Techna-X – Board of Directors

Executive Chairman

Key Senior Management

Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin ibni Tuanku Ja'afar (DK, DKYR, SPNS, SPMP, PPT)

Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin Ibni Tuanku Ja'afar (male), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of Techna-X Berhad on 21 March 2007. He is currently the Executive Chairman of Techna-X Berhad.

Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin has a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Honours) degree from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. He was a Diplomat for five (5) years and served as Second Secretary in Paris, France, from 1972 to 1975. He was proclaimed Regent of Negeri Sembilan from 1994 until 1999. On 11 August 2006, he was appointed as a Director of PIPO Overseas Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Techna-X Berhad.

Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin also sits on the boards of Ann Joo Resources Berhad and Olympia Industries Berhad. He also holds directorship in other non-listed public companies, namely ORIX Leasing Malaysia Berhad and Syarikat Pendidikan Staffield Berhad..

Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin is a keen environmentalist and was a Committee Member of the World Wide Fund for Nature (Malaysia) and a Council Member of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva. As an active and conscientious businessman, Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin contributed to the business fraternity through his appointment as a founding Chairman of the Federation of Public Listed Companies Berhad, leading the initiatives to bridge bilateral business boundaries through the Malaysia-France Economic and Trade Association for eight (8) years and striving for Asia-Pacific co-operation through the Canada-ASEAN Centre of which he was a Council Member. He was nominated by the Minister of Finance to serve on the Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange from 1989 to 1994.

Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin is a major shareholder of Techna-X Berhad. Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin also has a family relationship with the other major shareholders of the Company as follows:-

Father of Y.M. Tunku Mohamed Alauddin Tunku Naquiyuddin
Spouse of Y.M. Tunku Nurul Hayati Binti Tunku Bahador
Sibling to Y.A.M. Tunku Irinah Binti Tuanku Ja’afar, Y.A.M. Tunku Dato’ Seri Nadzaruddin Ibni Tuanku Ja’afar, Y.A.M. Tunku Tan Sri Imran Ibni Tuanku Ja’afar, Y.A.M. Tunku Dara Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah Bte Tuanku Ja’afar and Y.A.M. Tunku Jawahir Bte Tuanku Ja’afar.

Save as disclosed above, Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin does not have any family relationship with any Director of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Executive Director

Key Senior Management

Y. Bhg. Datuk Lim Chih Li @ Lin Zhili, Jared

Datuk Jared Lim Chih Li (male), a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of Techna-X Berhad on 16 October 2019 as an Executive Director to spearhead the transformation of the Group.

Datuk Jared graduated from the University of Bristol in Economics and Accounts in 1993. He started his professional career as a financial analyst for DBS Securities in Singapore and later moved to Credit Lyonnais Securities. He was the Technology Analyst in both institutions. Datuk Jared obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst qualification and Masters in Finance from the University of Hull during his time as an analyst. He also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business from the EMERITUS Institute of Management.

He moved to investment banking and eventually ended up leading the corporate finance department of a Ministry of Finance owned Malaysian investment bank called Avenue Securities. At Avenue Securities, he was responsible for setting up the corporate finance unit, eventually building a strong track record in Equity Offerings, Restructurings, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Bond Issues. Datuk Jared built a niche in Malaysia in cross-border equity offerings involving PRC enterprises, which eventually led to him starting an Emerging South East Asian private equity model. He is credited for bringing in the first few foreign czompanies to list in Malaysia.

In 2007, Datuk Jared co-founded a private equity group called Tremendous Asia Partners (TAP), an Asian-owned and locally-grown private equity fund focused on the consumers' space in South East Asia, focusing on value add through design and digital marketing. TAP focuses on the consumer industry, emphasising the 5 pillars – Food and Beverage services and products; Retail, Education, Healthcare and Media & Entertainment. The Private Equity fund has made roughly US$100 million in investments. Some recognisable portfolios of Datuk Jared include the privatization of “NV Multi”, currently the largest bereavement services operator in South East Asia, and Munchies, the largest local biscuit manufacturer in Malaysia, and the notable International eatery, T.G.I. Fridays.

