Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust announced the appointment of Mr. Chong Kai Wooi as Independent and Non Executive Director. Date of change is February 9, 2024. Age is 53.

Working experience and occupation:- Coming to 30 years experiences in global multi national corporations, Chong Kai Wooi has played leadership roles encompassing business leadership, sales leadership, people leadership with technology leaders addressing many industries particularly telecommunications, government institutions and high technology enterprises. Kai Wooi was formerly the Managing Director of NEC Corporation Malaysia with annual turnover of 100 Oku Yen and staffs force of over 300 people nationwide. In his prior position, he 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. 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.

Qualifications: Degree in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION from HUMBERSIDE UNIVERSITY; Diploma in COMPUTER STUDIES from KDU College.