B.Sc.(Hons) Economics, the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants

Mr Quah Chek Tin, a Malaysian, aged 74, joined the Board of Directors of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 27 August 2021 and was appointed as Chairman of the Board on 1 September 2021.

Mr CT Quah began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, London in 1974 before returning to Malaysia in 1977. He then joined the Genting Group and had a long and distinguished career in Genting from his early position as Treasurer to Director of Corporate Affairs and then as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Genting Malaysia Berhad as well as Executive Director of Genting Berhad before retiring in 2006.

After his retirement, he remained active in the corporate world as an independent non-executive director of several public listed companies, including Paramount from 2007 to 2019, during which time he had served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Mr CT Quah has, through his long career, accumulated a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills in corporate affairs and financial matters.

B.A. (Hons) in Politics and Sociology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Mr Benjamin Teo, a Malaysian, aged 37,  joined the Board of Paramount as an Executive Director on 22 August 2019 and became Deputy Group CEO on 1 September 2021. He assumed the position of Deputy Chairman on 20 August 2025.

Mr Teo started his career at Paramount as a management trainee in 2012. He rose through the ranks to the position of Director of Innovation at Paramount Property in 2015. He was subsequently appointed CEO of Paramount Property Development Sdn Bhd, a position he held until 31 August 2021.

In 2016, he founded Co-labs Coworking, which has since expanded significantly from one space to nine spaces across strategic locations in the Klang Valley and Johor. As of 31 December 2025, Co-labs Coworking had 186,000 square feet (sq. ft.) under management with an occupancy rate of 71%. Under his leadership, Co-labs Coworking emerged as the proud recipient of the Best Workspace Development Award and the Innovative Developer Award from the ASEAN Property Developer Awards 2023/2024.

Mr Teo also founded Scalable Malaysia in 2020, a one-stop workspace solutions provider offering tailored services including location sourcing, design, construction and after-build services. Under his leadership, Scalable Malaysia has received multiple accolades, including a Gold Award in the Best Restaurant Design category for Bidou as well as a finalist recognition in the Best Leisure and Wellness Design category for PXP Pickleball Club and the Best Workspace Design (>10,000 sq. ft.) category for Paramount’s office at the ATAP Design Awards 2025.

Fine-dining restaurant Dewakan and French restaurant Bidou, come under under Mr Teo’s management oversight and have achieved several significant milestones. Dewakan was the first Malaysian restaurant to be listed on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2019, a recognition it continued to receive through 2025. In 2023, Dewakan became the first Malaysian restaurant to be awarded two MICHELIN Stars and has retained them for three consecutive years, as well as the first and only Malaysian restaurant to earn a MICHELIN Green Star for 2025 and 2026. Bidou received the ‘Opening of the Year’ award from MICHELIN and was listed in the Selected category of the MICHELIN Guide Kuala Lumpur and Penang 2026.

Mr Teo was appointed as the designated sustainability officer to lead the Group’s sustainability agenda, ensuring dedicated management focus.

Mr Teo is also an alternate director to Mr Jeffrey Chew, who is a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Envictus, an associate company of Paramount.

Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom

Fellow of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB)

Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants

Mr Jeffrey Chew, a Malaysian, aged 60,  joined Paramount on 1 July 2014 as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and was appointed to the Board on 8 June 2015.

Under his leadership, Paramount has achieved sustained growth and diversification. Since 2015, Paramount has launched 20 property projects in Selangor and Kedah and expanded into Penang in 2016 and Kuala Lumpur in 2021. It also strengthened its regional footprint through a joint-venture property development in Bangkok in 2020 and in 2024, further enhanced its international presence via an equity investment offering access to the United Kingdom and Australian property markets.

Guided by his strategic vision, Paramount achieved a significant milestone in 2024 with the issuance of its first sustainability-linked sukuk, reinforcing the Group’s commitment to integrating business practices with environmental stewardship. In the same year, the Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework received a Gold Impact Assessment from MARC Ratings Berhad.

In 2025, Mr Chew led the strategic investment of Envictus International Holdings Limited (Envictus), expanding the Group into the high growth food and beverage sector, and was subsequently appointed a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Envictus.

He unlocked value in the pre-tertiary education segment by scaling Paramount’s single-campus school operations into Malaysia’s largest pre-tertiary education group by 2019, followed by a full exit from the business in 2022. In 2018, Paramount divested the majority stake of its home-grown KDU tertiary education institutions to the University of Wollongong, an Australian public university.

Paramount and its businesses received multiple industry recognitions, including Top Five and Top 10 rankings at the Malaysia Developer Awards 2025 and StarProperty Awards 2025, respectively.

Prior to joining Paramount, Mr Chew spent over two decades in the banking industry. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1987 and, thereafter, joined Citibank Berhad in 1991, leaving as General Manager of Commercial Banking.

In 2003, he joined OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC) as Head of SME Businesses and was subsequently promoted to Head of Business Banking. He was then appointed Director and CEO of OCBC in August 2008, a position that he helmed for six years. During his tenure, he also served as a Director of Credit Bureau Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (CBM), Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC) and OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad.

