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 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).
He 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).
Dato’ Ir Goh 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 continued to serve as Executive Director of IJM Corporation Berhad until June 2009 and thereafter Non- Executive Director 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 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.
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 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.
He joined the Factories and Machinery Department of Malaysia, which is now known as Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), as a Factories and Machinery Inspector (Engineer) in 1977. He was then promoted as Director of Industrial Safety Division of DOSH in 1997.
In 2000 and 2004, Dato’ Dr Ir Johari 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. Concurrently during his tenure in NIOSH Malaysia from 2004 to 2007, he was the Executive Director of ASEAN-OSHNET, the regional grouping of 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.
Dato’ Dr Ir Johari 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’ Siow Kim Lun
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun 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.
He began his career in investment banking with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (now known as Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad) in 1981. From 1985 to 1993, he was with Permata Chartered Merchant Bank Berhad (now known as Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad) first as a manager and later as the Divisional Head of its Corporate Finance Division. Between 1993 and 2006, he was with the Securities Commission Malaysia (“SC”) and has served in several positions at the SC including that of the Director of its Issues and Investment Division and the Director of its Market Supervision Division.
Dato’ Siow is currently a director of MainStreet Advisers Sdn. Bhd.
Dr Sarinder Kumari
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr Sarinder Kumari A/P OAM Parkash
Independent and Non-Executive Director
Dr Sarinder graduated with a Masters in Economics from the George Washington University, USA and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University Putra Malaysia.
She has over 30 years of experience in policy and strategic planning, trade negotiations, regulatory and Government affairs. She has previously served in various portfolios with the Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Performance Management and Delivery Unit under the Prime Minister’s Department in Malaysia.
In MOF, she was involved in the raising of Federal Government loans from the international capital and bond markets, debt management and privatisation projects. Her portfolio in MITI included the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Strategic Planning and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) Policy and Negotiations. She was also the lead negotiator for Services for Malaysia’s first Bilateral FTA.
In PEMANDU she provided strategic direction on the planning and implementation of the Tourism-related initiatives under Malaysia’s National Transformation Programme. She was also responsible for the Strategic Reform Initiative encompassing the Competition Act, Adoption and Development of International Standards and the Liberalisation of Services. She developed the performance assessment and management system for the performance assessment of all Ministers by the Prime Minister.
Dr Sarinder joined PEMANDU Associates in March 2017 and she is currently responsible for business development activities with a focus on public sector transformation and business turnaround.
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Chew Chee Kin 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.
He 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 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 Sunway City Berhad and Sunway Holdings Berhad in 2011, Dato’ Chew was designated as the President of Sunway Berhad. He has more than 30 years’ experience in general management, quarrying, construction, building materials, trading and manufacturing businesses.
Evan Cheah Yean Shin
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Evan Cheah Yean Shin
Substantial Shareholder, Promoter and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Evan Cheah graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and Bachelor of Business System Degree from Monash University in 2001.
He 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 Sdn. Bhd., 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.
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.
Mr Chung Soo Kiong
Managing Director
Mr Chung Soo Kiong
Managing Director
Mr Chung Soo Kiong 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.
He 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. In 1997, he joined Sunway Construction Sdn. Bhd. and served as the Contract Manager of Business Development & Marketing Department. Thereafter, Mr Chung acted as the Country Manager/Project Director of Sunway Innopave Sdn. Bhd. (Abu Dhabi Branch) for the period from 2007 to 2013.
After his stint in Abu Dhabi, Mr Chung took up the role of Deputy Managing Director of Sunway Construction Sdn. Bhd. since 2013 before he was promoted to the position as Managing Director of the Company in November 2015. Mr Chung has over 20 years of experience in the construction sector.
Datuk Kwan Foh Kwai
Advisor
Datuk Kwan Foh Kwai
Advisor
Datuk Kwan graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya in 1977.
He 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.
Datuk Kwan joined Sungei Way Construction Berhad as an Executive Director in 1996. In 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 in 2014. Datuk Kwan was the Senior Managing Director of the Company until his retirement in 2015. Since then, he was re-designated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He subsequently stepped down from the said position in 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, Immediate Past President (2012-2016) and 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 was 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 currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of SMJK Yuk Choy, Ipoh, Perak, Vice President of Perak Chinese Assembly Hall and Deputy President of Perak Nam Hoi Wui Kwun.