Lim Poh Teot

Lim Poh Teot was appointed to the Board as Director on 19 July 2002. He is a member of the Investment Committee.

He graduated from Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman with a Diploma in Commerce (Management Accounting) in 1987. In 1988, he attained his Professional Accountancy Certificate from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (“CIMA”). He has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) since 1991 and has been a Fellow of CIMA (“FCMA”) and is certifed as a Chartered Global Management Accountant (“CGMA”) since 9 April 1992 by the Association of International Certifed Professional Accountants (“AICPA”). He started his career in 1987 as an Assistant Accountant with Perusahaan Chan Choo Sing Sdn Bhd (“PCCS”). In 1989, he was responsible in setting up Harta Packaging Industries Sdn. Bhd. (“Harta”), the packaging operation of the PCCS group of companies. Subsequently, in 1992, he was promoted to Deputy Managing Director of Harta. In 1995, he was appointed as Group General Manager of PCCS Group Berhad when it was listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) Main Board. In 1997, he was involved in the listing of Harta on the Bursa Securities Second Board. Subsequently, he left the PCCS Group in 1999. He was the Chairman of the Batu Pahat Furniture Association from 2004 to 2010 and Vice President of the Johor Furniture Association (“JFA”) for the same period. During that period, he was also the Governing Committee of the Malaysia Furniture Industry Council (“MFIC”) and the Joint Council of MFIC and Malaysia Furniture Entrepreneur Association’s (“MFEA”) Head of Market Development Sub Committee. He was the Vice President, Batu Pahat Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Committee Member of the Commerce and International Trade and Industry Committee of the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Malaysia. In January, 2010, he was appointed by the Johor State Government as the Ex Officio representing the Batu Pahat Chinese Chamber of Commerce to the Majlis Perbandaran Batu Pahat for a period of 5 years. He is currently the President of the Batu Pahat Hoon Jiao Tung Association.