Yeoh Chong Keat was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2016. He graduated with a Foundation Course in Accountancy from City of Birmingham Polytechnic, United Kingdom in 1978. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales since 1982 and subsequently became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1993. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1990, a Fellow of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia since 1997, and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2001.
Mr Yeoh began his career in 1978 with a training contract with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, United Kingdom. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1982, he left Deloitte U.K. and joined Messrs Deloitte KassimChan, Kuala Lumpur as Audit Supervisor and subsequently transferred to the Tax Division of Deloitte and became a Tax Manager. During his tenure with these 2 audit firms, he was involved in the areas of audit, tax, management and consulting services.
In 1988, Mr Yeoh joined PFA Corporate Services Sdn Bhd as its Executive Director, providing corporate secretarial and advisory services to multinationals, public listed companies and private limited companies of all sizes.
Mr Yeoh left PFA in 2000 and founded Archer Corporate Services Sdn Bhd, a company providing corporate secretarial and advisory services to public listed and private entities and he is now the President cum Chief Executive Officer of Archer.
Dato' Phum is the co-founder and Group CEO of Advancecon, he was appointed to the Board on 09 April 1997. He is responsible for our Group’s overall business development which includes setting our Group’s direction, formulating corporate development plan and driving our business growth. In addition, he is also involved in overseeing the daily on-site operations and contracts as well as operations related matters.
Dato’ Phum started his family business in Soon Kim Trading & Engineering which was subsequently incorporated as a private limited company in 1990 under the name of Pembinaan Sin Soon Kim Sdn. Bhd. Subsequently, it changed name to Advancecon Infra in 2010. During the early stage, the Company was mainly involved in civil engineering services, construction of main drains, road works, sewerage systems and hiring services of heavy machinery and equipment.
Advancecon Sdn Bhd was incorporated in 1993 to expand the construction business afterwhich, Advancecon Group was established in 2010 pursuant to an internal reorganisation exercise undertaken. With Dato’ Phum’s wealth of experience in the construction industry of more than forty years, he was the driving force in raising the Company’s profile from a small contractor to a public listed company on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.
Tung Kai Hung, Peter was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2016. He graduated with a Diploma in Technology (Building) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia in 1986.
In 1999, Peter joined Advancecon Sdn Bhd as Senior Contracts Executive where he was responsible for the overall contract management functions including overseeing the operations of submission of tenders and cost estimates preparation. His roles include selection of our subcontractors and suppliers for all our construction projects.
In 2010, Advancecon Group was established pursuant to an internal reorganisation exercise undertaken whereby Peter assumed the role of General Manager of Contracts since then. He is now the Operations Director of Advancecon Infra Sdn Bhd.
Peter has more than thirty years of working experience in the construction industry and has been instrumental in the Initial Public Offering of Advancecon Holdings Berhad.
Mohd Zaky bin Othman is our Independent Non-Executive Director. He was appointed to our Board on 1 August 2016. He graduated with Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from California State University Fresno, United States in 1984 and subsequently obtained a Master of Science in Finance (Corporate Finance) from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, United States in 1992.
En. Mohd Zaky began his career as an Accounts Executive in 1985 and was working overseas for ten years. In 1995, he returned to Malaysia and joined Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (“KTMB”) where he spent approximately eighteen years before his retirement in 2013. During his tenure with KTMB, he served in various positions within KTMB group of companies.
En. Mohd Zaky has over thirty years of experience working in the corporate world.
Jananee Gopal is our newest appointed Independent Non-Executive Director and her appointment to our Board was effective 1st October 2023. She graduated with an LL.B (Honours) degree from Northumbria University, United Kingdom in 2006 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom in 2008. Upon her return to Malaysia she completed her pupilage and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2008.
Jananee Gopal began her practice as a legal associate with Messrs. Chellam Wong and became a partner in 2014. She has 15 years of experience in civil and corporate litigation. In pursuit of unlocking her full potential, she started her own practice in 2017 and continues to be an active litigator.