What are the most difficult challenges your business has faced?
The rapid rising in production cost is the most difficult challenge. We are purely a food processor with no upstream advantage. Hence the increase in raw material prices will have a huge impact on our costing.

How do you think your employees view the company?
We might not be the highest paymaster in the game, but I believe our employees see the company as a dynamic and progressive organisation. Wage incre­ment and promotion are strictly merit based. We provide subsidies to our employees to encourage them to obtain professional accreditation that is in line with their roles and responsibilities.

What is your educational background?
I obtained my undergraduate degree in Food Science and Technology from Ohio State University. While doing my Bachelor’s Degree, I was a FST Canaga Scholarship recipient. I did my MBA at the University of San Francisco and graduated with a Dean’s Medal of Excellence.

Being thrust into the Managing Director position in SIMA Frozen Products and being named Chief Operating Officer in Saudee Group Berhad at the age of 30 years old, I needed to learn all the necessary management techniques simply by doing it.

Are there any business people you admire?
I have deep admiration for Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, Hyloop, Paypal, who is more famously known for leading Tesla Motors to where it is today.