Edmond Cheah Swee Leng

Biography

 Was appointed to the Board of Adventa Berhad on 9 August 2004. He is member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Association of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales. He is also a certified financial planner. His professional experience has been in the fields of audit, merchant banking, corporate and financial advising, portfolio and investment management, unit trust management and financial planning. Mr. Cheah was the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Public Mutual Fund Berhad, the largest private unit trust management company in Malaysia. He was also a council member and Chairman of the Secretariat of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers (FMUTM), a former Task Force Member on Islamic Finance for Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre (LOFSA) and a former member on the Securities Market Consultation Panel in the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is a founder member and former past President of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), and is the current Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Mr. Cheah sits on the Board of Nylex Malaysia Berhad, Ancom Berhad and Ancom Logictics Berhad, all of which are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is also an Investment Committee Member and Director of MAAKL Mutual Berhad, a subsidiary of MAA Holdings Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

Research Interest

 Was appointed to the Board of Adventa Berhad on 9 August 2004. He is member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Association of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales. He is also a certified financial planner. His professional experience has been in the fields of audit, merchant banking, corporate and financial advising, portfolio and investment management, unit trust management and financial planning. Mr. Cheah was the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Public Mutual Fund Berhad, the largest private unit trust management company in Malaysia. He was also a council member and Chairman of the Secretariat of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers (FMUTM), a former Task Force Member on Islamic Finance for Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre (LOFSA) and a former member on the Securities Market Consultation Panel in the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is a founder member and former past President of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), and is the current Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Mr. Cheah sits on the Board of Nylex Malaysia Berhad, Ancom Berhad and Ancom Logictics Berhad, all of which are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is also an Investment Committee Member and Director of MAAKL Mutual Berhad, a subsidiary of MAA Holdings Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.