Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (Hektar REIT) appointed Chong Kai Wooi as independent and non-executive director effective immediately.
In a Bursa filing today (Feb 9), the REIT said Chong, 53, is currently SMTrack Bhd executive director.
With 30 years experiences in global multi national corporations, Chong has played leadership roles encompassing business leadership, sales leadership, people leadership with technology leaders.
“He was formerly the NEC Corporation Malaysia managing director with annual turnover of 100 Oku Yen and staffs force of over 300 people nationwide.
“He led NEC Malaysia to unprecedented growth as he transformed the organization from a product to a services led organization. His employees engagement scores steadily improved YoY to a high of 79% for 2022, way above the industry norm,” it said.
The group added, in his prior position, Chong was instrumental to plan and execute the strategy for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the telecommunication segment, consulting practice across the Asean, Taiwan, Hong Kong region over 13 countries.
“He’s best known for his objective oriented approach, principled and with a strong focus on profitable growth, building businesses and teams across many organizations that he has previously served in, both in country and across the Asian region.
