UNITED MALACCA BERHAD - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management
• Chairman of the Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia

Datin Noor Azimah is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom, since 1993. She started her career as an Administrative Officer/Executive Assistant to the Adviser of Bank Negara Malaysia from September 1986 to July 1988. She joined Price Waterhouse Associates as an Associate Consultant from August 1988 to March 1990. From 1990 to 2000, she was a Dealer Representative at Rashid Hussain Securities, Kuala Lumpur. Currently, Datin Noor Azimah is the Chairman of the Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) and Elena Cooke Education Fund (ECEF). She is also a member of G25, a Director of the Edunity Foundation, and a Columnist for The Edge. She is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. She has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. She attended all five Board Meetings during the financial year ended 30 April 2025. Datin Noor Azimah has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. She has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Job Titles:

• Chairman & Non - Independent Non - Executive Director )

Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo, aged 73 and a Malaysian, is the Chairperson. She joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 8 December 1988; the Directors unanimously appointed her as Chairperson in July 2011. On 17 July 2014, she was re-designated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. She sits on the Board of the Group's subsidiaries: Leong Hin San Sdn. Bhd., Meridian Plantations Sdn. Bhd., Syarikat Penanaman Bukit Senorang Sdn. Bhd., South-East Pahang Oil Palm Berhad, and Vintage Plantations Sdn. Bhd.. She is the President Commissioner of PT Lifere Agro Kapuas as well as a Commissioner of the Group's subsidiaries in Indonesia: PT Bintang Gemilang Permai, PT Wana Rindang Lestari, and PT Usaha Mulia Bahagia. Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Bristol, U.K., and was admitted as a Barrister at Lincoln's Inn, London in 1976 and called to the Malaysian Bar in 1977. On 31 October 2015, Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo was conferred the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Plantation Management by Universiti Putra Malaysia to recognise her contribution to the plantation industry. Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo has had a varied career. She worked at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, in Corporate Finance at Southern Bank Berhad, and as an investment analyst for Rashid Hussain Securities and Morgan Grenfell Asia & Partners' Securities. Apart from a short stint with the world's largest executive search firm, Korn Ferry International, she spent 10 years as a journalist with Business Times and The Sunday Star. Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo is a Trustee of the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Foundation and the TARC Education Foundation. She served on the Board of OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and OCBC AL-AMIN Bank Berhad for 14 years until her retirement on 27 July 2014. Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. She has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. She attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2025. She has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin, a Malaysian aged 54, was appointed Alternate Director to his uncle, Mr. Tee Cheng Hua on 1 October 2019. He was subsequently appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 25 February 2021. Effective 1 January 2023, he was re-designated as Non-Independent Executive Director and assumed the role of the Company's Executive Director. He is a Commissioner of PT. Lifere Agro Kapuas, the Group's subsidiary in Indonesia and is a Director of the Group's associate company, PARAS (Progress Agricultural Research and Services) Sdn. Bhd.. Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sunderland. He also holds a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales, an Associate Diploma in Commerce from Curtin University, Australia and an Executive Diploma in Plantation Management from the University of Malaya. Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin started his career as an executive at Prosper Capital Holdings Sdn. Bhd. ("Prosper") in 1995 and subsequently rose to the rank of Executive Director. He is the Group Managing Director of Prosper Group and a Director of Prosper Trading Sdn. Bhd., a major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad. Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin also sits on the Board of several private companies in plantation and milling businesses. He is a Director of PRL Global Ltd, a listed company in Australia. He is also a Director of Phosphate Resources (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Phosphate Resources (Singapore) Pte Ltd. in fertiliser businesses. He has no personal interest in any business involving the Company or its subsidiaries except that he shall be deemed interested in transactions that may be carried out in the ordinary course of business by the Company or its subsidiaries with Prosper or its related companies. He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2025. Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Job Titles:

• Board Member of Permodalan Nasional Berhad

Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah Binti Nik Mahmood, aged 69 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 3 January 2017. She is the Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah holds a First Class Honours in Law from the University of Malaya and LLM and Ph.D. from the University of London. She retired as Deputy Chief Executive of Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) in March 2016. Before joining the SC in 1993, Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah is a member of the Board of Directors of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM) and the Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia. She is also a Board member of INCEIF University.

