Dato’ Sri Yap Ngan Choy

Executive Chairman/ Group Managing Director

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Dato’ Sri Yap Ngan Choy is the Executive Chairman/Group Managing Director of the Company and he was appointed to the Board on 22 August 2019. Dato’ Sri Yap was redesignated from Group Managing Director to Executive Chairman/ Group Managing Director on 19 November 2019.

Dato’ Sri Yap started his career as a tiling contractor and has more than 41 years of experience in property development and property related business. In 1985, Dato’ Sri Yap ventured into the construction industry by setting up his own company which specializes in tiling works. In 1997, Dato’ Sri Yap further established a construction company.

Among the tiling and construction projects that were successfully completed under Dato’ Sri Yap included multiple notable projects for hotels, condominiums, housing commercial hubs and complexes, the Prime Minister’s office and residence in Putrajaya as well as various government projects across Malaysia. In 2008, Dato’ Sri Yap ventured into property development and had successfully rehabilitated various abandoned projects with the major one being Bandar Salak Perdana which was one of the largest abandoned projects in Malaysia at that time and was completed and handed over to owners in 2014.

Dato’ Sri Yap further embarked on the rehabilitation of another abandoned project which was revived into the Grand Ion Delemen development in Genting Highlands in 2012. Collectively, Dato’ Sri Yap has completed development projects with an estimated aggregate gross development value of approximately RM1.0 billion.

Throughout his illustrious career, Dato Sri’ Yap has mastered his trade with excellence and has won numerous personal awards as testimony. In 2013, he was awarded the Asia Honesty Entrepreneur Award by Asia Excellence Entrepreneur Federation (AEEF). He won the SME Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award from Brand Laureate and the Excellence Entrepreneur Award at the Malaysia Golden Entrepreneur Awards 2014.

Dato’ Sri Yap is the brother of Dato’ Yap Fook Choy, the father of Yap Chun Theng and Yap Pui Yee and the uncle of Sae-Yap Atthakovit. Dato’ Sri Yap is the controlling shareholder of YBG Yap Consolidated Sdn Bhd, a major shareholder of the Company.

Dato’ Yap Fook Choy

Group Executive Director

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Dato’ Yap Fook Choy is the Group Executive Director of the Company and he was appointed to the Board on 22 August 2019. Dato’ Yap was redesignated from Executive Director to Group Executive Director on 25 September 2019.

Dato’ Yap has an extensive experience in tiling, construction and property development business. Under his able and dynamic leadership, Dato’ Yap had completed major multi-million dollar projects for the corporate and private sectors.

Dato’ Yap has more than 36 years of experience in property development and property related business. In 2008, Dato’ Yap ventured into the property development sector with his brother, Dato’ Sri Yap Ngan Choy. Amongst his notable completed projects under his supervision was the rehabilitation of Bandar Salak Perdana which was one of the largest abandoned projects in Malaysia at that time. He was also instrumental in the successful revival of another abandoned project in Genting Highlands which is now known as the Grand Ion Delemen development.

Collectively, Dato’ Yap has completed development projects with an estimated aggregate gross development value of more than RM1.0 billion. These projects have gone on to win various prestigious awards from the ASEAN Property Awards, Asia Pacific Property Awards, Malaysia Tourism Council Gold Award, and The Malaysia Book of Records, to name a few. Dato’ Yap is currently the Deputy President of the Federation of Malaysia Chinese Guilds Association (FEMACGA).

Dato’ Yap is the brother of Dato’ Sri Yap Ngan Choy, the father of Sae-Yap Atthakovit and the uncle of Yap Chun Theng and Yap Pui Yee. Dato’ Yap is the shareholder of YBG Yap Consolidated Sdn Bhd, a major shareholder of the Company.

Yap Chun Theng

Executive Director

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Yap Chun Theng is an Executive Director of the Company and he was appointed to the Board on 22 August 2019.

Mr. Yap obtained a Bachelor in Quantity Surveying and Construction Cost Management from the Nottingham Trent University.

He started his career in 2006 as a Contract Executive. He was subsequently promoted to the Head of Contracts in 2007 where he was mainly in charge of the contracts and purchasing department and contract administration.

Mr. Yap has since accumulated approximately 17 years in the property development and property related industry wherein, he is currently the Executive Director, overseeing all the property development and construction projects of the respective companies.

Mr. Yap is the son of Dato’ Sri Yap Ngan Choy and the nephew of Dato’ Yap Fook Choy. He is also the sibling of Yap Pui Yee and the cousin of Sae-Yap Atthakovit.

Sae-Yap Atthakovit

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

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Mr Sae-Yap Atthakovit is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and he was appointed to the Board on 22 August 2019. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Sae-Yap graduated from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom with a Bachelor in Business Management.

He started his career in finance with a comprehensive involvement ranging from the procurement of financing for various projects to short and long-term financial planning. He has also managed and successfully executed several corporate finance transactions which included land related transactions as well as assisted in the formulation of business strategies and policies for the Company.

Mr. Sae-Yap is the son of Dato’ Yap Fook Choy and the nephew of Dato’ Sri Yap Ngan Choy. He is also the cousin of Yap Chun Theng and Yap Pui Yee.

Yap Chui Fan

Independent Non-Executive Director

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Ms. Yap Chui Fan is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and she was appointed to the Board on 31 May 2023. She is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Ms Yap was a registered accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) in 1999 and is a chartered accountant of MIA since 2001. She is also a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2004. In addition, Ms. Yap is currently an associate of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia as well as an associate of the ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant. She is also a Registered Company Secretary with the Companies Commission of Malaysia since 2018.

Ms. Yap started her career as Accounts Clerk in 1983 and transitioned to Corporate Finance, overseeing listing and corporate exercises. In 2002, she became the Senior Manager of Group Finance & Accounts and eventually rose to the positions of Head of Group Finance and Accounts and Director of Group Finance and Accounts.

In 2006, she became the Group Financial Controller overseeing human resource, administration and finance-related functions, corporate affairs, internal control, risk management and corporate reporting matters. She led the listing of Channel Micron Holdings Company Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2020 and served as an Executive Director from 2019 to 2022.

Allen Yap Kuan Kee

Independent Non-Executive Director

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Allen Yap Kuan Kee is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and he was appointed on 25 September 2019. He is the Chairman of both the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Allen is a member of the Chartered Accountant of Malaysia (CA), Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (CPA), Fellow of Chartered Certified Accountants UK (FCCA) and ASEAN CPA. He is currently the business owner of Montree Management Services.

Mr. Allen started his career in 1993 with a Chartered Accountant firm in Singapore as an audit assistant. He then continued his career in various industries such as services, property development and construction sectors in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

With more than 30 years of working experience in accounting, taxation, finance, administration, financial management and consultancy services, he has accumulated vast invaluable experience in the areas of auditing, advisory work involving corporate exercises, liquidation, recovery and turnaround management and corporate advisory related services. He has held several senior executive positions during his working experiences.