Edmod Cheah Swee Leng
Chairman

Independent Non-Executive Director

Was appointed to the Board of Adventa Berhad on 9 August 2004. He is member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Association of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales. He is also a certified financial planner. His professional experience has been in the fields of audit, merchant banking, corporate and financial advising, portfolio and investment management, unit trust management and financial planning.

Mr. Cheah was the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Public Mutual Fund Berhad, the largest private unit trust management company in Malaysia. He was also a council member and Chairman of the Secretariat of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers (FMUTM), a former Task Force Member on Islamic Finance for Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre (LOFSA) and a former member on the Securities Market Consultation Panel in the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

Mr. Cheah sits on the Board of Nylex Malaysia Berhad and Ancom Berhad. Both companies are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is also an Investment Committee Member and Director of MAAKL Mutual Berhad, a subsidiary of MAA Holdings Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He is currently a Founder member and former past President of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), and is the current Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).

Managing Director of Terang Nusa Sdn Bhd, Nusaco Sdn Bhd, American Healthcare (M) Sdn Bhd and Director of PPM Sdn Bhd.

Was appointed to the Board on 10 May 2004 and is presently the Managing Director of the Company. He is the Chairman of the Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee and also a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Graduated in 1982 with Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), United Kingdom. Worked as Project Engineer in the World Bank Rural Development Project and later in Asian Development Bank aided Project.

Founded Terang Nusa Sdn. Bhd., the oldest subsidiary of the Group, in 1988 and has been the executive director since then. His experience includes project management and operations of manufacturing and assembly plants, financial control and strategic planning and marketing.

He now leads the Group in the areas of strategic planning, business development, new ventures, investments,acquisitions and product development.

He is not a director of any other public company.

Director of Nusaco Sdn Bhd, American Healthcare (M) Sdn Bhd and PPM Sdn Bhd.

Was appointed to the Board of Adventa Berhad on 10 May 2004 and is presently an Executive Director of the Company. She is also a member of the Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee.

She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

She has senior operation experience in audit and accounting. With more than 11 years’ experience in public practice she is now responsible for the group’s statutory and regulatory reporting, financial planning, budgeting and taxation.

She is not a director of any other public company.

Subsequent to his degree, he worked with a local manufacturing company before joining an international accounting firm, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now known as KPMG), from 1983 to 1985. Subsequently he joined a local accounting firm as a partner before practicing on his own under Messrs S T Toh & Co in 1997. He has vast experience in auditing, tax planning, corporate and financial advisory.

Mr Toh also sits on the board of Latitude Tree Holdings Berhad, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

YB. Dato' Dr. Norraesah
Independent Non-Executive Director

Was appointed to the Board on 8 November 2005 as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. She is also a member of the Audit Committee.

She holds a Doctorate Degree in Economics Science (International Economics and Finance) and Masters in International Economics & Financial Relations from University of Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, France.

Ms Norraesah has more than 38 years of working experience in banking, consultancy and international trade and commerce. From 1972 to 1985, she worked with the International Trade Division of the Ministry of Trade & Industry and Ministry of Finance before joining the corporate sector. From 1988 to 1990, Norraesah was the Communication Manager of ESSO Production Malaysia Inc. and subsequently assumed the position of Managing Director with a consultant firm which provides financial advisory services. She was also appointed as Chief Representative of Credit Lyonnais Bank in Malaysia and was the Chairman of Bank Rakyat from 2000 to 2003.

Dato' Dr Norraesah also sits on the board of KESM Industries Berhad, Ya Horng Electronic (M) Berhad, SBC Corporation Berhad, Protasco Berhad, My E.G. Services Berhad, all listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. She also sits on the Board of KAF Fund Management Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of KAF Discounts Berhad), Penang Bridge Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of UEM World Berhad) and several other private limited companies.