Job Titles:

• Chief Financial Officer

Job Titles:

• Independent Non - Executive Director
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Highlands Research Unit As a Research Officer

Member of Audit Committee Mr. Han Kee Juan, a Malaysian aged 73 joined United Malacca Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 3 June 2021. He is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Han graduated with a Bachelor of Agriculture Science (Hons) from the University of Malaya in 1976. After graduating from the University of Malaya in 1976, Mr. Han joined Highlands Research Unit as a Research Officer. He moved to Eastern Plantation Agency in 1981 and served as an Agronomist. Mr. Han joined IOI Corporation Bhd in 1989 as a Senior Agronomist/Senior Manager. Mr. Han founded Budi-JS Plantation Management Sdn Bhd in 1992. He is the Managing Director of the said company, the Managing Agents for estates owned by Koperasi Serbausaha Makmur Bhd (Kosma). Mr. Han is the Plantation Advisor for Prosper Group and Far East Holdings Berhad. He provides plantation advisory services to more than 100,000 hectares of plantations in Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. He is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2025. Mr. Han has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies.

Job Titles:

• Acting Head of Engineering / Mill Controller

Job Titles:

• Alternate Director to Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo )

Mr. Ng Ming Shern, aged 40 and a Malaysian, was appointed Alternate Director to Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo in United Malacca Berhad on 1 October 2024. He is a nephew of Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo. Mr. Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Nottingham in 2006. He started his career as a Management Consultant with Accenture from 2006 to 2010 and then joined Deloitte Consulting South East Asia from 2010 to 2015. Since 2015, Mr. Ng has been an independent contractor in management consulting. He has experience in analysing, designing and implementing changes in organisational design and processes to improve the effectiveness of the organisation's people, processes, and systems. He has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. Mr. Ng has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Audit Committee
• Independent Non - Executive Director
• Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee
• Paramount Corporation Berhad As an Accountant

Chairman of Audit Committee Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee Mr. Ong Keng Siew, aged 69 and a Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 19 January 2017. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is the President Director of PT. Wana Rindang Lestari and PT. Bintang Gemilang Permai, the Group's subsidiaries in Indonesia. Mr. Ong is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom, and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Mr. Ong had an impressive career spanning over 30 years at Paramount Corporation Berhad. Mr. Ong joined Paramount Corporation Berhad as an Accountant in 1981 and rose through the ranks of Finance and Administration Manager and General Manager. He was appointed to the Board of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 14 November 1994. He assumed the posts of Deputy Group Managing Director & Deputy Group CEO in 1997 and was appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 1 December 2008. He retired as the Managing Director & CEO of Paramount Corporation Berhad on 18 June 2012. He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Paramount Corporation Berhad, Pekat Group Berhad and a listed company in Australia, PRL Global Ltd. He is also a director of Perbadanan Asset Keretapi (Railway Assets Corporation), a federal statutory body established under the Railway Act 1991. He is not related to any Director and/or major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company or its subsidiaries. He attended all five Board Meetings held in the financial year ended 30 April 2025. Mr. Ong has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer

Peter Benjamin, aged 59 and a Malaysian is the Chief Executive Officer. He joined United Malacca Berhad on 1st May 2014. He graduated from the University of Kerala, India with a Bachelor of Science Degree (Botany). He has working experience of 37 years in the plantation industry holding various Senior Management positions in different companies. He has the experience in managing various crop during his career, oil palm, cocoa, forestry, sago and rubber. Started his career as a Field Conductor with Kuala Lumpur Kepong in 1979 and in 1982 joined Boustead Estates Agency as an Assistant Manager and moved up to Estate Manager. During the period, he was involved in new plantings, managed cocoa and oil palm plantations. In 1992 was absorbed into Tradewinds when there was a change of management from Boustead to Tradewinds and was later transferred to Distinct Plantation Services, which was managing the MKIC group's plantations. He was appointed as the Planting Advisor/General Manager of the company. In 2000, he joined Eminent Capital (Berjaya Group) as General Manager for the Plantation and Oil Mill. In 2004, he decided to venture into Indonesia and worked in different companies, with PT Arara Abadi (Sinar Mas Group) as District Manager managing 42,000 Ha of forestry plantation and later promoted to Plantation Controller for 250,000 Ha. In 2007, he decided to return to planting of oil palm and to handle the challenge of working in Papua New Guinea with the US agriculture giant Cargill. In 2010, he returned to Indonesia as Head of Plantations for PT Ganda Group and later joined Sampoerna Agro as Chief Operating Officer for Oil Palm and other crops. He is currently the Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA), a council member of the Malaysian Estates Owners Association (MEOA) and was recently appointed as an alternate Board member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Berhad (MPOB). He is also a Director of United Malacca Berhad's subsidiaries, namely, Meridian Plantations Sdn. Bhd., Syarikat Penanaman Bukit Senorang Sdn. Bhd., South-East Pahang Oil Palm Berhad, Leong Hin San Sdn. Bhd., Masjid Tanah Properties Sdn. Bhd. and Melaka Pindah Properties Sdn. Bhd. as well as the President Director of PT Lifere Agro Kapuas, the Group's subsidiary in Indonesia. He is not related to any Director or/and major shareholder of United Malacca Berhad and also has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company. He has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years and has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Job Titles:

