HOH CHEE MUN
Group Chief Financial Officer
Cum General Manager
Straits Energy Resources Berhad
60 years old, Malaysian Male
Qualification
A Chartered Accountant. Hoh Chee Mun completed his Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountant Professional (“MICPA”) Examination in 1993 (formerly known as Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountant), and was admitted as a Member of MICPA on 29 January 1994, and subsequently admitted into the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) as a Chartered Accountant on 24 October 1994.
Working Experience
Hoh Chee Mun commenced his accountancy career in 1985, with a 4-year articleship with BDO Binder as an Article Clerk before furthering his career in 1990 with Ernst & Young as an Audit Assistant, where he had completed his MICPA examination.
Thereafter, he left Ernst & Young in 1995 as an Audit Senior and joined Fella Group, a regional furniture manufacturer cum retailer as the Group Accountant, overseeing the accounts, finance, internal audit, human resources and information technology in 1996.
In 2005, he became the Finance Director of VHQ Group of Companies, overseeing the accounts, finance and corporate secretarial matters in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.
Between 2012 to 2017, he provided general management consultancy and Goods and Services Tax services in Malaysia. He was promoted to the Group Chief Financial Officer cum General Manager of the Company on 1 July 2022.
He was appointed as the Financial Controller of Straits Group in 2017, and was promoted to Group Chief Financial Controller cum General Manager on 1 July 2022.
From May 2015 to May 2024, he served as an independent non-executive director of QES Group Berhad, a leading integrated solution provider specialized in manufacturing, distribution and provision of engineering services for inspection, test, measuring, analytical and automated handling equipment in Malaysia which is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia (stock code: 0196). During his tenure in QES Group Berhad, he was the chairman of its audit committee until June 2022 before he became the chairman of its remuneration committee until May 2024.
Additional Notes On Key Senior Management
- Joined the Group on 1 April 2017.
- No family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including any interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries.
- No convictions for any offences within the past five (5) years and no public sanctions or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies (other than traffic offences) during the FPE2025.
- He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of TMDEL, a 65.08%-owned subsidiary of Straits listed on the NYSE American.