Board of Directors and Our Team

Mahdzir bin Othman, (“Encik Mahdzir”) was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 6 August 2021.

Encik Mahdzir has more than 31 years of working experience in asset management as well as accounting and finance. He holds a Diploma in Accountancy from Institut Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam (currently known as Universiti Teknologi MARA) in 1989 and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northern Illinois University, USA in 1994.

Upon graduated in 1989, he joined Kassim Chan & Co. for a short stint, from June 1989 to September 1989 as an Audit Trainee, where he assisted on external auditing works. In November 1989, he joined Berjaya Singer (M) Sdn Bhd as an Internal Auditor to conduct internal audit works on the company’s operations. He then furthered his studies in USA in June 1992. Upon returning to Malaysia, he joined BBMB Unit Trust Management Sdn Bhd in July 1994 as an Investment Officer where he was mainly involved in conducting research analysis on public listed companies. In June 1995, he joined Utama Wardley Berhad (currently known as Utama Merchant Bank Berhad) as an Assistant Manager in the Portfolio Management division, where he was involved in the planning, formulating investment strategies and reporting of clients’ investment portfolio. He was subsequently reassigned to the position of Assistant Manager in the Corporate Finance division in July 1999, where he was involved in the corporate finance advisory services. In November 2000, he joined SBB Asset Management Sdn Bhd as Investment Manager, where he was part of the investment team involved in the investment portfolio management of the company’s clients as well as structuring and formulating of new investment products or mutual funds.

In February 2003, he joined Valuecap Sdn Bhd (a Government linked investment company) as a Portfolio Manager where he was involved in the execution of investment plans and strategies. He was then promoted as the Chief Investment Officer in 2006, where he oversaw the investment department operations and ensured that the company’s investment portfolio objectives and targets were met. In December 2010, he was seconded to Valuecap Sdn Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, namely i-VCAP Management Sdn Bhd, where he served as its Chief Executive Officer. He was mainly responsible in building the company’s visibility and assets under management. This included ensuring the achievement of operational and financial performance as well as charting the company’s strategic business plan through development and promotion of new and existing investment products whilst also overseeing the formulation and implementation of investment strategies. In August 2017, he joined Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) and served as its Director of the Securities Market division. During his tenure, he was responsible for overseeing the business functions and market development of products listed on the Malaysia’s stock exchange. His areas of coverage include marketing of initial public offerings and listed products, as well as promotional activities of the exchange to the investing public with the goal to increase the stock market’s vibrancy. He then left Bursa Securities in August 2020 to pursue his personal advisory and investment interests as a freelance management consultant. In October 2021, he joined CGS-CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd as Head of Business Development for its Wealth Management department, where he is in charge in driving the unit’s business and market growth strategies.

He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholders of the Company nor any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

Ang Lee Leong, (“Mr Ang”) was appointed to the Board as Managing Director of the Company on 10 November 2020.

Mr Ang has more than 37 years of experience in the industrial hardware and industrial brushes business. He is responsible for our Group’s day-to-day operations (manufacturing segment), strategy, corporate affairs and overseeing the overall management.

He completed his secondary school education at Sekolah Menengah Sultan Yussof, Batu Gajah, Perak in 1985. He then started his first job at Federal Machinery and Industrial Supply in February 1986 as a Sales Representative, where he was responsible in selling industrial hardware products such as industrial valve, spare parts and tools to customers within the Perak state. His tenure with Federal Machinery and Industrial Supply provided him invaluable hands-on sales experience and knowledge. Additionally, it granted him access to business networks within the industrial supplies trading and distribution sector. He then left Federal Machinery and Industrial Supply in March 1992 and established a partnership business in the trading of industrial hardware and machinery parts via YLMIS with Chong Yoke Choong.

In 2000, he established Yew Lee Pacific Manufacturer Sdn Bhd (previously known as YL Easy Control Sdn Bhd) venturing into the manufacturing of industrial brushes. He subsequently established Yew Lee Pacific Holding Sdn Bhd in 2001 and continued to spearhead the Group’s businesses.

He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

He is the spouse of Chee Wai Ying, the brother of Ang Lee Seng, the Executive Directors of the Company and the father of Ang Poh Yee, the Executive Director of the Company.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies. He does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

Ang Lee Seng, (“Mr Simon”) was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2021 as Executive Director.

Mr Simon has more than 30 years of experience in the industrial hardware business. He is responsible for overall sales and marketing activities for the group’s trading segment including developing and executing sales strategy, managing customer relationship as well as leading the sales team of trading segment. He will travel to the Klang Sales Office to oversee its operations as and when required.