• Non - Independent Non - Executive Director

Mr. Tee Cheng Hua, a Malaysian aged 71, joined United Malacca Berhad as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2019. He is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Mr. Tee is an uncle of Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin. Mr. Tee graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology Malaysia in 1978. He started his career as an Engineer with Highlands and Lowlands Bhd. and was subsequently a Mill Manager/Engineer with Kulim (M) Bhd. Mr. Tee is a Non-Independent Senior Executive Director of Far East Holdings Bhd. He is also the Senior Executive Director of Prosper Group of Companies and a Director of Prosper Capital Holdings Sdn. Bhd., one of the major shareholders of United Malacca Berhad. Mr. Tee is a Director of Future Prelude Sdn Bhd, an integrated oleochemical company specialising in producing several oleochemical products and biodiesel using sustainable palm oil as feedstock. Mr. Tee is also active in renewal energy businesses and sits on the Board of several companies involving solar, hydro, and biogas power generation. He has no personal interest in any business involving the Company or its subsidiaries except that he shall be deemed interested in transactions that may be carried out in the ordinary course of business by the Company or its subsidiaries with Prosper Group or its related companies. He attended all five Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 30 April 2025. Mr. Tee has not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years. He has not been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Job Titles:

• Non - Independent Non - Executive Director

Mr. Tee Lip Zhun, a Malaysian aged 39, was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 12 June 2025. He is the son of Mr. Tee Cheng Hua and a cousin of Dato' Sri Tee Lip Sin. Mr. Tee graduated with an Honors Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2008. He also holds an Intensive Diploma in Oil Palm Management & Technology (First Distinction) from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board where he was awarded the Best Performing Candidate for the course. He started his career as a Site Engineer with Prebuilt Pty Ltd (Australia) from 2008 to 2010 and then joined Drive Project Pty Ltd (Australia) as a Project Engineer from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Tee is a director of the Prosper Group. He is the Executive Director of the Group's associate company, PARAS (Progressive Agricultural Research and Services) Sdn. Bhd. and Top Plant Laboratories Sdn. Bhd., overseeing their plantation agronomy, advisory and tissue culture business. Apart from that, He is also a director of property development companies, Rangkaian Jasa Sdn.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Council Member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association
• Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Mr. Young is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom, and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Mr. Young is currently a Council member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) and the Malaysian Estate Owner's Association (MEOA). He is also a Director of the Group's subsidiaries in Malaysia, namely, Leong Hin San Sdn. Bhd., Meridian Plantations Sdn. Bhd., Syarikat Penanaman Bukit Senorang Sdn. Bhd., South-East Pahang Oil Palm Berhad, Masjid Tanah Properties Sdn. Bhd., Melaka Pindah Properties Sdn. Bhd and Vintage Plantations Sdn. Bhd. as well as the President Director of PT. Lifere Agro Kapuas, Director of PT. Bintang Gemilang Permai, PT. Wana Rindang Lestari and PT. Usaha Mulia Bahagia, the Group's subsidiaries in Indonesia. He is a Director of the Group's associate company, PARAS (Progress Agricultural Research and Services) Sdn. Bhd..

Job Titles:

• Company Secretary
• Head of Group Administration & Corporate Affairs and Human Resource