Mr Chew was on the Advisory Committee of ACCA Malaysia until 2017 and was a member of the Small Debt Resolution Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia until December 2023. He is currently an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Asian Banking School.

Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom

Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants

Mr Ong Keng Siew, a Malaysian, aged 69,  joined the Board of Paramount on 14 November 1994 and was redesignated as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 14 August 2014. He assumed the role of Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Paramount on 3 August 2022.

Mr Ong began his career with the Group as an Accountant in 1981 and was promoted to Finance and Administration Manager in 1984. He was subsequently appointed as General Manager to oversee the operations of the property development and construction divisions in 1989.

Mr Ong assumed the post of Deputy Group Managing Director and Deputy Group CEO in 1997 before succeeding the late Dato’ Teo Chiang Quan as the Managing Director and CEO of Paramount on 1 December 2008.

On 18 June 2012, after serving the Group with distinction for more than 30 years and ensuring that it was on a strong footing, he retired as the Managing Director and CEO of Paramount.

In addition to his directorship in public listed companies, Mr Ong also serves as a director of Perbadanan Aset Keretapi (Railway Assets Corporation), a federal statutory body established under the Railway Act 1991.

Fellow of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia

Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom

Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants

Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom

Mr Quah Poh Keat, a Malaysian, aged 73, joined the Board of Paramount on 8 June 2016.

Mr PK Quah was a partner of KPMG Malaysia since 1 October 1982 before rising through the ranks to become the firm’s Senior Partner (currently referred to as Managing Partner) on 1 October 2000.

Prior to taking up the position as Senior Partner, he led the Tax Practice and the Japanese Practice in KPMG Malaysia. He was also a member of the KPMG Japanese Practice Council, a governing body within KPMG International that oversees all Japanese Practices within KPMG. During his tenure as Senior Partner, he also served as a member of the KPMG Asia Pacific Board and KPMG International Council. Mr PK Quah retired from KPMG Malaysia on 31 December 2007.

After his retirement, he joined the board of Public Bank Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director from 30 July 2008 to 1 October 2013. He was then appointed as the Deputy CEO of the bank, a position that he held until 31 December 2015.

Thereafter, he remained active in the corporate world as an independent non-executive director of several listed and non-listed public companies.

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne, Australia

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Master of Business Administration, Monash University, Australia

Chartered Banker, Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers

Ms Foong Pik Yee, a Malaysian, aged 66,  joined the Board of Paramount on 22 August 2019.

Ms Foong began her career as an auditor at KPMG Singapore and moved to Australia in 1983 to pursue her professional qualification and a Master of Business Administration degree. She stayed on in Australia for another nine years, acquiring skills at various organisations, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, JP Morgan, HSBC and ANZ Banking Group.

In 1993 after returning to Malaysia, she joined Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). In the course of her 19 years at SCB, Ms Foong took on various leadership roles and across many geographies, including as Group Head of Credit Operations, Head of Sales for Corporate Banking in Hong Kong, Chief Operating Officer for Wholesale Banking and Chief Financial Officer of SCB Malaysia. She also served as the CEO of SCB Lebanon from 2008 to 2012.

Ms Foong returned to Malaysia under the Talentcorp Returning Expert programme in 2013 and joined Hong Leong Bank Berhad as its Chief Financial Officer until her retirement in June 2019. Thereafter, she remained active in the corporate world as an independent non-executive director of several public companies, and she also serves on the Industry Advisory Board of Monash University Malaysia. She is also involved in the women in leadership mentoring programmes of the 30% Club, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia. Ms Foong was a recipient of the ‘Most Inspiring Woman’ in the ‘Great Women of Our Time’ awards from the Malaysian Women’s Weekly Magazine in 2007.

Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore

Ms Yoong Sin Min, Malaysian, aged 66, joined the Board of Paramount on 1 July 2025.

Ms Yoong Sin Min chose to return to Malaysia after graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1984. She was admitted to the Malayan Bar in 1985 after completing her pupillage. She is an experienced lawyer who commenced her legal career with Messrs Shook Lin & Bok in 1985 and eventually became a senior partner of the firm until retirement on 1 January 2022, but remained as a consultant until her cessation from legal practice on 1 August 2023. She was also the co-head of the Dispute Resolution practice of the firm and headed the Banking and Finance Litigation Department.

Ms Yoong’s legal career spanned more than 38 years in which her legal expertise included matters relating to banking and finance, land and property, corporate disputes, restructuring/insolvencies and private debt securities. She was lead counsel in numerous landmark appellate (Court of Appeal and Federal Court) decisions in Malaysia and had been frequently recognised by several established legal publications including Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Chambers Asia Pacific and Asialaw Profiles as well as being listed in Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal.

Ms Yoong also served as a member of the Financial Stability Executive Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia (a Committee introduced under the Central Bank Act 2009 to support Bank Negara’s statutory mandate of preserving financial stability) from 2016 to end of 2022. She currently sits on the board of directors of a financial institution.