Annual Report 2020

Board of Directors' Profile Dr. Ch ia So ng Kun, a ged 70, male, Malaysian, was appointed as the Group Managing Director of QL Resources Berhad on 3 January 2000 and re-designated as the Executive Chairman on 1 April 2018. He is also a member of the Risk Management Committee. Dr. Chia was born and raised in Sungai Burong, an impoverished fishing village on the northern coast of Selangor. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degreemajoring inMathematics from the University of Malaya in 1973 and obtained a Master in Business Administration in 1988 from the same university. He started his career as a tutor and subsequently joined University Teknologi Mara as a lecturer where he served for 11 years until 1984. After his lecturing years, Dr. Chia, along with his brothers and his brothers-in- law, began trading in fish meal and feed meal raw material. The business they founded was subsequently incorporated as QL Resources Berhad. Today QL is a sustainable and scalable multinational agro-food corporation with interests in Integrated Livestock Farming, Marine Products Manufacturing and Palm Oil Activities. The Company has a market capitalisation of approximately fifteen billion ringgit in July 2020. Dr. Chia is a founding member of INTI Universal Holdings Berhad, which operates one of the leading private university colleges inMalaysia. On 5 July 2008, he was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (Hon LLD) by the Honorary Awards Board of the University of Hertfordshire in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of business and Dr. Chia Song Kun Executive Chairman Male | 70 | Malaysian education in Malaysia. He is also the Chairman of Boilermech Holdings Berhad, a company listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 5 May 2011, which then transferred to the Main Market on 4 December 2014. Dr. Chia’s leadership has been recognised by a number of noted organisations. In 2005, The Edge selected him as one of ‘20 CEOs We Admire’. In July 2011, Dr. Chia led the Group to new heights when QL Resources won the prestigious The Edge Billion Ringgit Club Company of the Year award. In 2012, Dr. Chia was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2012 for Malaysia. In October 2018, Dr. Chia was awarded the Sin Chew Business Lifetime Excellence Achievement Award 2018. In September 2019, Dr. Chia won The Edge Billion Ringgit Club Value Creator: Outstanding CEO of Malaysia and QL Resources won The AsiaMoney Awards 2019 for Most Outstanding Company in Malaysia – Consumer Staples Sector. Dr. Chia Song Kun is the brother of Mr. Chia Song Swa and Mr. Chia Song Kooi. He is the brother-in-law of Mr. Chia Seong Pow and Mr. Chia Seong Fatt and also Mr. Chia Lik Khai’s father. He is the Director and beneficial shareholder of CBG (L) Pte Ltd via CBG (L) Foundation, a major shareholder of QL. He attended all six board of directors’ meetings held for the financial year. Dr. Chia has no conflict of interest with the Company and he has no convictions for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any), nor any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year. A Milestone on Our Sustainable Growth Journey 9