Datuk Jared is currently the Managing Partner of Tremendous Asia Partners and the Non-Executive Chairman of Tremendous Entertainment Holdings (“TEH”), one of the leading independent entertainment content producers in the region. TEH owns Intellectual Properties such as the multi-award-winning children’s TV show “Hi-5”, reality TV Intellectual Properties such as “The Apartment” and “The Challenger” and manages the Sands Theatre in Marina Bay Sands. Datuk Jared also sits on the Executive Panel of the Cultural Economic Development Agency of Malaysia (CENDANA), supported by the Ministry of Finance, which has been set up to build a vibrant and sustainable cultural economy in Malaysia.

Datuk Jared is also the Group Managing Director of Country Heights Holding Berhad, a property investment and development company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He was appointed to the Board on 8 September 2020 to spearhead a transformation of the property group by leading the digitisation of the group’s operations and expanding its wellness and healthcare pillar.

Save as disclosed above, Datuk Jared does not hold any other directorship in other public companies and public listed companies. Datuk Jared does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Executive Director

Key Senior Management

Ahmad Rizan Bin Ibrahim

Encik Ahmad Rizan bin Ibrahim (male), a Malaysian aged 60, was appointed to the Board of Techna-X Berhad on 10 September 2021 as an Executive Director to spearhead the digital and technology businesses of the Group. He attended all 5 Board meetings held in the financial year.

Encik Ahmad Rizan holds 2 Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Science and Management Science, a Master of Computer Science, and an MBA from Oregon State University, Corvalli, Oregon, United States of America.

He has over 30 years of management and strategic consulting experience, including senior leadership and operational roles, sales, marketing, business development, and channel/alliance development. He has worked in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Hungary, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He is well versed in solution delivery to clients in strategic planning, merger and acquisitions, technology design and implementation, package and custom development and implementation, operations management, e-Business, and project management, serving both public and private sectors locally and overseas. In recent years, he has been responsible for many mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and international ventures in the hospitality and leisure market.

Encik Ahmad Rizan was a partner with Arthur Andersen, during which he held the role of Head of ASEAN Enterprise Application Line-of-Business and Asia Pacific Head of Enterprise Application for several years. Prior to joining Arthur Andersen, he was the Consulting Practice Director for Oracle Consulting Services Line-of-Business in the Asia Pacific. In 2002, he together with a senior partner of Arthur Andersen, founded a consulting company called HRM Business Consulting Sdn. Bhd. The company was set up with 45 consulting professionals from the business consulting division of Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamed (HRM), a Malaysian-owned member firm of Arthur Andersen. The firm provided business strategy and ICT design and implementation services, which subsequently became a 51% own subsidiary of Dataprep Holdings Bhd., a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

Encik Ahmad Rizan was also the President & Chief Executive Officer of MIMOS Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance-owned company, under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry supervision.

Encik Ahmad Rizan does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Encik Ahmad Rizan does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Fan Kah Seong

Mr. Fan Kah Seong, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of Techna-X Berhad on 1 June 2022 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He is also a member of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Fan holds a Bachelor of Economics, Honours Class II A, from the Monash University, Clayton Australia. He is a Fellow member of CPA Australia, Fellow member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”), Fellow member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (“CTIM”). He is also a Section 153 tax agent licensee and licensee holder of the previous GST Section 170.

In his professional career path, Mr. Fan first joined Arthur Anderson & Co in 1990 as a tax associate and was promoted to Manager in 1996. He was made a director of Arthur Andersen in 2001. He left Arthur Anderson & Co in 2002 and joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Executive Director.

In 2006 he was made to head the East Malaysia office covering Kuching and Kota Kinabalu. In 2010, he left PricewaterhouseCoopers to join Deloitte Southeast Asia as a Partner, where he oversaw various tax related projects and was leading the indirect tax department in Kuala Lumpur. He left Deloitte Southeast Asia in 2016.

