Steve Ooi Poh Lim
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)

Our Team.

Steve, a Malaysian aged 45, is our Promoter, substantial shareholder and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He was appointed to our Board on 1 October 2025. Steve does not play an executive role in our Group and is not involved in our day-to-day operations. His main contribution to our Group is in the capacity of an advisor for financial planning and accounting related matters. He brings with him over 20 years of professional experience in audit, assurance and corporate advisory.
 

Steve graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman Collage, Malaysia (now known as Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (“TAR-UMT”) in 2003. He was admitted as a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) in 2006 and later became a Fellow of the ACCA in 2011. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was admitted as a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants as a member in 2010. Additionally, he qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and was admitted as a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 2020.

Steve began his career in July 2003 as an Internal Audit Executive at Speedy Video Distributors Sdn Bhd, where he mainly conducted retail audits on inventories and fixed assets. In March 2004, he began his career in external audit when he joined Shamsir Jasani Grant Thornton (now known as Grant Thornton Malaysia) as an Assistant, Audit and Assurance and progressed to Supervisor before joining Ernst & Young Malaysia in October 2007 a Senior Associate, Audit and Assurance.
 

In January 2008, he joined KPMG Singapore as a Senior Associate, Audit and Assurance. In March 2009, he returned to Malaysia and joined SJ Grant Thornton (now known as Grant Thornton Malaysia) as a Manager, Audit and Assurance and movedthrough the managerial ranks to reach Audit Partner in October 2013. In July 2021, he left Grant Thornton Malaysia and joined TGS TW PLT as a Partner, a position he continues to hold to date. Throughout his career, Steve accumulated experience in corporate advisory for initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate exercises for listed and non-listed companies, external audit, financial due diligence and forensic investigations.