BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dato' Ding is a founding member of DKLS Industries Berhad and was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director of the Company on 12 August 1996. He was the Managing Director of the Company since his appointment to the Board and was redesignated as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company on 18 April 2007. Dato' Ding serves as a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Investment Committee of the Company.

Dato' Ding is a Civil Engineer graduated from Monash University (Australia) and has more than 36 years of working experience. His engineering experience is fairly wide-ranging, having established excellent track record in a wide range of civil and structural engineering projects, buildings, marine structures, road works, land and marine piling works, and land reclamation works.

Dato' Ding is currently the Executive Chairman of Isyoda Corporation Berhad, a public limited company. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

Mr. Ding Poi Bor is a founding member of DKLS Industries Berhad and was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director of the Company on 12 November 1996. He was appointed as Deputy Managing Director of the Company on 1 March 2003 and redesignated as Managing Director on 18 April 2007. Mr. Ding serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Company. He also holds directorships in the subsidiary companies within the DKLS Group and several other private limited companies.

With over three decades of diversified exposure and experience in quarry and construction, Mr. Ding's experiences include civil and structural engineering projects, road works and buildings. He is also well versed in land and marine piling works and marine structures. Specialised works related to runway construction is also his forte. Overseas project negotiation also falls into his realm of responsibility.

Ir. Sam is a founding member of DKLS Industries Berhad and was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director of the Company on 12 August 1996. Ir. Sam serves as a member of the Investment Committee of the Company. He also holds directorships in the subsidiary companies within the DKLS Group and several other private limited companies.

Ir. Sam graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USA) with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. With over three decades of experience, he has since established excellent track record in civil and structural engineering projects, buildings, as well as land and marine piling works and marine structures. Road works and land reclamation works are also his forte.

Ir. Sam is a Professional Engineer registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia and a member of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia.

Ms Ding was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of DKLS Industries Berhad on 3 August 2020. She also holds directorships in the subsidiary companies within the DKLS Groupand other private limited company.

Ms Ding graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree LL.B (Hons) from the University of Leeds and was a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London. Ms Ding was called to the English Bar in 2010 and was subsequently called to the Malaysian Bar on 12 September 2011.

Ms Ding continued on with her career as an advocate and solicitor at legal firms where she practiced mainly in construction, commercial and real estate related dispute resolution and advisory work. Ms Ding has more than 10 years of combined experience in the legal industry with practice areas encompassing conveyancing, banking and finance, leases and tenancies, fintech, commercial, real estate and construction related dispute resolution and contractual matters.

Mr Ding was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of DKLS Industries Berhad on 1^st January 2024. Mr Ding graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom in 2013, and also completed his Master of Engineering degree in sustainable energy in 2015 at the Royal Melbourne Institution of Technology, Australia.

Mr Ding began his career in the banking industry as a credit analyst and client coverage manager in a multinational bank where he served mainly Malaysian mainboard-listed companies across diverse sectors including real estate, construction, consumer goods and oil & gas.

He joined the group on 2^nd January 2018 wherein over the years he has gained experience in various fields including property development, construction and quarry masters.

Mr Chin was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director of DKLS Industries Berhad on 9 December 2013. He had served as an independent member of the Audit Committee of the Company from 9 December 2013 to 28 May 2014 until he was promoted as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 29 May 2014. He was redesignated from Chairman to member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee on 24 August 2018. He also serves as a member of the Investment Committee of the Company.

Mr Chin is a member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("MICPA") and Malaysian Institute of Accountants ("MIA"). He has over 20 years of experiences in audit and was a Senior Manager of Ernst & Young, Malaysia. He is currently a financial controller of a group of private limited companies.

Ms. Ang was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director of DKLS Industries Berhad on 15 November 2021. She serves as the member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and also member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Ms Ang is a graduate and Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ("CIMA"), United Kingdom and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants ("MIA"). She is also a member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia ("CTIM"). She is a founder and currently the Managing Director of HDA Development Sdn. Bhd., a property development company in Ipoh.

Ms Ang has four decades of cost and management experiences spanning a wide range of industries from construction of roads and water treatment plants, tin and gold mining, quarrying and manufacturing to property development.

Ms. Liew was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director of DKLS Industries Berhad on 1 June 2024. She serves as the member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and also member of the Audit Committee of the Company. Ms. Liew Li Ping was admitted as an Associate Member of ACCA in 1994 and a Fellow Member of ACCA since 1999. She has been a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1995.

She commenced her career in 1992 as an Audit Assistant at KPMG Peat Marwick (now known as KPMG) and through the years, held capacities as Audit Manager and Audit Senior Manager of the firm. She took a career break in 2001 and returned to KPMG as the Training and Technical Consultant in 2005 where she was responsible for training and updating the firms staff in Ipoh on technical accounting, legal, financial reporting standards requirements. She went on a further career break from 2009 to October 2010.

In November 2010, she was appointed as KPMGs Ipoh Branch Director where she was responsible for the operations for the firms audit, tax and administration functions. Whilst holding a position as the Branch Director, she was also the Audit Director for various audit engagements in KPMG. In 2015, she was promoted to Audit Executive Director of KPMG until her early retirement in 2022.

During her tenure of more than 23 years at KPMG, she has gained extensive experience in audit and special engagements in diversified industries, among others, plantation, pharmaceutical and healthcare, cement, industrial products, consumer products, transport, electronics, technology, education, port and bulk terminals and property development industries.