities include ensuring all activities involved in production comply with the standards, policies and objectives set by the company.
Pathmarajah A/L Nagalingam, Independent Non-Executive Director
Pathmarajah A/L R Nagalingam, Malaysian aged 52, was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad on 6 January 2006. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
He is a practising accountant and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
He was a Senior Manager with Goonting & Chew, an accounting firm, from 1978 until 1990 when he left to start his own practice. He is currently the sole proprietor of Pathmarajah & Co., an accounting firm, and a partner of TextStation Design, a graphic and Internet webpage design firm. He has vast experience in receiverships and liquidation assignments, having handled over 100 of such cases, including those on behalf of Bank Negara Malaysia. He has also handled several cases of investigations and special reporting over the last 30 years.
Lim Yew Thoon, Independent Non-Executive Director
Lim Yew Thoon, Malaysian, aged 56, was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad on 6 January 2006. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) of England. He is currently the sole proprietor of YT Lim & Co., a practising accounting firm, and a director of a consulting firm specializing in corporate advisory work and internal audit.
Prior to starting his own practice, he had more than 15 years of experience in the audit profession and more than 8 years of commercial experience, of which 3 years were spent in a large public corporation listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad where he was appointed General Manager of Internal Audit. His commercial experience includes the monitoring of manufacturing and gaming operations located in Malaysia and overseas, as well as participation in the negotiation and takeover of companies. He was also involved in negotiations for a build, operate and transfer contract for a water treatment plant in Vietnam.
Dr. Gan Seng Neon, Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr. Gan Seng Neon, Malaysian, aged 61, was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director of Jadi Imaging Holdings Berhad on 23 June 2006. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee Currently, he is a Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
He obtained his B. Sc. Hons. (Chemistry) Degree in 1973, and his Ph.D Degree in 1976 from the University of Malaya and did his post-doctorate training for one year under a French Government Fellowship at the Centre Des Recherches sur les Macromolecules in Strasbourg for 1 year in 1976-77. He was appointed as a Lecturer at the Univesrsity of Malaya in 1978 and promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and Professor in 2000.
Dr. Gan served as a Lecturer at the Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya for 12 years from 1978–1990 after which he was transferred back to the Chemistry Department. He was also attached to various foreign universities including the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan as a Foreign Research Scholar for nine months in 1983; PennState University, USA as an exchange scholar for 1 year in 1989; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as a visiting professor in May 1990; and King Mongkut Institute of Technology, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand as a visiting professor in April 1997.
He has published more than 40 scientific papers in international journals, and presented over 100 papers in both local and international seminars and conferences. He has also authored and co-authored a few textbooks and dictionaries. In application research, he has filed 16 patents on his inventions and received awards for excellent services and won medals in a number of exhibitions on his inventions and innovations. He holds memberships in a number of professional organizations and has been a Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London since 1977. He was elected a Fellow of the Malaysian Scientific Association in December 2006 and became a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry in August 2008.