In 2017, he joined PKF Malaysia as a tax director and was heading the Indirect Tax department of PKF Malaysia until his resignation in November 2022. Mr. Fan has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Balraj Singh Pannu

Mr. Balraj Singh Pannu A/L Gajjan Singh, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of Techna-X Berhad on 2 April 2020 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of both Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is also a Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Mr. Balraj was previously practicing as a corporate lawyer in United Kingdom and Hong Kong for almost 4 years. He was later appointed as an Executive Director for an international NGO in India from year 2006 to 2008. Upon returning to Malaysia in year 2008, he was appointed as a Director of Pannu Group of Companies and involved in the management of a manufacturing business with supplies to the automatic and garment industry. He was then Director of BE Group in Malaysia, which has interests in early childcare education, wellness and restaurants.

Mr. Balraj has completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Business Strategy from Emeritus Inst., collaboration with Columbia & MIT. He also has Masters of Arts (Jurisprudence) and an Honours degree in Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) from Oxford University, England. He completed his Legal Practice Course for Solicitors at Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, England in June 2002.

Mr. Balraj has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Independent Non-Executive Director

Aidawati Bin Dahari

Puan Aidawati Binti Dahari (female), a Malaysian aged 52, was appointed to the Board of Techna-X Berhad on 28 February 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Nomination Committee as well as Remuneration Committee. Puan Aidawati did not attend any Board meetings held in the financial year as she was only appointed on 28 February 2023.

Puan Aidawati graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1994 and is a member of the MIA.

Puan Aidawati has garnered over 20 years of work experience in the professional and corporate environment. She started off her professional career in Ernst & Young in 1994 wherein she gained wide experiences in audit, corporate recovery and insolvency as well as corporate finance. Thereafter, she joined a boutique private equity outfit for a few years and later moved on to join a local venture capital investment and incubation entity wherein she gained extensive exposures and experiences in business evaluation and investments. In 2007, Puan Aidawati went on to become the Chief Operating Officer of SKALI E-Ventures Sdn. Bhd. for several years where she was involved in undertaking investments, nurturing and monitoring ICT companies under the SKALI Netpreneurs Acceleration Programme, before taking some time off to pursue her personal endeavours.

Puan Aidawati is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Dolomite Corporation Berhad as well as a Project Manager in Aqalivista Consulting and Services Sdn. Bhd. since 2010.

Save as disclosed above, Puan Aidawati does not hold any other directorship in other public companies and public listed companies.

Puan Aidawati does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Head of IoT and SmartCity Enablement Division

Alternate director to Encik Ahmad Rizan Bin Ibrahim

Vince Ng Chee Seng

Mr. Vince Ng Chee Seng (“Mr. Vince Ng”) (male), a Malaysian aged 45, was appointed as the Head of IoT and SmartCity Enablement Division of Techna-X Group on 19 December 2019. Subsequently, he was appointed as alternate director to Encik Ahmad Rizan Bin Ibrahim on 12 December 2022.

Mr. Vince Ng graduated from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, with a Bachelor of Science in engineering, majoring in electrical & computer engineering. Subsequent to that, he completed coursework for Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc) (Systems) at Carleton University, Canada.

He has been leading the Group’s mobile and digital solutions business. With over 20 years of experience in founding and growing technology companies, Mr. Vince Ng has successfully brought start-ups from drawing board to commercialisation.

Among his notable success is TouchPoint International Sdn. Bhd., which he co-founded and has since been acquired as part of Techna-X Group in 2019, and Okulus Networks Inc., a technology start-up in Ottawa that he co-founded and has successfully undergone trade sale in 2008.

His other successful commercial deployments include Free Alliance Sdn. Bhd., a Khazanah Nasional Funded wireless sensor solutions company in healthcare, manufacturing, education, logistics, and transportation sectors.

Mr. Vince Ng does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Mr. Vince Ng does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Alternate director to Datuk Jared Lim Chih Li @ Lin ZhiLi

Chin How Nyian

Mr. Ian Chin How Nyian (“Mr. Ian Chin”) (male), a Malaysian aged 53, was appointed as alternate director to Datuk Jared Lim Chih Li @ Lin ZhiLi on 28 February 2023.

