Directors' Profile
Mr. Roy Thean started embarking on his career path in 1994 with PKF Malaysia. After accumulating extensive working experience in his field, he left PKF Malaysia as an Audit Manager in 2003 to join a professional services firm, Russell Bedford Malaysia Business Advisory Sdn. Bhd. (“RBMBA”) for another six (6) years, rising to the position of an Executive Director. In 2009, he left RBMBA to start his own business venture. He is at present in the commercial line, where he holds directorships in several private companies that are involved in advisory services and trading activities.
With over 20 years of working experience in local and international professional services firms, Mr. Thean has been involved in rendering a wide and diverse range of professional services to public listed companies and multinational and large national enterprises.
His work encompasses a wide range of professional services with his core practice being in corporate finance and advisory work for transaction support services including business valuations, financial due diligence, preparation of business plans and financial modeling, internal control and business risk review, corporate governance, risk management, merger / acquisition related services, internal and external auditing.
Presently, he is an independent director in Malaysia Steel Works (KL) Berhad and JAG Berhad.
Teo Lay Ban graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Indiana University, USA in 1995.
In 1997, he joined Teladan Setia as a Business Development Manager where he worked alongside Datuk Teo Poh Boon and assisted in site selection and land acquisition, which comprised assessing findings of due diligence studies and feasibility studies on land, participating in price negotiations during land acquisition as well as formulation of development concepts, marketing and financing plans. He was also involved in the selection and appointment of contractors and professional consultants to ensure that the property development projects were completed on time, within budget and were of the standard of quality required. Further, he acquired practical experience in planning and managing the financial aspects such as the commercial values of property development projects in terms of budget forecasts and gross development value (GDV) calculations, taking into consideration the gross development cost (GDC), financing requirements, pricing of properties and profitability.
In 2001, he was promoted to General Manager where he oversaw and managed the day to day operations of our business across all departments comprising sales and marketing, conveyancing, project implementation, business development, finance and administration. He was also involved in identifying and analysing new project development opportunities that were in line with our strategic business directions. In 2003, he was appointed as the Executive Director of Teladan Setia where he gradually took on more responsibilities in strategic planning for the development and growth of our Group and took over more responsibilities such as managing acquisition of new land for development, development planning layout, marketing, securing term loans, bridging loans and end-financing from various financial institutions.
He is involved in the management of the entire process of our property development projects from development planning, regulatory compliance, projects implementation and construction, quality control and safety monitoring as well as fulfilment of our obligations to our customers during the defect liability period.
He graduated with a Diploma in Technology (Building) from Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman (now known as TAR University College) in 1996.
In 2009, he join our Group as an Assistant Project Manager where he was responsible for assisting in coordinating the construction activities of our property development projects. He was subsequently promoted to Project Manager in 2011, and was responsible for overseeing and managing the progress of property development projects, ensuring these property development projects were completed within the required schedule, budget and quality.
In 2014, he assumed his current role as our Head of Projects and was subsequently appointed as our Executive Director on 20 February 2020.
Teo Lay Lee obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering from The Victoria University of Manchester, UK in 2000. He pursued his postgraduate studies and graduated with a Master of Science from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK in 2001.
In 2011, he join Huttons Asia Pte Ltd, a company involved in the provision of real estate marketing and consultancy services, as an Associate Marketing Consultant and was involved in the marketing, negotiation and sale of condominiums to the Singaporean market. Over the years of service, he held several positions in the company and was involved in the marketing, negotiation and sale of international properties from various countries which included amongst others, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and UK.
He assumed his current position as an Associate Senior District Director in 2018, where his responsibilities include undertaking market research and site studies, identifying and assessing suitable projects for sale, conducting agent briefings and consumer seminars, and developing business relationships with property developers for overseas markets including amongst others, Cambodia and the UK.
Teo Siew May graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from The University of Warwick, UK in 1998. She was admitted as a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”) and as a Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants since 2013.
In 2005, she joined ShareInvestor Pte Ltd, a company involved in the provision of online investor relations and financial applications services, as a Finance and Administration Manager and in 2008, she was promoted to Group Financial Controller. In 2013, she was transferred to Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, a company involved in the provision of print and digital media and the holding company of ShareInvestor Pte Ltd, where she assumed the role of an Assistant Vice President, Finance. She was responsible for the overall budgeting and financial reporting.
In 2018, she participated in the management buyout of ShareInvestor Pte Ltd and was designated as the Finance Director in 2019. She subsequently assumed her current position as its Chief Financial Officer in 2020.
He has 35 years of experience in the banking industry. He graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from University of Hull, UK in 1994 after obtaining a Diploma in Management Programme from the Malaysian Institute of Management in 1988. He also obtained a Diploma in Banking and Financial Services from Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia in 1999. He became a Certified Financial Planner in 2003 and a Registered Financial Planner in 2006.
Upon his retirement, in 2009 and 2012, he joined AmBank (M) Berhad under 2 contractual employments with tenures of 6-month and 3-month respectively for the position of Data Collection, Non-Retail Credit Models Project in Group Risk Management where he was involved in data collection of delinquent business accounts to facilitate further analysis for the development of the credit model for the bank.
Since 2006, he commenced his own venture as a Certified Financial Planner where he is involved in the provision of financial planning services in his own personal capacity.
She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK in 1991. She pursued her postgraduate studies at the same university and graduated with a Masters of Laws in 1992.
In 1993, she was called to the Bar of England and Wales and is a member of Gray’s Inn, UK since 1993. Subsequently, she was called to the Singapore Bar in 1995 and also to the Malaysian Bar in 2001.
She has over 25 years of experience in the legal profession. She began her career as a pupil Barrister in the Chambers of 4 Brick Court, London, a barrister’s chambers in 1993 until 1994. She then moved to Singapore and continued her legal practice with Palakrishnan and Partners, Singapore, a law firm, as an Associate from 1994 to 1996, where she practised civil and criminal litigation. In 1996, she joined Helen Yeo & Partners (now known as Dentons Rodyk), a law firm, as an Associate and was based at their Vietnam office until 1999 where she advised on laws relating to foreign investors in Vietnam.
In 2000, she returned to Malaysia and joined Raslan Loong, a law firm as an Associate where she began focusing in the areas of corporate and commercial law before leaving in 2003 to join Mazlan & Associates, a law firm. She was made a partner at Mazlan & Associates in 2006 and continued practicing at the legal firm until 2014. In 2015, she co-founded Ilham Lee, a law firm and remains a Partner of the firm.
She has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, taxation and finance. She graduated with a Diploma in Commerce (Business Management) from Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman (now known as TAR University College) in 1982 after obtaining a professional qualification in Company Secretarial course from The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) in 1982.
She completed her professional studies with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) in 1990. She has been a registered chartered accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1994, a Fellow Member of ACCA since 1998 and a Certified Financial Planner since 2003.
In 2011, she set up Rigel Consulting Sdn Bhd where she assumed her current responsibilities as a Managing Director and is involved in the provision of tax advisory, accounting and finance as well as corporate restructuring services.