Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Her Highness was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2022 and subsequently re-designated as the Non-Independent Non-Execuive Chairman of the Company on 1 March 2023.
Her Highness graduated from the prestigious LA Salle School of Arts in Singapore.
Currently, Her Highness is the Chairman of REDtone Digital Berhad, Berjaya Assets Berhad, Berjaya Capital Berhad, Berjaya Hartanah Berhad, Bukit Kiara Resort Berhad, Berjaya Rail Sdn Bhd, Berjaya Waterfront Sdn Bhd, Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd, Inter-Pacific Securities Sdn Bhd and Berjaya Mutual Berhad (formerly known as Inter-Pacific Asset Management Sdn Bhd).
Her Highness has considerable experience in heading private organisations across a broad range of industries and is a Director on the board of several other private companies, including Cekap Urus Sdn Bhd, Jauhari Maksima Sdn Bhd and Ibzi Holdings Sdn Bhd. Her Highness also holds the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise in Stulang Laut, Johor Bahru.
VIVIENNE CHENG CHI FAN
Joint Chief Executive Officer
She was appointed to the Board on 15 September 2005 as an Executive Director and subsequently re-designated as the Joint Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 1 April 2022.
Ms Vivienne Cheng graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) from Monash University, Australia in 1982 and was subsequently admitted as a member of the Australian Society of Accountants.
She has over 40 years of experience managing Project Financing, Debt & Equity Capital Funding, Corporate and Debt Restructuring, Credit Analysis, Privatization, Initial Public Offerings and Group Treasury Cash Management in various sectors ranging from Financial Services, Consumer Products & Services, Hotels & Resorts, Property Development, Gaming, Motor Trade & Distribution, Food & Beverage, Environmental & Clean Technology Services, Construction, Education and Telecommunications. She is also responsible for the Money Lending / Leasing and Hire Purchase and Nominees Department of the Group. Prior to joining the Treasury Department of Berjaya Group Berhad in 1989, she was attached to Sunway Group of Companies for 6 years and headed its Treasury Division.
Currently, she is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Tropicana Corporation Berhad, an Executive Director of Berjaya Group Berhad, a Director of Cosway Corporation Berhad, Chailease Berjaya Credit Sdn Bhd, Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine Holdings Ltd (pioneer of Proton Therapy in Singapore) and several other private limited companies in the Berjaya Corporation group of companies.
Ms Vivienne Cheng is a member of the Risk Management Committee of the Company.
NERINE TAN SHEIK PING
Joint Chief Executive Officer
Ms Nerine Tan is the Joint Chief Executive Officer of the Company. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.
She brings more than 25 years of experience in sales and operations, marketing strategies and business development capabilities over multiple industries. She has been spearheading sales strategies for STM Lottery Sdn Bhd since 2007 and has been maneuvering the Company through the different challenges of illegal gaming operations as well as during the difficult covid period.
Ms Nerine Tan subsequently brought her operations and strategic planning capabilities to Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd, contributing to its more recent turnaround. Through her expertise in strategic planning and spearheading operational and sales tactics, she aims to drive growth and enhance profitability of the Berjaya Corporation group of companies.
Currently Ms Nerine Tan is the Chief Executive Officer of Sports Toto Berhad and Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd. She also holds directorships in several other private limited companies in the Berjaya Corporation group of companies.
Her father, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun is a major shareholder of the Company. Her sister, Ms Chryseis Tan Sheik Ling is an Executive Director of the Company.
Currently, she is a member of the Sustainability Committee.
CHRYSEIS TAN SHEIK LING
Executive Director
She was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2022. Subsequently, she was re-designated as an Executive Director of the Company on 1 March 2023.
Ms Chryseis Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal International Studies from Waseda University, Tokyo in 2012.
Currently, she is a Director and Chairman of Natural Avenue Sdn Bhd (“NASB”), a subsidiary of Berjaya Assets Berhad since 1 August 2014. NASB is the exclusive agent for Sarawak Turf Club’s Special Cash Sweep Number Forecast Lotteries in Sarawak.
Presently, she is an Executive Director of Berjaya Land Berhad and Berjaya Assets Berhad and a Non-Executive Director of Berjaya Food Berhad. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of Cosway (M) Sdn Bhd and Head of Marketing for Four Seasons Hotel and Hotel Residences Kyoto, Japan, a hotel and residences development project undertaken by Berjaya Kyoto Development (S) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary company of Berjaya Corporation Berhad.
Ms Chryseis Tan also holds directorships in several other private limited companies in the Berjaya Corporation group of companies.
Her father, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, is a major shareholder of the Company. Her sister, Ms Nerine Tan Sheik Ping is the Joint Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director of the Company.
Executive Director
She was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2021 as an Independent Director. Subsequently, she was re-designated as an Executive Director of the Company on 1 March 2023.
