Directors Profiles
NGAU BOON KEAT
NGAU BOON KEAT is the Founder and Chairman of MyKasih Foundation. He is also Co-Founder and major shareholder of DIALOG and has been with the DIALOG Group since 1984. He is currently the Chairman and Group Managing Director of DIALOG. He is also a board member of Kertih Terminals Sdn Bhd, Centralised Terminals Sdn Bhd and the Chairman of Langsat Terminal (One) Sdn Bhd. He is also a Director in the ePetrol Group of Companies and WGC 2012, the company incorporated to organize and stage the 25th World Gas Conference in 2012.
He holds a Bachelor Degree (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and the Institution of Engineers, Singapore. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia.
He began his career in 1972 as a Refinery Engineer with Mobil Singapore Pte Ltd. He worked at PETRONAS Malaysia from 1975 to 1980 where he held various positions from Production Engineer to Engineering Manager. He has more than 37 years of working experience in both upstream and downstream of the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.
TAN SRI ABDUL RASHID HUSSAIN
TAN SRI ABDUL RASHID HUSSAIN was appointed as a Director of MyKasih Foundation on 24 July 2009. He currently operates an investment holding company under Arah Restu Sdn Bhd that has an operating unit involve in publication in addition to investments in private equities. He is the Chairman of the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Exchange Fellowship Foundation.
He was the Executive Chairman of the RHB Group of Companies, a company he founded and built over a span of 20 years. He has more than 30 years of experience in the securities, fund management, merchant banking, commercial and consumer banking businesses and has spent most of these at the forefront of change and development of the financial services industry in Malaysia.
He has been an active advocate in the development and evolvement of Malaysia and also continues to devote a great deal of his time to philanthropic initiatives. He is a founding member of the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Fellowship Exchange Foundation which was founded in 1993 with the objective of promoting education and encouraging learning in all fields through awarding grants and scholarships to deserving Malaysian individuals.
TAN SRI DATO' SERI MEGAT NAJMUDDIN BIN DATO' SERI DR HJ MEGAT KHAS
TAN SRI DATO' SERI MEGAT NAJMUDDIN BIN DATO' SERI DR HJ MEGAT KHAS was appointed as a Director of MyKasih Foundation on 30th September 2009. He currently sits as the Non-Executive Chairman of 5 public listed companies, i.e. Tradewinds Corporation Berhad, Asian Pac Holdings Berhad, Formis Resources Berhad (formerly known as My-Infotech (M) Berhad), MajuPerak Holdings Berhad and SEG International Berhad. He sits as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Dialog Group Berhad and Salcon Berhad.
He holds an Honours Degree in Law from University of Singapore. He is prominent in the corporate sector and holds several important posts. He is the President of both the Federation of Public Listed Companies Berhad ("FPLC") and the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance ("MICG").
He was a member of the High Level Finance Committee of the Ministry of Finance and Capital Market Advisory Council of the Securities Commission ("CMAC"). He was a member of the 2nd National Economic Consultative Council ("NECC2") and the Central Bank's Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee ("CDRC"). He now sits on UMNO Malaysia's Disciplinary Committee. He is also active in the Institute of Integrity Malaysia ("IIM"), Transparency International Malaysia (TIM), and an Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Law, UUM. He is currently sits as a member of Bank Negara Malaysia's Financial Directors' Education Steering Committee and Advisory Board of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
DATUK TAN KIM LEONG @ TAN CHONG MIN, J.P.
DATUK TAN KIM LEONG @ TAN CHONG MIN, J.P. was appointed as a Director of MyKasih Foundation on 30th September 2009. He is the Chairman of KOJADI. He is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Goldis Berhad, RHB Capital Berhad and RHB Investment Bank Berhad. He is also a Director of Amoy Canning Corporation (Malaya) Berhad and MCIS Zurich Insurance Berhad.
He holds a Professional Memberships in the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He is also a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia and the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA).
He has over 37 years of experience in major corporate and multinational organizations. He has extensive knowledge in corporate finance and restructuring work. He is the Director of Ng Teck Fong Foundation, Kojadi Skill Development Foundation and Yayasan Bursa Malaysia.
HO KAY TAT
HO KAY TAT was appointed as a Director of MyKasih Foundation on 30th September 2009. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Edge and The Edge Financial Daily.
He holds a Bachelor Degree in Social Science (Hons.) majoring in Political Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia.
He was appointed Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Edge and The Edge Financial Daily from 2005 to October 1, 2009. He has been in journalism for 26 years. He spent 6 years with the New Straits Times group, Malaysia's biggest newspaper company. He joined The Edge, a business and investment weekly in Malaysia, as Editor in August, 1996. He also assumed the role of Editor for Asia Inc, a regional business publication from 2003 until May 2005.
YBHG DATUK DR REBECCA FATIMA STA MARIA
YBHG DATUK DR REBECCA FATIMA STA MARIA was appointed as a Director of MyKasih Foundation on 22 January 2010.
A government employee, she is currently the Deputy Secretary General at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Datuk is also the Deputy Chairman of SME Corporation.
She has served at the Emmaus Counselling Centre, St Francis Xavier Church Petaling Jaya from 1993 to 2009 and was the director of the Centre from 2007 to 2009.
