Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Cheah Fook Ling, AO
Chairman & Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling, AO, was appointed to the Board on 24 March 2010. He is the visionary Founder and Executive Chairman of Sunway Group which encompasses two public listed companies namely Sunway Holdings Berhad and Sunway City Berhad.

An Accountant by profession, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah has been conferred eight honorary Doctorates by leading universities worldwide. He is also among the four leading givers in the country who made Forbes Asia’s Hero of Philanthropy 2009. Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah has established the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation which was launched by the Prime Minister of Malaysia on 18 March 2010. Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah has pledged to transfer the entire ownership of Sunway Education Group Sdn Bhd together with its subsidiaries to the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation together with a cash donation of RM20 million. The Sunway Education Group comprises, inter alia, Sunway University College, Monash University Sunway Campus and the Sunway International School.

In 2008, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) by the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd. The AO is one of Australia’s most prestigious and highly respected awards conferred to a non-citizen of Australia. In 2007, the prestigious Monash University School of Medicine and Health Sciences was named after him in appreciation of his immense contribution to Monash University Sunway Campus. In 2006, His Royal Highness Sultan of Selangor installed Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah as Foundation Chancellor of Sunway University College.

Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah was appointed Chairman of the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation’s Selangor Chapter by the Minister of Unity, Culture, Arts & Heritage in 2008. He is also the Chairman and Co-founder of Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI). He is the Deputy President of National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia; Founding Trustee of Malaysian Liver Foundation since 1999; President of Malaysian Hakka Association 1997-2004; and the first non-Malay Honorary Member of Kuala Lumpur Malay Chamber of Commerce since 2002. In recognition of his contribution to education, he was, in 1996, appointed by the Minister of Education to the Higher Education Council of Malaysia. The Minister of Trade appointed him Director of National Productivity Centre in 1990. In 1996, the Prime Minister of Malaysia honoured him with the Chairmanship of Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology for Construction and Housing (MIGHT). He was also EXCO member of the Malaysian Tourism Action Council, an appointment by the Minister of Tourism Malaysia in 1996. The following year, the Minister of Finance appointed him a Council Member of the Financial Reporting Foundation.

Other awards bestowed upon him include the Paul Harris Fellow Award, Property Man of the Year (Malaysia) in 1993, Chief Executive Officer of the Year (Malaysia) in 1996 and Asia’s Most Innovative Chinese Entrepreneur Award 2005.