She obtained a Degree in Commerce (Accounting) from York University, Canada. She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a Fellow member of CPA Australia (FCPA Aus). She is also a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) and holds a Certificate in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from English Language Services ELS, Kuala Lumpur. Puan Norlela is Co-Lead of the Steering Committee responsible for the Board Mentoring Scheme of the 30% Club Malaysia. She also mentors both local and overseas board aspiring candidates.
Puan Norlela’s career has spanned across several industries, from financial institution to transportation to quality certification services. Her career has taken her on overseas assignments/ expatriate roles, namely Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan and China. These assignments were in the capacity of Finance Director, Strategic Transformation and Project Development Director. Her roles also included as the Change Manager during the SAP ERP process and systems transformation at Shell and BASF SE.
Her final role upon her return to Malaysia was at WPP Business Services Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur as the Managing Director/Executive Director, and finally as the Director for Transformation of the global system and accounting process changes for the Asia Pacific centre.
On Board roles, she has serves as an Independent Director of the Investment Panel (IP) board of the Social Security Organisation (Perkeso Malaysia) from 2020 to 2021.
Currently, she serves as the Independent Director of Prokhas Sdn Bhd, a private limited company wholly-owned by the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOF Inc), a role she has held since 2023.
Independent Non-Executive Director
She was appointed to the Board on 30 March 2018.
Ms Penelope Gan is a law graduate from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (LLB Hons). In 2001, she completed her Malaysian Certificate of Legal Practice and was subsequently admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an advocate and solicitor in year 2003.
She has over 15 years of legal practice as an advocate and solicitor. Additionally, she was an in-house legal advisor for a multinational company. Her experience in various areas of law is proved to be invaluable as she has gained extensive experience from conveyance of properties to drafting of various corporate and securities agreements.
She is the founder of Messrs Penelope G, a legal firm which provides professional legal services to corporations, financial institutions, developers, statutory bodies as well as individual clients.
Ms Penelope Gan is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. She is also a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee, and Sustainability Committee of the Company.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Sri Leong Kwei Chun nee Dato’ Sri Anne Eu was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2021.
Dato’ Sri Anne Eu is the Chairman of Eu Yan Sang Malaysia since 2007. In her leadership position at Eu Yan Sang Malaysia, she is responsible for the company’s strategic direction and sustainable growth in corporate development and retail business. She plays an integral role in bringing the company forward through local and international marketing strategies and developing sound business opportunities nationwide. Under her stewardship, Eu Yan Sang Malaysia has recorded steady growth and international recognition.
She is instrumental in driving business growth and broadening market appeal with organic and halal-certified Traditional Chinese Medicine (“TCM”) products. She is an exemplary corporate leader, an advocate of women’s entrepreneurship and a champion for community welfare and philanthropy.
Dato’ Sri Anne Eu was recognised as one of Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy by US Forbes magazine in 2016. In 2017, she was voted by Amazon.com Watch as the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Emerging Economies. She is an active member of the Board of Trustees of the Tunku Azizah Fertility Foundation and the Board of Cancer Research Malaysia. She was appointed as a Director of the World Board of Olave Baden-Powell Society UK in 2019.
Dato’ Sri Anne Eu is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee, Renumeration Committee and Sustainability Committee. She is also a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company.
Independent Non-Executive Director
She was appointed to the Board on 13 March 2023.
Puan Nor Afida Binti Abdul Ali graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Warwick, UK, in 1999. She is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
She has over 23 years of industry experience, mostly in the oil and gas industry. She started her career as an Auditor with one of the Big Five Accounting Firms in 1999. In 2003, she joined Shell Malaysia as a Finance Analyst, and spent the next 16 years, performing various global and regional financial roles covering areas in Commercial Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis and Treasury.
She has also developed an extensive project management experience and an in-depth knowledge of shared services process design and controls, especially from her role as Continuous Improvement Lead, where she led a global team of Lean Six Sigma specialists, in supporting the delivery of Continuous Improvement initiatives in key processes across Shell Finance Shared Services centres in Asia and Europe. Her experience in Finance and Project Management is complimented with a good foundation in IT Infrastructure Services and Delivery from when she was a member of the Shell IT Global Leadership Team for End User Computing, and Information Risk Management which manages the infrastructure services for more than 70 countries.
In 2020, she joined Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limited (“Repsol”), which operated several Malaysian Upstream Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah. She was at the time, managing IT financial for Repsol for the Asian Region, reporting back to Group IT in Madrid.
In 2022, Repsol Group sold its Malaysian Interest to Hibiscus Petroleum Group. Currently, she is leading Facilities Management at Hibiscus Malaysia.
Presently, she is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. She is also a member of the Nomination Committee, Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee of the Company.