Board Of Directors
DATO' GAN ENG KWONG
Dato' Gan Eng Kwong aged 61, a Malaysian holds the position of Chairman. He has been actively involved in managing RPB's Travel Division since 1975. Dato' Gan is a non-independent executive director and was appointed to the RPB Board on 13 May 1993.
He has over 30 years of experience in the tourism industry locally and abroad. He currently leads the development of information technology in the Group's global travel business and network.
Dato' Gan is also a life member of the Institute of Directors.
DATIN IRENE TAN
Datin Irene Tan aged 56, a Malaysian is the Chief Executive Officer. Datin Irene was appointed as a non-independent executive director to the RPB Board on 13 May 1993.
Datin Irene's experience spans a wide ambit of the travel, tourism, hotel and resort development industries. She was responsible for the development of Malaysia's first homegrown Travel Franchise under the Reliance brand name. Datin Irene also led a team of hotel professionals in developing Malaysia's first homegrown Hotel Management Franchise System for the Seri Malaysia chain of hotels. She spearheaded and developed the Avillion Hotel Sydney, Avillion Hotel Port Dickson, Admiral Cove Development and Admiral Marina & Leisure Club in Port Dickson.
Datin Irene is an Associate Member of the Harvard Business School Alumni, a life member of Institute of Directors and the Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management.
LIM GUAN CHIN
Lim Guan Chin aged 73, a Malaysian is an independent non-executive director. He was appointed to the Board of RPB on 22 June 1994 and is a member of RPB's Audit Committee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Malaya in 1962 and upon his graduation he worked in various organisations in the public and private sectors. He retired in 1994.
JOHAN ARIFIN SOPIEE BIN MOHAMED NOORDIN
Johan Arifin Sopiee Bin Mohamed Noordin aged 41, a Malaysian is an independent nonexecutive director. He was appointed to the RPB Board on 2 January 2009 and is a member of RPB's Audit Committee. He graduated with BA (Hons) in Accounting and Financial Management from University of Essex, England and is also an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) graduate from Emile Woolf College, London.
Johan's working experience includes audit with Arthur Andersen KL, stock market research with RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd and business development and marketing with an IT company known as Hitechniaga Sdn Bhd. Currently, he is the vice president and director of Noordin Sopiee & Associates Sdn Bhd.
MR TAN SIN CHONG
Tan Sin Chong aged 53, a Malaysian is a non independent executive director. He was appointed to the RPB Board on 29 April 2011.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) from University of Science, Malaysia in 1982. He has over 20 years of experience in international marketing of travel, tourism and hospitality services and products. Mr Tan has also vast experience in property development planning, construction and marketing of properties in Malaysia and overseas.
He is currently a council member of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council and chairs the council's Tourism Committee. He also serves as an international member of the World Travel & Tourism Council Strategic Committee for e-commerce. Mr. Tan is also an associate member of the Harvard Business School Alumni, Malaysia.