Straits Energy Resources Berhad announced the appointment of DATO' YOONG LEONG YAN as Executive Director, effective from 01 August 2022. Age: 61. Dato' Yoong commenced his career in the financial services, money market and corporate banking industry from 1986 to 1991 where he was attached to Arab Malaysian Credit Berhad, Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd and Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd. Thereafter he gained extensive investment experience in both the property and equity market from 1991 to 2017 and his last posting before joining Straits Energy Resources Berhad Group was as a Senior Vice President of CIMB Investment Bank Berhad.

His stint with CIMB Group was for a 16-year period from 2001 to 2017. In 2017, he was appointed by Straits Group as its Group Corporate Advisor and has since been advising and handling all matters related to the Group's Corporate Affairs, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring, Fund Raising, Corporate Planning/Strategies and Special Projects assigned by the GMD from time to time. Qualifications: Professional Qualification Accountancy: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN COLLEGE (TAR COLLEGE), COMPLETED HIS CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, UNITED KINGDOM IN 1986.

Professional Qualification Accountancy: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN COLLEGE (TAR COLLEGE), ADMITTED AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF CIMA IN 1993. Professional Qualification Accountancy: BY VIRTUE OF HIS QUALIFICATION AND MEMBERSHIP IN CIMA, DESIGNATED A CHARTERED GLOBAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT ("CGMA") IN 2021. Professional Qualification Accountancy: BY VIRTUE OF HIS QUALIFICATION AND MEMBERSHIP IN CIMA, ADMITTED AS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AND MEMBER OF THE MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS IN 2021.