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Thong Teong Bun - Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Thong holds an MBA in Finance from University of Hull and Diploma in Banking and Finance. Mr Thong started his career in banking with Public Bank Berhad and move to Perwira Habib Bank Berhad (now Affin Bank Berhad) in 1990 as the Head of Credit & Marketing in Port Klang. His outstanding performance and leadership, enabled him to rise through the rank quickly leading to his promotion as the Regional Manager of Business Banking in 2002. In 2003, Mr Thong was tasked to Head, the Small and Medium Enterprise Banking Business Division of Affin Bank. He was responsible for formulating strategies and implementation of the SME Banking strategic thrust to broaden the bank core earnings in its SME Portfolio. He left the bank in 2004 as the Vice President to pursue business interest in Peoples’ Republic of China. He is currently the Strategic Business Advisor cum Business Partner of China Communications Services Corporation Limited (CCS) in Malaysia. CCS is listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange with major shareholders such as China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom. He is also the Independent & Non-Executive Director in Amtek Holdings Berhad, a Bursa Main Market listed company – a positioned he held since April 25, 2006. He is also serves as the President of the Zheng He Economic and Friendship Cultural Society in Malaysia with its objective of promoting greater regional collaboration among business in ASEAN under the Belt and Road Policy Initiative of the People’s Republic of China. He is also the Chairman of Hongda Group and now serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company.

Alex George - Chief Executive Officer
Alex studied law in University of South Wales and obtained his MBA (International Management) from University of Exeter. He then completed his 2nd postgraduate studies as a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance (CPIF) and is now a member of the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals. Alex bring with him over 21 years of working experience in various sectors, from banking, oil & gas, media/entertainment, property development & construction, duty free, engineering in oil & gas. He began his work experience in 1996 at MBf (one of the largest listed Finance Co. in Msia in 90’s) serving first in the M&A department, then later at MBf Cards dept. undertaking business development, sales & marketing role. Alex then had an 8-year stint with Astro (one of the largest media and entertainment company in South East Asia that provides direct-to-home satellite pay television services with footprints in several SEA countries) where he served at a senior executive position in the International Programming department and was handling several roles from legal, business development, finance reporting, administration and negotiation with various global companies. He subsequently headed the business development division in MPCB (a listed property development company in Malaysia and Flemingo International Ltd. (an established global player in across all Duty Free & Duty Paid verticals) as well as UMW Synergistic Generation Sdn. Bhd, a wholly owned company and engineering arm of UMW Holdings Berhad (a listed Malaysian GLC).

Shailen Gajera - Executive Director
Shailen has been involved in capital markets area since the year 2000 with particular expertise in private equity, fund management and regulatory compliance. Before assuming the position of fund manager with Hickham Capital, Shailen graduated with a degree in civil engineering and worked as a professional structural engineer with one of Malaysia's largest civil engineering consultancy firms, HSS Integrated Malaysia. In 2007, Shailen was appointed as Head of Corporate Finance at VCB where he was primarily responsible for assisting in corporate finance transactions, principally corporate restructuring, debt financing, preparing listing documents and advising in business matters as a management consultant. In 2008, Shailen was appointed as Fund Manager at VCB Capital Sdn Bhd ("VCB Capital") and later that year assumed the role of Registered Compliance Officer. Shailen was subsequently appointed as Head of Compliance at VCB Capital in 2012. In 2013, Shailen became Vice President for Management Consultancy and Private Equity at VCB and maintained the role of Head of Compliance until mid-2016. Shailen is also a Fund Manager at Ingenious Advisers Ltd in October 2016. He is now the Executive Director of the Company.

Simon Retter - Independent NED
Simon graduated from the University of Bristol in 2003 with a BSc Upper Second Class Honours in Accounting & Finance and started his career at Deloitte LLP where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He specialised in corporate finance work, co-ordinating reporting accountant’s work for AIM IPOs, preparing Long-form/Accountants Reports, Working Capital Reports and producing acquisition due diligence reports. Simon was Financial Director at Paragon Diamonds Ltd from April 2010 to March 2017 where as an original founding director he had sole responsibility for managing the IPO process and has raised £9 million in new equity to date. Simon is also currently the Chief Financial Officer of Horizonte Minerals Plc and Non-Executive Director of Equatorial Mining & Exploration plc (ISDX listed) as well as Finance Director at Vertu Capital Limited. Simon has extensive experience in public markets, specifically reverse takeovers, IPOs and secondary fundraising combined with high pressure and dynamic environments encountered in the start-up and growth phase of businesses. He is currently the Non-Executive Director of the Company.

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