Mr. Ian Chin graduated from the National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English in 1997. Subsequently, he went on to complete his MBA in Technology and Innovation Management from the same University in 1997.

Mr. Ian Chin is an angel investor and technology evangelist. He has in depth knowledge and experiences in Technology, Media and Telecommunication for 20 years in China. Since early 2015, he has invested in a technology accelerator company (Innovista) in Hong Kong which focussed on introducing new technology, incubating and coaching start-ups. Under this framework, Mr. Ian Chin has co-founded Media Star, an OTT company in Indonesia.

He has also invested and founded Dongwan Multimedia Technology, focusing on intellectual property, portfolio management, technology transfer, and also assisting other technology companies to acquire core technology teams. Additionally, he also invested in Chongqing Lianhuan as one of the AR Technology companies and Starpulse Taiwan which focused on cloud network management and content management. These 3 companies were subsequently acquired by private investors and consolidated into a bigger technology operation.

Prior to that, Mr. Ian Chin was the Chief Operating Officer at BesTV (listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange 600637, now renamed to Oriental Pearl Group). He was leading 25 provincial branch offices with over 1,000 staffs and was responsible for generating RMB3 billion annual revenue for the group.

Over the years, Mr. Ian Chin has garnered varied and notable industrial knowledge in telecommunication from his prior extensive engagement with China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, French Telecom (Orange), Indonesia Telkom, XL, Telekom Malaysia, Starhub (Singapore), and Firstmedia on IPTV, Mobile TV, OTT service.

In 2012, Mr. Ian Chin was awarded “Silver Magnolia Award” (Honorable Foreign Residence) by the Shanghai Municipal Government for his contribution to Shanghai city. Prior to that, Mr. Ian Chin was the CEO of Wealink.com, a business social network service (SNS) website in Shanghai. In 2005, Mr. Ian Chin worked in a university based business incubator whereby he was awarded "Incubator Manager of the Year 2005" by the Taiwan authority. Mr. Ian Chin started his career in the early stage of internet industry in China (1999), the portal website he led, Myrice.com was acquired by Lycos Asia in 2001.

Mr. Ian Chin does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Mr. Ian Chin does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Financial Controller

Quek Chin Thor

Mr. Quek Chin Thor (male), a Malaysian aged 45, joined Techna-X Berhad as the Financial Controller on 18 January 2023.

Mr. Quek graduated with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting from the Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology and Masters in Business Administration (“MBA”) from University of Southern Queensland.

He started his professional career with Olympia Land Berhad and subsequently moved on to assume the position as Chief Financial Officer of Digistar Corporation Berhad on 26 October 2018 and Head of Shared Service for SATS Services Sdn. Bhd. (100% wholly owned by SATS Ltd) in Malaysia before joining Techna-X Berhad. He has more than 23 years of working experience throughout Asia Pacific with Shared Services Centers and Finance which includes corporate finance, financial controlling, treasury, audit, financial planning and analysis. Besides that, he has ventured into a couple of businesses with experiences in operations, strategy, marketing and human capital management.

Mr. Quek does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Mr. Quek does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

Head of Technology-driven Food and Beverage Division

Lee Yew Jin

Mr. Lee Yew Jin (male), a Malaysian aged 49, was appointed as the Head of Technology-Driven Food & Beverage (“F&B”) Division of Techna-X Group on 15 October 2019 to oversee the Group’s F&B business.

Mr. Lee graduated from David’s College in 1994 with a higher diploma in hotel catering and management. Mr. Lee has more than 25 years of experience managing and operating renowned F&B brands, including McDonald’s, Dome Café, and Domino’s Pizza.

Mr. Lee is responsible for the overall business operations, strategic direction, and expansion for Techna-X Group’s F&B franchises, namely TGI Friday’s and Teh Tarik Place in Malaysia and oversea markets.

Mr. Lee does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Mr. Lee does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company.