He pursued his secondary school education until Form Three (3) at Shen Jai High School, Ipoh, Perak in 1991. He then went to Singapore and performed several jobs in the food and beverage industry before returning to Malaysia in 1992. He then joined YLMIS in January 1993 as Sales and Purchasing Manager and was responsible for expanding the sales activities of YLMIS. He then assumed the position as Executive Director of Yew Lee Pacific Holding Sdn Bhd on 7 November 2001, a position he has since held.

He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

He is the brother of Ang Lee Leong, the Managing Director of the Company.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies. He does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

Chee Wai Ying, (“Madam Chee”) was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of the Company on 1 September 2021.

Madam Chee has more than 22 years of experience in the industrial hardware and industrial brushes business. She is responsible for overseeing all matters pertaining to the Group’s administrative and human resource matters.

She completed her secondary school education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Puteri, Ipoh, Perak in 1989.

In July 1990, she was attached with Maraex (M) Sdn Bhd as their General Administrative Clerk, where she was responsible for performing administrative and clerical tasks for the company. She then left Maraex (M) Sdn Bhd in October 1991 to join Everwin Plastic Sdn Bhd as their General and Production Planner Clerk, where she was responsible for reviewing the production schedule and providing administrative support
activities to the company. In April 1994, she assumed the role of Sales Representative at JCS Golf Enterprise Sdn Bhd, where her responsibilities included overseeing the sales and marketing of the company’s products. In March 1996, she left JCS Golf Enterprise Sdn Bhd to join YLMIS and assisted Ang Lee Leong in its day-to-day operational activities. In 2000, she joined Yew Lee Pacific Manufacturer Sdn Bhd as its Executive Director where her responsibilities included overseeing administrative and human resource matters. Subsequently, in 2001, she joined Yew Lee Pacific Holding Sdn Bhd as the Executive Director in overseeing its overall administrative and human resource matters.

She does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

She is the spouse of Ang Lee Leong, the Managing Director of the Company and the mother of Ang Poh Yee, the Executive Director of the Company.

She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed
upon her by any relevant regulatory bodies. She does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

Ang Poh Yee, (“Miss Ang”) was appointed to the Board as Executive Director on 1 September 2021.

Miss Ang has more than 4 years’ experience in the industrial brushes business. She is responsible for implementing the marketing and planning strategies for the Group’s manufacturing segment, overseeing management and business development strategies. Additionally, she assists our Managing Director in the day-to-day operations of our manufacturing segment.

She obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Management from Northwood University, USA in 2019. Since joining Yew Lee Pacific Manufacturer Sdn Bhd in 2019, she underwent rotations through various departments including purchasing, sales and marketing and production departments, which allowed her to gain exposure and experience in the entire spectrum of the industrial brush manufacturing operations. She was later promoted to Assistant Sales and Marketing Manager in 2020, where she was responsible for assisting in the sales operations of the company. She assumed her current responsibilities in September 2021.

She does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

She is the daughter of Ang Lee Leong, the Managing Director and Chee Wai Ying, the Executive Director of the Company.

She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon her by any relevant regulatory bodies. She does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

Lim See Tow, (“Ms Lim”) was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 6 August 2021. She is the Chairperson of Audit and Risk Management Committee as well as a member of Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

She graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia in 1999. She became a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountant in 2003. She is a chartered accountant and has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2003.

In 1999, she began her career as an Audit Assistant in Deloitte KassimChan (currently known as Deloitte PLT). She was involved in the financial audit for companies spanning various industries before she left in 2003.In 2003, she joined Debut Supreme Capital Sdn Bhd and was transferred to TAP Partners Sdn Bhd in 2004 as a Consultant. She held several positions in TAP Partners Sdn Bhd and was involved in the project management for clients’ corporate exercises including initial public offerings, merger and acquisitions, reverse takeovers, fund raising and corporate restructuring exercises. In 2005, she was seconded to Antah Holdings Berhad as Head of Finance and Special Project, where she was in charge of the restructuring exercise of Antah Holdings Berhad prior to the reverse takeover by Sino Hua-An International Berhad in 2007. She was an Associate Director in TAP Partners Sdn Bhd before she left in 2006.

Upon leaving TAP Partners Sdn Bhd in 2006, she joined Clear Water Developments Sdn Bhd as its Chief Operating Officer and has since held the position until December 2022. Her responsibilities include overall operations management and planning of property development projects, including feasibility studies, land purchase negotiation, project design and conceptualisation, appointment of contractors as well as strategising marketing and pricing strategies.

She currently serves as the Independent Non-Executive Director of Seng Fong Holdings Berhad, Mobilia Holdings Berhad and Cloudpoint Technology Berhad.

