Ms Kwan was appointed the Executive Director of the Company on 1st March 2018.
Ms Kwan graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting from University of Malaya. Upon graduation, Ms Kwan joined a Big-4 audit firm in Malaysia as an Audit Assistant in 1992 and was promoted to Audit Senior two years later. The portfolios of client which she audited included large multinational companies and local corporations. She is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
In 1995, Ms Kwan joined a food manufacturing-based public listed company as an Accountant and in 2000, was promoted to a Financial Controller. Her role as Financial Controller involved overseeing the accounts department, preparation of financial reports, overseeing all tax and regulatory/ compliance issues as well as contributing to decisions regarding financial strategy.
Ms Kwan joined Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad in 2007 as the Assistant General Manager of Finance Department taking charge of accounting and financial reporting. She was promoted to General Manager in 2009 and her scope of duties expanded to cover overall financial management, treasury and company secretarial functions. In 2013, following her exemplary leadership in strengthening the internal control processes, the Company promoted her to Assistant Director of Finance. In 2015, her scope of work was expanded to overseeing the Legal & Compliance department. She is currently been tasked to oversee the operations of the Information System Department.
Ms Kwan has no shareholdings in the Company and its associated company. She also has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. She attended all the Board meetings held during the financial year and has no convictions for any offences within the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
She is a Board representative of Panasonic Holdings Corporation (“PHD”), a major shareholder of the Company, which presents a conflict of interest in view of the recurrent related party transactions between PHD Group and the Company where she is involved in management decision making of contracts with PHD Group. The Company has and will continue to address this conflict of interest situation by seeking the approval of the shareholders to enter into the recurrent related party transactions with PHD Group and Ms Kwan will abstain from all Board deliberations and voting on matters related to this.