Change in Boardroom
IDEAL JACOBS (MALAYSIA) CORPORATION BHD |
Date of change | 23/01/2013 |
Name | WEE HOCK KEE |
Age | 52 |
Nationality | MALAYSIAN |
Designation | Non-Executive Director |
Directorate | Independent & Non Executive |
Type of change | Resignation |
Reason | With the recent development in the boardroom and the Company on the organizational road path and strategic direction, I have come to a decision that my role as an Independent Director would not be in the best interest of management and the promoters/controlling shareholders. |
Details of any disagreement that he/she has with the Board of Directors | No |
Whether there are any matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders | No |
Qualifications | Mr Wee Hock Kee graduated in 1985 with Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (“ACCA”) from Emile Woolf College London and was qualified by the Malaysian Institute of Accountant (“MIA”) as a chartered accountant in 1989. He became a Chartered Fellow of Institute of Internal Auditors (“IIA”) Malaysia in 2006. He is currently a Fellow Member of the ACCA, a Chartered Accountant with MIA and a Chartered Fellow of IIA Malaysia. |
Working experience and occupation | He began his career as an internal audit trainee in 1985 in Fraser & Neave. Within a span of 20 years he rose to his last position in employment with AstraZeneca Plc (“AZ”) as the Regional Audit Director for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa before deciding to dedicate his efforts to public practice and passionately promote internal audit by assuming the driver-seat in CG Board Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. He was part of the AZ Group Internal Audit global senior management team, responsible for developing and charting the Group’s governance strategy. Besides this, he assumed the "project lead” role in subsidiary compliance (encompassing the Japan, Australia and PRC subsidiaries) for AZ’s global Section 404 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act internal control initiative. He was the Past President of IIA Malaysia, the former President of the Asian Confederation of Internal Auditors (“ACIIA”) (2006-2007) and a Board Member of IIA Inc US (2005-2007). He was formerly a member of ACCA Malaysia's Advisory Committee (2002-2006). He was the Chairman of the Internal Audit Working Group of MIA. He was member of IIA Global Governance Task Force and Nomination Committee. He won the prestigious Malaysian Internal Auditor of the Year Award for 2001. He has extensive experience in performing internal audits for public listed companies across a range of industries. He has also broad experience advising companies on the implementation of corporate governance and risk management programmes. Mr Wee is also a trained and fully qualified Quality Assurance Review Assessor of the Institute of Internal Auditors, USA. |
Directorship of public companies (if any) | NIL |
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer | NIL |
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer | NIL |
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries | NIL |
Announcement Info
Company Name | IDEAL JACOBS (MALAYSIA) CORPORATION BHD (ACE Market) |
Stock Name | IJACOBS |
Date Announced | 23 Jan 2013 |
Category | Change in Boardroom |
Reference No | CC-130114-52864 |