KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) has appointed Wong Kah Cane as its acting CEO effective March 13, taking over from Richard Yu Tuan Chong upon the expiry of the latter’s contract.
In a statement today, MTC said Wong, 52, joined the council on Nov 1, 2019 as deputy CEO. A Universiti Utara Malaysia graduate in Business Administration, he started his career in transforming SMEs into successful enterprises with his most notable contribution being in Eu Yan Sang, a traditional Chinese medicine company.
MTC has also appointed Roger Chin Chew Choy as its new chief operations officer, effective March 1. Prior to joining MTC, Chin was attached with Advance Information Marketing Bhd where he served as its executive director since January 2018, it said.
Chin, 54, a Bachelor of Law graduate from the University of Wolverhampton, has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services sector with international banks, specialising in consumer, corporate and Islamic banking.
MTC chairman Datuk Low Kian Chuan said the appointments of Wong and Chin further strengthens the management team of the council.
“With their combined fields of expertise, they would be great assets to the timber industry and MTC, a council under the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities,” Low added. – March 12, 2020, Bernama
