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1. Choy Sen @ Chin Kim Sang
Executive Chairman

Choy Sen @ Chin Kim Sang was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Company on 28 January 2005. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company.

He has been the Managing Director of K.S. Chin Minerals Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the Company since 1984. He is also the founder of the Minetech Resources Berhad ("MRB") Group. He has accumulated almost 30 years of experience in the provision of quarrying services and specialised services for the quarrying and civil engineering industries. He received his Masters in Business Administration from the Southern Pacific University, United States in 2004. He is also an Associate of the Institute of Quarrying Malaysia and a registered Shot-Firer with the Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Malaysia and Polis Diraja Malaysia.

His career started in 1973 as a Clerk at Poh An, a sole proprietorship engaged in trading. He left and joined Ong Ah Kow Drilling & Blasting Contractor, a sole proprietorship, as a Site Clerk in 1975. In 1977, he left and established Chin Construction, a sole proprietorship focusing on drilling and blasting works. In 1984, he subsequently incorporated K.S. Chin Construction Sdn Bhd (now known as K.S. Chin Minerals Sdn Bhd) to take over the business operations of Chin Construction. In 1989, he expanded his business to incorporate Minetech Construction Sdn Bhd, to provide specialised drilling and blasting, loading and haulage services focusing on rock excavation and infrastructure development projects. Subsequently, he established Minetech Industries Sdn Bhd in 1994 to support the Group's operations in trading of industrial machinery spare parts. In 1998, Minetech Quarries Sdn Bhd commenced operations focusing on the sales and marketing of aggregates. As part of his intentions to provide value-added products using aggregates, he established Minetech Premix Sdn Bhd to provide asphalt premix to the road construction and maintenance industry.

As the founder, he has been the main driving force behind the development, growth and expansion of the MRB Group. He is responsible for strategic planning of the business including the overall direction and vision of the Group. Some of his main contributions include the Group's strategic diversification into long-term quarry operations in 1991. The Group flourished under his leadership and was listed on the Second Board of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad ("Bursa Securities") on 22 July 2005.

Apart from Minetech Resources Berhad, he is not a director of any other public company.

He is a director in several private limited companies. He is a substantial shareholder of MRB. He has no material conflict of interest with the Group other than that which has been disclosed to the Audited Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report.

2. Lee Kah Keng @ Lee Kah Heng
Group Managing Director

Lee Kah Keng @ Lee Kah Heng was appointed as the Group Managing Director on 28 January 2005. He was the chief operating officer / director of Hwa Tai Industries Berhad ("Hwa Tai"), a company listed on the Second Board of Bursa Securities from 1998 to 2004. However, he had since resigned as director of Hwa Tai on 1 August 2005.

A graduate in mechanical engineering, he also holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Hull, United Kingdom.

He has extensive experience in the field of workshop management, solid waste management, ready mixed concrete and lime products, quarrying and general management.

Prior to his appointment as the chief operating officer of Hwa Tai, he was the managing director of Lime & Lime Products Sdn Bhd, a 100% owned subsidiary of Megafirst Corporation Berhad, a company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Securities and also the Executive Director of Rock Chemicals Industries Bhd, a company listed on the Second Board of Bursa Securities from 1995 to 1997.

He was also with IJM Corporation Bhd from 1989 - 1995 taking charge of its quarrying / premix as well as its ready mixed concrete business under the industries division.

He has no material conflict of interest with the Group. Currently, he does not hold any other directorships in other public companies.

3. Loh Yee Kwan
Group Deputy Managing Director

Loh Yee Kwan was appointed as the Group Deputy Managing Director on 28 January 2005. He graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with an Honours Degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) in 1987. In 1991, he obtained his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. He is a Graduate Member of the Institute of Engineers of Malaysia and a Member of the Institute of Quarrying Malaysia.

He began his career in 1988 as an Engineer with Rukumus Sdn Bhd, where he was responsible for site planning and supervision. In 1988, he left and joined LP Consultants Sdn Bhd as an Engineer before leaving in 1989 to take up the position as a Civil Engineer with Engineering & Environmental Consultants Sdn Bhd. In 1992, he joined Job Builders Sdn Bhd, part of the Properties Division of the Lion Group, as Project Manager and was primarily responsible for the project management of various property development projects.

He was appointed as the General Manager at Minetech Construction Sdn Bhd in 1994 and was later appointed as the Deputy Managing Director at K.S. Chin Minerals Sdn Bhd in 2002. Currently, his main responsibilities include overseeing the operations and overall management of the various companies in the Group.

Apart from MRB, he is not a director of any other public company. He is a director in several private limited companies.

He has no material conflict of interest with the Group other than that which has been disclosed to the Audited Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report.

4. Low Choon Lan
Executive Director

Low Choon Lan was appointed as the Executive Director of the Company on 28 January 2005. She received her Masters in Business Administration from the Southern Pacific University, United States in 2004. She was appointed as the Executive Director of K.S. Chin Minerals Sdn Bhd in 1984, Minetech Construction Sdn Bhd in 1989 and Minetech Quarries Sdn Bhd in 1996 where she oversaw the human resources, administration and purchasing divisions of the Group. Her present responsibilities include managing and overseeing the public relations activities of the Group.

Apart from MRB, she is not a director of any other public company. She is a director in several private limited companies.

She is a substantial shareholder of MRB. She has no material conflict of interest with the Group other than that which has been disclosed to the Audited Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report.

5. Datin Norhaliza Binti Abdullah
Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director

Datin Norhaliza Binti Abdullah was appointed as a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director of the Company on 28 January 2005. She is also a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company.

She is a graduate of the City and East London University where she became a Fellow British Dispensing Optician in 1980. In 1999 she obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Charles Sturt University.

Datin Norhaliza began her working career as an assistant optician in 1977 and subsequently from 1980 to 1983 she was an optometrist with Standard Optician, Kuala Lumpur. She formed her own optometry business with Optician Norhaliza Sdn Bhd in which she became the executive chairperson, a position she continues to hold todate.

She has no material conflict of interest with the Group.

Apart from MRB, she is not a director of any other public company. She is a director in several private limited companies.

6. Phoon Sow Cheng
Independent, Non-Executive Director

Phoon Sow Cheng was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 28 January 2005. She is also the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

She was an articled student pursuing accountancy training under an international firm of public accountants in Penang and subsequently in Kuala Lumpur.

She is a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, an Associate Member of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia and a Fellow Member of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation.

She has no material conflict of interest with the Group.

Apart from MRB, she is not a director of any other public company. She is a director in several private limited companies.

7. Chai Woon Chew
Independent, Non-Executive Director

Chai Woon Chew was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 28 January 2005. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degree from the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom, Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom and is a Barrister at Law at Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom.

In 1994, he was admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate and Solicitor. He is currently the chief executive partner of Messrs Michael Chai & Co, a legal firm in Kuala Lumpur. He also gained experience in tin-mining, rubber, and oil palm plantation and property development before he began his career as a lawyer. He sits on the board of various other private companies and is a director of KKB Engineering Berhad, a public listed company.

He has no material conflict of interest with the MRB Group other than that which has been disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report.