Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Gerard Kim Meng Lim
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. 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.
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Adrian Lee
Mr. Adrian Lee has served as our Chief Technology Officer since January 2024.
Mr. Lee has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years. He started his career in this field at Microsoft, where he served first as Search Editor and later Information Services Manager from 2000 to 2006. In this role, Mr. Lee managed Microsoft’s marketing strategy for MSN, Microsoft’s network portal, for the Southeast Asian markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia. He also planned and executed product marketing strategies at Microsoft during this time and grew MSN Search by 110% year-on-year in Singapore and 80% year-on-year in Malaysia. After Microsoft, Mr. Lee co-founded Grey Group, a leading advertising and marketing agency. Here, Adrian served as Chief Executive Officer of the Indonesian division and Chief Technology Officer of the Southeast Asian division. Mr. Lee served in these roles for ten (years), from 2006 to 2016. Among the milestones he helped the company achieve were winning Webby Awards, Cannes Cyber Lions and AOY awards, launching an omnichannel sales and customer acquisition platform for Webe, the mobile operator subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia, building an entire digital business for Allianz Indonesia, building the company from the ground up in Indonesia and leading the company to win Agency of the Year Silver award in Indonesia, winning Bank Mandiri (the second largest bank in Indonesia) amongst others.
Following his successes at Grey Group, Mr. Lee founded Braiven and served as its Chief Technology Officer in 2016. This is a role he presently serves in. Braiven is an orchestration platform that aims to bridge the gap between computer vision AI and the IoT in different industries. The platform is used by clients in a variety of industries to implement more effective business solutions.
Mr. Lee has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years. He started his career in this field at Microsoft, where he served first as Search Editor and later Information Services Manager from 2000 to 2006. In this role, Mr. Lee managed Microsoft’s marketing strategy for MSN, Microsoft’s network portal, for the Southeast Asian markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia. He also planned and executed product marketing strategies at Microsoft during this time and grew MSN Search by 110% year-on-year in Singapore and 80% year-on-year in Malaysia. After Microsoft, Mr. Lee co-founded Grey Group, a leading advertising and marketing agency. Here, Adrian served as Chief Executive Officer of the Indonesian division and Chief Technology Officer of the Southeast Asian division. Mr. Lee served in these roles for ten (years), from 2006 to 2016. Among the milestones he helped the company achieve were winning Webby Awards, Cannes Cyber Lions and AOY awards, launching an omnichannel sales and customer acquisition platform for Webe, the mobile operator subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia, building an entire digital business for Allianz Indonesia, building the company from the ground up in Indonesia and leading the company to win Agency of the Year Silver award in Indonesia, winning Bank Mandiri (the second largest bank in Indonesia) amongst others.
Following his successes at Grey Group, Mr. Lee founded Braiven and served as its Chief Technology Officer in 2016. This is a role he presently serves in. Braiven is an orchestration platform that aims to bridge the gap between computer vision AI and the IoT in different industries. The platform is used by clients in a variety of industries to implement more effective business solutions.
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. May Jin Sim
Ms. May Jin Sim has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2024. She is a certified accountant, having been a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2009 and being a Chartered Accountant as certified by the Malaysia Institute of Accountants since 2013.
Ms. Sim served as Chief Financial Officer of our operating subsidiary, Agroz Group, from September 2023 to December 2024. From March 2022 to August 2023, Ms. Sim served as Vice President at RHB Insurance Berhad (“RHB Insurance”), a Malaysian insurance company offering policies to both individuals and businesses. In this role, Ms. Sim was primarily responsible for finance operations and reporting process implementation for compliance requirements from the relevant regulatory bodies, accounting standards and relevant laws. Ms. Sim’s last project for RHB Insurance was the planning, designing and implementation of the finance operations and reporting systems and processes of IFRS 17. Before ascending to the role of Vice President, Ms. Sim served as Assistant Vice President at the same company from August 2014 to February 2022. As Assistant Vice President, her responsibilities included, amongst other things, monitoring and tracking daily payment and managing cash flow, developing cash management reporting and updating the company’s operations manual, managing bank reconciliation, preparing budget reports.
Ms. Sim earned a Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 2003, an Advanced Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 2005, and her Master in Business Administration from Wawasan Open University in 2010.
Ms. Sim served as Chief Financial Officer of our operating subsidiary, Agroz Group, from September 2023 to December 2024. From March 2022 to August 2023, Ms. Sim served as Vice President at RHB Insurance Berhad (“RHB Insurance”), a Malaysian insurance company offering policies to both individuals and businesses. In this role, Ms. Sim was primarily responsible for finance operations and reporting process implementation for compliance requirements from the relevant regulatory bodies, accounting standards and relevant laws. Ms. Sim’s last project for RHB Insurance was the planning, designing and implementation of the finance operations and reporting systems and processes of IFRS 17. Before ascending to the role of Vice President, Ms. Sim served as Assistant Vice President at the same company from August 2014 to February 2022. As Assistant Vice President, her responsibilities included, amongst other things, monitoring and tracking daily payment and managing cash flow, developing cash management reporting and updating the company’s operations manual, managing bank reconciliation, preparing budget reports.
Ms. Sim earned a Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 2003, an Advanced Diploma in Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 2005, and her Master in Business Administration from Wawasan Open University in 2010.