Strength in Structural Stability
In our constant pursuit of success, we are supported by pillars of strength that form
the structure of the organisation, while also leading our journey to the top.
Dato’ Ir Goh Chye Koon
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Dato’ Ir Goh Chye Koon
Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Ir Goh Chye Koon, is our Independent Non-Executive Chairman/Senior Independent Non-Executive Director.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Malaya in 1973. He is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) and a Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (MIEM).
Dato’ Ir Goh Chye Koon began his career as an engineer in the Ministry of Works, where he served for 11 years rising to the position of Superintending Engineer prior to joining IJM Corporation Berhad as a Senior Engineer in 1984. He was promoted as General Manager (Central Region) in 1986 and subsequently appointed as Alternate Director in 1995 before assuming the position of Deputy Group Managing Director in 1997. He was redesignated Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Managing Director in 2004 and upon his retirement in 2008, Dato’ Ir Goh Chye Koon continued to serve as Executive Director of IJM Corporation Berhad until June 2009 and thereafter Non-Executive from July 2009 until June 2013.
He was a member of the Presidential Consultative Council of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (2002 – 2004) and also a member of the Construction Consultative Panel of Malaysia Productivity Corporation (2003 – 2009). He was the Chairman of the Building Industry Presidents’ Council and President of the Master Builders Association Malaysia for the session 2004/2006 and has served as its Deputy President, Vice President and Deputy Secretary General.
Dato’ Ir Goh Chye Koon was a board member of the Construction Industry Development Board, Malaysia (CIDB) from 2004 to 2006 and served as a Main Committee Member (2001 – 2009) and Chairman of the Working Group for construction projects (Local and Foreign) (2003 – 2009) in the Construction Industry Master Plan of CIDB. He is currently an Advisory Peer Group Member of the School of Science and Technology at Wawasan Open University (since 2010).
Mr Chung Soo Kiong
Managing Director
Mr Chung Soo Kiong
Managing Director
Mr Chung Soo Kiong, is our Managing Director.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying from the University of Abertay Dundee in 1995 and also holds a Diploma in Building (Technology) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College, which he obtained in 1990.
Chung Soo Kiong began his career with TAISEI Corporation in 1990 where over a period of seven years he rose to the position of Section Manager – Quantity Surveying. He was responsible for carrying out pre and post contract works for various projects, including the KL International Airport Project, Plaza Pelangi Shopping Complex in Johor Bahru and DBKL-Pernas Sogo Commercial Development/Shopping Complex. In 1997, he joined SunCon and served as the Contract Manager of Business Development & Maketing Department. His role included overall management of the contracts administration and operations and pre and post contract related matters of various projects and developing strategies to identify and venture into new potential businesses and / or markets. Thereafter, Chung Soo Kiong acted as the Country Manager / Project Director of Sunway Innopave Sdn Bhd (Abu Dhabi Branch) for the period from 2007 to 2013.
He has held the position of Deputy Managing Director of SunCon from 2013 until Oct 2015.
Datuk Kwan Foh Kwai
Advisor
Datuk Kwan Foh Kwai
Advisor
Datuk Kwan has over 40 years of extensive experience working in the construction industry, both in the public and private sectors.
Datuk Kwan began his career as a Contract Engineer in 1977 with the Department of Public Works, Ministry of Works for three years and was attached to the East-West Highway project. In 1980, he moved to Promet Construction Sdn Bhd as its Site Manager. Following this, he joined Alam Baru Sdn Bhd, a Class “A” Contractor, as General Manager from 1984 to 1986. He joined Taisei Corporation of Japan from 1986 to 1996 and his last position was General Manager of Taisei (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
On 1 October 1996, he joined Sungei Way Construction Berhad as an Executive Director. In June 2001, he was promoted to Managing Director of Sunway Construction Berhad, which was delisted from Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and converted to a private limited company in 2004. He was appointed as the Senior Managing Director of Sunway Construction Group Berhad on 6 November 2014. Datuk Kwan was the Senior Managing Director of the Company until his retirement on 31 December 2015. He has resigned as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 31 December 2017 as he wishes to focus on his role as an advisor for which his tenure has been extended.
