Datuk Tong Kooi Ong was appointed to our Board on 25 February 2011.

He is currently the Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Taiga Building Products Limited, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with annual sales of over C$1.0 billion and the Chairman of Sunrise Berhad.

Datuk Tong is also currently the Chairman of The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd, the publisher of The Edge, Malaysia’s award winning and best selling business and investment weekly newspaper. Other titles in its stable are The Edge Financial Daily, a standalone daily business paper that complements the weekly edition and Personal Money, a monthly personal finance magazine. In the region, his media interests are represented by The Edge Publishing Pte Ltd, which publishes The Edge Singapore, a business and investment weekly newspaper.

Datuk Tong holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Economics and Finance from Simon Fraser University, Canada. In 2002, he was bestowed his Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from the same university.