Board of Directors

Dato Richard Wee was appointed to the Board on 11 July 2016. He holds a Diploma of Management Development from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila in 1981. In the same year after the graduation, he assumed the position of Acting General Manager with Eastern Oxygen Sdn Bhd (EOSB). EOSB involved in industrial gas manufacturing and trading. Subsequently he was appointed as the Managing Director for EOSB in 1986.

During his tenure with EOSB, he played instrumental roles in growing and implementing strategies for the company, inclusive a listing exercise on the Second Board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now known as Bursa Securities) (“KLSE”) on 27th December 1995 under Eastern Oxygen Berhad (EOB). He oversaw the internal restructuring exercises and he applied diversification into shipping industry in 1998.  This exercises further led to the transfer of EOB’s listing status to the Main Board of KLSE in 2001 under the name of EOX Group Berhad.

EOX Group Berhad changed its name to Hubline Berhad in 2004 and he remained in executive position until 2005. He was subsequently re-appointed as Hubline Berhad Non-Executive Vice/ Deputy Chairman in 2017 and was re-appointed as the Executive Chairman with Hubline Berhad since 2020.

Ting Ing Thai, is the founder of Borneo Food Land Cold Storage Sdn Bhd. He was appointed to the Board on 14 July 2017. He is responsible for overseeing the operations of Borneo Food Land Cold Storage Sdn Bhd and its business strategies.

He completed his secondary education in St Thomas Secondary School, Kuching, Sarawak in 1979. Ever since, he began his career with his family-owned Ting & Ting Supermarket.  Ting & Ting Supermarket was the first supermarket to establish in Kuching. He was responsible for the daily operations of the business.

In 1990, he established Prime Cuts, a company principally involved in the distribution of frozen food, offering various cuts and grades of meat, butchery and other meat-related products. As the business grew, he then established Borneo Food Land Cold Storage Sdn Bhd in 2000 to assume the operations of Prime Cuts.

Peter Chin Mui Khiong is an Independent Non-Executive Director as well as an Audit Committee of the Group. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1983 and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 1987. An Accountant by profession, he has more than 35 years of experience leading in the areas of audit, business advisory services, assurance and corporate finance services for various industries within Sarawak and Sabah.

Peter was a Partner of the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson/ Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamad from 1997 to 2002. From 2002 until his retirement in June 2015, he was a Partner in Ernst & Young, Malaysia.

He presently serves as a board member of Development Bank Of Sarawak Berhad (DBOSB), as well as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Landmarks. In addition, he is also the Audit Committee Chairman, Remuneration Committee Chairman and the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Hubline Berhad.

Lim Kuan Yew was appointed to the Board in May 2022. He holds a degree in MBA from Brunel University, London in the United Kingdom and started his career in grocery retailing and FMCG distribution in 1983.

He joined Ben Food (Brunei) Sdn Bhd as the General Manager in 1992 and retired at the end of 2021. In Ben Food (Brunei) Sdn Bhd , he headed the setting up of new supermarkets and was involved in the acquisitions of key agencies for distribution.

Puan Junijah Binti Ismail’s professional journey began as an Account Assistant at Toko Electronic (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd. from June 1992 to November 1995. During this period, she was involved in finalizing full sets of accounts, preparing the company budget, managing fund flow, handling fixed assets, and maintaining payroll records. Subsequently, she joined Gegasan Sdn. Bhd. from December 1995 to November 1997 as an Accounts Executive, where she was responsible in analysing monthly accounts, fixed assets management inventory control, preparation of company’s budget and reports to the Finance Manager.

From December 1997 to October 2020, she joined Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites, firstly as a Hotel Accountant before she was promoted to Acting Financial Controller in November 2005. Thereafter in November 2015 she was made as Financial Controller where she was responsible in managing the Finance Department, and assisted the General Manager and the management for the hotel in establishing and administering a system of positive follow-up, review and controls. Subsequently, on 16 November 2020, she joined IBZ Mineral Resources Sdn. Bhd., a company which carries out quarry activities, as a Finance Manager.

In April 2022, she was made the Finance Manager for IBZ Corporation Sdn. Bhd., a position which she holds until today. She was then appointed as a Director of IBZ Mineral Resources Sdn. Bhd. on 8th July 2022, a position which she still holds until today. On 26th May 2023, she was appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Ibraco Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.