Datuk Kwan served as the President of Master Builders Association of Malaysia for the term 2010 – 2012 and as its Immediate Past President for the term of 2012 to 2016. He is currently the Honorary Advisor for the term 2016 to 2018. He is also a Member of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB) and a Board Member and Chairman of Finance Committee of International Federation of Asian & Western Pacific Contractors’ Association (IFAWPCA) from 2012 to 2016. Datuk Kwan is also the Chairman of the Board of Governors of SMJK Yuk Choy, Ipoh, Perak and Vice President of Perak Chinese Assembly Hall.
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun, is our Independent Non-Executive Director.
He graduated with a Master in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium in 1981 and holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, which he obtained in 1978. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 1997.
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun began his career in investment banking with the Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (now known as Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad) in 1981 and later joined its associate company, Malaysian International Finance Berhad in 1984 as the Manager of its Petaling Jaya Branch. Dato’ Siow Kim Lun moved on to join Permata Chartered Merchant Bank Berhad (now known as Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad) as a manager and later as the Divisional Head of its Corporate Finance Division from 1985 to 1993. Between 1993 and 2006, he was with the SC and has served in several positions at the SC including that of the Director of its Issues and Investment Division, Director of Market Supervision Division and Executive Director in the Office of the SC Chairman.
After his retirement from the SC, Dato’ Siow Kim Lun established MainStreet Advisers Sdn Bhd with his partner in 2007. MainStreet Advisers Sdn Bhd is involved in the provision of corporate finance advisory services.
He was previously a board member of UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Berhad (2011–2013), YTY Industry Holdings Berhad (2010) and Xingquan International Sports Holdings Limited (2009 – 2011). He also served as a member of the Listing Committee at Bursa Securities from 2007 to 2009.
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun is currently a Director of EITA Resources Berhad, Hong Leong Assurance Berhad, Eco World International Berhad, MainStreet Advisers Sdn Bhd and Radiant Globaltech Berhad.
Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato Dr. Ir Johari Bin Basri
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri, is our Independent Non-Executive Director.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from University Technology Malaysia in 1977 and obtained his MSc. in Terotechnology from Manchester University, United Kingdom in 1984 and PhD. in Process Safety from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in 1997. In 1977, Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri joined the Factories and Machinery Department of Malaysia as a Factories and Machinery Inspector (engineer). The Department was responsible to enforce safety regulations on various sectors of industries such as construction, manufacturing, and mining.
In 1983, Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri was awarded the Malaysian Government scholarship and study leave to pursue the MSc programme. He obtained his MSc. in Terotechnology from Manchester University, United Kingdom in 1984. In the same year, he returned to Malaysia to resume his services at the Factories and Machinery Department of Malaysia. Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri was awarded the Malaysian Government scholarship and study leave to pursue the PhD programme in 1994. He obtained his PhD in Process Safety from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in 1997. In the same year, he returned to Malaysia to resume his services at the Factories and Machinery Department which was then renamed the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (“DOSH”) of Malaysia as Director of Industrial Safety Division. In 2000 and 2004, Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri was seconded from DOSH to be the Executive Director of National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (“NIOSH”) Malaysia. He was the Executive Director of NIOSH Malaysia for years 2000 – 2002 and 2004 – 2007. In between that period, he returned to DOSH and assumed the role of Director General where he was responsible for the overall planning and implementation of the core activities of DOSH, namely enforcement, standard setting and promotional activities. Concurrently during his tenure in NIOSH Malaysia from 2004 to 2007, he was the Executive Director of ASEAN-OSHNET, the regional grouping of ten (10) ASEAN member countries working together towards improving the safety and health of the workers. In 2007, he returned to DOSH to resume the role of Director General until his retirement in June 2014.
He was also a member of the board of directors of NIOSH (2007 – 2014), board of member of CIDB (2007 – 2014), Chairman for the Industrial Standard Committee of Occupational Safety and Health (ISCW) SIRIM Berhad (2007 – 2014) and Member for Malaysian National Standards Committees (MyNSC) Standards Malaysia (2007 – 2014). Dato’ Dr Ir Johari Bin Basri is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Associate Fellow of The Institution of Chemical Engineer (U.K), a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, member of Malaysian Gas Association (MGA), member of The Japan International Cooperation Agency Alumni Society of Malaysia (MyJICA) and a life member of The Malaysian Society for Occupational Safety and Health (MSOSH).
