Elaine Tan Ai Lin

Board Director at HWBG

Ms. Elaine Tan Ai Lin was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 2 January 2013. She was appointed on 19 March 2013 as a member of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Subsequently, on 13 June 2018, she was appointed as Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and on 22 June 2018, as the Senior Independent Director to whom concerns may be conveyed. She was appointed as a member of Risk Management Committee on 30 May 2019.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom. She was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2001. She chambered and practiced in several firms prior to joining Messrs Tan, Goh & Associates as a partner in 2011. She has over 19 years of experience practicing as an advocate and solicitor specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate and commercial matters.

Ms. Elaine Tan has no shareholding whether direct or indirect in the Company and its subsidiaries. She does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company. She has no directorship in other public companies.

She has never been convicted for any offenses within the past five years and neither been imposed any public sanction or penalty by any regulatory bodies during the financial year.