YABhg Tun Arshad Ayub
Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director
YABhg Tun Arshad Ayub has had a distinguished career in the Malaysian Civil Service, where he held various senior positions in various Ministries in the Malaysian Government from 1958 till 1983, including serving as Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (1975 – 1977), Deputy Director General in the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department (1977 – 1978) and as Secretary General in the Ministry of Primary Industries (1978), Ministry of Agriculture (1979 – 1981) and Ministry of Land and Regional Development (1981 – 1983). He was also a Member of Justice Harun’s Salaries Commission for statutory bodies.
YABhg Tun Arshad Ayub is Pro Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi MARA (“UiTM”), Chancellor of KPJ Healthcare University College (“KPJUC”) and Chancellor of INTI International University (“INTI IU”) and was formerly Chairman of the board of directors of University Malaya.
He is a Governor of Tuanku Jaafar College, Chairman of PINTAR Foundation, Trustee of Amanah Raya Berhad Foundation, Chairman of Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Kolej Islam Malaya (“LAKIM”) Berdaftar, Director of Lion Education Foundation, Patron of Arshad Ayub Foundation, Advisor of Yayasan Budiman (“YBUiTM”) and a member of Tun Razak Foundation, Pak Rashid Foundation, Lung Foundation of Malaysia and Advisor of Malaysian Malay Businessman And Industrialists Association (“PERDASAMA”).
Presently, YABhg Tun Arshad Ayub sits on the board of directors of Malayan Flour Mills Berhad. He is also a member of the board of PFM Capital Sdn. Bhd., Ladang MOCCIS Sdn. Bhd.,and Zalaraz Sdn. Bhd. (a family-owned company). He had retired from the board of Top Glove Corporation Berhad on 8 January 2019 and resigned from the board of Tomypak Holdings Berhad on 30 September 2019.
YABhg Tun Arshad Ayub graduated with a Diploma in Agriculture from the College of Agriculture, Serdang, Selangor in 1954 and later obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Economics and Statistics from University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom in 1958. In 1964, he obtained a postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from Management Development Institute (now IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dato’ Dr. Ong Eng Long @ Ong Siew Chuan
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Dr. Ong Eng Long graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in 1969 and obtained a PhD from Queen Mary College, London in 1973.
He started off at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) as a Senior Research Officer in 1973. He has held different positions in RRIM up to 1998 when it merged with two (2) other organisations to form the Malaysian Rubber Board.
He was the former Deputy Director General of the Malaysian Rubber Board from 1998 to May 2001 and the former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council from 2001 to 2008.
Dato’ Dr. Ong Eng Long has been the Technical Adviser for Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd since July 2008, the Chairman of ISO/TC 157 Non-Systemic Contraceptives and STI Barrier Prophylactics since 2007 and the Chairman of ISO/TC 45 SC4 Rubber Products Other Than Hoses since 2005. ISO/TC 157 is the technical committee that is responsible for, amongst others, the international condom standards while ISO/TC 45 is responsible for, also amongst others, international rubber glove standards. He has been involved with standards development for the past two (2) decades. Dato’ Dr. Ong has more than 150 publications in areas of rubber physics and latex dipped products.
Dato’ Dr. Ong Eng Long is currently the President of the Malaysian Rubber Product Manufacturers’ Association. He was the President of the Institute of Chemistry, Malaysia from March 2014 until March 2018.
Professor Dato’ Dr. Adeeba binti Kamarulzaman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Professor Dato’ Dr. Adeeba binti Kamarulzaman graduated from Monash University in 1987 and trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Monash Medical Centre and Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Dato’ Dr. Adeeba binti Kamarulzaman is presently the Dean of Medicine at University of Malaya and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Yale University, USA. She established the Centre of Excellence for Research on AIDS (CERiA) that conducts multi-disciplinary research on HIV ranging from clinical studies to public health and policy research.