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin, is our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya in 1974. He had attended the Program in Management Development at Harvard Business School in 1980.
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin started his career as a Trainee Executive in UMW (Malaya) Sdn Bhd in 1974. Prior to joining Sunway Group, he was the General Manager of UMW (Malaya) Sdn Bhd. He joined the Sunway Group in 1981 as the General Manager. In 1984, he was promoted to the Group General Manager (Operations) and was subsequently promoted to Deputy Group Managing Director (Operations) of the Sunway Holdings Berhad Group in 1989. In 1995, he was promoted to Group Managing Director of the Sunway Holdings Berhad Group and to President of the Sunway Holdings Berhad Group in 1999. Upon the completion of the merger of SunCity and SunHoldings in 2011, he was designated as the President of Sunway. He has more than 30 years’ experience in general management, quarrying, construction, building materials, trading and manufacturing businesses.
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin is the Executive Director and President of Sunway and is a director in Gopeng Berhad.
Evan Cheah Yean Shin
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Evan Cheah Yean Shin
Substantial Shareholder, Promoter and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Evan Cheah, is our substantial shareholder, Promoter and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and Bachelor of Business System Degree from Monash University in 2001.
Evan Cheah joined the Sunway Group following his graduation as an Executive Assistant and was attached to the Sunway Group Finance division from 2001 to 2002, with key roles in investment analysis, due diligence, corporate finance, management accounting and group procurement. In 2003, he was promoted and rotated to Sunway Construction where he was the Finance Manager. In 2006, he became the General Manager, Business Development of Sunway Group’s Trading & Manufacturing division. In 2010, he was promoted to be the Executive Director of Sunway Mas, a property development company within Sunway Group, in charge of operation matters.
In 2011, Evan Cheah was designated Chief Executive Officer of Sunway Group’s China operations, responsible for the China Corporate Office and the development of new business opportunities for the Sunway Group in China. In 2013, he assumed the additional role of Executive Director in the President’s Office of Sunway, assisting the Group President in overseeing the Trading & Manufacturing, Building Materials, Quarry & Information Technology businesses.
Evan Cheah is a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder, a Certified Practising Accountant, and a Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Effective 1 March 2015, he was redesignated as Executive Vice President- President Office with additional role of assisting the President‘s Office to identify potential business growth opportunities for Sunway Group and driving the group’s synergy.
Dr Sarinder Kumari
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr Sarinder Kumari A/P OAM Parkash
Independent and Non-Executive Director
Dr Sarinder Kumari A/P OAM Parkash, is our Independent and Non-Executive Director.
She graduated with a Masters in Economics from the George Washington University, USA and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University Putra Malaysia.
Dr Sarinder has over 30 years of experience in policy and strategic planning, trade negotiations and regulatory and Government affairs. She has previously served in various portfolios with the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia (MITI).
In the Ministry of Finance, her responsibilities included raising Federal Government loans from the international capital and bond markets and Federal Government debt management. She has also been involved in negotiations in privatization projects including negotiations of the concession agreements.
In MITI, her portfolio included the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Strategic Planning and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) Policy and Negotiations. In WTO, she was responsible for detailing Malaysia’s position in all sectors of the Doha Round. She was the lead negotiator for Services for Malaysia’s first Bilateral FTA, i.e. Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. She also led the negotiations for Services for the Malaysia-US FTA (which was later superseded by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement signed by Malaysia).
Dr Sarinder joined PEMANDU Associates in March 2017 and she is currently responsible for business development activities for PEMANDU Associates.
Her previous work in PEMANDU covered providing strategic direction on the planning and implementation of the Tourism-related initiatives under Malaysias National Transformation Programme. She was also responsible for one of the Strategic Reform Initiatives encompassing three focus areas namely the swift and resolute implementation of the Competition Act, Adoption and Development of International Standards and the Liberalisation of Services. Dr Sarinder was responsible for developing the performance assessment and management system together with the required templates for the performance assessment of all Ministers by the Prime Minister.