Friday, June 18, 2010

Guocoland appoints new MD

KUALA LUMPUR: Guocoland (M) Bhd has appointed Yeow Wai Siaw as its managing director effective on Wednesday, June 16, to take over the reins from Poh Yang Hong.

Poh has been redesignated as a non-independent and non-executive director.

Yeow, 45, was formerly HAP SENG CONSOLIDATED BHD []'s head of group business development prior to his appointment to helm Guocoland.

Prior to his appointment at Hap Seng Consolidated, Yeow was LAFARGE MALAYAN CEMENT BHD []'s commercial division head from 2000 to 2006. He was a senior associate at management and consulting firm McKinsey & Co Inc from 1998 to 2000.

Yeow holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from University of TECHNOLOGY [] Malaysia, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the University of Hull, UK, and a mini-MBA from global business school INSEAD.


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