Datuk Simon Shim Kong Yip, JP
Datuk Simon Shim Kong Yip, JP ,male, a Malaysian, aged 69, is a non-independent non-executive director of Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad (HSCB) and was appointed to this position on 16 February 1996. He is also a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominating Committee.
In addition, Datuk Simon Shim was appointed as a non-independent non-executive director of Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Berhad on 9 August 2007 and became the deputy chairman on 23 February 2015. He is also a non-independent non-executive director of Lam Soon (Thailand) Public Company Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Datuk Simon Shim is a director of Lei Shing Hong Securities Limited, a company registered with the Securities and Futures Commission Hong Kong, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lei Shing Hong Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong. He was also appointed as the business advisor of Lei Shing Hong Group on 1 September 2022.
Datuk Simon Shim is the managing partner of Messrs Shim Pang & Co. He holds a Master Degree in law from University College London, London University and is a Barrister-at-law of the Lincoln’s Inn, London, an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, a Notary Public and a Justice of the Peace in Sabah. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. He was a member of the Malaysian Corporate Law Reform Committee and its working group on Corporate Governance and Shareholders’ Rights.
Datuk Simon Shim does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He is a director of Akal Megah Sdn Bhd, Byorion Sdn Bhd and Shang Legacy Sdn Bhd, all of which have principal activities in property investment in Tawau. This may give rise to a potential conflict of interest with the subsidiaries of HSCB that are also involved in property investment in Tawau. Accordingly, he will abstain from participating in the deliberations and voting on resolutions relating to the rental transactions.
Save as disclosed above, Datuk Simon Shim does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including any interest in any competing business with the Company and its subsidiaries, other than the recurrent related party transactions disclosed in Note 43 to the Financial Statements.
He has not been convicted of any offence, other than traffic offences, in the past five years and no public sanction or penalty was imposed on him by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2025.
He attended three out of five board meetings held during the financial year ended 31 December 2025.