MR. LOW HONG KENG
CHAIRMAN – INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Low Hong Keng, Malaysian, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of UPA Corporation Bhd. on 7 April 2014. He is a fellow member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK and a member C.A.(M) of the Malaysia Institute of Accountants. He also holds an MBA degree from the University of Bath, UK. He is a freelance lecturer in private tertiary education institutions and a corporate trainer.
Mr. Low is a member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
MR. KOK KAM MOI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr. Kok Kam Moi, Malaysian, was appointed as Managing Director of UPA Corporation Bhd on 6 January 1997. He is the co-founder of the UPA Group with Mr. Chua Ngeun Lok.
Mr Kok has more than 40 years of experience in printing industry. After obtaining his qualification in Commercial Art in 1971, he ventured into general printing before specialising in rebuilding of printing machinery. His vast experience in printing industry and technical know-how has contributed to the success of the Machinery Division. The Machinery Division deals with rebuilding of Web printing machinery, Sheet fed printing machinery and book binding machinery.
Mr. Kok is the Managing Director of UPA Machinery Sdn Bhd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UPA Corporation Bhd. Under his guidance in the past 27 years, UPA Machinery Sdn Bhd has grown to be one of the biggest printing equipment rebuilding factory in South East Asia. UPA Machinery Sdn Bhd is the distributor for new Komori brand printing machine from Japan.
Mr. Kok is involved in the Group’s business development and oversees the machinery Division of the Group. He is a member of Remuneration Committee.
MR. CHUA NGEUN LOK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Chua Ngeun Lok, Malaysian, was appointed as Executive Director of UPA Corporation Bhd on 6 January 1997. He is the co-founder of the UPA Group with Mr. Kok Kam Moi.
Mr. Chua has more than 40 years experience in the printing industry. After obtaining his Diploma in Commercial Art in 1972, he ventured into general printing before specialising in paper products manufacturing. His creative skills have contributed to the many innovative products manufactured by UPA.
Mr. Chua is the Managing Director of UPA Press Sdn Bhd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UPA corporation Bhd. Under his guidance in the past 40 years, UPA Press Sdn Bhd has grown to be the biggest diary and notebook manufacturer in Malaysia. He had been intensively involved in the development of the Company to become one of the leading paper products manufacturers in Asia.
He is currently a member of Board of Directors of Malaysian Institute of Art and Exco Member of K.L. Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Chua is involved in the Group’s business development and oversees the financial management of the Group. He is the brother of Mr. Chua Ngeun Seong, the Executive Director of UPA Corporation Bhd. and Mr. Chua is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
IR. CHUA NGEUN SEONG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ir. Chua Ngeun Seong, Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of UPA Corporation Bhd on 6 January 1997. Thereafter he was made Executive Director on 1st June 1998. He holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Council of Engineering Institutions UK and he is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Malaysia. He has 40 years working experience in engineering as well as general management encompassing project planning, design, installation, test and commissioning of palm oil mills, palm kernel crushing plant, palm oil refinery plants, cocoa butter substitute speciality fats plant, steam boilers, power generation plants and other related machine and equipment. He also has more than 18 years of working experience in plastic sheets extrusion and calendaring.
Ir. Chua assumes a key role as Managing Director of Macro Plastic Sdn Bhd, another wholly owned subsidiary of UPA Corporation Bhd.
Ir. Chua the brother of Mr. Chua Ngeun Lok, the Executive Director of UPA Corporation Bhd. He also serves as member of the Remuneration Committee.
MR. ONG WHEE SEN
INDEPENDENT & NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Ong Whee Sen, Malaysian, was appointed an Independent and Non-Executive Director of UPA Corporation Bhd on 10 July 2014. He is a member of Audit Committee, member of Nomination Committee and Chairman of Remuneration Committee.
He is the Executive Director (Origination) in Sadec Corporate Advisory Sdn Bhd, and is an experienced professional banker in international banking, particularly in cross-border banking, offshore operations and capital market transaction for over 25 years. He holds a BSc (Geology) and an MBA (Finance) from the University of Malaya, Malaysia
MS. MA PIN YEN
INDEPENDENT & NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ms. Ma Pin Yen, Malaysian, was appointed an Independent and Non-Executive Director of UPA Corporation Bhd on 1st January 2018. She graduated with LL.B (Hons) from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1996; was conferred the professional qualification of Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn), England in 1997 and is an Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya since 1998. She is a member of the Bar Council Malaysia, a practicing lawyer by profession and a senior partner of a legal firm. She is also a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore.
Ms. Ma’s educational and professional qualifications and 20 years of practice as a lawyer will greatly contribute to the enhancement of the Company’s businesses.
MR. CHEAH TEK KUANG
SENIOR INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Cheah Tek Kuang, Malaysian, joined the Board on 21 August 2020 as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. He also serves as the Chairman of Nomination Committee of the Company.
Mr. Cheah graduated with Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from University of Malaya, Malaysia and is a Fellow Chartered Banker of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers. He has over 30 years experiences in the banking industry and was previously the Group Managing Director of AMMB Holdings Berhad until his retirement 2012.
Presently, Mr. Cheah sits on the Appeals Committee of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, which looks into appeals by listed companies and market participants on violations of the Listing Requirements. His other directorships in public companies are IOI Corporation Berhad, Eco World International Berhad, Berjaya Golf Resort Berhad (now known as Berjaya Hartanah Berhad), Yayasan Bursa Malaysia and Malaysian Institute of Art.
