GOVERNANCE Sect ion 04 Annual Report 2022 93 Skills and Experience: Lim Hun Soon @ David Lim started his career with KPMG (previously Peat MarwickMitchell) in the United Kingdom in 1978. He returned to Malaysia in 1982 to continue with KPMG. He had a 33-year-long career at KPMG, where he was admitted as Partner (April 1990), and served in the Management Committee (1997- 2001) and in KPMG’s Partnership Supervisory Council (2002-2010). He was also the Asian Anchor Practice representative for Marketing (2000- 2001), where he gained extensive knowledge and insights from KPMG Global counterparts worldwide. He retired from KPMG in 2011. In 2006, he was tasked to start up the Audit Committee Institute, Malaysia (“ACI Malaysia”), which is a virtual worldwide initiative sponsored by KPMG to assist independent directors in enhancing their awareness and ability to implement effective board processes. David Lim has been an examiner for company law examinations conducted by MICPA for over 10 years. From 2002 to 2004, he was Chairman of MICPA Code of Ethics Committee and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants Code of Ethics Committee. In May 2013, he was appointed as Council member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”). This was the first time that ICAEW, in its illustrious history had granted Malaysia a seat in the Council. The position was for a term of two (2) years till June 2015. He was reappointed for a further two terms till March 2019 (being the maximum permitted tenure). He is the Independent Non-Executive Director (“INED”) of Starcrest Education Limited (“Starcrest”) (a listed Company on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange) effective April 2022 and later has been appointed as the interim Co-Chairman of Starcrest on June 2022. He has relinquished the position as CoChairman as of 3 March 2023, and remained as INED. 4 LIM HUN SOON @ DAVID LIM Independent Non-Executive Director Date Appointed to the Board: 1 December 2015 Board Meetings Attendance: 8/8 Qualification: • Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Leeds (1978) • Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, United Kingdom (1978) • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1982) • Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) (1982) • Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”) (1984) BOARD OF DI RECTORS ’ PROF I LE Board of Committee Memberships: • Audit Committee (Chairman) Present Directorship(s) in Other Public Companies: Public Listed Companies (“PLC”): • Kawan Food Berhad • Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Berhad • Starcrest Education Limited Other Public Companies: • Rockwills Trustee Berhad (Chairman) • Public Investment Bank Berhad • TSA Group Berhad (appointed w.e.f 04.11.2022) Past Directorships: He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the following companies:- • Ann Joo Resources Berhad (Listed Company) - May 2013 to May 2018 • Sasbadi Holdings Berhad (Listed Company) - May 2013 to July 2020 • Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad - April 2014 and retired in March 2021 • Manulife Holdings Berhad and Manulife Insurance Berhad - July2012 and retired in July 2021 • Fairview Schools Berhad – January 2017 to March 2022 • Affin Investment Berhad (In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up since December 2015) - April 2012 67 age gender
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