Yap Phing Cern

Mr Yap Phing Cern (Malaysian, age 59) joined the Board of GLBHD as an Executive Director on 26 December 2001 and was appointed as the Managing Director on 14 November 2002. On 7 May 2004, he has been redesignated as Chief Executive Officer. He also serves GLBHD as the Chairman of Employees’ Share Scheme Committee.

He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Washington State University, Washington, U.S.A. in 1987.

He started his career in 1987 as an Executive Assistant to the Managing Director of a quarry operator in Johor. He joined the Group in 1989 as a Director, taking charge of the sawmill operations. He has more than 10 years’ experience in the timber manufacturing and lodging industry. He was also actively involved in palm oil estate operation and management, and oil palm development and cultivation.

Currently he oversees the Group’s operations and is also involved in the planning, formulation and implementation of the Group’s business strategies.

He is a substantial shareholder of GLBHD. He is the brother of Ms Yap Fei Chien, an Executive Director of GLBHD.

Save as disclosed above, he has no family relationship with any other directors or substantial shareholders of the Company. There is no conflict of interest with the Company except those transactions disclosed on pages 129 to 131 of the Annual Report 2022. Within the past 5 years, he has no conviction for offences.