7 Eleven has announced that its Chairman Dato’ Sri Robin Tan Yeong Ching who is the son of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun has resigned to pursue other interests.
Tan Sri Vincent Tan is a major shareholder of 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad and a brother of Mr. Tan U-Ming, the Executive Director cum Co-Chief Executive Officer of SEM.
Replacing Dato Robin will be Mr. Farhash Wafa Salvador who brings with him more than a decade worth of experience in the field of business, consultancy, and advisory.
On the business front, his illustrious career spans a broad range of sectors which includes construction, technology, hotel, food & beverage. He is also a staunch advocate of promoting the development of the Small Medium Enterprise (“SME”) industry in the country. Moreover, Mr. Farhash is a multi-talented innovator with five award-winning patents held across the world including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and China.
Farhash was named, amongst many, Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020 by the Global Business Leadership Awards, Enterprising Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019, and Technopreneur of the Year in 2018 by SEBA, Malaysia Outstanding National Entrepreneur Bumiputra in Business in 2018, 100th most influential young entrepreneur in 2017 and Bumiputera Entrepreneur Startup Scheme Award by the Bumiputera Agenda Leadership Unit (TERAJU) in 2016.
He was also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bluemont Group Limited (now known as Southern Archipelago Limited) from 2014 to 2016, a Public Listed Company listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (“SGX”). He presently sits on the Board of Advisory of Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia, a non-government organisation that thrives on the frontier of gathering, creating, and developing sustainable companies with strong entrepreneurship traits. He is also a Group Executive Chairman of Apex Equity Holdings Berhad and a Director of Berjaya Construction Berhad.
