Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Datuk Kenny Liew is the founder of our Group and the Chief Executive Director. He was appointed to our Board on 27 March 2018. He is responsible for the overall management of our Group’s operations, strategic planning and development of our business strategies and direction. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Civil Engineering in 1983, a Master in Science (Operational Research) in 1985 and a Master in Business Administration in 1986, with all three qualifications from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.

Soon after his graduation in 1986, he started his early career as a marketing assistance in Yee Lee Trading Co. Sdn Bhd in 1986 where he was responsible in promoting the consumer products of the company to retailers. In 1988 he was given the opportunity to grow and develop the new division of the Yee Lee Oils Industries Bhd’s glove manufacturing entity, Cranberry (M) Sdn Bhd. During that period, he was responsible for promoting latex exam gloves to the healthcare and medical industries worldwide especially the USA, Canada and the European gloves Markets. A year later, he was based in San Francisco, USA as Vice President, tasked to set up the group’s office and warehouses in San Francisco, New Jersey and Houston, establish brandname for the group’s proprietary latex exam gloves named “Cranberry” and aggressively market “Cranberry” gloves in the USA via international events, conferences, products launch and exhibitions under the entity Malaytex USA, Inc, where he stayed for about four (4) years.

He returned to Malaysia in 1993 and joined Seal Polymer Industries Sdn Bhd as a Marketing Manager to oversee the international trade of exam gloves for that company and subsequently joined Sime Darby Plantations Sdn Bhd (Sime Latex Division) in 1994, and subsequently SJ Medical Products (M) Sdn Bhd in 1995. He was the Marketing Manager at both Sime Latex and SJ Medical Products (M) Sdn Bhd and was tasked to develop and explore new markets for gloves for these companies. He was actively involved in promoting products, services or brands and oversees all marketing and business development activities of these companies.

In 1997, he ventured into the property development sector and joined Tiaraview Sdn Bhd as an Assistant Project Manager. He became part of the team which developed housing projects for the company. During his time as an Assistant Project Manager, he was involved in oversee the property development projects by ensuring appropriate services are delivered through technical, engineering, project controls and commercial support function. In the second half of 1999, he established a partnership in glove manufacturing business named Flexitech Sdn Bhd (“Flexitech”), manufacturing high premium specialty cleanroom gloves for usage in the semi-conductor, pharmaceutical and medical sectors. He was the Marketing Director responsible in overseeing the domestic and international markets especially the USA, European countries, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines for the company. Flexitech was subsequently listed in Singapore under it holding company, called Medi-Flex Limited in 2004.

He left Flexitech in 2007 to join Hup Lek Engineering & Trading Sdn Bhd, a gloves machine fabricator as the company’s Marketing Manager with the responsibility to promote its gloves machines for domestic gloves factories. In 2010, he set up our first TOPVISION Eye Specialist Centre in Banting, Selangor as he views that significant reforms are needed in the medical eye care industry where the complicated eye surgeries such as retinal detachment can be carried out under day care arrangement. Under his leadership, our Group’s centres expanded to current five (5) centres with a fifth centre opened in the May 2018. From 2010 until 2015, he also served as the General Manager at HL Rubber Industries Sdn Bhd on a part time basis to help the company develop its gloves business.

Dr. Peter Chong is our Medical Doctor as well as an Executive Director. He was appointed to our Board on 27 March 2018. Dr. Peter graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2001.

He developed a strong interest in ophthalmology and was awarded a certification by the International Council of Ophthalmology, United Kingdom in May 2005.

He joined TOPVISION Eye Specialist Centre, Banting in 2010 as our first Consultant Ophthalmologist and Eye Surgeon in our Banting centre. 

Besides providing medical eye care consultation and carrying out treatment and surgical procedures, Dr. Peter is also involved in the management of clinical and operational matters of our Group’s eye specialist centres, supervising resident doctors and other practitioners in TOPVISION Group, setting up of new centres as well as recruitment of qualified doctors with the appropriate skills and experience to join the Group.

