Board of Directors

Mr. Gerard Kim Meng Lim has served as the Company’s director since its inception in August 2023. He is an established technopreneur, with a demonstrated history of leadership. Mr. Lim’s professional history has included leading, managing, and building various businesses, and he has over 28 years of experience in the technology, media and telecommunications sector. Mr. Lim’s experience includes implementing successful digital transformation initiatives and delivering e-solutions for different governments, government-linked companies, private corporations, telecommunications operators, conglomerates, and multinational corporations around the world. He has experience delivering specialized solutions in interactive digital media, e-business solutions, converged Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications, digital marketing, e-commerce and m-commerce, mobile applications, social media, cloud and edge computing, IoT, big data analytics, blockchain technology, and more. Mr. Lim founded Agroz Group, Agroz’s direct operating subsidiary, in late 2020 to offer sustainable farming solutions and to provide improvements in food safety and food security. From January 2019 to August of 2020, Mr. Lim served as Chief Digital Officer at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, a regulatory body of the Malaysian government responsible for the regulation of communications and multimedia industry. There, Mr. Lim oversaw the successful transition from analog to digital television and demonstrated the application of 5G across industry verticals. From January of 2021 to the present, Mr. Lim served as an independent non-executive director of Allianz Malaysia Berhad, a leading insurer in Malaysia.

Mr. Chun Hoo Lim has served as the Company’s director since its inception in August of 2023. Mr. Lim is a seasoned corporate consultant, board member, and senior management of several private and public listed companies. He has accumulated 15 years of experience across the corporate and finance industry. Mr. Lim founded FintechCashier Asia P.L.C., a digital payment solution company licensed by Labuan Financial Services Authority, Malaysia. He oversaw the company’s business development and corporate strategies. Under Mr. Lim’s leadership, FintechCashier Asia P.L.C. has expanded and became a part of Fintech Scion Limited, an OTC Market listed company. He also played a crucial role in securing Ho Wah Genting Investment Bank (Labuan) P.L.C. and Fintech Bank Ltd.’s banking licenses and helped develop the companies from their initial business stages. Mr. Lim previously served as a director of Ho Wah Genting Group Sdn Bhd from July 2016 to March 2024. Presently, Mr. Lim serves as a director in Agroz Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and HWG Cash Berhad, a corporate strategy consultation company. Mr. Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Finance and Investment Management from the University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom in 2010.

Ms. Pauline Kok has agreed to serve as the Company’s director upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Ms. Kok is a fellow professional chartered certified accountant (FCCA) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She has 19 years of external audit experience across a broad range of industries within the public sector, including IT services and e-commerce, property development, construction, infrastructure, and investment properties, just to name some. Her clients include public listed companies and government-linked companies. In 2016, she founded Messrs. KP (“Messrs. KP”) a licensed audit firm providing assurance services. She has served as Partner of Messrs. KP since its inception. In November 2017, Ms. Kok was appointed as the independent non-executive director and Audit Committee Chairman of Reneuco Berhad (formerly known as Kpower Berhad), listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. She was also a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Risk Management Committee of Reneuco Berhad. In December 2022, she retired as non-executive director and Audit Committee member of Reneuco Berhad. Previously, Ms. Kok served as Audit Director of Folks DFK & Co. for approximately one and a half years and Senior Manager of Ernst & Young for approximately ten years. Ms. Kok holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

Mr. Hua Seng Benjamin Tan has agreed to serve as the Company’s director upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Tan has a developed background as an entrepreneur, business strategist, and investor. He founded his first company, Information Laboratories, a web agency, in 1995 while studying at the National University of Singapore as a sophomore. Mr. Tan co-founded Ascend Angels, an angel investment firm, in April 2023. As co-founder, Mr. Tan was responsible for Ascend Angels’ growth in overseeing its expansion by guiding partnership and marketing strategy. Prior to Ascend Angels, Mr. Tan founded Mayhem Group in 2016, an investment company based in Singapore which focuses on digital startup companies, with a portfolio including companies such as Overdrive Iot Pte Ltd, Braiven Pte Ltd and Rebl Pte Ltd. At Mayhem Group, Mr. Tan serves as Managing Director and actively assists early-stage founders with product and business concept refinement, business model traction, early investment and financial tracking. In 2018, Mr. Tan co-founded Tin Men Capital Pte Ltd (“Tin Men Capital”), a venture capital fund management company based in Singapore which manages Tin Men Fund I. Tin Men Fund I is a venture capital fund that focuses on developing the enterprise technology ecosystem in Southeast Asia and targets business-to-business companies at the pre-Series A and Series A funding stages. He served as the Head of Operations and General Partner at Tin Men Capital from inception to 2022 and was responsible for operational due diligence, founder assessment and post investment operational support and reporting. Prior to Tin Men Capital, Mr. Tan’s experience included: holding executive positions at Grey Group, a global advertising and marketing agency (“Grey Group”); co-founding and serving as Managing Partner of award-winning digital agency Yolk Pte Ltd (acquired by WPP Singapore Pte Ltd in 2010); and co-founding Redpill Solutions (later sold to IBM), a customer management service company. Mr. Tan is also an active investor in and advisor to multiple companies. Mr. Tan graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems and Computer Science from the National University of Singapore.

Mr. Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry has agreed to serve as the Company’s director upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Chaudhry is an accomplished C-suite executive with over 33 years of international experience in building enduring businesses in mature and developing markets across Asia, Africa, Oceania and Europe. Since September 2023, he has served on the Advisory Board of CEDEM AG, a Switzerland-based nutraceuticals company, which offers vitamin, food supplements, and minerals. Most recently, Mr. Chaudhry joined the Advisory Board of Asian Food Industries, Pakistan. Prior to his retirement from Nestlé S.A. (“Nestlé”) at the end of 2022, Mr. Chaudhry held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility between 1989 and 2022, based in Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Switzerland, and Singapore. Between 2015 and 2022, he was Senior Vice President of Nestlé, where he managed a $9 billion Nestlé Infant Nutrition business across the globe with full profit and loss responsibility and led a team with over 7,000 associates through ten regional management units. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Chaudhry served as CEO of Nestlé’s Indonesia division. During his professional career with Nestlé, Mr. Chaudhry served on several internal boards of the company and its joint venture companies. Mr. Chaudhry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Punjab University and a Master of Science degree in Dairy Science from Swedish University of Agriculture and Sciences.