Board of Directors

We are moving towards greater progress and growth to fulfill our long term quest to be the best of the best in providing packaging solutions.

QUICK FACT

Kian Joo Group is the biggest packaging company in the ASEAN region. To us, quality means adhering to the highest standards of packaging. This means doing the very best we can for our customer. We serve quality services and products to our clients rapidly and safely.

Our cutting-edge technology has enabled us to maximise the quality of our products and services. This strong combination of human resource and technical expertise make us one of the most well established can manufacturers in Malaysia.

This has put us well on the path of achieving high quality products and to ensure total customer satisfaction with our corporate motto of “QUALITY CANS THROUGH TEAM WORK”.

Test equipment are maintained and monitored appropriately. Calibration certification complies with Quality System certification of ISO 9001:2015; through accredited lab by the Department of Standard Malaysia (DSM) and National Metrology Center (NMC).

DATO’ MAH SIEW KWOK

Independent Non-Executive Chairman,
Malaysian, Male, Aged 71

Dato’ Mah Siew Kwok was appointed to the Board of the Company as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 18 July 2013 and was elected as Chairman to the Board of the Company on 18 May 2015. Dato’ Mah founded Messrs Mah & Partners in 1975 and was Senior Partner of the firm specialising in Corporate Law, Banking Law as well as Land Law. Read More

YEOH JIN HOE

Group Managing Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 72

Yeoh Jin Hoe was appointed to the Board of the Company on 18 June 2012 as Executive Director and assumed the position of Group Managing Director on 10 July 2012. He is responsible for the development of the corporate goals and objectives of the Group and the setting of strategies to achieve them. He is also the Group Managing Director of the listed subsidiary company, Box-Pak (Malaysia) Bhd. (“Box-Pak”). Read More

CHEE KHAY LEONG

President cum Chief Executive Officer
Malaysian, Male, Aged 58

Chee Khay Leong was appointed to the Board of the Company on 18 June 2012 as Executive Director of the Company and assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer cum Executive Director on 10 July 2012. He was re-designated as President cum Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 10 July 2018. He oversees the implementation of the Group’s broad operational strategies and policies, operations, management and performance of the Group. Read More

Y.A.M. TUNKU ZAIN AL-’ABIDIN IBNI TUANKU MUHRIZ

Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 37

Y.A.M. Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin Ibni Tuanku Muhriz was appointed to the Board of the Company on 5 July 2013. Y.A.M. Tunku Zain holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology and a Master of Science in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom (“UK”). Y.A.M. Tunku Zain is a Trustee of Yayasan Munarah, Yayasan Chow Kit, Genovasi Foundation and the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation.

He is the Founding President of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs Berhad, Kuala Lumpur. He is also a columnist and writes for the Star, Borneo Post and Sin Chew Daily. Read More

DATO’ DR. SYED HUSSAIN BIN SYED HUSMAN, J.P.

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 62

Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain was appointed to the Board of the Company on 30 April 2015. He was re-designated as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 23 November 2017.He holds a Bachelor in Business Studies degree and a Masters in Business Administration from Western Illinois University, Illinois, USA and has a Doctorate of Philosophy in Labour Relations from London, UK. He also attended the Senior Management Development Program at Harvard Business School, USA in 2002. Read More

RAJARETNAM SOLOMAN DANIEL

Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 65

Rajaretnam Soloman Daniel was appointed to the Board of the Company on 30 April 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from University of Malaya and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK under scholarship from United Asian Bank Berhad (“UAB”) (now known as CIMB Bank Berhad). He has over 33 years of experience in the banking industry particularly, in the area of credit management, having served as Group Chief Credit Officer in EON Bank Group (“EON”) and RHB Bank Group (“RHB”) previously. Read More

LEE KEAN TEONG

Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Male, Aged 60

Lee Kean Teong was appointed to the Board of the Company on 19 May 2015. He was with Messrs KPMG Malaysia for more than 35 years and was a partner until his retirement on 31 December 2014. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) and is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”) and a Fellow member of CPA Australia. He has extensive experience in audit and management consulting throughout his career. Read More

KEE E-LENE

Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian, Female, Aged 50

Kee E-Lene was appointed to the Board of the Company on 19 May 2015. She holds an LLB (Honours) degree from the University of Nottingham, England and was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales and the Malaysian Bar in 1991 and 1993 respectively. In 2015, she completed the Finance for Executive Programme at Institut Européen d’ Administration des Affaires (“INSEAD”). She worked mainly in corporate law and went on in the 1990s to co-found an advisory firm, KEEGROUP Sdn. Bhd., which focuses on property development, retail, education and more recently, environmental and cultural matters. Read More