He is a registered medical practitioner with the Malaysian Medical Council since 2001, and the National Specialist Registry since 2012. He is also an ordinary member of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and a lifetime member of the Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology since 2010.

(Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee)

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Oxford Brookes University, U.K. and the Certificate of Legal Practice from the Legal Qualifying Board of Malaysia. He was admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate and Solicitor in 2011. In the same year, he commenced his earlier legal practice in a mid-sized law firm in Kuala Lumpur as a legal associate and was subsequently made a Partner in January 2015. In 2017, he founded Kenny Tan & Co and he is currently the managing partner of the said firm. He has experience in a diverse range of corporate and commercial transactions and his areas of practice include capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, listing, venture capital and security dealings. He also regularly advises companies of various industries on matters pertaining to directors duties, corporate governance, shareholders dispute, regulatory compliance and general litigation. He was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of LTKM BERHAD on 25 May 2017.

(Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee)

She obtained a Diploma in Accounting from RIMA College in December 1993. She was admitted as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (CIMA) in September 2002, where she became a Chartered Management Accountant. She is a Chartered Accountant and has been a member of the MIA since July 2018.

In May 1995, she started her career as a Management Trainee in Universal Cable (M) Bhd and was promoted to Financial Analyst in November 1995. She resigned in May 1996 to further pursue her studies as a management accountant under CIMA. She joined Teknion Furniture Systems (M) Sdn Bhd in August 1998 as a Financial Analyst, where she was exposed to financial forecasting, auditing, administration responsibilities and taxation computation. She left in April 1999 and joined Teletron Industries Sdn Bhd as a Cost Accountant where she was involved in cost-cutting measures by analysing process flow and components cost of the company.

Later, she joined Tunku Abdul Rahman College (Johore Branch Campus) as a full-time lecturer in August 2001, where she gave lectures on accounting subjects before leaving in January 2003. She founded Excel Edu2003 Sdn Bhd in February 2003, an educational centre.

In April 2012, she sold Excel Edu2003 Sdn Bhd and has been actively involved in community and charity work. She joined Befrienders Muar in March 2014 and subsequently Friends of Befrienders in 2018, a non-profit organisation providing emotional support.

She was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Seng Fong Holdings Berhad on 9 September 2021. She is also the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee of Seng Fong Holdings Berhad.

Ms. Lim sits on the Board of Ecomate Holdings Berhad, companies listed on Bursa Securities, as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 9 June 2023.

She was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti of Malaya since 2001. She receives subspecialty fellowship training in Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery at the Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Additionally, she is a member of the National Specialist Registry (NSR). Dr. Azida received an award from the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for her excellent services during the COVID-19 outbreak.

He began his career in January 1983 as an engineer on a contractual basis with the Department of Irrigation and Drainage of Terengganu between January 1983 to January 1985. In February 1985, he joined Ooi Bok Khoon & Co. as a civil engineer in building construction and was subsequently transferred to OBK Sdn Bhd upon its incorporation whereupon he stayed until December 1986. In January 1987, he left OBK Sdn Bhd to focus on his own business, Regal Construction Engineering, to undertake house renovation and construction projects. This business was subsequently terminated in June 1998.

In April 1988, he joined Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd as Site Engineer. He was promoted to Regional Manager in 1990 and later to Technical General Manager in 1994. He left Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd in 1996 to join Tiaraview Management Sdn Bhd as General Manager. He continued to serve as the General Manager of Tiaraview Management Sdn Bhd until August 2009 to oversee property development and construction management.

He joined the Engtex Group in September 2009 as the General Manager of Engtex Project Management Sdn Bhd to oversee property development, project and construction management till he reached the retirement age of 60. Subsequently, he has continued to serve the Engtex Group in the same capacity albeit under a yearly renewed contract since 2016.

At present, he is a director of Ivory Progression Sdn Bhd and the General Manager of EPCM Sdn Bhd, both of which are subsidiaries of Engtex Group Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities.