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Management Team

Kurnia Group

Board of Directors

" Success does not depend on one person alone but a team working in tandem "

Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua Sian Kooi
Executive Chairman / Non-Independent Executive Director

Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua Sian Kooi, Malaysian, 57 years of age was appointed as Director of Kurnia Asia Berhad ("KAB") on 12 April 2004 and is currently the Executive Chairman of KAB.

Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua is also currently a Director and Chairman of Kurnia Insurans (Malaysia) Bhd ("KIMB"), a subsidiary of KAB, which underwrites general insurance. He has over 30 years of vast insurance experience and in the later years appointed as the director and chairman of KIMB. Through determination and diligence, he engineered the transformation of KIMB into the indisputable leader of the general insurance industry in Malaysia, whether measured in terms of profits, policyholders, premiums or assets. His other directorship in a public company is Kurnia Foundation.

Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua has attended three (3) out of the four (4) Board meetings held during the financial period. Save for Datuk Kua Chung Sen and Dato' Quah Teong Moo, who are his brothers, he has no other relationships with any Directors of KAB. He has no conflict of interest with KAB and has no convictions of any offences within the past ten (10) years.


Datuk Kua Chung Sen
Deputy Executive Chairman / Non-Independent Executive Director

Datuk Kua Chung Sen, Malaysian, 50 years of age was appointed as Director of KAB on 12 April 2004. He is currently the Deputy Executive Chairman of KAB and also serves as a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Together with Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua Sian Kooi, he has served in the top management position of KIMB since 1991 when the then present management took over which was then an insolvent insurer, Industrial & Commercial Insurance (M) Bhd. He was also instrumental in turning around the company into the leader in the general insurance industry. He was responsible for overseeing the establishment and strengthening of the financial and investment division of KIMB in the early years. He also led in the re-engineering of operational procedures of critical processes. Following that, he spearheaded the implementation of ISO procedures, resulting in KIMB being ISO accredited in 1996. He is also very much involved in the strategic direction of the company as well as in ensuring that business strategies are accurately and effectively implemented. Under his guidance, KIMB has strengthened all aspects of its operations.

Datuk Kua has attended all of the four (4) Board meetings held during the financial period. Save for Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua Sian Kooi and Dato' Quah Teong Moo, who are his brothers, he has no other relationships with any Directors of KAB. He has no conflict of interest with KAB and has no convictions of any offences within the past ten (10) years.


Dato' Wira Othman bin Abdul
Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato' Wira Othman Bin Abdul, Malaysian, 58 years of age was appointed Director of KAB on 13 April 2004. He serves as the Chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee and is also a member of the Audit Committee. He was the Chairman of KIMB from March 2005 to June 2008 and served as a member of the Audit Committee of KIMB until June 2008.

Dato' Wira Othman is an alumnus of University Kebangsaan Malaysia, majoring in sociology. Upon graduation in 1978, he served with the Family Planning Board and the Kedah State Development Corporation. From 1980 to 1983, he was the Assistant District Officer of Pendang. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from April 1983 to 2004 and has 10 years of experience as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department. He was appointed as MARA's Chairman from 1995 to 1997. Subsequently, he was also Chairman of Westport from 1996 to 1998. During the same period from 1996 to 1998, he was also the Director for MBF Cards Services Sdn Bhd, MBF Discount Card and MBF Pacific Rent-A-Car Sdn Bhd.

Dato' Wira Othman has attended all of the four (4) Board meetings held during the financial period. He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of KAB. He has no conflict of interest with KAB and has no convictions of any offences within the past ten (10) years.


Dato' Quah Teong Moo
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato' Quah Teong Moo, Malaysian, 54 years of age was appointed Director of KAB on 29 June 2004.

Dato' Quah has over 15 years of insurance experience, starting his career with KIMB as an entry-level executive, and has been steadily promoted through the ranks to senior management position. During this period, he has accumulated vast marketing experience and an in-depth knowledge of the general insurance industry in Malaysia. He has also established a very strong rapport with KIMB's agency base and enjoys close business and working relationships with all staff, agents and business associates.

Dato' Quah has attended all of the four (4) Board meetings held during the financial period. Save for Tan Sri Dato' Paduka Kua Sian Kooi and Datuk Kua Chung Sen, who are his brothers, he has no other relationships with any Directors of KAB. He has no conflict of interest with KAB and has no convictions of any offences within the past ten (10) years.


Leow Ming Fong @ Leow Min Fong
Independent Non-Executive Director

Leow Ming Fong @ Leow Min Fong, Malaysian, 60 years of age was appointed Director of KAB on 16 June 2006. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nominating Committee.

Leow Min Fong brings with him over more than 30 years of experience in the accounting / auditing field, having served as an audit partner and concurring partner for several portfolio of clients including several public listed companies and multinational companies. Upon graduation, he commenced his articleship with a firm of Chartered Accountants in London, United Kingdom. Prior to his appointment with the company, he joined KPMG Malaysia until his retirement as one of the senior partners after a period of 32 years. During his KPMG experience, he has been posted to various KPMG branches as audit partner inclusive of shortterm assignments in Singapore, British Guinea in South America and Vietnam. He has also acted as partner in charge of KPMG Cambodia for 3 1/2 years from late 1995 to early 1999. In addition, he has been involved in special work for fraud investigation, due diligence for merger and acquisitions, reporting accountant for various corporate exercises for public listed companies.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Malaysian Institute of Chartered Accountants. His other directorships in public listed companies are Karambunai Corporation Bhd and Nagacorp Limited (company listed in Hong Kong) and Canadia Bank PLC, a bank incorporated in Cambodia.

Leow Min Fong has attended all of the four (4) Board meetings held during the financial period. He has no family relationship with any Director and / or major shareholder of KAB. He has no conflict of interest with KAB and has no convictions of any offences within the past ten (10) years.


Dato' Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Abdul Wahab
Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato' Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Abdul Wahab, Malaysian, 54 years of age was appointed Director of KAB on 7 May 2010. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.

Dato' Dr. Sharifuddin started his career in the education field as a lecturer in University Pertanian Malaysia in 1982. Besides lecturing, he was also active in various research and development work. Subsequently, he left the education field in 1989 and joined Schmidt Scientific Sdn Bhd from 1989 to 2005. In 1995, he was appointed the Executive Director of Schmidt Vietnam Co. Ltd and later appointed as the Regional Managing Director of Schmidt Singapore & Malaysia in 1999 to 2000. He was promoted to head the newly restructured organisation of Schmidt BioMedTech Asia Ltd in April 2000 as the President and CEO. During his stint with Schmidt group of companies, he has demonstrated continuous growth, achievements and remarkable leadership in the management of complex activities within the Bio Science, Technology and Medical field. He left Schmidt BioMedTech Asia Ltd in 2007 and joined Naim Holdings Berhad in 2008 as Deputy Managing Director. He was also assigned to head the overseas business development operations in Naim, until his resignation in January 2010.

Dato' Dr. Sharifuddin holds a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan and a Masters of Science in Animal Reproduction from University Pertanian Malaysia. For his achievement in the animal reproduction research work, he was given a commendation award from the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad. He was also awarded the Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak which carries the title Pegawai Bintang Kenyalang (PBK) in 2009 from Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin. He was recently awarded the Darjah Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Perak, DPMP which carries the title Dato' by His Royal Highness, Paduka Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah on 19 April 2010.

Dato' Dr. Sharifuddin has no family relationship with any Director and / or major shareholder of KAB. He has no conflict of interest with KAB and has no convictions of any offences within the past ten (10) years.

 


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