Board of Directors

DATUK LIM CHAI BENG, Male, Age 66, Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 3 February 1999.

He is one of the founders of C.B. Industrial Product Sdn. Bhd. and also the Managing Director of this subsidiary company, a position he has held until today. He is also the Managing Director of the subsidiary companies, Modipalm Engineering Sdn. Bhd. and CB Palm Industrial Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as PalmitEco Engineering Sdn. Bhd.). He has vast experience in the engineering industry. He is the driving force behind the Group’s growth and responsible for the overall management and formulation of the Group’s strategic plans and policies. He possesses strong interpersonal and management skills, which inculcate a good rapport with the highly motivated and dedicated workforce.

On 28 July 2009, Datuk Lim was awarded the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award 2009 by Enterprise Asia.

LIM CHAI HUAT, Male, Age 64, Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 3 February 1999. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as the Board Sustainability Committee.

He is one of the founders of C.B. Industrial Product Sdn. Bhd. He joined Chin Beng Engineering Works in 1980 as the Operations Manager. When Chin Beng Engineering Works was incorporated into a private limited company under its present name of C.B. Industrial Product Sdn. Bhd. in 1983, he was promoted to Production Manager due to his vast experience and track record in the manufacturing division.

In 1985, he was further promoted to Project Director, where he headed the project team and managed the Project Division, e.g., the construction of the plants in Telok Panglima Garang, Klang currently housed as the Head Office of CBIP Group. He currently acts as an Advisor for Palm Oil Mill projects and the administration of the factory and Property Division.

He is the Managing Director of Freiberg (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Freiberg Office System Sdn. Bhd., companies which were granted a license from Australia to manufacture environmentally friendly office furniture and partitions. He is also a Director of Office 2 Go (M) Sdn. Bhd. and Freiberg Properties Private Limited Company which are involved in the trading of office furniture and property leasing businesses, and D’Home Elderly Care Centre, a charitable organisation that provides elderly care in Klang.

LIM ZEE PING, Male, Age 39, Malaysian, was appointed as the Executive Director of the Company on 10 March 2022, and was redesignated as Deputy Managing Director on 15 May 2023.

Mr. Lim graduated from Monash University of Australia with a Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He has worked at Modipalm Engineering Sdn. Bhd. since his graduation in 2010. Subsequently, Mr. Lim was appointed to the Board of CB Palm Industrial Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as PalmitEco Engineering Sdn. Bhd.) since 3 May 2016, further strengthening the Company’s leadership structure. Having spent his time in production, he is currently involved in the sales & marketing department, where he oversees the overseas markets such as Africa, Central America and Papua New Guinea.

KARPANADEVI A/P K R SOMASUNDRAM, Female, Age 62, Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 14 November 2019. She is the Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee as well as the Board Sustainability Committee.

She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Law (CPE) and BA (Hons) in Law and Politics from the University of North London, United Kingdom. She has over 29 years of cross-functional experiences in the United Kingdom and Asia, including the Government Department in the United Kingdom.

She has vast experience in the areas of Business Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Legal and Compliance. She has held several senior management positions with financial institutions and listed companies in Malaysia, and also sits on the Board of the private limited companies of Healthcare and Investment Holdings. She was awarded the Global Woman Leader at Global Women Leadership Conference in February 2024.

She is a member of the Institute Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG), and KPMG Board Leadership Centre.

LEE POI KEONG, Male, Age 69, Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 26 August 2021 and was redesignated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 24 August 2022. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as the Board Sustainability Committee.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (IIAM). He also holds a Harvard Premier Business Management Certificate from the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia.

Mr. Lee started his career with an accounting firm in England after graduating in 1983. Subsequently, he joined a multinational consortium as a Financial Controller. He also held various senior management positions in a conglomerate public listed company in Malaysia until his retirement in 2016. He has more than 40 years of experience in the areas of risk management and system, auditing, accountancy, management development and business entrepreneurship.

Currently, he also serves as Director in two local private limited companies.

DATIN CHUA SUAT KHIM, Female, Age 67, Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 28 November 2023. She is the Chairperson of the Board Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Datin Chua graduated with a Masters in Business from the University of Newcastle, Australia in June 2006. She has been a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since September 1989, a fellow member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) since August 2001 and ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) since October 2017.

Datin Chua has more than 30 years of experience in the operation and management functions in the professional accounting bodies and private education industry particularly in strategic planning, finance reporting, formulation of human resources policies and manpower planning and implementation of management information systems and IT infrastructure.

Datin Chua is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Mercury Securities Group Berhad.