Board Of Directors
Tan Sri Dato’ Samshuri bin Arshad
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Tan Sri Dato’ Samshuri bin Arshad, a Malaysian, Male, aged 81 was appointed as Chairman on 28 June 2004 and redesignated as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 28 February 2013. He was a police officer with the Royal Malaysian Police force, which he served for 34 years. He retired from the police force upon reaching the compulsory retirement age of 55 years on 5 May 1997. His last appointment was as Deputy Inspector General of Police, a post he held for 3½ years. He has considerable experience in police operations, management, command and control, criminal investigations and also served as the Chief Police Officer in Selangor, Sabah and Perak.
Tan Sri Dato’ Samshuri has benefited from wide regional and international exposures and networking when he served as the head of missions for Interpol, the Association of Asean Police Forces and the United Nations Crime Prevention Commission (Vienna). He had undergone international police training in Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom (“UK”). He also attended the leadership and management programmes conducted by Harvard Business
School in United States of America, National Training Institute in South Korea and the Imperial Defence College in the UK.
Datuk Tan Kak Seng
Managing Director
Datuk Tan Kak Seng was appointed as the Managing Director of Binastra Corporation on 17 January 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.
Datuk Tan Kak Seng began his career in 1997 by joining H S Liao Consulting Engineer Sdn Bhd as Civil and Structural Design Engineer where his responsibilities include structural designing, project supervising, and coordinating. Subsequently, he joined Binastra Construction (M) Sdn Bhd (“Binastra Construction”) in 2000, which is principally involved in building construction where it undertakes various construction projects including, inter-alia, construction works for residential, commercial, and mixed developments. He is the director and major shareholder of Binastra Construction, where he oversees the implementation and completion of the construction projects undertaken by Binastra Construction. His responsibilities include, amongst others, contract bidding and negotiations, progress monitoring, project costing monitoring and overseeing and managing all major aspects of construction projects.
Currently, Datuk Tan Kak Seng is responsible for the overall day-to-day management and formulation of the Group’s business plans and strategies.
Mr. Lee Seng Yong
Executive Director
Mr Lee Seng Yong, a Malaysian, Male, aged 39, was appointed to the Board as Executive Director on 17 January 2023. He pursued his tertiary education at Curtin University in the field of Business Commerce. Mr. Lee has more than 11 years of experience developing strategies to promote the mission of organisation and building a strong team of leaders.
He started his career in 2008 by founding Luzzone Concept which was involved in the wallpaper business until 2011. Mr Lee is the Executive Director of Ideal Workz Sdn Bhd with principal activities as builders & contractors for building completion & finishing work, a position which he held since 2012. He is also the Executive Director of Totalbuildz Sdn Bhd which principally engaged as builders and contractors for construction work since 2018.
Currently, Mr Lee is assisting the Managing Director in the overall day-to-day management and formulation of the Group’s business plans and strategies.
Mr. Teh Soon Hin
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Teh Soon Hin, a Malaysian, Male, aged 46, was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director and as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 17 January 2023. He is a Certified Practising Accountant of the CPA Australia, a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Chartered Professional Accountant of the ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant, a Chartered Tax Practitioner of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia and a Certified Public Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from the Universiti Utara Malaysia
Mr Teh has more than fifteen (15) years of accounting and tax experience in public practice and also public listed companies. He is currently a partner of Imran Teh and Associates PLT, an accounting firm. He is also a Chartered Tax Practitioner of JS Taxation and Consultancy Sdn Bhd. He also acts as an advisor for Fair Consulting (M) Sdn Bhd, a consulting firm with headquarters in Japan that specialises in business process outsourcing services.
Mr. Low Tuan Lee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Low Tuan Lee, a Malaysian, Male, aged 44, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee on 11 November 2021. He has more than eighteen (18) years of financial industry experience, covering diverse areas including banking products development, structured investment & foreign exchange products, financial modelling and valuation, cross border trade and cash asset management and risk governance. His core expertise is on the provision of products and solutions to commercial clients that operates in different regions. He has executed various financial exercise entities in mainland China, Hong Kong and off-shore multilateral.
Mr Low started off his career as audit trainee in Ernst & Young and subsequently joined AIG Malaysia as an actuarial analyst focusing on product pricing and development before he relocated to Singapore MetLife as actuarial manager in 2006. Mr Low then continues his overseas career in Standard Chartered Bank Shanghai China as Director covers various roles including cross border client coverage, product design development, derivative
products solutions, offering relative value trade and cash structured ideas, market information and performance strategies. In addition to Mr Low’s banking experience, he continues to venture into financial consultancy focusing on private and corporate fundraising, pre-IPO preparatory as well as strategy advisor for mergers and acquisitions opportunities for Greater China clienteles.
Ms. Tan Mai Yean
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms. Tan Mai Yean, a Malaysian, Female, aged 49 was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 17 January 2023. She was also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee as well as the Chairman of Remuneration Committee on even date.
Ms Tan holds a LLB (Hons) in Law from the University of Wales, Swansea and was admitted to the English Bar as a Barrister At-Law from Lincoln’s Inn in 1997. She returned to Malaysia to complete her pupillage and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1998.
Ms Tan started her career in a legal firm in Kuala Lumpur, handling corporate and project conveyancing work. In 2000, she left practice to join Europlus Berhad, a company dealing with property development. Her scope of work included vetting of corporate and loan agreements. She also dealt with the company’s litigation work.
In 2001, Ms Tan joined Insas Berhad’s legal department, overseeing all areas of compliance on the rules, regulations and laws of a public listed entity. In 2002, she left Insas Berhad to join Seloga Holdings Berhad, a construction company as their Legal Counsel. She was responsible for the legal, secretarial and compliance functions of the company. She was also involved in the corporate restructuring and fund raising exercise of the company.
In 2008, Ms Tan set up her own practice as Mai & Co. in Kuala Lumpur. Having been in practice for more than 20 years, Ms Tan has extensive legal experience in corporate and commercial matters mainly listings and restructurings, due diligence and mergers and acquisitions.