Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 21, 2022, Kenneth Ng informed the Board of Directors (the "Board")
of Malacca Straits Acquisition Company Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted
company (the "Company"), of his intention to resign as the Chief Executive
Officer, President and a director of the Company effective immediately. His
resignation was not due to any disagreement with the Company. Following his
resignation, Mr. Ng will serve as a Senior Advisor to the Company.
To fill the vacancy created by Mr. Ng's resignation, on February 21, 2022, the
Board appointed Gordon Lo to serve as the Chief Executive Officer, President and
a member of the Board, effective immediately.
Mr. Gordon Lo, age 42, has been the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating
Officer of Donaco International Limited (ASX: DNA), a company engaged in leisure
and entertainment businesses in the Asia-Pacific region, since January 2020.
Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of China Ruifeng
Renewable Energy Holdings Limited (0527.HK), a company principally engaged in
the operation of wind farms in China, from December 2018 to December 2019. From
August 2018 to November 2018, Mr. Lo served as the Financial Controller of VHQ
Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. (VHQ-KY 4803), a media company with operations in China,
Malaysia and Singapore. Mr. Lo was the Regional Tax Director (Asia-Pacific) of
W.L. Gore & Associates (Hong Kong) Limited, a wholesale distributor of piece
goods or yard goods of natural or manmade fibers, from September 2014 to
February 2018. Mr. Lo is a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and a certified public accountant in Hong Kong, and a fellow
member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Certified
Chartered Accountant in the U.K. Mr. Lo received his Bachelor of Business
Administration degree in Accountancy from the City University of Hong Kong and
his Master of Science degree in Investment Management from Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology. Mr. Lo is well-qualified to serve on the Board due to
his extensive corporate finance and publicly-listed company experience.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Lo and any director, executive
officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become an executive
officer of the Company. There are no transactions between the Company and Mr. Lo
that are subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
In connection with the appointment, in February 2022, the Company and Mr. Lo
entered into a certain letter agreement and indemnification agreement, which are
substantially similar to the letter agreement and indemnification agreements,
respectively, entered into by the other officers and directors in connection
with the Company's initial public offering.
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