Browse Green Packet’s esteemed Board Members.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Qualification
Mr Lionel Yong is a Certified Internal Auditor (USA), a Chartered Accountant (Malaysia), a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK).
Working Experience
Mr Lionel Yong is an internal audit practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience in accounting, finance, and internal audit. His specialties include the provision of independent and objective assessments of systems of internal control as implemented by the Management to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance. He is also familiar with the requirements of carrying out investigations into corporate fraud activities and with the requirements of the governance and audit of Information Technology systems based on the COBIT Framework.
His broad range of experience and knowledge of internal controls was obtained from his time working, both locally in Malaysia and overseas, in the following industries: banking & finance, trading, printing, and packaging, plantations, real estate, construction, engineering and various manufacturing operations. He has carried out risk assessment exercises for numerous companies, has been involved in the system development life cycle process in the implementation of several IT applications during his career, and has led investigations into several corporate fraud activities.
He is currently the Director of Corporate Governance, Risk Management, and Internal Audit with OAC Consulting Sdn Bhd. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of XOX Networks Berhad.
Group Executive Director
Qualification
Diploma in Business Information Technology, Binary Business School.
Working Experience
Mr. Leong Seng Wui has been an entrepreneur in ICT industry for over 23 years. He started off in ICT retail sector after he graduated in IT studies from Binary Business School and was one of the pioneers technopreneur in Malaysia starting out on his own. In his own setup, he focused on the telco and mobile retailing industry. A driven individual, he was instrumental in driving his company and awarded the prestigious Golden Bull award (top 100 SME) by Alliance Bank Berhad and Nanyang Siang Pau, the notable PIKOM ICT Retailer of the year award, Dopod Retailer of the year, O2 Retailer of the year, Dopod Top 10 Retailer of Asia Pacific under his leadership.
Thereafter, he was approached to join and lead the distribution unit of an ICT distributor of ICT products including notebooks, netbooks, tablets, and mobile/telco products to penetrate channels in Malaysia since 2009. He has successfully led the company to the greater expansion and market share. He was being credited with the fast expansion of the distribution company which resulted in the successful acquisition of the said company by another listed group.
After the successful acquisition of the distribution company that he helped to grow, Mr Leong joined 1 Utopia Berhad Group as Marketing Manager in 2011 to grow the brand as well as to assist with the creative aspect in the event and retail management. Due to his experience in the ICT product market and channel aspect, Mr Leong also advised and assisted in the ICT products segment of 1 Utopia Berhad Group.
Mr Leong has led other public company that was involved in information technology. He was appointed as the Group Chief Operating Officer to lead the entire operations of 1 Utopia Group and subsequently appointed as Executive Director to lead the company to a further milestone.
Executive Director - Finance
Qualification
Degree in Accounting and Finance (Distinction) from the University of Technology, Sydney. Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and CPA Australia.
Working Experience
Mr Kenny Khow has more than thirteen (13) years of experience as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia, including a two (2) years secondment from the year 2004 to the year 2006 at PricewaterhouseCoopers London.
He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in the year 1997 and has extensive experience in the area of corporate exercises covering the initial public offering, the demerger of a listed entity, management and integration of two (2) major companies in Malaysia, privatization of a major listed entity, rights issue, issuance of debt securities, as well as the sale and leaseback of key assets.
His other work experience includes financial due diligence, advisory, and numerous cross-border securities offering. He also sits on the Board of Directors of MMAG Holdings Berhad and CSH Alliance Berhad (formerly known as KTG Sdn Bhd) as an Executive Director.
As the Executive Director of the companies, in addition to overseeing groups’ financial affairs, including accounting, finance, tax, and treasury, he also oversees human resources-related matters and other administrative duties.
Chairman / Independent Non-Executive Director
Qualification
Degree in LLB Law (Hons) from the University of South Wales, UK.
Working Experience
Datuk Firmansyah began his career in 2000 with a local incubator, Makmal.com as a business analyst. Later on Makmal.com embarked upon e-commerce business in logistics and B2B space with Procurehere.com as a e-market operator. Following that, he was appointed as a e-bidding & reverse auction executive. Thereafter, he joined the Privasia Berhad Group as a marketing manager.
Datuk Firmansyah joined Academy Political, a political think tank running action driven programs for youth development. Following that he joined KBS under MSN for developing sports grass-roots program NFDP and JCM as a Director. At the same time, he was appointed as a Director for National Stadium Berhad and help to develop the KL Sports City for 2017 Sea Games.
Datuk Firmansyah rejoined Privasia Group. Currently, he sits on the Board of GIIB Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Qualification
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and International Business from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
Working Experience
Mdm Syafinaz is a global professional across multiple industries including asset management, business advisory, corporate finance, and luxury retail with main work experiences in Malaysia, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore.
She began her career in 1996 as a Consultant of Financial Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Kuala Lumpur, where she specialised in regional and local corporate finance work covering corporate and debt restructuring, independent business review, dispute analysis and investigation, merger and acquisition, privatization, risk, regulation & compliance management, valuation and strategy validation and other consulting services.
Mdm Syafinaz then went on to become the Founding Director and General Manager of Patchi Malaysia officially launched in 2003, where she was instrumental in obtaining and developing the luxurious franchise for the Malaysian market and the brand’s further expansion into Asia: Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, and Singapore.
After relocating to Dubai the same year, she took on the role as Corporate Advisor to the Chairman of Dragoni International LLC, a contracting company involved in many prestigious projects in the middle east including for EMAAR Properties, an Emirati multinational real estate development public joint-stock company where she performed strategic management to enhance the company’s performance and value for target DEPA PLC, a public listed global interior contracting and solutions company on the Dubai NASDAQ, who eventually acquired the company as its majority shareholder.
Mdm Syafinaz has been an Advisor to Fairshore Asset Management (FAMCO) since 2017, a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Regulated Investment Manager based in Singapore – with a Capital Markets Services License. FAMCO manages multiple fund platforms with various investment strategies. It has vast experience in alternative credit and asset management and bespoke wealth planning and structuring developed from their team’s decades of investment banking and asset management backgrounds. She serves as a Director on three FAMCO managed funds which currently has an AUM in excess of US$5.6billion.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Qualification
Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) from University of Wolverhampton, London and Certificate of Legal Practice from Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia.
Working Experience
Mr Ng started his early career as a Police Inspector with the Royal Malaysia Police in 1982. He was then posted to serve in Sarawak for 20 years until the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. During his tenure in Sarawak, his exposure included the Criminal Investigation Department (“CID”), General Duty and Police Field Force.
In 2003, Mr Ng was transferred to West Malaysia to serve in Traffic Branch, Selangor Police Contingent Headquarters. In 2005, he was promoted to Deputy Superintendent of Police and served in Commercial Crime Investigation Department until his retirement in 2019. Mr Ng was promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police in 2016 and his last held position was Principal Assistant Director in Forensic Accounting Investigation Division, CCID, Royal Malaysia Police, Bukit Aman.
Throughout his 36 years’ service in Royal Malaysia Police, he was very much involved in police investigations due to his legal background. He specialises in criminal investigation across various fields which include commercial crime, general crime and forensic accounting investigation with ample management and special operations experience.
Mr Ng also sits on the Board of (3) public listed companies namely CSH Alliance Berhad (formerly known as KTG Berhad), Hong Seng Consolidated Berhad and Dynaciate Group Berhad as Independent Non-Executive Director.
Green Packet is an internationally recognized telecommunications, media and technology Company. Founded in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley in 2000 and subsequently listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange in 2005, Green Packet designs and produces wireless devices, user-centered applications and services that enable the delivery of valuable digital experiences.
