Boards of Directors
YBhg Datuk Edmund Kong Woon Jun
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
YBhg Datuk Edmund Kong Woon Jun brings more than 30 years of experience in the property development industry, having held senior leadership roles across several established Malaysian developers.
He has served in key roles including Group Managing Director of Tropicana Corporation Berhad and Guocoland (Malaysia) Berhad, where he was responsible for strategic direction, operational oversight, and corporate governance. He also served on the Boards of both organisations, contributing to board oversight and management of corporate matters. He resigned from Tropicana Corporation Berhad and Guocoland (Malaysia) Berhad in 2015 and 2021 respectively.
Over the course of his career, Datuk Edmund has been involved in the master planning and management of large-scale developments, with a leadership style that emphasises sound governance, strategic planning, and long-term value creation.
Encik Ahmed Azhar Bin Abdullah
Independent Non-Executive DIRECTOR
Encik Ahmed Azhar bin Abdullah was appointed to the Board on 20 December 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He has been re-designated to Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 31 May 2023. On 1 October 2024, En. Ahmed Azhar was re-designated as Independent Non-Executive Director, as well as appointed as Chairman of ARMC and member of RNC, this was due to Mr. Koong Wai Seng being re-designated as Executive Chairman and En. Ahmed Azhar has expressed his willingness to graciously continue his service by resuming the role Independent Director and Chairman of ARMC. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University (Fresno) and Master of Business Administration from California State University, Dominquez Hills (Los Angeles).
After graduation, Encik Ahmed Azhar commenced his career as an Internal Auditor with Malaysian Mining Corporation Berhad (“MMC”). In 1992 to 1995, he was appointed as the General Manager for Bracken Services Ltd (London), a subsidiary of MMC Marketing Sdn Bhd based in London, responsible for operations and all financial matters. Upon his return, he served in various management capacities within the MMC Group. He joined Gas Malaysia Sdn Bhd in November 2000 and was the Head of residential and commercial sales unit for natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas until March 2005. From 2005 to 2010, Encik Ahmed Azhar was the Executive Director of MOCCIS Furniture Sdn Bhd and MCCM Marketing Sdn Bhd. Thereafter, he continued his career with Tanjak Group as Head of Finance and Corporate from 2010 to 2012.
Encik Ahmed Azhar is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Izrin & Tan Properties Sdn Bhd and he also sits on the Board of LB Aluminium Berhad.
Madam Loh Pek Mee
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTive DIRECTOR
Madam Loh Pek Mee was appointed to the Board on 31 May 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is the Chairperson of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. She holds a Master of Business Management from University of Bath, United Kingdom.
Madam Loh has over 30 years of professional experience in property development. She started her career with Land & General Berhad in 1989. Since then, she has worked in various property development companies covering township development and mixed development. She spent most of her professional career in public listed and government-linked property development companies such as Sime Darby Property, Peremba Jaya Holdings Sdn Bhd, Guocoland and Tropicana Corporation Berhad. She led the entire Marketing & Sales team and product development both locally and in the international arena. She has also led a series of successful property campaigns during global crisis. She was involved in corporate mergers and Initial Public Offerings.
Currently, she is a property consultant.
She has also contributed her professional knowledge to FIABCI-Malaysia (International Real Estate Federation, Malaysia Chapter) and REDHA (The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association) activities.
Puan Fahariah Binti Abdul Wahab
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIvE DIRECTOR
Puan Fahariah Binti Abdul Wahab was appointed to the Board on 31 May 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. She holds a Bachelor of Surveying (Property Management) from University Teknologi Malaysia. Puan Fahariah is a registered valuer and estate agent under the Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents, Malaysia and a member of the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia and PEPS Malaysia.
Puan Fahariah has over 40 years of professional experience in property research and consultancy She was appointed as an Independent Director in KWEST (a subsidiary of KWAP, a Government Pension Fund) Board in 2018 until current.
She began her career as a government Valuer in the Valuation and Property Services Department, Ministry of Finance from 1981 till 1990. She then joined the private sector to work with Jones Lang Wootton, an international property consultancy company where she was the Manager of the Research Department. Puan Fahariah left Jones Lang Wootton after 2 years to join Henry Butcher Malaysia Sdn Bhd in 1992.
She has since been with Henry Butcher and currently is the Research Director and heads Henry Butcher Malaysia Solutions which primarily conducts market studies, feasibility studies and a range of property related studies for a wide selection of clients. She has undertaken studies covering townships, mixed commercial developments, Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) as well as industrial, commercial, residential, medical and resort properties. Her studies have also included property market inputs for masterplans of keys growth regions on the east coast (ECER) as well as the northern states of Peninsula Malaysia (NCER), strategic studies such as the KLIA Aeropolis, Vision Valley, property inputs in blueprints studies and local plan studies.
