Board of Directors

Tay Ben Seng, Benson

Malaysian, Male, aged 37
Executive Director

Joined Marquee International Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Focus Dynamics Group Berhad (FOCUS) in year 2012. He spearheaded the expansion of FOCUS and has been instrumentally in the successful yet distinctive brands of FOCUS. He is extensively involved in the areas of information technology, e-commerce, business development and brand conceptualization of FOCUS. Subsequently, he was appointed as Executive Director of FOCUS in Year 2017. He is fuelled with passionate towards conceiving and innovating lifestyle concepts in the food & beverage arena. Prior to joining FOCUS, he has vast experience in numerous fields, ranging from event management to Food & Beverage operations and conceptualizing new start-ups. In October 2020, he was appointed as non-executive director of Brahims Holdings Berhad.

He has Degrees in Commerce and Marketing & Management from Curtin University Technology, Perth.

Sim Yee Fuan

Malaysian, Male, aged 54
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee

Sim Yee Fuan was appointed to our Board on 10 September 2009 as Independent Non-Executive Director and was re-designated to Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 30 October 2017.

He graduated from University of Malaya with Bachelor of Accounting (Honour) and obtained his professional qualification from Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from Northern University of Malaysia. He is a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA).

He started his career with Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”) from 1991 to 1995 and had gained the banking experience in Balance of Payment Department (now known as Foreign Exchange Administration Department) and Bank Examination 1 Department (now known as Banking Supervision Department). During 1995 to 2006, he was attached to companies listed on the Bursa Securities where his job responsibilities were in the areas of accounting, finance, taxation and corporate management. Presently he is an Executive Director of Unimech Group Berhad, an Independent Non-Executive Director of Eurospan Holdings Berhad and SCH Group Berhad respectively who are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities.

He does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of SAUDEE, nor any conflict of interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.

He has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial period ended 31 July 2017.

Chen Chee Peng

Malaysian, Male, aged 57
Independent Director

Mr.Chen Chee Peng started his career as a Computer Aided Design Development Engineer in California, 1987. He had worked in the United States for 4 years as a software engineer before coming back to Malaysia. He specializes in communication infrastructure development in the telecommunication industry. Besides, he has a wide IT knowledge in Sun Solaris System, HP-U System, Tandem Fault Tolerant Systems, Windows System, other programming languages.

He earned his Master of Business Administration from Southern Cross University, Australia and his Bachelor of Science in Computer & Information Science from Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, United States.

Datuk Sham Shamrat Sen Gupta

Malaysian, Male, aged 43
Independent Director

Datuk Shamrat worked in AFFINBANK Corporate HQ in the Marketing & Retail Banking Department. He was appointed General Manager, South East Asian Operations of an I.T. company in K.L. and also for a short period after that as General Manager of a Security Systems company. Datuk Shamrat joined a HR and Training Company as Marketing/International Relations Director where he eventually served as Executive Director. Datuk Shamrat is the founding director and currently Managing Director of S & S Quest Resources Sdn Bhd (formed 2010) a G7, Bumiputera civil construction and management consulting company and is a Director/investor in multiple other private listed entities in the fields of Consulting, IT, Rail Infra and F&B among others.

He is a Fellow and a Member of the Institute of Administrative Management (UK). Datuk Shamrat graduated in the field of Management & International Business from University of Northumbria, UK and Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.