She has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholders of the Company nor any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon her by any relevant regulatory bodies.

Andrew Yaw Mun Keng, (“Mr Andrew”) was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 6 August 2021. He is the Chairperson of Nomination Committee as well as a member of Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Mr Andrew obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Studies from Middlesex University Business School, UK, in 1989.

In 1991, he joined RHB Securities Sdn Bhd (“RHB Securities”) as an Officer with the Settlement Division, where he was involved in handling foreign institution clients and procedures for foreign stock exchanges settlement. Within the same year, he was promoted to Senior Executive of the Issuance division of RHB Securities, where he was responsible for overseeing scripts issuance whilst also maintaining overall control of foreign institutions’ client base settlement process and procedures. In January 1994, he was reassigned as an Interbroking Dealer of RHB Securities, serving the interbroking clients based in Singapore, Hong Kong, London and New York. In addition, he also executes and coordinates programme trades with various institutional clients. He was then promoted to Manager of Dealing Division in June 1995, where he was responsible for performing sales and program trading. He left RHB Securities in March 1998 to join AM Investment Bank Berhad as their Senior Manager of institutional business department, where he was mainly responsible for managing and supervising a team of paid dealer representatives as well as executing and handling relationship accounts. He then left AM Investment Bank Berhad in July 2004, with his last position held as its Assistant General Manager.

Between August 2004 to March 2007, he was attached with RHB Investment Bank Berhad as their Head of Interbroke / General Manager of Sales and Trading division. His main responsibilities involve servicing mainly foreign global investment banking clients, coordinating business plans and order routing system to develop and enhance the brokerage business segment. In April 2007, he joined Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad as their General Manager / Head of Retail and Front Office Management (Stock Broking division), where he was responsible for improving the bank’s overall retail revenue, managing the firm’s foreign interbroke business and coordinating investment banking activities and business plans. In August 2010, he left Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad to serve as the Head of Dealing (Stock Broking division) at EON Banking Group (currently known as Hong Leong Bank Berhad), where he manages the entire stock broking services of the banking group. He was then assigned as the Senior Vice President for MIMB Investment Bank Berhad (currently known as Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad), where he was in charge of rebranding the bank’s internet trading portal, revamping bank branches’ broking channel as well as product development and back office replacement initiatives. 

He then left MIMB Investment Bank Berhad in May 2012 to join Alliance Investment Bank Berhad in June 2012, serving as their Senior Vice President cum Head of Equity Markets for the financial group, where he was involved in enhancing the efficiency of all of the financial group’s equity trading branches as well as channel distribution and operations of their equity business through innovative and differentiated offerings. He then left Alliance Investment Bank Berhad in July 2017 to serve as an Executive Vice President at Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd, where he handled regulatory correspondences with regulatory authorities, monitoring the performance of the remittances business activities and deploying business strategies. He left Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd in October 2018 and joined PM Securities Sdn Bhd as their Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, where he was responsible for the firm’s overall performance. He left PM Securities Sdn Bhd in September 2019 and has since retired.

He does not hold any directorship in other public companies and listed issuer.

He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholders of the Company nor any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

He has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon him by any relevant regulatory bodies.

Andrea Huong Jia Mei, (“Ms Andrea”) was appointed to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 6 August 2021. She is the Chairperson of our Remuneration Committee and a member of our Nomination and Audit and Risk Management Committees.

Ms Andrea obtained her Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) and Advanced Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia in 2003 and 2005 respectively. She has been a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2011, and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2018.

She started her career as an Audit Assistant with Sha, Tan & Co in 2005, and was promoted to Audit Semi-Senior in 2007. She was subsequently promoted and held the post of Audit Senior between 2008 and 2011, where she was responsible for managing audits of companies, including public listed companies. Between July 2011 to September 2014, she was on a career break. In September 2014, she was appointed as a director of T & S Secretarial Services Sdn Bhd and held this directorship until March 2021. T & S Secretarial Services Sdn Bhd is involved in the provision of secretarial and management services. She is currently a Director of T&S Boardroom Sdn Bhd, a company which provides secretarial support services and a Director of SocialGreen Governance Sdn Bhd, a company providing internal control review and sustainability review services. She is also a director of several private limited companies providing tax, accounting and consultancy services.

She currently serves as the Independent Non-Executive Director of Ecoscience International Berhad, SIAB Holdings Berhad, Unique Fire Holdings Berhad and HE Group Berhad.

She has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholders of the Company nor any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.

She has not been convicted of any offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences, if any, and there have not been any public sanctions nor penalties imposed upon her by any relevant regulatory bodies.