Teh Wei Keong, a Malaysian male aged 42, is our Independent Non-Executive Director. He was appointed on the Board on 12 September 2022.

He is the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Sustainability Commitee.

Teh Wei Keong graduated from Universiti Utara Malaysia with a Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours in 2008.

In November 2012, Teh Wei Keong became a Certified Information Systems Auditor under the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. He has been a member of the Certified Practising Accountant, Australia since 2013. In January 2017, he was admitted as a Chartered Accountant with MIA where he was appointed as a member of the Northern Regional Committee of MIA in 2021. In March 2019, he obtained his audit licence from the Ministry of Finance and became an approved company auditor.

He began his career as an Audit Associate in Assurance Services in 2008 at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was tasked to perform assurance work including system audits, financial audits and internal audits on clients. He was subsequently rose the ranks to Audit Executive Senior. After leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2012, he joined DPE Integration (M) Sdn Bhd as the Accounts and Administration Manager. Subsequently, he left DPE Integration (M) Sdn Bhd in 2013 and rejoined PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Audit Executive Senior. He rose to the position of Audit Senior Manager in 2016, where he was responsible for IT risk assurance work and financial assurance work on clients of the firm. In 2017, he left PricewaterhouseCoopers and joined KCK & Associates, a chartered accounting firm based in Pulau Pinang as an Audit Director.

He became a partner of the firm in 2019, jointly overseeing the firm’s operations with his other partners and acting as engagement partner for his portfolio of clients on assurance related engagements. In February 2020, KCK & Associates was converted to a limited liability partnership and changed its name to KCK & Associates PLT. Following this, he continues to hold his position as Audit Partner and took on further responsibility as the firm’s compliance officer.

He attended all the 6 board meetings during the financial year under review.