She is also the current Chairwoman of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation and an Executive Council member of the Malaysian AIDS Council. She is the President-Elect of the International AIDS Society and a member of the UNAIDS Scientific Expert Panel on HIV. She has been an advisor to numerous WHO committees on HIV/AIDS and was a two term Co-Chair of the Strategic and Advisory Committee on HIV for the World Health Organisation. She has played a critical role in the establishment and operations of TREAT Asia, a regional HIV research network funded by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).
Her achievements have been recognised through several national and international awards including the Tun Mahathir Science and Merdeka Awards for her role as a member of the University of Malaya’s Nipah Investigative Team. She is also the first recipient of the Advance Australia Global Award in the category of Alumni in 2012, and, in April 2015 she was honoured with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from her alma mater, Monash University. She has the distinct honour of having her achievements featured in both The Lancet and Science publications in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
Goh Leng Kian
Executive Director, Technical and R&D
Goh Leng Kian specialist experience in the condom and latex dipping industries spans over 20 years.
Goh Leng Kian’s experience includes the establishment of the condom and catheter manufacturing plants, exposing him to a wide spectrum of roles including the supervision and management for the detail design, construction, installation, commissioning and testing of all related equipment, systems as well as the facilities of the projects. He also has over 30 years of experience in the rubber and latex industry.
Goh Leng Kian’s career started in 1980 with Ban Seng Hong Sdn Bhd as a Mechanical Engineer, where he is in charge of the engineering unit for the company’s rubber processing facilities. He joined our Group in 1988. He is currently responsible for overseeing our Group’s manufacturing facilities, including production and technical matters. This includes the construction and development of our condom dipping lines, electronic testing (ET) and foiling machines, R&D activities such as improving the dipping process, new automation to improve production efficiency and product quality and overall yield of the factories as well as sourcing of new packaging machinery.
Goh Leng Kian graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours in Mechanical Engineering from the Loughborough University of Technology, UK in 1979.
Goh Yen Yen
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Goh Yen Yen was appointed to the Board on 30 November 2012 as our Executive Director in Administration with over 20 years of experience in handling human resource, finance and administration system, internal quality auditing and also hands-on experience in budget, control and overhead cost and capital expenditure.
She is a member of the Remuneration Committee. On 31 August 2018, she was re-designated from Executive Director to Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. She graduated with a Bachelor Degree of Art in Geography with Honours from the University of Malaya in 1969. Prior to joining Karex in 1996, she was a teacher in various secondary schools in Johor for 26 years.
Lam Jiuan Jiuan
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Lam Jiuan Jiuan is our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. She brings with her, her vast 30 years’ experience from the financial and corporate management industry.
Lam Jiuan Jiuan started out in 1976, where she joined the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, as a management trainee, where she gained a wide spectrum of retail banking experience before moving on to join Tricontinental Australia Limited in 1978. In 1979, she moved to Hong Kong and joined Toronto Dominion Bank in its Asia and Australasia Division, responsible for credit approvals of banks/corporate and monitoring country limits. In 1986, she joined the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for three (3) years as the Corporate Marketing Manager in charge of major public listed companies and as well as corporate company accounts. She joined Barclays Bank PLC in 1989 as a private banker and resigned in June 2015 as a Senior Banker in the bank’s Wealth Investment Management Division.
Subsequently, she worked in a private family office of one of the leading property developers in Hong Kong and had since retired in 2016. She has since been with the Hong Kong Office of Zedra Group, a major independent trust, corporate and fund services group, as Private Clients Advisors.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics majoring in Accounting and Commercial Laws from the University of Sydney, Australia in 1976. She is also a Fellow of Certified Public Accountant, Australia as well as a member of the Hong Kong Registered Financial Planners.
Wong Yien Kim
Independent Non-Executive Director
Wong Yien Kim is our Independent Non-Executive Director. He has retired from his role as Senior General Manager, Finance of Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad. He was also the Vice President, Finance of Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad from 1 January 2000 to 9 May 2011. In addition, between 2007 to 2013, he served as a member of the board, the audit committee and the investment committee of Taliworks Corporation Berhad.
Wong Yien Kim has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales since 1982.