Mr. Ng Gan Hooi was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 August 2024 and served as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Member of Chartered Accountants, in Australia and New Zealand, a Fellow member of Certified Public Accountants Australia, a Member of the Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
He was the Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2008 till 2023 and before this, he was the Associate to Executive Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1992 to 2007.
He has over 30 years of experience in the audit and business advisory profession. He has led and managed audits of public listed and private companies involved in various industries including manufacturing, trading, property development, construction and investment, hospitality, and leisure. Besides the provision of audit services, he has also been involved in due diligence exercises, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and listing of companies on various stock exchanges (eg., Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong) independent reviews of financial models as well as operational reviews including the assessment of internal control systems.
He has served as the engagement leader/partner on several major local conglomerates that are involved in various industries such as real estate development, construction, financial services, leisure, information technology, retail, hospitality, industrial products, automobiles, education, international tobacco company, manufacturing of building materials, manufacturing chips & semiconductor components and gaming.
He also has vast experience in the provision of cross-territories audit and non-audit services. He was also in the Assurance leadership team for more than 10 years as a member of the Assurance Executive Team and managed the group’s partners’ and managers’ portfolios and staff allocation. More importantly, set the group’s strategy and execution to meet KPIs or targets.
He is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Unisem (M) Berhad, a public listed company in Malaysia.