Koo Hoong Kwan

Biography

 Koo Hoong Kwan serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Mercury Industries Bhd. He was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on July 19, 2006. He serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company. He obtained the Degree of Bachelor in Economics (Honours) from the University of Malaya in 1969. He is a Fellow Member of the U.K. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (CA[M]). Additionally, he is a Certified Financial Planner and a Certified Quality Trainer. He commenced his working career as a Statistician in the Department of Statistics in 1969 and subsequently took up accountancy in 1976. He has had a diverse professional career. Between 1979 and 1982 he worked as an audit senior in a U.K. firm of Chartered Accountants and gained substantial auditing experience covering a range of business entities operating in different industries. He extended his auditing experience with a firm of Chartered Accountants in Perth when he moved to Australia in 1983. He subsequently joined a listed group of companies and worked as a Finance Manager, gaining exposure in a wide variety of industries. He later joined a firm of financial consultants as a freelance consultant advising on corporate debt re-structuring strategies. Upon his return to Malaysia in 1992, he worked as a Financial Controller in a shipping agency. Between 1998 and year 2000 he worked for Pancaran Ikrab Berhad as the Group Financial Controller and later had a short stint with the Company in a similar capacity. Mr. Koo also sits on the board of Benalec Holdings Bhd.

Research Interest

 accounting business and administration