DATUK
MOHD. ZAIN BIN OMAR
(Chairman / Independent Non-Executive Director)
Chairman of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee
Malaysian, aged 69, was appointed to the Board of Cymao Holdings Berhad (”Cymao”) on 13 November 2003. He graduated from Maktab Latihan Harian, Pulau Pinang and began his career as a teacher from 1963 to 1982. Subsequently, he entered politics and became a Member of State Assembly for the Constituency of Bayan Lepas and State Executive Committee as well as Chairman of Cultural, Youth and Sport Committee from 1982 to 1986. From 1986 to 1990, he became a Member of State Assembly for the Constituency of Teluk Kumbar and State Executive Committee as well as Chairman of Infrastructure Committee. From 1990 to 1995, he served as a Member of State Assembly for the Constituency of Teluk Kumbar for the second term as well as Chairman of Audit Committee of State of Pulau Pinang. He was a Member of Parliament for the Constituency of Balik Pulau until 2004.
LIN TSAI-RONG
(Managing Director)
Taiwanese, aged 75, was appointed to the Board of Cymao on 13 November 2003. He obtained a Bachelor of Science majoring in Plant Pathology from National Chong Hsien University, Taiwan, in 1958. He started his career in wood-based industries with Cyma Plywood and Lumber Co. Ltd, Taiwan (“CPLC”) in 1962 and worked his way up from being the Production Line Foreman, Supervisor, Section Chief, Production Manager, Factory Manager, Director of Research and Development (R&D) to Vice President of CPLC. He has in-depth and comprehensive knowledge of running an efficient and innovative wood-based company. In 1991, He founded Cymao Plywood Sdn Bhd (“CPSB”) and built the company into what it is today. Being the Managing Director of CPSB, he commands very strong and loyal support from the production workforce necessary to ensure the success of the business.
LIN KAI-MIN
(Executive Director)
Taiwanese, aged 41, was appointed to the Board of Cymao on 13 November 2003. He graduated from Fu-Jen University, Taiwan, with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Accounting in 1993. He joined CPSB in 1994 as a Production Line Foreman and was given extensive production training. He became the Log Purchasing Manager from 1997 to 1998 in CPSB and subsequently headed its Finance Department. Armed with extensive training and experience from all aspects of production, raw materials and accounting, he is now heading the Finance and Marketing Department.
LIN KAI-HSUAN
(Executive Director)
Taiwanese, aged 43, was appointed to the Board of Cymao on 13 November 2003. He graduated from University of California Los Angeles, USA, with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and a minor in economics in 1991. He subsequently obtained a Master of Science in Forest Science with emphasis in Expert System from Texas A & M University, USA in 1993. He joined CPSB in 1994 as the Quality Controller, then took on the post of Factory Manager in 2000 and in the same year he was made the R&D Director. He was appointed as the Vice President of CPSB in 2001and still holds the position todate.
LIN HSU, LI-CHU
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
Taiwanese, aged 68, was appointed to the Board of Cymao on 13 November 2003. She was a teacher at Hsi-Chih Primary School from 1960 to 1981 after earning her Diploma in Education from National Taipei Teachers’ College in 1961.
HIEW SENG
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Malaysian, aged 60, was appointed to the Board of Cymao on 25 February 2004. He is Chartered Accountant by training. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He began his accountancy training as an articled clerk in 1974 with a firm of Chartered Accountants in London, United Kingdom. Upon his qualification as a Chartered Accountant, he joined an international accounting firm as a qualified assistant for two (2) years and worked in the New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad, a public listed company, as Internal Auditor heading the Internal Audit Department for five and a half years (5½) and was promoted to Manager, Organisition & Method, a department created to conduct efficiency and productivity study during the economic crisis in 1986. He held the position for three (3) years. Thereafter, he joined an advertisement production house as a finance consultant for four (4) years before he joined Messrs. SK Hiew & Associates in 1996, where he became the Principal-In-Charged of the Kajang Branch of the firm.
